CERRITOS, CALIF. — A private exchange buyer has acquired Carmenita Corporate Plaza, a 68,779-square-foot office building in Cerritos, for an undisclosed sum. The plaza is located at 13340 183rd St. It is fully leased to Infinity Property & Casualty Corporation. CBRE’s Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones and Blake Bokosky represented the seller, an affiliate of Cohen Asset Management.
DALLAS — CBRE Strategic Partners U.S. Value 7 has acquired Galleria Towers, a 1.4 million-square-foot, three-building office complex in Dallas. Galleria Towers is located at 13355, 13455 and 13155 Noel Road, adjacent to the Galleria Mall. The property offers freeway access at the intersection of the North Dallas Tollway and LBJ Freeway. CBRE Global Investors plans to invest in the property by adding conference facilities, a fitness center and tenant amenities. Gary Carr, John Alvarado, Eric Mackey and Robert Hill with CBRE’s Dallas office investment group represented the seller.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Sheahan Self Storage, a 32,621-square-foot self-storage, office warehouse and retail property located in Austin. Justin Miller and Dave Knobler of Marcus & Millichap’s Houston office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership. Knobler and Miller secured the buyer, a limited liability company, as well. Sheahan Self Storage is located at 11712 N. Lamar Blvd. in Austin.
HOUSTON — NAI Investment Fund I LLC has acquired an office building located at 12600 Featherwood Drive in Houston. The 74,753-square-foot, Class B property is 81 percent occupied. NAI Partners has been retained to provide both property management and leasing services on behalf of the owner, NAI Investment Fund I LLC. The seller, Fort Worth-based Klabzuba Realty, was represented by Marty Hogan off HFF. Rob Evans of NAI Investment Management LLC negotiated the acquisition. Amegy Bank of Texas is the lender.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has arranged a $150.6 million floating-rate loan on behalf of an office building located at 330 W. 42nd St. in Manhattan. Constructed in 1931, the 33-story building offers 590,000 square feet of office space. The building has occupancy of 90 percent. Daniel Lerer and Will Watkins of GFI procured the loan from Natixis, an investment bank.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — MidCity Real Estate Partners and Crocker Partners have formed a joint venture to co-develop NorthPlace, a 3.7-acre office campus located in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter office submarket at Barfield Road and Mount Vernon Highway in Sandy Springs. The campus will be visible from GA 400 and will be situated one block from Mercedes-Benz USA’s new headquarters and two blocks from the Sandy Springs MARTA station. Plans for NorthPlace include two towers spanning 250,000 square feet and 100,000 square feet. The site can also house build-to-suit opportunities ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 square feet for companies wanting to own their own property. MidCity will sell and lease the campus, and Roger White of MidCity will oversee day-to-day construction operations. Crocker Partners owns the site, and Crocker and MidCity have retained Warner Summers as the base building architect. In addition to office use, the site is also zoned for ground-floor retail space.
STAMFORD, CONN. — ClearRock Properties, Gottesman Real Estate Partners and Mountain Development Corp. have acquired a three-building commercial portfolio, located at 700, 850 and 860 Canal St. in Stamford, for an undisclosed price. Guggenheim Partners provided an 11-year, fixed-rate loan for the acquisition. Current tenants of the 250,000-square-foot portfolio include United States Beverage, Sustainable America, Red Thread, Unger Publishing, Monjasa, Arccos Golf, KFL Capital Partners, Hildene Capital Management, Harbor Square Capital Management and Peninsula Petroleum. The name of the seller was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a property located at 206-212 Wadsworth Ave. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights. Caerus Group acquired the property for $8 million in an all-cash transaction. The buyer plans to construct a new development on the site, which offers 97,422 square feet of buildable space. The previous owners, Wadsworth Avenue Baptist Church Inc., will occupy a condominium at the new development, which will replace the existing structure. Robert Shapiro of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.
HOUSTON — McCarthy Building Cos. has begun work on the Houston Methodist Alkek Level 9 Universal Care renovation in the Texas Medical Center. The project is led by McCarthy’s Houston-based specialized solutions group, which concentrates on the Texas Medical Center and surrounding institutions focused on healthcare, laboratory and higher education projects. The demolition and renovation project will convert level nine of the Houston Methodist Alkek building into a 17,000-square-foot universal care unit/ICU with 19 inpatient beds. The project also includes the demolition and replacement of equipment on level 10 and the roof of the building. Preston Hodges and McCarthy project superintendent Michael Kacal lead the Houston SSG.
DALLAS — Real estate developer Harwood International has signed a new lease agreement in the district of Harwood with the law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP. Harwood International signed a 25,267-square-foot lease at Saint Ann Court. Jihane Boury of Harwood International negotiated the lease with Jim Graham of Colliers International. McDermott Will & Emery moved from their Turtle Creek offices to Harwood Sept. 1. With more than 1,000 lawyers, the firm has offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. Designed by Los Angeles Architect Shimoda Design Group, the 26-story, Class A office tower offers amenities including Saint Ann Restaurant & Bar, The Samurai Collection and Mercat Bistro.