ST. LOUIS, MO. — Revive Capital Development LLC has acquired a 270,000-square-foot office building in St. Louis for an undisclosed price. The development company plans to convert the nine-story building into loft apartments. 1706 Washington LLC sold the property that was previously occupied by CPI Corp., a portrait studio. The vacant building, constructed in 1912, is located at 1706 Washington Ave. John Warren of JLL represented the seller.
ELM GROVE, WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged a 1,301-square-foot office lease inside The Tradesman Building in Elm Grove, approximately 10 miles west of Milwaukee. Proactive Title Solutions LLC will occupy space at the building situated at 500 Elm Grove Road. The landlord of the property is Building Trades United Pensions Trust Fund. John Dulmes and Dan Walsh of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction.
KENNESAW, GA. — Avison Young has arranged the $30.1 million sale of Chastain Center, a 303,000-square-foot office building located on Chastain Boulevard in Kennesaw’s Town Center submarket. Matt Tritschler, Steve Morgan and Stephanie Marion of Avison Young represented the seller, Parthenon Realty, in the transaction. The buyer was TerraCap Management LLC. Built in 1987, Chastain Center was 67 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Aaron’s Inc., Applied Global Technologies, First Arkansas Bank & Trust/Card Assets and Markem-Imaje.
PRICE, UTAH – The Price Human Services Building, a 37,829-square-foot office building in Utah, has sold to an unnamed buyer. The price was not disclosed. The space is located at 475 West Price River Drive in Price. It is fully leased to tenants like the Utah Attorney General, the Utah Department of Workforce Services, the Utah Department of Family and Child Services, and the Utah Department of Rehabilitation Services. The seller, Fairbridge Properties, purchased the asset in 2013.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Donley Plaza, a 69,547-square-foot office asset in Austin. Nashville-based OakPoint Real Estate and local partner Haverwood Management purchased the asset from a California-based partnership. Donley Plaza marks the fifth office acquisition in Austin for the OakPoint/Haverwood duo. Donley Plaza, located at 2201 Donley Drive in north-central Austin, was 65 percent occupied at the time of closing. The building was constructed in 1983 and renovated in 2013. The buyer has an opportunity to lease one full floor of the building in a location just east of the Domain, a mixed-use community. OakPoint and Haverwood are partnering with a local architecture firm to redevelop Donley Plaza for creative and tech-oriented users. Additionally, the new ownership group is in the early planning stages for a build-to-suit on the adjacent vacant site, which is being marketing to large corporate users seeking value office space in and around the North Austin/Domain submarket.
DALLAS — Equity Office has closed a new lease transaction with Sabre for 196,048 square feet in Solana Business Park in Dallas. Cushman & Wakefield’s Chris Taylor, Rodney Helm and Layne Mayfield represented Solana on the Sabre leasing transaction. Ryan Matthews and Cannon Camp of JLL represented Sabre, which inked a new deal to lease all of Building 2 at the Terrace at Solana, as well as the first three floors of Building 3. Solana Business Park is undergoing a $65 million campus renovation that modernizes the property’s original architectural design. The majority of the renovations are finished with final completion scheduled for mid-2016. Solana Business Park is a five-minute drive from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Texas Bank Financial has acquired a 47,830-square-foot, multi-tenant office building in southwest Fort Worth as the new headquarters location for its mortgage company. Executive Place, a two-story building located at 4521 S. Hulen St. near I-20, was 100 percent leased at the time of sale. The new owner’s first order of business will be to undertake a series of upgrades aimed at heightening curb appeal, including accentuating the exterior. In the fourth quarter of 2016, Texas Bank Mortgage Co. will move its 45-employee headquarters team into 18,000 square feet on the second floor from leased office space about two miles to the south. Gary Walker of Arlington-based Coldwell Banker Commercial Alliance DFW represented the buyer.
DEVON, PA. — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) has arranged the sale of a commercial property located at 91 Lancaster Ave. in Devon. Devon Land Holdings LLC sold the 25,000-square-foot building to Provco Devon II LLC for $4.1 million. Situated on 1.4 acres, the property was 62 percent occupied at the time of sale by Raymond James & Associates and Long & Foster Real Estate, whose leases were negotiated as part of the sale/leaseback. The building is zoned commercial, which allows for retail, office or medical uses. Neil Shupak, Justin Bell and Mike Maloney of NGKF represented the seller, while Rob Shirley of Della Porta Real Estate represented the buyer in the transaction.
TROY, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has arranged a 6,994-square-foot office lease in Troy, a northern suburb of Detroit. Guardian Mortgage Co., a mortgage lending company focused on residential home loans, will occupy the space located at 900 Wilshire Drive. West Huron Joint Venture owns the property, Wilshire Plaza North. Steve Eisenshtadt and Keith Grebinski of Friedman represented the landlord in this transaction.
PASADENA, CALIF. — Meridian has purchased a 115,000-square-foot medical office complex in Pasadena for $37.5 million. The complex is located at 50 Bellefontaine St. near Huntington Memorial Hospital. The 2.8-acre property contains a 52,000-square-foot building, a 63,000-square-foot building and an adjacent subterranean parking garage. Meridian plans to invest an additional $5 million to modernize and upgrade the space. John Erickson and Brent Weirick of Colliers represented Meridian in the deal. Fred Cordova, Ryan Eddy and Michael Puleo of Kennedy Wilson Brokerage Group, along with William Boyd, Linda Lee and Scott Unger of Charles Dunn, represented the seller, Cotton Medical Center.
