DALLAS — Locally based commercial real estate services firm Morrow Hill has signed a 17,501-square-foot office lease expansion in North Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the five-story building at 14800 Quorum Drive was constructed in 1980 and totals 106,600 square feet. Chris Morrow of Morrow Hill internally represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Adam Toth represented the landlord, Boxer Property Group, also on an internal basis.
NEW YORK CITY — The New York City Department of Health & Hygiene has signed a 17,708-square-foot office lease in Brooklyn. The agency is relocating from 16 Court St. to the entire fifth floor of the building at 532 Fulton St., which is known locally as The Paxton. Brad Gerla, Jon Cope and David Katz of CBRE represented the landlord, Jenel Management Corp., in the lease negotiations. Ellen Israel of JRT Realty Group and Bob Giglio of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — A private seller has completed the disposition of 3 Hutton Centre Drive, an office building in Santa Ana. A high-net-worth investor acquired the asset for an undisclosed price in an all-cash transaction. Situated on 2.47 acres within a 46-acre, master-planned, mixed-use community, 3 Hutton Centre features 200,443 square feet of office space. Built in 1985, the building underwent $3.5 million in capital and tenant improvements in 2018. Property amenities include a state-of-the-art fitness center on the penthouse level. At the time of acquisition, the property was 62.2 percent occupied by seven tenants. Anthony DeLorenzo, Sammy Cemo, Bryan Johnson, Matt Pourcho and Nick Williams of CBRE handled the transaction.
FULLERTON, CALIF. — PSRS has arranged $11 million in refinancing for a Sunny Hills Business Park in the Orange County city of Fullerton. Built in 1981, Sunny Hills is a large industrial/flex and office building park comprising nine one- and two-story buildings, totaling 176,475 rentable square feet. Sixty-seven percent of the gross leaseable area is industrial/flex space and the remaining 33 percent is office space. Situated on 10.3 acres, the park offers signalized access to Imperial Highway. Kostas Kavayiotidis and Matthew Farzinpour PSRS arranged the nonrecourse, 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule. One of PSRS’ correspondent life insurance companies provided the capital.
CHICAGO — Workbox, a coworking space provider, and Iron Galaxy Studios, a national video game studio based in Chicago, have signed leases at The National, a 600,830-square-foot office building located at 125 S. Clark St. in Chicago. Workbox signed a new lease for 29,033 square feet and expects to open its new space in January. Iron Galaxy Studios expanded its current lease from 32,865 square feet to 48,156 square feet. John Nelson, Kathleen Bertrand and Eric Myers of Transwestern Real Estate Services represented ownership, Commerz Real. The National features amenities such as a fitness center, lounge with bar, pool table and outdoor terrace. The 24,000-square-foot Revival Food Hall offers tenants access to a variety of local restaurants. The property was originally built in 1907. Michael Kloppenburg of Avison Young represented Workbox, while Corey Siegrist and Jim Rose of JLL represented Iron Galaxy Studios.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — PNH Properties has acquired 211 Commerce, an office tower located on the corner of Commerce Street and 3rd Avenue in downtown Nashville, for $75 million. Built in 2000, the property comprises 233,314 square feet of office space across 11 stories and features ground-floor restaurant and retail space. J. Roscoe High and Morgan Hillenmeyer of CBRE represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller, a joint venture between Velocis and Lincoln Property Co. doing business as Velocis Lincoln Commerce SPE LLC, recently implemented $16 million of capital improvements to the property. Renovations included the addition of a new conference center, fitness center and windows and updates to the lobby, tenant lounge, elevators, an outdoor plaza and building façade.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Malin, a members-only coworking concept, will open a 12,123-square-foot space at 1515 E. Cesar Chavez St. in East Austin. The space, which is scheduled to open next summer, will feature 28 dedicated desks, 10 private offices and four meeting rooms. Brent Powdrill, Bethany Perez and Kevin Kimbrough of JLL represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Casey Casper and Kendall King of HPI Real Estate Services & Investments represented the tenant.
PRESCOTT, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale-leaseback of a single-tenant corporate headquarters building in Prescott, approximately 100 miles north pf Phoenix. Sewell Trust, a Montana-based private investor, acquired the asset from CP North America for $10.5 million. The seller, a high-tech defense company wholly owned by Israel-based Rafael Defense Systems, will lease back the 50,135-square-foot property, which is located at 2620 Deep Well Ranch Drive. The building features reflective store-front windows, roll-up and dock-high loading doors, and a large, fenced yard. Eric Wichterman and Mike Coover of Cushman & Wakefield’s Private Capital Group in Phoenix represented the seller in the deal.
DENVER — Asset Preservation has completed the disposition of an office property located at 1321 N. Bannock St. in Denver. DAMF Realty acquired the asset for $8.1 million. Kittie Hood of Newmark represented the buyer in the transaction. Further details were not disclosed.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Basis Industrial, a privately held real estate owner and operator headquartered in Boca Raton, has acquired four commercial properties in Florida and Texas for a total of approximately $160 million. Bank United, Banesco and Thorofare provided roughly $110 million in financing for the transaction. Beach Point Capital Management provided a preferred equity/mezzanine loan of roughly $70 million, with the borrowers, Basis and NexPoint, providing the remaining funds. In addition to the acquisitions, the loans and equity will fund a $60 million refinancing for two of the borrowers’ existing commercial properties in Florida. The six properties, including those being refinanced, total over 1.3 million square feet. The four acquired properties include: The properties that Basis refinanced were Crystal Pointe and Gateway & Commercial Point. Crystal Pointe is a 96,888-square-foot property located at 4500-4870 North Powerline Road in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Crystal Pointe is currently 100 percent leased. Gateway & Commercial Point is a 253,701-square-foot asset located at 7550-7800 Southland Blvd. in Orlando. The property is currently 97.6 percent leased. “This is a huge step for Basis’ growth and my vision,” says Daniel Weinstein, founder and CEO of Basis Industrial. “We expect to add millions of square feet over the next few years in targeted …