IRVING, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller’s Bill Bledsoe has arranged the sale of a single-tenant office building in Irving, The 3,900-square-foot building sits on .81 acres and is located at 727 W. Airport Freeway. The site was purchased by a local business for expansion and renovations are underway. Bledsoe represented the seller, Hargrove Interests LLC, while Luis Pina of Accent Commercial represented the unnamed buyer.
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HAZELWOOD, MO. — In separate transactions, Savoy Properties has arranged one property sale and one lease in Hazelwood, a northwestern suburb of St. Louis. In the first transaction, Bommarito Ford Realty LLC purchased a 21,016-square-foot retail building from Robert Chandler and Marilyn Chandler. The property is located at 6311 N. Lindbergh Blvd. in Hazelwood. John McDonald of Savoy represented the buyer, Bommarito Ford Realty. In the second transaction, Kingsbrook Properties LLC has leased 12,712 square feet of office space to Center for Life Solutions. The property is located at 9144 Pershall Road in Hazelwood. Ryan Pennington and John Pennington of Savoy represented the landlord, Kingsbrook. Eric Galanti of CBIZ represented the tenant.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Kemper Development Company has received $220 million to refinance the Eddie Bauer Building in Bellevue. The 538,705-square-foot office building is situated within the Bellevue Collection on the corner of NE 8th and Bellevue Way NE. The Class A building is fully leased to Eddie Bauer and Microsoft Corp. The Bellevue Collection contains retail, office, hotel and residential properties. It features more than 250 retail brands, dozens of restaurants, more than 1 million square feet of Class A office space and more than 1,000 hotel rooms. TIAA-CREF provided the financing. Dave Karson, Alex Hernandez and Chris Moyer of Cushman & Wakefield Equity represented Kemper Development.
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Prime Finance has provided the owners of a 195,000-square-foot office building, located at 400 Skokie Blvd. in Northbrook, with a $19.5 million refinance loan arranged by Draper and Kramer. The ownership group, a partnership between Romanek Properties, Bachmann Associates and Syndicated Equities, will use $2.5 million of the loan proceeds to make building improvements. Upgrades will include a conference center, expanded fitness center and improvements to all common areas. The Class A office building is leased and managed by CBRE. Dan Graham and Peter Clifton of CBRE lead leasing efforts at the building. Bill Barry and Bill Stewart of Draper and Kramer arranged the financing for the owners.
BOSTON — The Davis Companies (TDC) has completed the disposition of Tower Point, a brick-and-beam office building located at 27-43 Woodworm St. in Boston’s Seaport District. Rockpoint Group purchased the 155,170-square-foot property for $62.1 million. TDC originally acquired the property in 2013 and invested significant capital with the goal of increasing the building’s appeal to creative and tech sectors. The company upgraded the property with modern finishes, renovated the building’s fitness center and locker rooms and added a 7,500-square-foot outdoor courtyard. As a result of the repositioning, the building’s occupancy increased from 74.3 percent to 95 percent at the time of sale. Current tenants include Rethink Robotics, Healthways, NPR, Zerto and Owner IQ. Edward Maher Jr. of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented TDC in the transaction.
MINEOLA, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Century Plaza, an office building located at 330 Old Country Road in Mineola on Long Island. TIAA-CREF sold the 115,000-square-foot office property to Lalezarian Properties for an undisclosed price. Originally built in 1990 and renovated in 2009, the three-story property features 475 covered parking spaces. At the time of sale, the property was 95 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Oracle America Inc., Did-it.com, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Veritext Corp., Nationwide Mutual Insurance, and Kelly, Rode & Kelly LLP. Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt and Andrew MacDonald of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
CHAMBERSBURGH BOROUGH, YORK CITY AND MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, PA. — ROCK Commercial has arranged three separate sales, totaling 46,187 square feet, in Pennsylvania. In the first transaction, Home Again Concepts purchased a 32,437-square-foot industrial building located at 77 N. Third St. in Chambersburgh Borough for an undisclosed sum. ROCK represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. In the second deal, Beartrap Enterprises LLC acquired a 9,012-square-foot office building located at 274-280 W. Market St. in York City for an undisclosed price. ROCK represented the buyer and undisclosed seller in the transaction. In the final deal, Michelle Kreeger purchased a 4,738-square-foot office building located at 2241 W. Market St. in Manchester Township for an undisclosed price. ROCK represented the seller, whose name was not released, in the deal.
Crescent Communities to Break Ground on Office Building in Nashville’s Cool Springs District
by John Nelson
FRANKLIN, TENN. — Crescent Communities plans to break ground this month on Two Greenway Centre, a five-story, 155,000-square-foot office building located within the Greenway Centre development in Nashville’s Cool Springs submarket in Franklin. The new Class A office building will be situated on a 16-acre lot adjacent to One Greenway Centre, which Crescent Communities previously developed and leased to Jackson National Life. The project will feature an on-site fitness center, free surface parking and access to existing walking trails. Little Diversified Architectural Consulting designed the building, Jason Holwerda of CNL Commercial Real Estate is the building’s leasing agent and Pinnacle Financial Partners is the construction lender. Crescent plans to deliver the new office project in the fourth quarter of 2016.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Progress Residential has leased 34,558 square feet of office space at Riverwalk Arizona in Scottsdale. The space is located at 7580 N. Dobson Road. Riverwalk Arizona will eventually include about 1.5 million square feet of corporate office and retail space. Progress Residential is one of the largest providers of single-family rental homes in the United States. Matthew Coxhead of Savills Studley represented Progress in the lease. Kurt W. Rosene of Novo Development represented the landlord, the Alter Group.
HOUSTON — The Kinder Family Office has leased the top floor of the newly developed San Felipe Place, a Class A office building located at 2229 San Felipe St. in Houston, with facility space also provided for the Kinder Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation founded by Rich and Nancy Kinder. The foundation and family office will each occupy 50 percent of the 17th floor’s 14,854 square feet. Clark Thompson Jr. and Brad Beasley of Colvill Office Properties represented landlord, Hines, the developer of San Felipe Place, in the lease transaction. The limestone and glass building offers interior parking, a walnut-paneled lobby and neighborhood amenities Rossini Cafe and Cadence Bank. San Felipe Place is pursuing LEED certification. Since the building’s completion in September 2015, the 167,000-square-foot, 17-story development has secured tenants including Knoll, Wareing Athon & Co., and Buck Keenan LLP.