AUSTIN, TEXAS — Atlanta-based developer Cousins Properties will develop Domain 9, a 335,000-square-foot office building that will be located within The Domain, a mixed-used development on Austin’s north side. Total project costs are anticipated to be about $147 million. Cousins plans to break ground on Domain 9 in the second quarter and to deliver the building in mid-2023. The company’s current office portfolio within the Domain submarket spans 2.1 million square feet and is 98 percent leased.
IRVING, TEXAS — Caterpillar Inc., the Illinois-based manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, will open a new regional office at Williams Square, a 1.4 million-square-foot office campus in Irving. Caterpillar will occupy multiple floors at Williams Square West Tower, one of the campus’ four buildings, with a projected move-in date of early 2022. The square footage of the newly designed office space has not yet been determined. Bill Brokaw and Karch Schreiner internally represented the landlord, a partnership between Apollo Global Real Estate, Vanderbilt Partners and Hillwood Urban, in the lease negotiations. Ned Franke and Matt Heidelbaugh of Cushman & Wakefield represented Caterpillar.
DALLAS — California-based Fenway Capital Advisors has acquired Campbell Centre, a 322,283-square-foot office building located at 8150-8350 N. Central Expressway in Dallas. The 20-story property was originally built in 1978 and was renovated in 1999 and 2009. Amenities include a 6,000-square-foot fitness center with locker rooms, a 70-seat conference facility, deli and a tenant lounge. Fenway Capital Advisors plans to modernize the interior of the building. The seller was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Bank of America has provided a $52 million loan for the refinancing of Flushing Plaza, a 233,436-square-foot office building in Queens. The property includes 71,930 square feet of medical office space, 10,653 square feet of retail space and an 808-space parking garage. Gideon Gil and Alex Lapidus of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the loan, which carried a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate, on behalf of the borrower, Muss Development LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC and locally based owner-operator The Kaufman Organization has purchased the leasehold interest in 135 West 29th Street, an 81,283-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan. The 12-story building was originally constructed in 1911 and is currently 63 percent leased to 28 tenants. The joint venture plans to implement a capital improvement program that will upgrade the lobby, façade, elevator systems and common areas.
LOS ANGELES — JLL Capital Markets has secured $42.5 million in refinancing for Wilshire West Medical Tower, a medical office building located in the Brentwood neighborhood of West Los Angeles. Marc Schillinger and Keith Rosso of JLL’s Capital Markets team represented the borrower, a private, Los Angeles-based medical office owner-operator, to secure the long-term, fixed-rate loan. Located at 11645 Wilshire Blvd., the property features 78,702 square feet of medical office space and is leased to a diverse mix of medical office tenants, including physicians, dental practices, plastic surgeons, medical testing and rehabilitation operators and aestheticians.
Bellwether Enterprise Secures $23.5M Refinancing for Medical Office Buildings in Southern California
TORRANCE, CALIF. — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, the commercial and multifamily mortgage banking subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment, has arranged $23.5 in refinancing for two medical office buildings in Torrance. The properties are a 37,143-square-foot, four-story building on 1.67 acres at 3500 Lomita Ave. and a two-story, 42,101-square-foot building on 2.7 acres at 23560 Madison St. The undisclosed borrower acquired both assets in 2008. Kevin Mulvaney of Bellwether Enterprise’s Los Angeles office arranged the loan with MetLife.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Welltower Inc. has completed two medical office buildings in Charlotte totaling 280,000 square feet. Atrium Health, which owns the adjacent Carolinas Medical Center, signed a 15-year triple-net lease for the two buildings. Charlotte-based Pappas Properties LLC developed the properties and will remain strategic partners with Toledo, Ohio-based Welltower for the planned nine-acre, healthcare anchored mixed-use campus, as well as future developments. The two medical office buildings include a nine-level, 1,440-space parking deck that will be shared with the entire mixed-use campus. Atrium’s Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute and Atrium Health General Clinics including neurosciences, gastroenterology, infectious disease and palliative care opened in April 2021.
HOUSTON — Colliers International has brokered the sale of World Houston Plaza, a 216,889-square-foot office building located at 15710 John F. Kennedy Blvd. on the city’s north side. The eight-story building was originally constructed on a 3.5-acre lot in 1985. David Carter of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer, David Z. Mafrige Interests, purchased the asset via a Ten-X auction for an undisclosed price.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Bighorn Construction & Reclamation has signed a 36,331-square-foot office lease extension at 777 Main in Fort Worth. The 40-story building was originally constructed in 1983. Transwestern’s Whit Kelly and Dallas Margeson represented the landlord, Brookdale Group, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.