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Corporate Oaks Tampa New York Life Insurance Co.

TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $32 million sale of Corporate Oaks, a 186,854-square-foot office campus in Tampa’s Westshore District. New York Life Insurance Co. fully occupies Corporate Oaks and houses its AARP program at the campus, which houses about 920 employees. New York Life Insurance’s lease runs through 2024. Built in 1983, Corporate Oaks is situated on an 11.4-acre site at 5405, 5445 and 5505 W. Cypress St. Connecticut-based Next Generation Net Lease Management LLC purchased the asset, which features an on-site deli, fitness center, three-story parking garage and surface parking. New York Life Insurance has invested $2.7 million in interior upgrades, while the previous owner invested $1.5 million for upgrades to the interior finishes, elevators, HVAC systems and the parking garage. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge and Michael Lerner of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.

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Stonewood Business Center Columbia

COLUMBIA, MD. — NAI KLNB has brokered the $19.6 million sale of Stonewood Business Center, a four-building office/warehouse development in Columbia, roughly 21 miles southwest of Baltimore in Howard County. The assets span nearly 150,000 square feet and are located at 7165-7195 Oakland Mills Road. The 7165 and 7175 buildings were delivered in 1985, and in 2009, the seller, an affiliate of The Sanford Cos., renovated the two existing buildings and delivered two new buildings. Eight tenants currently occupy the four buildings. Christopher Kubler and Bob Smith of NAI KLNB represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was J2J LLC.

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IRVING, TEXAS — Hartman Westway One LLC, a subsidiary of Hartman Short Term Income Properties XX Inc., has purchased the Westway One office building in Irving. Westway One is a 165,982-square-foot property located off Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway and Olympus Boulevard. Built in 2001, Westway One includes an updated lobby, 55,248-square-foot floor plates and structured parking. The property is 100 percent leased to tenants including Lennar Corp. Kurt Cherry, Brittany Ricketts, Shea Byers and John Dailey with PM Realty Group represented the seller in the transaction, and David Wheeler, Russell Turman and Julian Kwok represented Hartman internally.

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HOUSTON — CBRE has arranged a 14,240-square-foot office relocation for D&M Auto Leasing in Houston. D&M Auto Leasing, a Dallas-based auto leasing company, also operates locations in Dallas, Fort Worth and Grand Prairie. The company will be relocating its office from the Galleria area to Executive Plaza at 4635 Southwest Freeway. Kevin Saxe of CBRE’s Houston office represented D&M Auto Leasing in market analysis, site selection and lease negotiations with the landlord, EP Office Holdings LP. John Hornbuckle of Cypressbrook Co. represented EP Office Holdings. D&M Auto Leasing is expected to occupy the new space this fall.

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FRISCO, TEXAS — Alliance Architects has completed the design of a new medical office building in Frisco. Located at 5375 Coit Road north of the Sam Rayburn Tollway, the multi-tenant medical office building features 21,000 square feet of medical office space. Tenants include Foot & Ankle Center of Frisco, Lone Star Neurology, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation Center Outpatient Services and Texas Vein & Aesthetics. Core Construction was the general contractor.

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BOSTON — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a medical office building located at 147 Milk St. in Boston. Multi-Employer Trust, advised by Bentall Kennedy, purchased the property form an affiliate of Lexington Realty Trust for $33.2 million. The 52,337-square-foot building is fully leased to Atrius Health, parent of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates. Doug Jacoby, Scott Dragos, Tony Hayes, Tim Mulhall and Dan Hines of Colliers represented the seller and secured the buyer.

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LOS ANGELES — MWest Holdings has purchased the San Fernando Building, an 89,500-square-foot building in the Old Bank District of downtown Los Angeles, for $37 million. The historic building was originally constructed in 1907 as an office building. It was converted into 70 large, loft-style multifamily units with about 11,500 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space in 2000. The San Fernando Building is located at 400 S. Main St. It is currently 92 percent leased. The building has also been featured in several films, including Bull Durham and 500 Days of Summer. Fred Cordova, Lee Shapiro, Ryan Eddy, Justin Weiss, Michael Puleo and Jake Sachse of Kennedy Wilson represented the seller, Gilmore Associates, in this transaction. Mesa West Capital provided the $21.6 million acquisition loan for the property. Sklar Kirsh was the legal representation for MWest Holdings, while Shumaker Mallory represented Gilmore Associates in this transaction.

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ALLENTOWN, PA. — City Center Investment Corp. has purchased a 250,000-square-foot office building, located at Sixth and Linden streets in downtown Allentown, for $8.5 million. Approximately half of the building is long-term leased to The Morning Call, which uses the property as office space and to print the daily paper. The buyer plans to lease out the building’s vacant space. The acquisition also includes a nearby parking deck. City Center Investment Corp. purchased the property from Tribune Media using financing through Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co.

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SAN ANTONIO — JLL has entered into an agreement to acquire Travis Commercial, a San Antonio-based real estate leader in property leasing and management, multi-market corporate services, tenant representation, investment sales and construction management. The acquisition is scheduled to close in the next few weeks, subject to customary closing conditions. Commercial principals Mark Krenger, Chuck King and Jeff Miller will join as managing directors and share leadership positions of the combined business. Senior team members Roger Hill and Lisa Mittel will join the firm along with more than 30 industry experts and staff. Krenger and King will oversee agency leasing, and Miller will lead the tenant representation and markets corporate solutions groups. The leadership trio will work under the direction of Jeff Staubach and David Carroll, president and market director of the south-central region. Travis Commercial was co-founded by Krenger and King in 1998, with Miller joining in 1999, and has since grown into a full-service commercial real estate firm.

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RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Steve Doyle has been promoted to vice president of business operations at Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors. Doyle will serve as the firm’s general counsel and oversee all legal activities of Hill & Wilkinson, including risk management and contracts. Steve’s experience includes the application of construction law and developing an understanding of the risks in the construction industry. Prior to joining Hill & Wilkinson, Steve served as corporate counsel for Austin Industries. He earned his bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law. Steve teaches a construction law course at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. He is a member of the construction law section of the State Bar of Texas and the American Bar Association Forum on the construction industry. He is also a past chair of the construction law section of the Dallas Bar Association.

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