HOUSTON — Northmarq Capital has arranged a permanent mortgage for the 428,831-square-foot Energy Tower II located at 1720 Katy Freeway in Houston. Energy Tower II is a 17-story, Class A office tower in the Energy Plaza development. Financing was based on a 10-year term with a 30-year amortization schedule. John Burke of NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower, Energy Tower II Investments, through NorthMarq’s relationship with Pacific Life Insurance Co.
HOUSTON — Transwestern’s Houston office has completed more than 44,000 square feet of office leases at Greenspoint Park, an office campus comprising 350,000 square feet, located at Northchase and Benmar Dr. Michelle Wogan of Transwestern and her team represented RM Crowe, the landlord, in the negotiations. New leases include the following: Scientific Drilling has leased 20,700 square feet, and Clay Peeples of Boyd Commercial represented them in the transaction. Integrated Production Systems has leased 16,500 square feet, and David Bale of Jones Lang LaSalle represented them in the transaction. Bankers Life and Casualty has leased 3,200 square feet, and John Parsley of Colliers International represented them in the transaction. Interstate Tax Management has leased 824 square feet.
CARROLLTON — Cleveland-based PAI Dallas has sold a 32,480-square-foot office/warehouse in Carrollton to M-D Investments. The property sits on 1.9 acres at 2555 Tarpley Rd. in the Trinity Square Business Park. Brian Pafford and Kevin Santaularia of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented PAI Dallas, and Jean Russo of Cushman & Wakefiled of Texas Inc. represented M-D Investments. The warehouse includes 1,6800 square feet of office space, four dock doors and 50 parking spaces.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Melvin Mark Capital Group has arranged financing for two California projects. The group arranged a $20-million loan with a CMBS lender for the 187,094-square-foot 2201 Broadway office building in Oakland, Calif. It contains a 10-year, fixed-rate term with a 30-year amortization period. The group also arranged a $4.5-million loan with a life insurance company for the four-story Aventerra Apartments in Berkeley, Calif. The property contains ground-floor retail. It carries a five-year, fixed-rate term with a 25-year amortization period.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. – A 32,365-square-foot office building located at 801 Parkcenter in Santa Ana has sold to 801 RCA Venture, LLC for $3.7 million. The building contains 15 units leased to 12 tenants. The buyer purchased the property with all cash. It later secured permanent financing through a Life Company correspondent, which was arranged by the Alison Company. The buyer was represented by Gillett Commercial's Denny Pender. The seller was represented by Professional Real Estate Services.
HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO — EnTrust Realty Advisors has negotiated the sale of the 49,453-square-foot Good Samaritan Health Center, a medical office building in Huber Heights. The two-story building is 80 percent leased and is anchored by Good Samaritan Hospital, which leases half of the space. EnTrust represented the seller, The Alter Group. The buyer is a joint venture established by Columbus, Ohio-based Equity, Inc.
SOMERSET, N.J. — New-Jersey based Denholtz Associates has brokered the long-term lease renewal and expansion with Galaxy Systems for its 51,000-square-foot location at Somerset Executive Square in Somerset. Michael Morris and Rich Madison of Newmark Knight Frank represented Galaxy in the negotiations. Somerset Executive Square is a three-building office complex located at 2 Executive Dr. that comprises 250,000 square feet.
HOUSTON — Bio-Path Holdings, Inc., has consolidated its offices into one central location in Houston. Bio-Path will now be headquartered at 2626 South Loop, Suite 180, which is located on the south side of the Texas Medical Center near The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Bio-Path is a biotechnology company developing a liposomal delivery technology for nucleic acid cancer drugs.
WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — One Concord Center has increased its occupancy from 43.2 percent to 78.3 percent. Recent leases include 24,960 square feet to Sutter Health; 24,960 square feet to Swinerton Corporation;15,680 square feet to Towill Inc.; a 11,208-square-foot lease renewal to Progressive Insurance; 9,789 square feet to TRC Environmental; 7,987 square feet to Jacobs Engineering; and less than 4,000 square feet to Rimkus Consulting, Pacific Pension, Business Thru Government, Closure Solutions, Validus Corporation, Carotrans International, Lamar Advertising Company and Pacer. One Concord Center is a Class A office building composed of 358,589 square feet and 15 stories.
CHESAPEAKE, VA. — Parkway Properties has sold Greenbrier Towers I & II, located in the Greenbrier area of Chesapeake, Va., for $16.7 million. The properties total 172,000 square feet and were 87 percent occupied at the time of close.
