SAN RAMON, CALIF. — DivcoWest has purchased Plaza San Ramon, a 312,000-square-foot office complex in the Silicon Valley submarket of San Ramon, for an undisclosed sum. The Class B complex is located at 2000-2010 Crow Canyon Place. The two-building plaza is currently 85 percent leased. It was built in the late 1980s and renovated by the prior owner in 2008. DivcoWest plans to implement a capital improvement program designed to reposition the asset as a Class A location for small- and mid-sized tenants.
SAN DIEGO — 2100 Fifth Avenue LLC has purchased a 10,976-square-foot medical office building in San Diego for $4 million. The building is located at 5776 Ruffin Road. Paul Braun and Chris Ross of JLL Healthcare Practice Group represented the buyer. Don Mitchell and Ryan Mitchell of Cresa San Diego represented the seller, AMEN Ruffin Road LLC, in this transaction.
MIAMI — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $68 million sale of a five-building office portfolio at Waterford at Blue Lagoon Business Park in Miami. Built between 1982 and 1988, the portfolio totals 357,466 square feet. Mike Davis, Scott O’Donnell, Michael Lerner, Rick Brugge, Dominic Montazemi and Miguel Alcivar of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a fund managed by DRA Advisors LLC, in the transaction. Ivy Realty acquired the portfolio, which was 79 percent occupied at the time of sale with nearly 60 percent of the tenancy consisting of national and regional companies. Jason Hochman, Michael Ryan and Brian Linnihan of Cushman & Wakefield arranged $50.5 million in acquisition financing through CIBC World Markets on behalf of Ivy Realty. The loan includes funds for Ivy Realty’s capital improvement plans and future leasing costs to stabilize the buildings.
Detroit has become a five-sport town: The Pistons, Red Wings, Lions and Tigers have been joined by Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC, the entity that has made a sport out of assembling a downtown Detroit portfolio of commercial buildings. In the process, Gilbert is becoming the city’s biggest advocate. Talking about Detroit’s office market without including Gilbert’s latest investment is akin to discussing Detroit’s economy and excluding the automotive industry. The Quicken Loans founder and principal shareholder of the Cleveland Cavaliers put himself on the region’s real estate game board when the recession ended and he started buying up properties. To date, Gilbert and his team have amassed a portfolio of more than 85 properties in and around the downtown comprised of more than 13 million square feet and valued in excess of $2.2 billion. The March 2015 acquisition of the 43-story One Detroit Center at 500 Woodward Ave. — which has since been renamed Ally Detroit Center — and attached 2,070-space parking deck for well over $100 million was his biggest deal during the acquisition spree. Ally Financial is completing its relocation to the building this spring from the nearby Renaissance Center, as well as bringing employees …
LOS ANGELES — Institutional Property Advisors Capital Markets has arranged a $50 million refinancing for a 168,764-square-foot office tower in Beverly Hills. The 12-story tower is situated within the Golden Triangle area. It was first high-rise building erected on Wilshire Boulevard in the 1970s. The cash-out loan refinanced a 25-year, fixed-rate loan. The new non-recourse loan features a 15-year, 3.75 percent fixed rate with interest-only payments. Jake Roberts and Anita Paryani Rice of Institutional Property Advisors Capital Markets arranged the loan.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Southside Bank will finance new development at Frisco Station, a 242-acre mixed-use development located along the Dallas North Tollway in Frisco. The bank will provide the Frisco Station Partnership, an investment entity composed of Hillwood, Rudman Partnership and Van Trust Real Estate, with a three-year revolving line of credit for constructing road, water, sewer and other utilities. Initial construction will begin in June and will include infrastructure to support office development along Warren Parkway. Frisco Station includes more than 5 million square feet of office space, 2,400 apartment units, food and beverage concepts, hotel and conference facilities and more than 250,000 square feet of retail space. Headquartered in Tyler, Texas, Southside Bank has $5.2 billion in assets and operates more than 60 banking facilities in Texas.
DALLAS — Citadel Partners LLC has represented the Richardson Independent School District in the acquisition of an 86,310-square-foot office building situated on 4.5 acres in Dallas. The property will undergo an adaptive reuse process to transform from an office building into an elementary school. Scott Morse, Scott Jessen, Andy Goldston and Mac Morse of Citadel Partners represented the buyer, and Grant Brodeur of Novus Realty Advisors LLC represented the seller, Cocanougher Asset 2 Ltd.
SAN ANTONIO — InvestCore Commercial has secured the sale of a 50,150-square-foot building that is net leased to the City of San Antonio Pre-K Education Center. The 5.4-acre site is located at 1235 Old Highway 90 W. A private California-based REIT purchased the property, which was built in 2014. The city of San Antonio maintains a long-term lease at the facility, with options to extend. Ed Colson Jr. and Michael Campbell of San Diego-based InvestCore Commercial represented the seller, the developer of the property, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Related Cos. and LargaVista Cos. have broken ground for 300 Lafayette Street, an 80,000-square-foot office and retail building located in SoHo. The seven-story building will feature 50,000 square feet office space on floors three through seven and 30,000 square feet of retail space on the first two floors. The office portion of the building will include a separate lobby from the flagship retail space. Designed by COOKFOX Architects for LEED Silver certification, the property is slated for completion in early 2018. JLL has been retained to market for lease both portions of the property.
LITTLETON, MASS. — Hanscom Federal Credit Union has purchased an office building located at 25 Porter Road in Littleton. Wheelock Street Capital and Novaya Real Estate Ventures sold the building for $3.2 million. The 67,167-square-foot building is located off Route 2 at the intersection of Interstate 495. David Gilkie and Jim Boudrot of NAI Hunneman represented the buyer in the transaction. NAI Hunneman has been retained to market for lease the remaining space in the building.