HOUSTON — National mortgage origination and servicing firm NewRez has signed a 60,188-square-foot lease at 17000 Katy Freeway, a 174,521-square-foot office building in West Houston. Eric Anderson and Parker Burkett of Transwestern represented the owner, an affiliate of Insite Realty Partners LP, in the lease negotiations. Marshall Clinkscales with Colliers International represented NewRez. With the signing of this transaction, the building is now 70 percent leased.
HOUSTON — An affiliate of locally based investment firm Rycore Capital has acquired Bellaire Medical Plaza, a 58,517-square-foot medical office building located near the Texas Medical Center in Houston. The sale included a 3.6-acre parcel for future development. Kevin McConn and Brian Bacharach of JLL represented the seller, Ridgeline Capital Partners, in the transaction. Matt Kafka and Cameron Cureton of JLL arranged acquisition financing on behalf of Rycore Capital. The property was 88 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as UT Physicians, Quest Diagnostics, LabCorp. and Harris Health System.
SAN MATEO, CALIF. — Longfellow Real Estate Partners has purchased San Mateo Bay Center, a two-building office campus located at 901 and 951 Mariners Island Blvd. in San Mateo. Rubicon Point Partners sold the asset for $156 million. Steven Golubchik, Edmund Najera, Jonathan Schaefler, Darren Hollak and Jack Phipps of Newmark represented the seller in the deal. Totaling nearly 250,000 square feet, the campus is currently 88 percent occupied with substantial near-term rollover of 198,000 square feet in the first three years, enabling a conversion to life sciences space for the buyer. The campus has received more than $17 million in capital improvements since 2015, including multiple outdoor amenity spaces, a ground-floor café, onsite fitness center, creative exposed ceilings in tenant areas, HVAC renovations, lobby upgrades and parking lot resurfacing.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — A partnership between Trammell Crow Co. and PGIM Real Estate has completed Axis Raintree, a speculative office property in Scottsdale. Located at 8605 E. Raintree Drive, Axis Raintree offers 175,112 square feet of Class A office space across three stories and structured parking. Designed by RSP Architects and constructed by Willmeng Construction, the building is situated on five acres and features 5,000 square feet of outdoor, Wi-Fi-enabled amenity space; a 1,500-square-foot tenant lounge; and a 40-person training room. Additionally, the building features touchless entries, an air testing and monitoring system and MERV-13 filters, which meets new CDC guidelines. Axis Raintree is also in the process of achieving WELL v2 Core Certfication and a WELL Health-Safety rating. Bryan Taute and Charlie Von Arenschidlt of CBRE will handle marketing and leasing of the property.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Global accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has signed a 19,450-square-foot office lease at One Stamford Plaza in southern Connecticut. Margaret Carlson represented the landlord, RFR Realty, on an internal basis, along with agents from Cushman & Wakefield. Paul Kaufman of JLL represented PwC, which will occupy the entire eighth floor of the building.
HOUSTON — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a 90,423-square-foot office building located at 7155 Old Katy Road in Houston. The two-story building is situated on a 4.1-acre site in the North Loop West submarket. David Carter and Taylor Wright of Colliers represented the seller, Houston Eye Associates, in the transaction. The buyer, locally based investment firm Braun Enterprises, was self-represented.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors has arranged a $5.2 million loan for the refinancing of a five-story office building in New Rochelle, located north of New York City. The property at 140 Huguenot St. spans 81,000 square feet and is leased to tenants such as the United States General Services Administration Social Security Office and The Guidance Center of Westchester. A local bank provided the loan, which was structured with a 15-year term, 30-year amortization schedule and a 3.75 percent fixed interest rate for the first 10 years.
TEANECK, N.J. — Alfred Sanzari Enterprises, a family-owned and operated commercial and residential real estate firm, has negotiated three office lease renewals totaling 25,000 square feet at Glenpointe, the firm’s flagship office property in the Northern New Jersey community of Teaneck. The deals include a 10,600-square-foot renewal and expansion with Treetop Development, a 7,300-square-foot renewal and expansion with The Russell Berrie Foundation and a 7,100-square-foot renewal and expansion with Eastern Fish Co. Newmark’s team of Jeff Schotz, Peter Rossi, Dan Reider, Peter Kasparian and David Simson represented Alfred Sanzari Enterprises in all the transactions.
SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Quint Group, a private real estate investment firm headquartered in Quebec, Canada, has purchased Mars Corporate Center in Southfield. The purchase price was undisclosed. The 185,788-square-foot office building is currently 64 percent occupied by eight tenants, including Mars Advertising and IBI Group. Built in 1974, the property features a café and a five-story atrium. Friedman Real Estate represented the undisclosed seller and will represent the new ownership group in the management and leasing of the property. Quint has purchased or developed more than 10 million square feet of retail, industrial and office properties across Canada and the United States.
SHORT HILLS, N.J. — The Birch Group has acquired a four-building office portfolio in the Short Hills submarket of Northern New Jersey for $255 million. The 843,300-square-foot portfolio comprises four Class A buildings located at 51, 101, 103 and 150 JFK Parkway. The properties are currently 80 percent leased to 22 tenants, including Citibank, Investors Bank, KPMG, Bank of America, UBS, Dun & Bradstreet, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo. “During the pandemic, there has been a demographic shift to the suburbs, and the migration of this talent pool represents an extraordinary opportunity to meet the demand for high-quality office assets in prime New Jersey markets,” says Mark Meisner, CEO and founder of Birch. “Short Hills is among one of the most prestigious suburban locales and it has consistently achieved above-average rents in New Jersey, while maintaining the highest occupancy rates within the market.” David Bernhaut led a Cushman & Wakefield team that represented the seller, Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (NYSE: CLI). The buyer has also retained Cushman & Wakefield as the leasing agent for the properties. Birch says it views the acquisition as a repositioning opportunity and plans to employ a value-add strategy. Birch will complement $15.2 million of recently completed …