CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has closed a $45.5 million loan secured by a five-property, 246,000-square-foot office portfolio in Charlotte. Chris Caison of Grandbridge’s Charlotte office arranged the fixed-rate loan through an unnamed life insurance company on behalf of the borrower, Charlotte-based Beacon Partners, which leases and manages more than 9 million square feet of office and industrial space in North and South Carolina.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — SHOP Cos. has brokered the $23.7 million sale of Eastside, a 67,071-square-foot mixed-use retail and office property in Richardson. Eastside is located at the intersection of Campbell Road and U.S. 75. The property was 93.9 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including 7-Eleven, Panera Bread, Scottrade, T-Mobile, Jersey Mike’s, Frost National Bank and Sport Clips. Tommy Tucker and Tim Axilrod of SHOP Cos. represented the seller, SG Retail Development Partners, a Dallas-based limited partnership, and procured the buyer, Retail Properties of America Inc., an Illinois-based corporation.
PLANO, TEXAS — MYCON General Contractors has broken ground on the Spring Creek Center Medical Office Building (MOB), located near the southwest corner of Spring Creek Parkway and the Dallas North Tollway in Plano. The $5.8 million project consists of site work and shell construction of the two-story, 48,000-square-foot facility. The project team includes owner/developer Haggard Property Group, owner’s representative Bjerke Management Solutions and project architect O’Brien Architects. The Spring Creek Center MOB is scheduled for completion in October.
HARLINGEN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of West Jefferson Avenue Office, a 35,061-square-foot office property located in Harlingen. Kenneth Hartmann and Joshua Murphy of Marcus & Millichap’s San Antonio office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Murphy and Hartmann also secured and represented the buyer, an individual/personal trust. West Jefferson Avenue Office is located at 1820 W. Jefferson Ave. and consists of two separate buildings built in 1996 and 1998. Government tenants have been in place since construction.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Colliers International has brokered the $10.6 million sale of a 41,000-square-foot office building located at 4969 Centre Pointe Drive in North Charleston. The Class A office building is situated within the Centre Pointe mixed-use development. Mark Mattison of Colliers International’s Charleston office represented the buyer, Doublz Investments LLC, an entity wholly owned by Tony Romeo, who owns roughly 100,000 square feet of Class A office space in the metro Charleston area. Doublz Investments purchased the asset from Oaks at Centre Point LLC and has retained Colliers to manage and lease the property.
BOSTON — Thibeault Development has acquired 15 and 19 Congress Street in Boston from Related Fund Management, a subsidiary of Related Cos., for an undisclosed price. Totaling 54,461 square feet, the properties are part of a master redevelopment plan for Congress Square in Boston’s Financial District. In 2013, Related Fund Management acquired the five buildings that are being redeveloped by Related Beal. The buyer plans to transform the buildings into residences with approximately 5,750 square feet of street-level retail and restaurant space with immediate access to Quaker Lane. Biria St. John of CBRE represented Related Beal in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — EVO Real Estate Group has arranged the acquisition of an office condominium located at 633 Third Ave. in the Midtown section of New York City. Zionist Organization of America acquired the 10,105-square-foot property from Time Equities for $9.3 million. The buyer is relocating from 4 E. 34th St. and plans to take occupancy of the space in September. Jonata Dayan and Jonathan Ben-Dayan of EVO represented the buyer, while Brandon Medeiros provided in-house representation for the seller.
NEW YORK CITY — Equicap has secured a $7.5 million permanent loan for a six-story commercial property located in the Union Square section of New York City. Daniel Hilpert arranged the five-year refinancing loan for the undisclosed borrower. The property is occupied by a restaurant chain and various office tenants.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA. — Corporate Office Properties Trust has sold Arborcrest Corporate Campus, a Class A redevelopment office project in Plymouth Meeting. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $143 million. The asset features four buildings totaling 654,000 square feet that are 100 percent leased, a 190,000-square-foot redevelopment opportunity at 785 Jolly Road and 27 acres of additional land.
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Holdings, in partnership with Olmstead Properties, has acquired an office building located at 43-01 22nd St. in the Courthouse Square section of Long Island City, for $61 million. The companies will now share equal ownership of the six-story, 225,000-square-foot building. The buyers plan to implement an extensive capital improvements program to renovate the building with improvements to the lobby, windows, elevators and restrooms. The seller was a private family, which had owned the property since the 1920s.