BALTIMORE — DTZ has brokered the $7.4 million sale of a 61,655-square-foot office building located at 300 W. Pratt St. in Baltimore’s central business district (CBD). Baltimore-based Valstone Partners purchased the property from Guggenheim Real Estate LLC. The office building was 55 percent leased at the time of sale. Jonathan Carpenter, Nicole Keelty and Graham Savage of DTZ’s Baltimore capital markets team represented the seller in the transaction.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — KCI Warner has acquired a 45,597-square-foot office building in Huntington Beach for $7.5 million. The building is located at 4552 Warner Ave. Rob Rader of Wind Water Investment Co. represented KCI. David Romero of Lee & Associates – Newport Beach represented the seller, Twomey/Ezzell/Balfour.
PHILADELPHIA — CBRE Group Inc. has arranged $49.7 million in acquisition and renovation financing for the Public Ledger Building in Philadelphia. The borrower, Purchase, N.Y.-based Carlyle Development Group, received short-term acquisition financing for a three-year term with two one-year extensions for the purpose of acquiring and improving the property. (The Public Ledger was a daily newspaper in Philadelphia published from 1836 to 1942.) The bridge financing allows the borrower to receive additional proceeds for future lease-up and general building renovations, as well as the flexibility to operate and dispose of the asset as needed. Located at 600 Chestnut St., the 534,004-square-foot property is 65 percent occupied, with The United States of America General Services Administration as the largest tenant. James Gunning, Donna Falzarano and Evan Kleppe of CBRE arranged the financing with a national debt fund.
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — A report from SmartAsset, a personal finance technology company, ranks Fort Bend County, a county in the Houston metropolitan area, as No. 1 in Texas and No. 5 in the United States as the area with the most incoming investments. The data, aggregated from various sources including the U.S. Census Bureau, showed that the county ranked highly in several further categories including gross domestic product (GDP) growth, new building permits and municipal bonds. The county ranked No. 10 in Texas with a GDP growth of over $3.5 million from 2013 to 2014. Fort Bend also ranked No. 1 in Texas and No. 2 in the United States for the highest number of new building permits granted per 1,000 homes. From 2013 to 2014, the county had a municipal bonds index of 2.13, earning the No. 8 spot in Texas. These bonds have been used to enhance quality of life such as mobility, water and safety, and are responses to the high growth in employment and residential opportunities available in the county.
EATONTOWN, N.J. — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) has secured $10 million in refinancing for West Ridge Corporate Center in Eatontown. HFF placed the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with Principal Commercial Capital for the borrower, Bollerman Real Estate Services Inc. Located at One Industrial Way West, the five-building, 113,715-square-foot office/flex complex is currently 96 percent leased. Michael Klein led the HFF team representing Bollerman in the financing.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Portman Holdings has secured financing for its $122 million office building located at 615 S. College Ave. in Uptown Charlotte. The financing included equity from China Orient Summit Capital and debt from PCCP LLC. The 371,000-square-foot office building will be constructed atop an existing parking garage, and upon completion in February 2017, the office tower will have an outdoor green space and direct access to the Lynx Blue Line. John Portman & Associates is providing architectural services, and Travis Garland of Portman Holdings is managing the leasing process, in conjunction with Trinity Partners. Portman Holdings will officially break ground on the office tower on Friday, Aug. 14.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $10.2 million sale of Forum Corporate Park II, a 60,777-square-foot, Class A office building located at 9160 Forum Corporate Parkway in Fort Myers. The office building is positioned within The Forum at Fort Myers, a 706-acre master-planned development. Rick Brugge, Mike Davis and Michael Lerner of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Robert Brooks of Songy Highroads, represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was Holden Properties. The three-story suburban office building is currently 82.3 percent leased to tenants such as Verizon, Prudential Insurance and Regus.
PERRYSBURG, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 22,089-square-foot medical office building in Perrysburg, approximately 10 miles south of Toledo. The Starbright Professional Center at 28555 Starbright Blvd. sold for $4.7 million. The office is part of the ProMedica St. Luke’s Hospital Health System. Ryan Moore and Christopher Mitchel of Marcus & Millichap’s Cleveland office represented the seller, a private investor. A limited liability company represented itself as the buyer.
HOUSTON — Texoz E&P I, Inc., a subsidiary of Talon Petroleum Limited, has subleased their office space at Three Chasewood in northwest Houston to Huff Energy Holdings. Ryan Dierker with Newcor Commercial Real Estate represented the sublessor, Texoz E&P I, Inc. and the subtenant, Huff Energy Holdings, in the 2,235-square-foot office sublease transaction located at 20405 State Highway 249 in Houston. Newcor is a full-service commercial real estate company headquartered in The Woodlands. With a focus on north Houston and the area around the new Exxon Mobil campus, Newcor is positioned to maximize their clients’ opportunities in and around Houston’s new energy corridor.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Karlin Real Estate has closed out the 1 million-square-foot first phase of PARMER Technology and Office Park with the sale of Parmer 6.2, a 292,000-square-foot office/flex building, to Casa Marco. Located at 301 Howard Lane, the building is one of three similarly sized institutional quality buildings that make up PARMER’s first phase, known at Sector 6. Karlin acquired the buildings from Dell in December 2012 when the computer maker moved to consolidate its operations to a 350-acre complex in Round Rock. Since then, the Los Angeles-based investor has backfilled 100 percent of the vacant buildings with a variety of companies including GM, Allergan and Met Labs. CBRE’s Mark Emerick and John Barksdale represented both parties in the transactions. Karlin and Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co. are developing the 400-acre technology and office park.
