ATLANTA — Hillwood, a Dallas-based Perot company and real estate developer and investor, has opened a new office in Atlanta. The company has hired Todd Parker as senior vice president and market leader to oversee the firm’s industrial business in the Southeast region. Parker, who will be based in Atlanta, brings more than 14 years of experience in the office and industrial real estate sectors. Before joining Hillwood, Parker served as vice president and regional director at The Rockefeller Group. “We are excited to welcome Todd Parker to the Hillwood team. His experience will enable us to develop, acquire and joint venture significantly more properties in the region,” said Tal Hicks, president of Hillwood Investment Properties. “We see significant opportunities for growth in the Southeast region. Todd will be a great asset as we continue to increase our presence in this market.”
STRONGSVILLE, OHIO — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has arranged the sale of a 41,184-square-foot office and warehouse building for $3.6 million. A private investor from Ohio sold the property located in the Strongsville Business & Technology Park along Foltz Parkway in Strongsville, approximately 20 miles southwest of Cleveland. The building can accommodate four tenants and is 98 percent occupied. Tyco SimplexGrinnell, a provider of emergency communication systems and services, is the most recent tenant to sign a lease at the property. The building sold for 92 percent of the list price and featured an 8.67 percent cap rate. Dan Cooper of Cooper Commercial Investment Group represented the seller in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Bolour Associates has purchased a 113,606-square-foot creative office building in the Los Angeles submarket of El Segundo for $49 million. The property is located at 2101 El Segundo Blvd. The space underwent a comprehensive redesign that commenced in 2013. The seller, a joint venture between Bixby Land Company and Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, invested about $25 million in acquisition, development and leasing costs to reposition the building. The space is now fully occupied to notable tenants like Sanrio, Exponential Interactive, Cove Street Capital, AMA Consulting Engineers, Specialty’s Café & Bakery and Peet’s Coffee. Bolour was represented by Bob Safai of Madison Partners. Bixby represented itself in the transaction, while CBRE’s (at the time of sale) Kevin Shannon and Ken White represented Cornerstone.
DALLAS — SB Hall, the new home of the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business at The University of Dallas, is now open. The Beck Group built the 46,000-square-foot building, while Perkins+Will designed it. SB Hall is situated on the top of a hill on the northwest side of campus with views of Downtown Dallas and Las Colinas. The building includes nine lecture rooms, a production studio, financial markets lab and dozens of study nooks, alcoves, lounges and gathering places. A main floor atrium, which opens to the second level, includes a glass curtain wall system. The space is designed to allow reconfiguration as the campus population as its needs change. The facility is pursuing LEED certification.
EULESS, TEXAS — In an off-market transaction, SkyWalker Property Partners has sold the 75,679-square-foot Westpark Centre in Euless to an Atlanta-based fund targeting government-leased properties. It is the fund’s first acquisition in North Texas and second in the state. The GSA occupies 52 percent — 39,506 square feet — of the three-story office building located at 150 Westpark Way. Shane Benner of Coldwell Banker Commercial Alliance sourced the buyer, RP CBP Euless, and was the sole broker for the all-cash transaction. SkyWalker purchased Westpark Centre in 2008. The 4.3-acre property is located off Airport Freeway and TX 121, near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Westpark Centre has been leased and managed since 2008 by Arlington-based CBCA DFW, formerly SCM Real Estate Services.
HOUSTON — Jim Autenreith and Dan Nguyen of Moody Rambin represented a private seller in the sale of 3229 Navigation Blvd., a 20,898-square-foot freestanding office warehouse property in Houston. James Womack of Property Brokerage of Texas represented the purchaser, a private investor.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Presidio Inc. has extended its lease of 34,656 square feet and expanded by an additional 5,601 square feet at Waters Ridge Tech I in Lewisville, located at 1955 Lakeway Drive. Stuart Smith of DTZ represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Heather Shover, Kathy Permenter and Sean Dalton at Younger Partners represented the landlord.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Colliers International has arranged the $2.8 million sale of a historic four-story office building located at 227 2nd Ave. North in downtown Nashville. Built in 1911, the fully renovated property is located adjacent to the upcoming 21c Museum Hotel. The buyer, Tennessee-based 227 2nd Avenue North LLC, plans to repurpose the property as apartment residences with ground-floor retail space. Vickie Saito of Colliers International’s Nashville office represented the seller, local real estate investor Scott Chambers, in the transaction.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — NAI Wisinski of West Michigan represented Applied Imaging in the acquisition of a 60,000-square-foot office building in Grand Rapids. Applied Imaging will move its headquarters to the facility located at 5555 Glenwood Hills Parkway SE. Applied Imaging sells and services copiers, printers, document storage and retrieval products and provides network services and software solutions. The company currently occupies 25,000 square feet at 5282 E. Paris Ave. SE. Applied Imaging has occupied its current facility since 1999 and expects to move to the new location this summer. Stu Kingma and Jim Badaluco of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan represented Applied Imaging in the transaction. The new location will include a customer loyalty center, showrooms and service dispatch.
NEW YORK CITY — HFF has secured $13.6 million in acquisition bridge financing for a 17,615-square-foot mixed-use property located at 315 Broadway in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. The borrower, United American Land, plans to used the loan to reposition the property into a boutique office building with high-quality retail space on the ground floor. The five-story loft property has 13,900 square feet of office space, 3,715 square feet of ground-floor retail space and approximately 23,401 square feet square feet of unused air rights. Steven Klein and Geoff Goldstein of HFF arranged the four-year, floating-rate loan through Peoples United Bank.