LEE’S SUMMIT, MO. — Lee & Associates has brokered the $2.7 million sale of an 18,500-square-foot office building in Lee’s Summit. The property is located at 3350 Ralph Powell Road. Jon England and Nathan Anderson of Lee & Associates’ Kansas City office represented the seller, MJB of Missouri LLC. Valley Oaks Investments LLC, a private investment company, purchased the multi-tenant property.
MARYVILLE, MO. — Chicago-based Baum Realty Group LLC has brokered the $5.3 million sale of a single-tenant property in Maryville net-leased to Walgreens. The property, located in northwest Missouri, was sold at 99 percent of its asking price. Walgreens has 20 years remaining on the triple-net lease. Patrick Forkin and Brad Teitelbaum of Baum represented the seller, a Missouri-based private developer, in the transaction. A West Coast-based private investor purchased the property in a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
ST. LOUIS — The Masonic Temple, located at 3681 Lindell Blvd. in St. Louis, is now on the selling block. The asking price is $6 million. Hilliker Corp. agents Scott Martin, Powell Kalish and Ben Hilliker are representing the owner, the Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis. Named a city landmark in 1976, the more than 386,000-square-foot building stands 185 feet tall and has more than 6 million cubic feet of space. Construction of the Masonic Temple began in 1923 and the building was dedicated in 1926. Created by well-known architectural company Eames and Young with consulting architect Albert Groves, it features classic Greek Ionic style exterior architecture with various styles throughout the interior.
CHESTERFIELD, MO. — The new $150 million Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) global headquarters will open this month in Chesterfield, a suburb of St. Louis. Fox Architects designed the 405,000-square-foot stone, glass and steel building, which is one of the largest projects in the St. Louis region since Centene Plaza was completed in 2010, and the largest local headquarters project in at least 20 years. The headquarters’ two five-story towers are linked by a two-story atrium lobby and amenities bar, which features 10,000 square feet of training facilities; a 7,500-square-foot fitness center; a 20,000-square-foot café, kitchen and barista; and a 500-seat cafeteria that can function as a 700-seat auditorium. The complex also includes 580,000 square feet of parking. Built on a 17-acre site, the complex will accommodate RGA’s workforce expansion over the next several years, and is master planned to include a third building for long-term growth. Fox Architects designed the interiors and was RGA’s consultant to international architectural firm Gensler on core and shell design. Clayco was the design-build contractor.
ST. CHARLES AND INDEPENDENCE, MO. — Cassidy Turley has arranged the $53 million sale of a 619,161-square-foot retail portfolio across five states. The seven-property portfolio is 84.7 percent leased to 76 tenants. The portfolio includes Regency Square, a 49,155-square-foot retail center in St. Charles, Mo.; Independence Corners, a 72,956 square foot shopping Center in Independence, Mo.; and five more shopping center properties in Pennsylvania, South Carolina Georgia and Arizona. More than 19 percent of the portfolio is occupied by grocery stores, and other tenants include Rite Aid, Tractor Supply and Stein Mart. Cassidy Turley represented the seller, PDSI. TriGate Capital purchased the portfolio.
KANSAS CITY — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has acquired a new 158,417-square-foot industrial building in Kansas City for $9.6 million. The property is located at Skyport Industrial Park, 7503 N.W. 106th Terrace. The building is situated on 13 acres. The property is net-leased for seven years to Bunzl Distribution Midcentral Inc. The new built-to-suit, Class A industrial building is situated off of I-29 and is across from the Kansas City International Airport. The space is expandable to accommodate future growth.
ST. LOUIS — Davidson Surface/Air Inc. has purchased the former KV Pharmaceuticals headquarters in St. Louis for $9.5 million. The 315,000-square-foot industrial/office building is located at 1 Corporate Woods Drive. Gary Parker and Dan Merlo of Intelica CRE represented Davidson Surface/Air Inc. in negotiating the transaction.
ST. LOUIS — Phillips Edison-ARC Grocery Center REIT II Inc. has acquired Southfield Center, a 109,397-square-foot shopping center in St. Louis, for $18.9 million. The REIT acquired the property from Fortune Southfield Co., a Missouri-based limited liability company. Southfield Shopping Center is fully leased to 19 tenants. A Schnucks grocery store anchors the shopping center. Other tenants at the center include Edward Jones, Jefferson Bank and Trust, Great Clips and FedEx Office.
ST. ANN, MO. — Cushman & Wakefield | Gateway Commercial has arranged the lease of a 10,481-square-foot industrial building in St. Ann, approximately 16 miles northwest of St. Louis. Customer Direct LLC will occupy space at 500 Northwest Plaza Drive. Jim Loft of Cushman & Wakefield | Gateway Commercial represented Customer Direct LLC in the lease. Balke Brown of Transwestern represented the landlord, Gadwall LLC.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Plaza Vista, a recently completed Class A office and retail building in Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza, for an undisclosed price. The 10-story, office tower contains 253,720 square feet, including retail space on the first two floors and a six-level parking garage. The property is 98.6 percent leased CBRE’s Gary Carr, Gina Anderson, Russell Ingrum and Robert Hill arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, VanTrust Real Estate LLC. Denver-based EverWest Real Estate Partners LLC, along with joint venture partner Independencia Asset Management, acquired the asset. Located five miles south of Kansas City’s CBD, Country Club Plaza is a landmark commercial district amid Kansas City’s office, retail, restaurant, hotel and high-rise residential properties.
