CHARLOTTE, N.C. — HFF has brokered the sale of a 32-story, 330,483-square-foot office tower located at 121 W. Trade St. in downtown Charlotte. Lincoln Property Co.’s affiliate, LPC Realty Advisors I LP, purchased the asset from a partnership controlled by The Dilweg Cos. for $71.6 million, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. Lincoln Property Co. purchased the asset in conjunction with local affiliate Lincoln Harris on behalf of a pension fund client. Tenants of the office tower include Chicago Bridge & Iron, SAS Institute, Caudle & Spears and Brookwood Associates. The building also features the Charlotte City Club on the top two levels and parking on levels two through nine. Ryan Clutter led HFF’s investment sales team representing the seller.
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DURHAM, N.C. — The Dilweg Cos. has purchased South Square I and II, two office buildings located at 3710 University Drive and 3708 Mayfair St. in Durham, respectively. The buildings total 120,301 square feet and were 47 percent leased at the time of sale. Primary tenants at the two properties include Yadkin Bank, aWhere and SHIFT NC. Dilweg plans to invest more than $2.5 million to improve the buildings’ operating systems, common areas and tenant amenities. The Durham-based firm owns roughly 1.3 million square feet of office space in the Raleigh-Durham area.
SMYRNA, GA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Paces West, a Class A office development that features two office towers totaling 646,471 square feet. The development is located in Smyrna, a city in Atlanta’s Cumberland/Galleria office submarket. Investcorp and Crocker Partners teamed up to purchase the office development from a joint venture between TIER REIT and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management LP for an undisclosed price. Formerly Home Depot’s corporate headquarters, Paces West was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Piedmont Healthcare, Reliance Worldwide, British Telecom and Project Time & Cost. The office campus recently underwent an $11.7 million renovation. The sales price was undisclosed.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Colliers International has completed a lease in a historic building in downtown Ann Arbor. Danlaw Inc., an engineering firm, will occupy two floors of the building, which will total 4,000 square feet. The property, owned by Dr. Reza Rahmani, is located at 213 S. Main St. and is currently undergoing renovations. Brendan Cavender and Jim Chaconas of Colliers were the sole brokers in the deal.
ELM GROVE, WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged a 2,232-square-foot office lease in Elm Grove, approximately 10 miles west of Milwaukee. STAFDA Inc. is leasing the space in The Tradesman Building from Building Trades Pension Trust. The property is located at 500 Elm Grove Road. John Dulmes and Dan Walsh of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction.
Cousins Signs Bank of America to 922,684 SF Lease Renewal at Gateway Village in Charlotte
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cousins Properties Inc. has signed a 10-year lease renewal with Bank of America for office space at Gateway Village in Uptown Charlotte. The Charlotte-based bank will continue to lease 922,684 square feet of office space at the 1.06 million-square-foot building. A 50/50 joint venture between Cousins and Bank of America own the office development, located at 800 and 900 W. Trade St.
RALEIGH, N.C. — SunTrust Bank has performed as the lead arranger for a $66.7 million construction loan for a Class A office tower in Midtown Raleigh. The borrower, Kane Realty Corp., will use the loan to develop Midtown Plaza, a 12-story, 330,000-square-foot office tower in North Hills, a 130-acre mixed-use development in Raleigh. Allscripts, a Chicago-based healthcare information technology company, will anchor the new office development. Kane Realty plans to deliver the project in July 2017. SunTrust has funded two other Kane-developed projects in North Hills — CAPTRUST Tower and The Dartmouth.
DALLAS — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged acquisition financing for Signature Exchange, two Class A office buildings in north Dallas. CBRE worked on behalf of America’s Capital Partners to obtain the financing. Signature Exchange was constructed in 1982 and went through a renovation in 2013. It is now 92 percent occupied. The property is located two miles north of I-635 on the west side of Preston Road. Greg Greene, Scott Lewis and Taylor Pearce of CBRE’s Dallas office secured the financing on behalf of the borrower. Gary Carr, Robert Hill, John Alvarado and Eric Mackey of CBRE’s Dallas Office investment group represented the seller, CBRE Global Investors.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Parkway Properties has chosen Balfour Beatty Construction for renovations at One Eleven Plaza, a downtown Austin tower built in 1987. Balfour Beatty will deliver the project alongside landscape architecture firm dwg. and Michael Hsu Office of Architecture. Fareground at One Eleven Congress is the renovation of the plaza and lobby space at One Congress Plaza, located at the corner of 2nd Street and Congress Avenue. Following preconstruction planning by Balfour Beatty, the Fareground at One Eleven Congress project is underway with completion expected in spring 2017.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has brokered the sale of a 70,000-square-foot office building located at 22-24 W. 38th St. in Midtown. Dalan Management acquired the asset for $43.5 million. The 12-story property features ground-floor retail space. Ron Solarz and Nataliya Stemakh of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller, 22 West 38th Street Associates LLC, while Ben Tapper, also of Eastern Consolidated, represented the buyer in the transaction. Gary Meese of Eastern Consolidated served as analyst for the deal.