ROLLING MEADOWS, ILL. — Panasonic Corp. of North America has signed a long-term lease for 48,813 square feet at Continental Towers in Rolling Meadows. The office, which moves from 5201 Tollview Road in Rolling Meadows, will serve as the consumer electronics company’s Midwest regional headquarters. It will take the entire 11th and 12th floors of Tower 3 when the lease begins in June 2015. Continental Towers is a 911,341-square-foot, three-tower office complex. Amenities include a 30,000-square-foot, full-service fitness center, a conference/training facility and a Foodbarz deli. The buildings is situated on a 34-acre corporate campus which is visible along I-90. Mitch Loveman and Kevin Duckler of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented Panasonic in the transaction. GlenStar Properties’ Dave Trumpy and Bill Debb represented ownership.
HOUSTON — Boxer Property has arranged a lease for SmartVault Corp., a provider of software as a service online document storage and secure file sharing solutions. SmartVault will occupy 7,412 square feet of office space at 720 N. Post Oak Road in Houston. Ashley Myers negotiated the lease on behalf of Boxer Property. The six-floor office building is located north of Uptown Park shopping center and is near the Marque Center and Metro Busline. The building offers a common area conference room, on-site deli with free WiFi, a parking garage and 24-hour key card access.
NEW YORK CITY — Savanna has completed the disposition of 576 Fifth Avenue, a boutique office and retail building in Manhattan. Real Estate Equities Corp. acquired the 72,000-square-foot asset for an undisclosed price. Situated on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 47th Street, the property features a jewelry exchange on the ground floor and offices on the upper floors. Yoron Cohen, Richard Baxter, John Caplan, Scott Latham and Jason Gold of Jones Lang LaSallle represented Savanna in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has arranged the sale of an office building located at 2118 Coney Island Ave. in the Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn. Constructed in the 1990s, the three-story, 4,800-square-foot medical office building sold for $2.2 million. Erik Yankelovich of GFI Realty Services represented the seller and buyer, both of which are local investors, in the transaction.
RALEIGH, N.C. — CBRE | Raleigh has brokered the sale of the ECPI Building, a Class A office building located at 4101 Doie Cope Road in Raleigh. Constructed in 2001, the 51,903-square-foot property is fully leased with ECPI University occupying 42,637 square feet through February 2026. The buyer, Family Video, purchased the office building for an undisclosed price. Ben Kilgore of CBRE | Raleigh represented the seller, Robinson Development Group, in the transaction.
MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. – ValueRock Realty Partners has acquired Mission Viejo Garden Plaza, a 67,000-sqiare-foot office and retail property in the Orange County submarket of Mission Viejo, for $13.3 million. The center is located at the northwest corner of La Paz Road and Marguerite Parkway. The space was built in 1975 and renovated in 2009. Peter D. Beauchamp, Brian Corrigan, and Mark Sigler of Voit Real Estate Services represented both ValueRock and the unnamed seller in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES – Jump LA has renewed its lease for 7,000 square feet of creative office space at Blackwelder in the Los Angeles submarket of Culver City. The space is located at 3123 S La Cienega Blvd. Other tenants at the campus include Hungry Man, Bandito Brothers and Gentlemen Scholar, as well as visual-effects firms like The Mill. The creative editorial boutique firm was represented by Avison Young’s Jeff Vertun. The landlord, a joint venture between Alcion Ventures and Genton Property Group, was represented by Lincoln Property Company.
UPLAND, CALIF. – Alta Medical Center, a 24,212 square foot medical property in Upland, has sold to Elat Properties for $5.5 million. The center is located at 1113 Alta Ave. The center is currently 93 percent leased. About 34 percent of its current leases will expire in the next few years. The space was built in 1989. CBRE’s Bryan Lewitt, John Oien, and Chris Isola represented both the buyer and the seller, Alta Investment Properties LLC, in this transaction.
INDEPENDENCE, OHIO — Time Equities Inc. has acquired a six-property office portfolio in Independence for $20 million. The Rockside Office Portfolio includes six commercial buildings spread across three office parks totaling 422,037 square feet. Buildings within this acquisition include: Rock Run North, a two-story, Class B, 63,294-square-foot building located at 5700 Lombardo Center; Rock Run Center, a two-story, Class B, 63,294-square-foot building located at 5700 Lombardo Center; Freedom Square I, a four-story, Class B, 40,435-square-foot building located at 4401 Rockside Road; Freedom Square II, a five-story, Class B, 114,680-square-foot building located at 6000 Freedom Square Drive; Freedom Square III, a four-story, Class A, 71,052-square-foot building located at 4511 Rockside Road; Oak Tree Place, a five-story, Class B, 69,318-square-foot building located at 6111 Oak Tree Boulevard. The portfolio was 66 percent occupied to 29 tenants at the time of sale. Jim Postweiler of JLL Capital Markets Group brokered the deal on behalf of the seller, Duke Realty. In-house counsel represented TEI while Angela Hsu of Duke Realty represented the seller. JLL will manage the property. CBRE will lease space within the portfolio.
CHANHASSEN, MINN. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital closed a $4.9 million first mortgage loan secured by a 115,520-square-foot office/warehouse located in Chanhassen. Dave Rasmussen of Grandbridge originated the fixed-rate loan for the undisclosed borrower through a life insurance company. The property was fully leased with 55 percent office finish.