NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment and development firm Savanna has acquired a 95,000-square-foot office building in the Meatpacking District of Lower Manhattan for $85 million. The building at 430 W. 15th St. rises eight stories and includes 8,000 square feet of outdoor terrace space following a renovation in 2015. Will Silverman, Alana Bassen, Gary Philips and Jeff Organisciak of Eastdil Secured represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Adam Kopald of law firm Goodwin Procter acted on behalf of Savanna. The building was fully leased at the time of sale.
HOUSTON — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 135,641-square-foot office building in the Uptown/Galleria area of Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the eight-story building at 675 Bering Drive was originally constructed in 1982 and renovated in 1999. David Carter of Colliers represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The building was 76 percent leased at the time of sale. The sales price was also not disclosed.
HOUSTON — SM Energy has signed a 20,324-square-foot office lease expansion in Houston’s Energy Corridor area. The independent oil and gas provider will soon occupy 41,454 square feet across two newly renovated floors at One Eldridge, a 12-story, 245,315-square-foot building that is part of a larger campus owned by Granite Properties. Steven Mulhern of Mulhern Co. and Bill Scott of Real Estate One represented SM Energy in the lease negotiations. Jon Dutton and Andrew Elliott represented Granite Properties on an internal basis.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — CBRE has brokered the sale of The Forum at Gilbert Ranch, a Class A, 97,000-square-foot office campus in Gilbert. A private, high-net-worth 1031 exchange investor acquired the asset from a private seller for $23.5 million. The Forum at Gilbert Ranch consists of a single-story building and four two-story buildings, with an average suite size of 4,500 square feet. Additionally, the property offers onsite amenities and covered parking. The asset is situated on 6.5 acres at 1475, 1482, 1528 and 1530 E. Williams Field Road and 2314 S. Val Vista Drive. At the time of sale, the property was 96 percent leased. Geoff Turbow, Anthony DeLorenzo, Matt Pourcho and Charlie von Arentschildt of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. The buyer was self-represented.
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — MLB Network has signed a 207,000-square-foot, full-building lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Elmwood Park. The baseball broadcasting company will relocate its entire operation from nearby Secaucus, where it has operated for the past 16 years, to the newly constructed building at 25 Market Street, with plans to take occupancy before the 2028 season. Scott Gottlieb, Brendan Herlihy, Greg Barkan and Elliot Bok of CBRE represented MLB Network in the lease negotiations. Rob Kossar, David Knee, Ignatius Armenia, Chris Hile and Ryan Milanaik of JLL represented the owner, Crow Holdings Development.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Scottsdale, Arizona-based Diversified Partners has opened Mercy Center, an 11-acre mixed-use development in Gilbert, approximately 22 miles southeast of Phoenix. A mix of retail and office tenants — Galleria Nails, Prizm Dental, Honoré Skin Clinic, Beem Light Sauna, Brickhouse Dental and Willow Midwife — have already opened. Kolache Café and The Cabinet Design Studio are under construction and will soon join the tenant roster. Additionally, Arizona’s largest Starbucks Coffee is open at Mercy Center, which features a two-story design, a 23-car drive-thru, designated mobile order parking, an elevator and rooftop solar panels that supply 80 to 100 percent of the store’s energy needs. The center is designed to serve the needs of the growing medical and residential community surrounding Mercy Gilbert Medical Center and the soon-to-open Phoenix Children’s Hospital – East Valley.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A joint venture between MRP Realty, Asana Partners and Rockefeller Group has received construction financing for Brooklyn & Church, an adaptive reuse project in Charlotte. The project will convert the former Duke Energy headquarters, located at 526 S. Church St., into a 460-unit apartment community with 57,000 square feet of retail space. The financing amount and construction timeline were not disclosed. The Duke Energy headquarters was originally built in 1975. MRP Realty and Asana Partners acquired the building in 2022. The building’s core and shell will be preserved, but the façade will be reskinned with new windows and balconies. Once converted, Brooklyn & Church will comprise 800,000 square feet across 13 stories, with amenities including a rooftop deck and pool with grilling stations, fitness center and spa space, coworking space, bike room and a dog run with pet spa. The property’s loft-style apartments will have 13.6-foot, exposed ceilings. In addition to the apartments and ground-floor retail space, the property will offer a new three-story, 30,000-square-foot retail building at the corner of Church Street and Brooklyn Village Avenue that will be connected to the main building via a 60-foot walkway.
ESCONDIDO, CALIF. — Gantry has secured a $21 million permanent loan to refinance the San Diego County’s North Inland Live Well Center, located at 649 W. Mission Ave. in Escondido within the North County suburb of San Diego. The 111,000-square-foot, build-to-suit office facility was redeveloped for its current use in 2015 from a big box retail building formerly occupied by Office Depot and Albertsons. The fully leased property houses the County’s Health and Human Services Agency community-facing programs, as well as retail space occupied by restaurant tenants. Spencer Fisher of Gantry represented the borrower, a private real estate investor responsible for the property’s original redevelopment. The 10-year, CMBS loan was secured from one of Gantry’s conduit lending sources and features a 30-year amortization and nonrecourse terms.
LEHI, UTAH — Fort Street Partners has partnered with Cumming Capital Management to acquire Lehi Spectrum I and II, two Class A tech office properties in Lehi’s Silicon Slopes district. Terms of the transaction were not released. Built in 2018 and 2020, the buildings offer approximately 265,000 square feet of combined space. Onsite amenities at Lehi Spectrum include pickleball courts, a daycare, gym, locker rooms with showers, an open space auditorium and food services. Bryce Blanchard of Newmark, along with Woodley Real Estate, represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
INDIANAPOLIS — Bradford Allen has negotiated a lease for TWG Motorsports, parent company of Andretti Global, at the former IndyStar Pulliam Production Center located at 8278 Georgetown Road in Indianapolis. The firm is redeveloping the 245,783-square-foot space to serve as the headquarters of Andretti Global’s INDYCAR, INDY NXT and Formula E teams. The renovated facility will have both office and industrial space and accommodate approximately 300 employees. Construction has begun and will be coordinated concurrently with the removal of several three-story printing presses from the building. The project is expected to be completed by this summer. The facility marks Bradford Allen’s second project for TWG Motorsports, the first being a nearly 400,000-square-foot motorsports facility under construction in Fishers, Ind. Built in 1995, 8278 Georgetown Road served as a production facility for the Indianapolis Star until 2024. Bradford Allen will modernize the building’s technology, introduce tailored workspaces and fabrication zones, and incorporate employee amenities such as a fitness center, dining space and pit-stop performance area. Additional project partners include ABEL Construction Co. and Merriman Schmitt Architects. Both firms have experience with motorsports facilities.