ATLANTA — San Francisco-based Spear Street Capital has purchased three office buildings in Atlanta for $247.5 million. Situated within the Perimeter Summit development, the properties are located at 1001, 2002 and 4004 Summit Blvd. Perimeter Summit was leased to 12 tenants at the time of sale and features amenities including fitness centers, conferencing centers, common area workspaces, underground parking and jogging trails and green space. Richard Reid, Ed Coco, Ryan Clutter, Ralph Smalley and Huston Green of JLL Capital Markets represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
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TAMPA, FLA. — Bromley Cos. and Highwoods Properties have broken ground on Midtown East, an 18-floor office tower located within the duo’s Midtown Tampa mixed-use development. Comprising 430,000 square feet, the project is designed by architectural firm Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio and Brasfield & Gorrie is serving as general contractor. Scheduled for completion in 2025, the tower will be the anchor building within Midtown Tampa. The development’s existing office space is currently over 98 percent leased. Bromley and Highwoods will jointly own 134,000 square feet of the finished building, with the remaining space serving as the headquarters for Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas.
COLUMBIA, MD. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged separate refinancings totaling $193 million for two properties located in downtown Columbia. Jamie Leachman and Drake Greer of JLL secured the financing on behalf of the borrower, The Howard Hughes Corp. An undisclosed lender provided a $76 million, three-year, fixed-rate loan for the first property, a 317,189-square-foot office building located at 6100 Merriweather Drive. JLL also arranged a $117 million, five-year, fixed-rate loan for Juniper, an apartment community built in 2020 that also features 55,693 square feet of street-level retail space. Both properties are positioned within the mixed-use Merriweather District, and both loans were used to take out existing construction financing.
HOUSTON — CDC Houston, a division of Coventry Development Corp., has acquired 100 percent interests in two office buildings totaling 476,300 square feet in North Houston that the company developed in a joint venture with Patrinely Group and USAA Real Estate. Built in 2019, City Place 1 totals 149,500 square feet and is leased to tenants such as Arroyo Energy Investors and Focus Optical. Completed in 2018, City Place 2 spans 326,800 square feet and serves as the headquarters of the American Bureau of Shipping. The firm acquired the assets in conjunction with a purchase of majority stakes in two Marriott-branded hotels that are located within the City Place master-planned development.
SANTA BARBARA AND PASADENA, CALIF. — Gantry has secured $20 million in financing for a cross-collateralized, two-property, mixed-asset portfolio in Southern California. The portfolio includes a two-building office asset on State Street in Santa Barbara and a 12,500-square-foot retail property located on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. Tenants include Zara in Pasadena and Chase Bank in Santa Barbara. Mark Ritchie, Amit Tyagi and Alicia Sabanero of Gantry’s El Segundo office secured the 15-year permanent loan a private real estate investor. One of Gantry’s regional bank lender relationships provided the capital. The loan has an initial five-year interest-only payment period, followed by 25-year amortization for the remainder of the term.
By Patti Dillon, SIOR, Senior Vice President, Colliers While the key measures of the Southern Nevada economy have improved since the COVID lockdowns, some have improved more than others. The future of the office market is strong, but it will be weighted toward newer Class A mixed-use office assets. Employers are feeling the pressure to attract and retain the best talent in a tight labor market. There are plenty of vacant positions. However, available and willing workers are still scarce, which is driving the need for office locations of employers to be more inviting. According to DETR, Southern Nevada’s office job market added 24,000 jobs between May 2021 and May 2022. Unemployment in the Las Vegas-Paradise MSA was 5.2 percent in May 2022. Over the past 12 months, total employment in Southern Nevada increased by 87,100 jobs, a 3 percent increase. After experiencing a significant expansion last quarter, Southern Nevada’s office market cooled at midyear. Net absorption remained positive, at 45,443 square feet, but did not keep pace with the 129,272 square feet of new development. This lifted vacancy to 12.7 percent this quarter from 12.5 percent one quarter ago. Asking rental rates increased to $2.37 per square foot on a full-service …
ALLEN, TEXAS — A joint venture between two investment firms, Oklahoma-based Hall Capital and Dallas-based Pillar Commercial, has acquired One Bethany West, a 190,745-square-foot office building located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Allen. The building is located within the Watters Creek mixed-use development and is home to tenants such as MD7, Micron Technologies and Highland Residential. The seller was Kaizen Development Partners. JLL arranged acquisition financing through BancFirst on behalf of the new ownership.
NASHUA, N.H. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a 137,000-square-foot office and industrial complex in the southern New Hampshire city of Nashua. Denis Dancoes, Craig Estey, Mike Christian, Josh Feldman, Dan Fisk, Scott Goldman and Greg Millwater of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems Inc., in the transaction. Thomas Farrelly and Sue Ann Johnson, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented the buyer, The Academy for Science and Design Charter School. The new ownership plans to implement a capital improvement program.
NEW YORK CITY — Incline Equity Partners, a Pittsburgh-based private equity firm, has signed an 18,000-square-foot office lease at 101 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The 49-story building was originally constructed in 1982 and totals roughly 1.3 million square feet. Alexander Chudnoff, Harrison Potter and Kate Roush of JLL represented the tenant in its site selection and lease negotiations. John Cefaly and Nicholas Dysenchuk of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, H.J. Kalikow & Co.
Griffin Realty Trust Sells Creative Office Building in Irvine, California to Rexford Industrial for $40M
by Amy Works
IRVINE, CALIF. — Griffin Realty Trust has completed the disposition of a creative office property, located at 16752 Armstrong Ave. in Irvine, to Rexford Industrial Realty for $40 million. Griffin originally acquired the asset in October of 2013 for $27.2 million. Fox Head, which Vista Outdoor recently acquired, occupies the entire 82,645-square-foot building. Vista Outdoor is the parent company of more than 40 brands of outdoor apparel and equipment. Situated on 6.5 acres, the property features abundant parking, a BMX track, a skate park, gathering spaces and firepits. The building offers two floors of creative office space, including conference rooms, common areas, abundant natural light, an open floor-to-ceiling lobby area and designated workspaces. Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones, Bret Hardy, Ken White and Brandon White of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.