SAN DIEGO – A 17,800-square-foot medical office building in La Jolla has sold to Monarch La Jolla LLC for $7 million. The property is located at 7630 Fay Ave. The LLC intends to convert the building into an upscale assisted living facility. The seller, Executive Leasing of Nevada LLC, was represented by Brandon Keith of Voit Real Estate Services’ San Diego office and Stephen Dok of Lee & Associates. The buyer also operates as Monarch Living and Monarch Communities.
San Diego’s core commercial office markets continue to tighten. Less than 1 million square feet was added last year, while more than 1.2 million square feet was absorbed. In 2014, construction commenced on the first speculative high-rise office project since Hines’ La Jolla Commons I in 2008. The Irvine Company plans to deliver a 306,000-square-foot, Class A development called One La Jolla Center in UTC this year. This project follows on the heels of the adjacent 415,000-square-foot, build-to-suit for LPL. This activity points to a strengthening market as developers, equity partners and lenders believe the benefit outweighs the risk of speculative development. Sorrento Mesa also received 410,000 square feet of new office space at 10001 Pacific Heights Blvd. last year that was pre-committed by owner-user Qualcomm. The overall vacancy rate for the core markets in three San Diego regions (Downtown, Central and North County) was reduced to 11.5 percent by year’s end, indicating a tight market for users. Rent spikes can be anticipated when vacancy rates shrink to single digits. This should occur this year in submarkets like the Uptown area (5.5 percent), Poway (5.4 percent), Rancho Bernardo (6.8 percent), North Beach Cities (5.7 percent), Torrey Pines (8.0 percent), Sorrento …
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Canyon Village, a mixed-use office project in Scottsdale has sold to Laurus Corp. for $18.7 million. The Class A project is located at 18801, 18835, 18867 and 18899 N. Thompson Peak Parkway. It is situated within the 8,800-acre, master-planned DC Ranch at the base of the McDowell Mountains. Canyon Village is primarily composed of office tenants, but also includes high-end medical office, retail and restaurant users like Ciao Wine Bar & Bistro and the Village Health Club’s hot yoga studio. It was 75.9 percent occupied at the time of sale. The seller, Canyon Village LLC, an entity of DMB, was represented by JLL’s Dennis Desmond and Brian Ackerman. DMB’s Michael Burke and T.A. Shover also participated in this sale, as did Alfred Hackbarth of SRS Real Estate Partners and JLL’s John Bonnell and Brett Abramson.
NEW YORK CITY — Savanna and Hornig Capital Partners has acquired a commercial loft building located at 2415 Third Ave. in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx for an undisclosed price. The eight-story, 172,000-square-foot building features 22,000-square-foot floor plates with 12-foot ceiling heights. The buyers plan to implement a $12 million capital improvement plan and re-brand the property. DY Realty Services represented the seller, Madhatters Realty, in the transaction. The acquisition was financed by CapitalSource, with Mission Capital as placement agent for the loan.
LOWELL, MASS. — DTZ has brokered the sale of Connector Park, two office buildings located in Lowell. Hudson Advisors sold the 199,783-square-foot property for $14.6 million to KS Partners. The asset consists of 41 Wellman Street, which is 100 percent leased on a long-term basis to three tenants, and 59 Lowes Ways, which is a 66 percent leased multi-tenant office building. David Pergola and Brian Doherty of DTZ Boston represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Boddewyn Gaynor Architects has designed a 60,000-square-foot facility for Amida Care Inc. in midtown Manhattan. Located at 14 Penn Plaza, the facility, which includes a data center, features a reception area, interview rooms, a 30-person boardroom, an executive office suite, offices, workstations, lunchroom, and copy and mail facilities, as well as meeting rooms with movable walls. Vanguard Construction & Development served as general contractor for the newly completed project.
CHICAGO — I.M. Construction Group will complete a 10,000-square-foot office renovation on behalf of the Belgravia Group Ltd. at 1101 W. Monroe in Chicago. IMCG was selected to complete the demolition and build-out of two complete floors at the property for Belgravia’s new offices. Belgravia Group develops residential, mixed-use and retail properties. The firm owns and manages 1101 W. Monroe and is relocating its offices from River North to this new location. Construction includes the addition of private offices, conference rooms, break rooms and open work areas. The new space will feature traditional loft styling including high ceilings with exposed timber and brick walls. Belgravia is expected to take occupancy of the new space in spring 2015. Bob Nomellini, president of IMCG, is the project executive leading the construction team. Len Corso is serving as the project superintendent. Hirsch Associates is providing architectural services for the project.
PLANO, TEXAS — NAI Robert Lynn represented Altair Global in a 13,960-square-foot expansion deal for its corporate headquarters. Altair Global is a global assignment and relocation management company offering mobility solutions. Located at 7800 N. Dallas Pkwy. in Plano, the Class A office building allows Altair Global to expand its headquarters’ presence in the area. The office building is in close proximity to the company’s original headquarters building located at 7500 N. Dallas Pkwy. The new office provides access to the Dallas North Tollway and also is a short drive to The Shops at Legacy. Dan Jardine III and Tom Lynn of NAI Robert Lynn represented Altair Global in the transaction.
Nashville is now an established growth leader regionally and nationally. The city was a national trailblazer as the U.S. economy recovered from the Great Recession. That head start positioned Nashville to take advantage of broader growth trends and stay ahead of the pack as the remainder of the region and country started to grow again. Moody’s Analytics places Nashville firmly in an expansion phase, with fourth quarter employment growth 330 basis points ahead of the prior year, in-migration driving single-family housing permits up 13 percent last year and accelerating wage growth. Quoting Moody’s, “With the commercial real estate market tightening quickly, the pace of hiring will soon be contingent on how quickly new offices can be built or renovated. Yet there is still a good chance office-using employment could beat expectations, especially after 2016.” Class A buildings continue to dominate growth. Overall absorption for 2014 totaled 666,639 square feet, while Class A absorption was 689,009 square feet. Absorption exceeded construction by over 200,000 square feet, and Class A vacancy dropped from 5 percent at the beginning of the year to 3.5 percent at year-end. Vacancy that low inhibits movement, as is obvious in Brentwood with only 45,000 square feet vacant, …
MADISON, WIS. — ALTUS Commercial Real Estate Inc. has arranged a 2,139-square-foot office lease in Madison. Wisconsin Newspaper Association will occupy the space located at 34 Schroeder Court, Suite 2. Chuck Polenz of ALTUS represented the tenant, and Jeff Jansen of ALTUS represented the landlord.
