HOUSTON — Equus Capital Partners Ltd., on behalf of Equus Investment Partnership IX LP, has acquired the Comerica Bank Building, a 193,988-square-foot office building located in Houston. The 11-story building was 89 percent occupied at the time of sale, and is situated on 4.5 acres along the north side of U.S. 59 at One Sugar Creek Blvd. The building’s amenities include surface parking and an attached four-level parking garage, an on-site deli and a full-service banking facility. Jared Chua and Bernard Branca of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
PHOENIX — Granite Investment Group has purchased a 104,016-square-foot office tower in Phoenix for $9.8 million. The 14-story property is located at 2828 N. Central Ave. It recently underwent a renovation. The building is currently 53 percent occupied. DTZ’s Bob Buckley, Tracy Cartledge, Steve Lindley, Ben Geelan, Mark Stratz and Scott Baumgarten represented the seller, Ironline.
DURHAM, N.C. — Grubb Properties, in partnership with an affiliate of Blue Vista Real Estate Partners IV, has purchased two mid-rise office buildings in Durham for a combined $6.6 million. The companies plan to renovate and reposition the buildings, including new lobbies and bathrooms, resurfaced parking and extensive landscaping. The buildings are located at 2222 and 2224 N.C. 54 and total 147,471 square feet. The properties are situated on 16 acres off I-40 and directly adjacent to the Research Triangle Park.
DALLAS — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) has secured $190 million in financing for Fountain Place, a 1.2 million-square-foot office tower located in Dallas. John Brownlee, Steve Heldenfels and Jim Curtin of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, Goddard Investment Group, to secure the financing through AIG Investments. The $190 million loan was broken into two components: a $100 million, initial seven-year, fixed-rate loan; and a $90 million floating-rate loan. Proceeds are being used to take out the existing financing and fund tenant improvements and leasing commissions, as well as capital expenditures for the construction of a new parking garage and interior renovations.
PLANO, TEXAS — MYCON General Contractors has been awarded a $3.1 million construction contract to build Star Medical Center Office Building, a 30,160-square-foot, two-story medical office building located at 4100 Mapleshade Lane in Plano. The owner and developer is Star Medical Center LLC. The project architect is Bryant Burton Kupcunas Architects Inc. Star Medical Center is an acute-care hospital located immediately adjacent to the new medical office construction. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 4, and MYCON plans to complete construction by the end of the year.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Real estate deveoper Irgens has broken ground on the first phase of the Ascend at Chandler Airport Center Corporate Campus. Phase I will include an 81,712-square-foot, single-story building. The four-phase project will eventually contain 400,000 square feet. Phase I is scheduled for completion this January. The Ascend campus is situated at the northwest corner of Germann and Cooper roads in Chandler. Balmer Architectural Group is designing the project, which Chasse Building Team will construct. Cushman & Wakefield is serving as the leasing agent.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Bradley Co. has arranged two leases and one condominium sale across various property types in Fort Wayne. Kienan O’Rourke of Bradley Co. represented the tenant, Vintage Treasures LLC, in the lease of 21,600 square feet of retail space located at 265 Coliseum Blvd. In a separate transaction, O’Rourke represented the seller, B&R Real Estate, in the sale of a 2,077-square-foot office condo located at 515-519 Airport North Office Park in Fort Wayne to an undisclosed buyer. In a third transaction, O’Rourke represented the landlord, Kurt Mundinger, in the lease of 7,108 square feet of industrial space located at 224 E. Wallace St. to Three Rivers Distilling Co. Kelly Castle, also of Bradley Co., represented the tenant in the transaction. Terms and additional details of the transactions were not released.
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — CBRE has brokered the lease of 31,924 square feet of office space at 1100 E Woodfield Road in Schaumburg to Fullerton Engineering Consultants Inc. The firm’s new corporate headquarters will occupy the fifth floor of the property and offers three private balconies that overlook the lake at the 103-acre Woodfield Lake Office Park. Mark Smith and Bill Saviski of CBRE represented the landlord, McKnight Realty Partners, while Wayne Shulman of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the tenant in the transaction.
CHESTERFIELD AND ST. LOUIS, MO. — Gershman Commercial Real Estate has arranged two leases, totaling 7,364 square feet in Missouri. In the first deal, The Vandiver Group Inc. leased 3,864 square feet of office space within the Herman Stemme II Office Building located at 16052 Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield. The landlord is Chesterfield Stemme II Inc. Marcia Finch of Gershman Commercial represented the tenant in the lease. In the second deal, PPM Enterprises LLC, doing business as STL One Price Cleaners, inked a lease for 3,500 square feet of retail space within The Adler Lofts at 2035 Washington Ave. in St. Louis. Stephen Symsack and Roger Zigler of Gershman Commercial represented the landlord, Adler Lofts Master Landlord LLC, while Hilliker Corp. and Xsite Real Estate Inc. represented the tenant in the transaction. Additional terms of the transactions were not released.
SHREWSBURY, MASS. — CS Holdings LLC has acquired an office/retail building located at 307 Grafton St. in Shrewsbury. Kalamat LLC sold the property for $2.4 million. Constructed in 2005, the two-story property is fully occupied by Café Noir, Salon Sogno, Piel Skin Boutique and Modern Dentistry of Shrewsbury. David Cohen and William Kelleher IV of Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates represented the seller in the transaction.