DALLAS — Harwood International has purchased The Luminary, a 169,000-square-foot office building in Dallas. Built in 2019 by Crescent Real Estate, The Luminary is located at the nexus of the company’s Harwood District, the downtown area, the arts district and the Victory Park mixed-use development. Architecture firm Corgan designed the building and serves as its anchor tenant alongside advertising agency Lerma. The Luminary was 67 percent leased at the time of sale. David Roehm and Christopher Cauthen internally negotiated the deal for Harwood. Morgan Staub of Harwood secured acquisition financing through an undisclosed lender.
LAS VEGAS — Greenlite Partners, an affiliate of WG Group, has completed the disposition of an office building located at 9075 W. Diablo Drive in Las Vegas. KB Acquisitions, part of Kingsbarn Realty Capital, acquired the property for $26 million, or $387 per square foot. Originally constructed in 2008, the three-story, multi-tenant property features 67,145 square feet of Class A office space. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent leased. Marlene Fujita Winkel, Emily Brun and Alex Casingal of Cushman & Wakefield’s Private Capital Group in Las Vegas represented the seller in the deal.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Albany Road Real Estate Partners, an investment firm based in Boston, has purchased Hurstbourne Park & Place, a two-building office campus located off Shelbyville Road in Louisville. The seller and sales price were not disclosed, but Louisville Business First reports that the 344,000-square-foot campus sold for $42.5 million. Hurstbourne Park & Place was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Bank of America, Carewise Health, New York Life, Stantec, DMLO and Central Bancshares, which together boast an average tenure of over 17 years. Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group arranged acquisition financing through First Horizon on behalf of Albany Road. This is the firm’s first investment in the Louisville trade area.
FISHERS, IND. — In a joint venture with a fund managed by DRA Advisors LLC, M & J Wilkow has purchased a 350,000-square-foot office campus in the Indianapolis suburb of Fishers. Known as 11100 USA Parkway, the property is situated near The Yard at Fishers District, a new mixed-use development. The nearly 40-acre office campus, developed in 1990 and 1995, features a cafeteria, auditorium, fitness center and conference space. Tenants include Navient Solutions, First Data Resource and Pendrick Capital Partners. John Robinson, Abby Zito and Kevin Gillihan of JLL represented the seller, Navient, which will remain a tenant in the building. JLL will also oversee leasing efforts on behalf of new ownership.
SEATTLE — CBRE has arranged joint-venture equity and $196.2 million in construction financing for Chapter Buildings I and II, two mixed-use buildings in Seattle’s University District. Seattle-based Touchstone, Atlanta-based Portman Holdings and Houston-based Lionstone Investments comprise the development team. Tom Pehl, Charles Safley, Todd Tydlaska of CBRE Capital Markets West Coast, along with James Scott and Brian Myers of CBRE Capital Advisors, arranged the equity. Brad Zampa, Mike Walker and Megan Woodring of CBRE Debt & Structured Finance arranged the financing. Construction of Building I commenced earlier in 2022 and construction of Building II will begin in late 2022, with expected delivery in 2024. Totaling more than 400,000 square feet, the Chapter Buildings will consist of two assets. Chapter Building I, located at 4530 12th Ave. NE, will rise 12 stories featuring 240,000 square feet of office space and 9,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. The 10-story Chapter Building II will feature 154,000 square feet of life sciences and research & development space above 4,000 square feet of retail space. Greg Inglin, David Abbott and Laura Ford of CBRE are marketing the buildings for lease.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Crow Holdings Development (CHD), a Dallas-based real estate development firm and subsidiary of Crow Holdings, has released plans for The Offices at Southstone Yards, a mass timber office building in Frisco. The 235,000-square-foot property will anchor Southstone Yards, a 45-acre mixed-use development that will feature over 1 million square feet of office space at full buildout. In addition to offices, Southstone Yards will feature shops, restaurants, hotels, nine acres of green space, and more than 1,000 apartments and townhomes, including a five-story, 355-unit property that North Carolina-based LMC is developing. The Dallas Morning News reports that the mixed-use development is valued at $850 million. The seven-story office building represents the first mass timber office building in North Texas, according to CHD. Compared to common building materials like steel and concrete, developers are utilizing mass timber construction because they find it’s more sustainable, provides greater design flexibility, results in a lighter environmental footprint, offers higher thermal insulation and creates a warmer aesthetic. The Dallas Business Journal reports that The Offices at Southstone Yards will be among the largest mass timber office buildings in the United States at completion. The property will feature raised floors, which provides flexibility for …
LAS VEGAS — Dornin Investment Group has completed the sale of Marnell Corporate Center 3 (MCC3), a three-story, Class A office building in Las Vegas. A private investor acquired the asset for $23.2 million, or $325 per square foot. Located at 6725 Via Austi Parkway, MCC3 features 71,378 square feet of multi-tenant office space. The seller originally purchased the building in early 2014 for $222 per square foot as part of a portfolio that consisted of three multi-tenant office buildings totaling 176,960 square feet, all located within the master-planned Marnell Corporate Center. This is the third and final disposition of the portfolio. Marlene Fujita Winkel, Charles Moore and Alex Casingal of Cushman & Wakefield’s Private Capital Group in Las Vegas represented the seller in the deal. Charles Van Geel, also of Cushman & Wakefield, provided leasing advisory for the property.
HOUSTON — JLL has brokered the sale of Oak Park Office Center II, a 206,362-square-foot office building in Houston that houses the headquarters operations of apparel retailer Men’s Wearhouse. The building, which is located in Houston’s Westchase District, was 49 percent occupied at the time of sale. Kevin McConn, Marty Hogan and Jack Moody of JLL represented the seller, metro Boston-based REIT Office Properties Income Trust, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed, Houston-based investment firm.
HOPEWELL, N.J. — A partnership between two regional investment firms, The Birch Group and Lionstone Capital, has acquired a three-building office complex in the Central New Jersey community of Hopewell for $70 million. Princeton Place at Hopewell spans 307,510 square feet and was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Merrill Lynch, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield and Janssen R&D. Amenities include multiple cafeterias, a fitness center, indoor basketball court, conference center and a central plaza with water features and outdoor dining space. Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
HARTFORD, CONN. — The Fremont Group has sold Riverview Plaza, a 325,000-square-foot waterfront office complex located on the east side of Hartford. The two-building complex was sold in conjunction with a 50,000-square-foot office building and two adjacent parking lots, all of which are situated within Founders Plaza Business Park, for $50 million. The buyer was an entity doing business as Milton East Hartford Investments LLC. At the time of sale, the properties had a collective occupancy rate of 90 percent, with tenants including Bank of America and the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch. Patrick Mulready and John McCormick of CBRE, along with Cory Gubner and Alex Haendler of Newmark, represented The Fremont Group in the transaction.