SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – A 170,000-square-foot office building in downtown Sacramento has sold to an institutional investor for $29.4 million. The acquisition was made as an investment through a separate account managed by CenterSquare Investment Management, the real estate manager for BNY Mellon. The Class A building is located at 770 L Street. The seller was 770 L Street Investment Group Inc.
SALT LAKE CITY — South Temple Tower, a 216,976-square-foot, high-rise tower in Salt Lake City, has sold to Maier Siebel Baber (MSB) for an undisclosed sum. The tower is located at 136 East South Temple in the city’s Central Business District. MSB plans to retrofit, renovate and refurbish the office building. These improvements will be carried out by Architecture Design. The seller was represented by Craig Thomas, Eric Gustafson and Eric Smith of CBRE’s Salt Lake City office. CBRE will continue to manage and lease the asset.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cassidy Turley has arranged the sale of a Class A, 58,445-square-foot office building, located at 4500 Cameron Valley Parkway in Charlotte. The building is fully leased to several tenants, including Merrill Lynch, Grubb Properties, Yadkin Valley Bank and Trust Co., Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. and Scott & Stringfellow LLC. Rob Cochran, David Finger, Addison Montague and Jared Londry of Cassidy Turley represented the seller, a local investment group, in the transaction. The buyer was an affiliate of The Keith Corp.
NEW YORK CITY — Colliers International has arranged a 15-year, 41,000-square-foot corporate relocation on behalf of AFS-USA to 120 Wall St. in New York City. Formerly the American Field Service, AFS-USA is a nonprofit that provides international and intercultural learning experiences to individuals, families, schools and communities through a global volunteer partnership. Founded in 1947, AFS-USA has served more than 400,000 students and young adult professionals around the world. AFS-USA decided to consolidate and relocate its four existing offices in Baltimore; Portland, Ore.; St. Paul, Minn.; and 1 Whitehall Street in Manhattan to 120 Wall St. The organization will occupy the entire fourth floor as well as space on the third floor. AFS-USA is scheduled to move into its new space by the end of this year. Alan Desino, an executive managing director with Colliers International, arranged the lease on behalf of AFS-USA. Roger Silverstein and Joe Artusa, of Silverstein Properties, represented the landlord in the transaction.
WILLOWBROOK, ILL. — NAI Hiffman has represented Illinois Property Solutions in two new leases at 500 Joliet Road in Willowbrook, a southwest suburb of Chicago, totaling 78,000 square feet. Environmental Technical Institute (ETI) will occupy approximately 50,000 square feet of office space in the building. ETI offers technical and professional training for persons looking to begin a career in the heating, air conditioning and refrigeration industry. Raths, Raths & Johnson (RRJ), a structural engineering and architectural service provider, will lease 28,000 square feet. Built in 1992, the two-story office building includes warehouse space. With these leases, the building is fully leased. Dan O’Neill and Jim Adler, both executive vice presidents with NAI Hiffman’s office services group, represented Illinois Property Solutions in both transactions. Jeff Janda and Mike Plumb of Lee & Associates represented Environmental Technical Institute. RRJ was represented by Paine/Wetzel.
DALLAS — CBRE Capital Markets has secured acquisition financing on behalf of CBRE Global Investors for Signature Place, a Class A office property consisting of two buildings totaling 437,363 feet in the Far North Dallas submarket. The multi-tenant office complex is situated on a 10.12-acre site just south of Preston Road and Belt Line Road. CBRE Global Investors, which purchased the property from DRA Advisors, plans to include its complimentary amenity package as part of its improvement program for the buildings. Greg Greene, Matt Ballard and Patrick Benoist of CBRE Capital Markets represented the borrower.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Paramount Group, a real estate investment and management firm based in New York, has purchased the Commercial National Bank Building, located at 700 14th St. N.W. in Washington, D.C.'s East End. The acquisition bring's Paramount's total Washington, D.C., portfolio to more than 1.8 million square feet in six trophy assets. The property is located within one block of the White House. The building was built in 1917 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Eastdil Secured represented the seller, Tishman Speyer, in the transaction. Dan Lauer represented Paramount Group in-house.
TAMPA, FLA. — ABILITY Network Inc., a healthcare technology company, has leased 11,720 square feet of office space at One MetroCenter in Tampa's Westshore Business District. One MetroCenter is located in MetWest International, a 32-acre mixed-use development. ABILITY Network will consolidate two Tampa offices totaling 75 employees to its new office space. Angela Odell of Taylor & Mathis and David Green of Jones Lang LaSalle negotiated the transaction. With the deal, One MetroCenter is 92 percent leased.
LOCKBOURNE, OHIO — CME Wire and Cable Inc. has signed an 84,616-square-foot lease at CreekSide Parkway, Suite 400 in Lockbourne, located 15 miles south of Columbus. The company outgrew its current building at the CreekSide Industrial Center and will move into the new office and warehouse building, which The Pizzuti Cos. is constructing, in April 2014. CME Wire and Cable is a subsidiary of XIGNUX Group, a 50-year-old firm, with more than 20,000 employees in North and South America and revenues exceeding $3.2 million. The wire distribution company opened its North American headquarters in Georgia in 1998, when it relocated from South Carolina. The company’s other distribution centers are located in California, Illinois and Texas. Cresa represented CME Wire and Cable Inc. in the lease transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — RFR Realty LLC has secured three new office leases totaling 11,040 square feet at 17 State Street, a 42-story office tower in Lower Manhattan. Internet consulting and development provider Six Dimensions signed a 4,507-square-foot lease on the fourth floor of the tower, while startup trading firm FDN Enterprises LLC and money manager Granger Management Holdings LLC took 3,270 square feet on the 38th floor and 3,263 square feet on the 32nd floor, respectively. Asking rents at the Class A property are close to $60 per square foot, according to RFR Realty. Designed by Emery Roth & Sons in 1988, 17 State Street features a curved glass facade and 15,000-square-foot boutique floors. Andrew Simon of Colliers International and Peter Wloch of Empire Properties New York represented Six Dimensions in the transaction. Arkady Smolyansky and Ben Friedland of CBRE represented FDN Enterprises LLC. Whitten Morris of Cushman & Wakefield oversaw the lease transaction on behalf of Granger Management Holdings. Steve Morrows, A.J. Camhi and Ryan Silverman represented the ownership in-house.