FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Florham-based HFF, on behalf of Paramount Realty Services, has arranged $221.8 million in financing for an approximately 2 million-square-foot portfolio consisting of 30 retail, office and medical office properties in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The portfolio was 96 percent occupied at the time of closing. Jon Mikula, Jim Cadranell, Samuel Seiden and Michael Cerulo of HFF represented the borrower in the transaction. The financing was closed with a portfolio lender. Additional details of the deal were not released.
BRANFORD, CONN. — Brady Corp. has completed the disposition of an 85,000-square-foot light industrial/flex facility in Branford. Situated on 11.2 acres at 20 Thompson Road, the facility sold for $4 million. Brady Corp. plans to lease back 20,000 square feet of the building’s Class B office space. The Geenty Group and Cresa represented the seller, while The Geenty Group represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
GLEN MILLS, PA. — KarMar Realty Group has brokered the sale of an office building located at 1788 Wilmington Pike in Glen Mills. GHS Summit LLC purchased the two-story, 14,500-square-foot office building from Crawford Leasing LLC for $1.45 million. Justin Soss and Donald Grimes of KarMar Realty represented the seller in the transaction.
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — Westcore Properties has acquired a 165,497-square-foot property in Sunnyvale for $52.7 million. The property is located at 1390 and 1400 Kifer Road. The acquisition includes a three-story office building and a single-story data center. The vacant office building will undergo a major renovation, including a new outdoor tenant area, refreshed landscaping, and new finishes to the lobby and interior. The data center is occupied by CenturyLink. The property is less than a mile from CalTrain. The seller, WTA Development, was represented by DTZ’s Steve Horton and Kelly Yoder, and by CBRE’s Joe Moriarty and Brad Zampa. DTZ will also handle the leasing assignment.
HOUSTON — HFF has arranged $50 million in financing for 3040 Post Oak Blvd., a 427,486-square-foot, Class A office building in the Lakes on Post Oak complex adjacent to the Galleria in Houston. HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, MetLife Real Estate Investors, to secure the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. HFF previously marketed and closed the sale of this property, which was purchased by the borrower. 3040 Post Oak Blvd. is located at the intersection of Post Oak Boulevard and Hidalgo in Houston’s Galleria/Uptown District. The property is 80 percent leased to 25 tenants including Bechtel Corp., Carriage Services and Wealth Design Group. Wally Reid Tyler Ford and Matthew Putterman led the HFF debt placement team.
CHICAGO — Mesa West Capital has provided Sterling Bay $220 million to refinance 1KFulton, a 10-story, 535,000-square-foot office building in Chicago’s West Loop. The property will serve as Google’s new regional headquarters. Other tenants include bicycle gear maker SRAM International Corp. and Venture Capital firm Sandbox Industries. The financing included $35 million of mezzanine debt, which was placed at closing with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing. The building features efficient floor plates up to 71,000 square feet with 11-foot floor-to-ceiling glass and 12-foot slab-to-slab height. Additionally, select property amenities include a subterranean parking garage, fitness center and unmatched rooftop common areas as well as easy access to the newly completed Morgan & Lake CTA stop located one block south of the property. Local development firm Sterling Bay acquired the former Fulton Market Cold Storage warehouse in 2012. The nearly 100-year-old vacant 10-story structure is now a state-of-the-art LEED Gold certified office and retail building. Michael Kavanau, Tim Joyce and Christopher Knight of HFF arranged financing. The building was 88 percent leased at the time of financing.
COPPELL, Texas – ProSource Texas has leased a 22,781-square-foot office space in the Sandy Lake Business Center for its fifth location in north Texas, signing a long-term lease with a purchase option to underwrite its stay. ProSource Texas has just moved into the end-cap space, which was previously occupied by the landlord. As a supplier for the flooring, kitchen and bath industries, ProSource Texas will spend three months building out its new location. The space will be converted into a showroom with additional storefront windows and air conditioning. The anticipated opening is May 1. ProSource Texas will become the fifth tenant in Sandy Lake Business Center. The office/showroom building was developed in 2005 on a four-acre tract, which is a gateway property to the Freeport North park from Texas 121. The property also has easy access to I-635 and TX 114. Whitney Harris of Century 21 Lynch & Associates represented the tenant.
CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Aquarius Capital LLC has purchased Merrick Plaza, an office building located at 2199 Ponce de Leon Blvd. in the heart of the Coral Gables financial district. Aquarius Capital plans to use the property for the corporate offices of Ascendant Commercial Insurance. Tere Blanca of Blanca Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer in the sale. John Lonardo of Sperry Van Ness Commercial Realty represented the seller, 1607 Ponce LLP.
Construction on the 73-story Wilshire Grand Hotel, office and retail complex in Downtown Los Angeles’ Financial District, coupled with Google’s recent purchase of 12 acres for development in Playa Vista prove the region’s office market is alive and well. It may even be enjoying a bit of a rebirth in this post-recovery period. Los Angeles, unlike many other comparable U.S. metropolitans, is composed of several distinct business centers that make it difficult to generalize about the overall market. Separated by only a few miles, there are nonetheless very distinct markets that comprise LA, due, in no small part, to the lack of a fully integrated public transportation system and long-standing traffic that remain a barrier to full connectivity between the various areas. With that in mind, there are some very evident trends emerging out of Downtown and the Westside, which includes Century City, Westwood, Santa Monica, Playa Vista and adjacent cities. Downtown is enjoying a resurgence. It now has a real live-work vibe due, in large part, to the highly successful LA Live mixed-use hotel, retail and entertainment development adjacent to Staples Center. A variety of high-rise condominiums and apartments now make it possible to actually live Downtown. With new …
NEW YORK CITY — American Realty Capital New York City REIT Inc. (NYCR) has entered into an agreement to acquire an institutional-quality office building in downtown Manhattan for $253 million, exclusive of closing costs. Located at 123 William St., the 545,000-square-foot property is currently 81 percent leased. The property’s largest tenants include the State of New York, the City of New York, the United States of America, the Securities Training Corp. and McAloon & Friedman PC. Additional terms of the transaction were not released.