SAN ANTONIO — Pace-Spectrum Associates, an affiliate of St. Louis-based Pace Properties, has purchased The Spectrum Building, a 177,000-square-foot office building located at 613 N.W. Loop 410 in San Antonio’s North Central submarket. Pace will perform a $3 million renovation on the property. This is Pace’s first commercial real estate purchase in the San Antonio market. Pace has selected Peloton Commercial Real Estate to lease the building. Christi Griggs and Scott Boynton of Peloton will handle the leasing assignment.
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ORLANDO — Calkain Cos. has brokered the sale of a single-tenant, approximately 28,000-square-foot office building located in Orlando for $6.33 million. The building is currently occupied by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under a lease with three firm years remaining and a rolling termination option thereafter. Calkain’s Patrick Nutt and Brian O’Hear represented LNR Partners, which served as special servicer for the foreclosed property. The buyer was a Florida-based investor. The property traded for $225 per square foot at an 8.69 percent cap rate.
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — The Athletic and Therapeutic Institute of Naperville LLC (ATI) has signed a lease for 3,300 square feet at the Willow Festival Annex, located at 1122 Willow Road in Northbrook. ATI was founded in 1996 as a rehabilitation facility focused on capacity evaluations and work conditioning for worker’s compensation patients. Both Joe Parrot and Michael Gold of CRBE represented the landlord, IOFII Willow JV LLC, in this transaction.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Hudson Realty Capital LLC has funded a $16 million first-mortgage loan secured by an 117,930-square-foot office/medical condominium building in Garden City. Loan proceeds are being utilized to acquire and stabilize the property. Located within a mixed-use complex, the condominium’s current tenant roster includes a radiology practice and an ultrasound school. The property is located within one of the region’s high-density retail corridors and more than 6 million square feet of space is within one-and-a-half miles of the property.
NEW YORK CITY — HelmsleySpear LLC has completed three new leases in Manhattan totaling nearly 18,000 square feet. International Safety Group, an occupational risk management company, signed a four-year sublease for 10,000 square feet at 708 Third Ave. Paulson Investment Co., a financial services firm, signed a lease for 5,488 square feet at 40 Wall St. New York City Osteopathy, a medical practice specializing in osteopathic medicine, renewed its 2,000-square-foot lease at 61 Broadway for a five-year term. Gregg Slotnick of HelmsleySpear represented the tenants in all three leases. Magee Realty Consultants co-brokered the Paulson Investment Co. lease.
HOUSTON — Colliers International has arranged the sale of the 75,289-square-foot Northwest Central Plaza, located at 5500 N.W. Central Drive in Houston. The two-story office building is located in the Northwest Far submarket. David Carter and Jay Kyle of Colliers International represented the seller, MLCW NWC LP, in the transaction.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has facilitated a lease expansion at The Centre, a 52-acre campus consisting of 11 office buildings. The Centre is located at 4100 Alpha Road in Farmers Branch in the West LBJ submarket. TexasLending.com’s 11,763-square-foot lease brings its total footprint at The Centre to 79,153 square feet. Seth Thatcher of CASE Commercial Real Estate Partners represented the landlord, Daltex Centre LP, in the transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — The State Farm Tempe Operations Center, a 372,408-square-foot corporate campus in Tempe, has sold to JDM II TOC, LLC for $73 million. The five-building campus is located at 2700-2925 S. Sunland Drive and 2980 S. Priest Drive within the master-planned Fountainhead Corporate Park. It is fully occupied by State Farm Insurance. The seller, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, was represented by Barry Gabel, Mindy Korth and Chris Marchildon of CBRE’s Phoenix office.
PASADENA, CALIF. — A 103,169-square-foot, Class A office campus in Pasadena has received $24.3 million in financing. The funds will allow a joint venture between Legacy Partners and Alliance Bernstein Real Estate Partners, L.P. to acquire, reposition and lease the property, known as 150 Orange Grove. The joint venture will deploy a significant amount of capital into the property’s renovations and building systems in order to attract new tenants. The campus is fully occupied by the seller, Avery Dennison. The labeling and packaging company will lease the space back through early 2014 as it finalizes its relocation. Renovations will begin in late 2013 and are scheduled for completion in mid-2014.The loan was provided by PCCP, LLC.
CULVER CITY, CALIF. – A 52,348-square-foot office building in Culver City has sold to a private investor for $12.6 million. The three-story building is located at 6133 Bristol Parkway. The previous owner, a joint venture between Palisades Equity Partners and an institutional investor, recently repositioned the center. The JV made a substantial investment in its building improvements and ultimately enhanced the rent roll’s credit quality.The buyer was represented by James Hooks of CRESA. The seller was represented by Steve Solomon and Chris Strickfaden of Jones Lang LaSalle.