THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated a 120,454-square-foot office lease expansion at Sierra Pines II in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. The tenant, Linde Engineering, now requires more space following its merger with Connecticut-based Praxair. The newly formed company is now the world’s largest industrial gas supplier. Kevin Saxe and Jon Lee of CBRE represented Linde in the lease negotiations. Brad Fricks of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, VEREIT.
LYNDHURST, N.J. — Colliers International has negotiated the sale of 1099 Wall Street West, a 118,465-square-foot office building in Lyndhurst, located outside of New York City. Originally built in 1971, the property recently received $1.2 million in capital improvements, including the upgrading of amenities such as a café, game room and lounge and a conference center. Locally based investment and management firm Bergman Real Estate Group sold the property to BHN Associates for an undisclosed price. Jackelene Chesler, Matthew Brown and Patrick Norris of Colliers brokered the deal.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — GHP Office Realty, a division of Houlihan-Parnes Realtors, has received a $4.5 million loan for the refinancing of a 35,000-square-foot office building in White Plains, a northern suburb of New York City. A local bank provided the 15-year loan, which was structured with a fixed interest rate for the first 10 years and a 30-year amortization schedule. GHP has owned the four-story building, which recently underwent a capital improvement program, since 1999.
BURLINGAME, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged $750 million for the refinancing of Burlingame Point, a Class A office, R&D and life sciences campus located on the San Francisco Peninsula in Burlingame. The property includes four buildings totaling approximately 771,000 rentable square feet, along with a 33,000-square-foot amenity building and more than 2,300 onsite parking spaces. The waterfront property is centrally located between Silicon Valley and downtown San Francisco. The LEED Gold-certified asset is situated on 18 acres and provides tenants with common areas and open green space. Affiliates of Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Athene Annuity & Life Co. (via Apollo Global Management) provided the 9.3-year, fixed-rate financing. Steve Kohn, Chris Moyer, Terry Daly, Rob Rubano, Keith Padien, Alex Lapidus and Meredith Donovan of Cushman & Wakefield represented the borrower, Kylli Inc. The new financing retires construction financing that Cushman & Wakefield arranged on behalf of Kylli in April 2019. Mike Moran and Clarke Funkhouser of Cushman & Wakefield served as leasing agents for the property, which is fully leased to Facebook. Gensler was the project architect. Kylli is a full-service investment holding firm focused on the development, operation and management of institutional-quality real estate assets …
MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — Aztec Group Inc., a real estate investment and merchant banking firm, has arranged the $15.4 million sale of Lincoln Square, a 116,560-square-foot suburban office complex located at 18405 NW 2nd Ave. in Miami Gardens. Peter Mekras and Brell Tarich of Aztec Group led the transaction. Miami-based TM Real Estate Group ran a marketing process to sell the property at the end of 2020. Aztec assisted the seller with selecting the buyer, Preminger Investments, which assumed the existing $11.5 million CMBS loan secured by the property with a fixed interest rate of 4.86 percent and approximately eight more years of amortizing term. Lincoln Square was built in 1980 and features two five-story office buildings situated on 5.8 acres. TM Real Estate Group sold Lincoln Square and the adjacent Washington Square for a combined $21.5 million after acquiring the two-property portfolio in May 2015 for a combined $12.6 million.
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — STC Ventures, a joint venture between Sares Regis Group of Northern California and Hunter Properties, received approval from the Sunnyvale Planning Commission to develop two office buildings totaling 500,000 square feet on the former Macy’s parcel in downtown Sunnyvale. Situated between Taaffe and Murphy avenues, the buildings will be separated by a public pedestrian plaza and each offer 250,000 square feet of office space, 25,000 square feet of ground-level retail space for restaurant and entertainment uses and 13,000 square feet of outdoor space, including terraces and step backs. Additionally, the adjacent properties will offer an underground parking structure with 786 spaces. The office buildings are designed for post-COVID work environments and will feature mechanical systems that will provide employees access to fresh air and ample outdoor space. The buildings are also targeting LEED Gold certification. The office project is the latest portion of the second phase of CityLine Sunnyvale, the redevelopment of four parcels in Sunnyvale’s downtown core that will add residences, ground-level retail and office space. The development team recently received approval for a 12-story mixed-use project at 200 S. Taaffe St. that will include 479 residences, 30,000 square feet of retail space and a public …
MINNEAPOLIS — Monarch Alternative Capital LP and Crestlight Capital have acquired a portfolio of three office buildings in the North Loop submarket of Minneapolis for an undisclosed price. The properties are located at 241 N. 5th Ave., 411 Washington Ave. and 500 N. 3rd St. Swervo Development Corp. was the seller and developer for all three buildings. The new owners plan to invest in branding and amenities for the properties. Monarch is an investment firm with approximately $9 billion of assets under management, and Crestlight is a Detroit-based private equity real estate investment firm with roughly $500 million in assets under management.
TROY, MICH. — Turbo Mortgage Funding 2 LLC has signed a 2,800-square-foot office lease at North Troy Corporate Park in Troy. Jordan Friedman of Friedman Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Robert Gagniuk and Marc Hames of Friedman represented the undisclosed landlord. Turbo Mortgage Funding is a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based mortgage broker.
NEW YORK CITY — The Rudin Family, a locally based owner-operator, has launched a multimillion-dollar capital improvement program at 3 Times Square, a 30-story office tower in Midtown Manhattan. The program will include the creation of a new three-story lobby, touchless entry mechanisms, upgraded elevator systems and dedicated amenity space on the 16th floor. The new amenity deck will feature a coffee bar, fitness center with locker rooms, outdoor dining spaces and a conference and event center that can hold up to 220 people. The 885,000-square-foot building was originally completed in 2001 as the North American headquarters of Reuters Group PLC. Rudin has tapped FXCollaborative, which originally designed the building, as the project architect. Cushman & Wakefield will handle leasing of the redeveloped building. An expected completion date was not released.
DARIEN, CONN. — Boston-based mortgage banking firm EagleBridge Capital has arranged $14.7 million in mortgage financing for Darien Crossing, a 77,000-square-foot office complex in Darien, located in the southern coastal part of the state. Darien Crossing consists of three buildings on 5.2 acres that were recently renovated to offer a new café with indoor and outdoor seating, as well as a new fitness center and conference facility. Brian Walsh of EagleBridge Capital arranged the loan through an undisclosed national lender. The borrower was also undisclosed.