SEATTLE — American Life Insurance (ALI) has received a $122.7 million loan for the refinancing of 255 South King Street, an office and hotel property located in Seattle. PCCP provided the loan to ALI, which developed the mixed-use property in February 2018. 255 South King Street consists of a 209,476-square-foot office tower and a 23-story, 282-room Hilton Embassy Suites. The hotel features approximately 10,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a pool, and a fitness center. The office tower, which spans 11 stories above a seven-story retail and parking garage podium, was fully leased at the time of sale. Dave Karson, Chris Moyer, Stephen Michels, Zachary Kraft and Lauren Greenberg of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt & Structured Finance team arranged the financing for the borrower.
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Avison Young, Method Commercial Broker $11.2M Sale of Creative Office Building in El Segundo, California
by Amy Works
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — Avison Young and Method Commercial have brokered the sale of a creative office property located at 2210-2218 E. Maple Ave. in El Segundo. Five Amigos, a partnership comprising the former owner-users and Australia-based investors, sold the asset to a Los Angeles-based private investor for $11.2 million. Tecolote Research and Goodlife Physical Medicine fully occupy the 15,743-square-foot building. Built in 2015, the property features two roll-up doors with private patios, two balconies with accordion sliding glass doors, abundant windows and skylights and ample parking. The building is part of the Evelon Campus, a 46.5-acre, 15-building development offering office, retail and hospitality space, as well as athletic fields. Neil Resnick of Avison Young and Martin McDermott of Method Commercial represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the deal.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A joint venture between Patrinely Group and USAA Real Estate has sold Aspen Lake Three, a 128,990-square-foot office building in North Austin’s Lakeline neighborhood. Completed in May, the four-story building was fully preleased to Q2 Holdings, a provider of cloud-based software for the banking industry, at the time of sale. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
By Tom Johnson, NAI Martens The overall Wichita economy is not out of the woods yet, but numerous factors point to a continuation of the recovery from both the Great Recession and the impact of the pandemic. Since the significant employment downturn during the second quarter of 2020, the Wichita metro area has markedly recovered but remains well below 2019 non-farm employment. The seesaw unemployment rate has now declined to just over 5 percent. All employment sectors are expected to increase from 3 to 6 percent in 2021 with retail, leisure and hospitality leading the way as restaurants and travel return to pre-pandemic levels. In the background of all the pandemic noise have been significant gains in urban development with over $1 billion of public and private sector investment since the recession. ● Residential has grown exponentially with 21 new and renovated properties representing 1,228 units with some of the highest rental rates in the city. ● With over 100 restaurants and local shops, retail has increased significantly, adding almost 500,000 square feet, a 39 percent increase with more to come. ● Starting with the Ambassador Hotel renovation, the hospitality sector has added 375 rooms with another 95 rooms in …
PHOENIX — RED Development has announced that construction is underway for The Grove, a $300 million mixed-used development at the northwest corner of 44th Street and Camelback Road in Phoenix. Situated on 15 acres, the development will include the recently announced Global Ambassador hotel, a four-story office building, several ground-floor retail and restaurant spaces, two two-story office buildings, a self-storage facility by Hibernia Capital, a covered parking structure and an apartment building by StreetLights Residential. Completion of the first phase is slated for the latter half of 2022 with final completion and the hotel’s opening scheduled for fall 2023. The Grove is also the home to the new Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury private training facility that opened in late 2020.
DALLAS — Barings Real Estate has provided a loan for the refinancing of PwC Tower at Park District, a 504,750-square-foot office tower in Uptown Dallas. The amount of the loan was not disclosed, but the Dallas Morning News reports that it was $225 million. Built in 2018, the building consists of 20 stories of office space above a four-story parking garage. Onsite amenities include three restaurants, a tenant lounge, conference center and a 7,000-square-foot health club. Jim Curtin of JLL arranged the loan, which was structured with a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate, on behalf of the borrower, MetLife Investment Management. PwC Tower at Park District, which bears the name of its anchor tenant, PricewaterhouseCoopers, was approximately 93 percent leased at the time of the loan closing.
TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has secured $33.8 million in financing for Two Harbour Place, a Class A office building located in downtown Tampa. Cushman & Wakefield also arranged the sale for the property. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge, Rick Colon, Zachary Eicholtz and Dominic Montazemi of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a joint venture between CP Group and CenterSquare Investment Management, in the transaction. Farley White Interests, a Boston-based commercial real estate owner, acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Jason Hochman, Brian Linnihan, Mike Ryan and Ron Granite of Cushman & Wakefield secured the long-term, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Located at 302 Knights Run Avenue, the 12-story building was 92 percent leased at the time of sale. Property amenities include 3.7 per 1,000-square-foot parking ratio via an attached structured garage, as well as an onsite coffeehouse, concierge services, a full-time day porter, auto detailing and dry-cleaning pick-up and delivery. CP Group, formerly Crocker Partners, is a Boca Raton, Fla.-based owner, operator and developer of office and mixed-use projects throughout the Southeast and Southwest United States. CenterSquare is a global investment manager based in Philadelphia.
HOPEWELL, N.J. — Newmark has arranged a $76 million acquisition loan for Princeton West Innovation Campus, a 1.1 million-square-foot life sciences property in Hopewell, about 55 miles southwest of New York City. The property, which formerly served as the global R&D headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb, is located less than 10 miles from its namesake university’s main campus. Amenities include a full-service cafeteria, an 8,000-square-foot fitness center, a 28,000-square-foot child development center and multiple conference areas. The borrower was a partnership between H.I.G. Realty Partners and Lincoln Equities Group. Dustin Stolly and Jordan Roeschlaub of Newmark placed the debt through Denver-based ArrowMark Partners. The new ownership will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements and speculative leasing costs.
NEW YORK CITY — Dattner Architects has signed a 30,000-square-foot office lease at 498 Seventh Avenue, a 25-story building in Midtown Manhattan. Recent capital improvements at 498 Seventh Avenue include new lobbies and entrances, new retail storefronts, upgraded destination dispatch elevators, new turnstiles with facial recognition software, a grab-and-go coffee kiosk by Ground Central Coffee and a dedicated lounge area for tenants. Robert Frost and Andy Weiss of Signature Partners LLC represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Andrew Conrad and Matt Coudert represented the landlord, George Comfort & Sons, on an internal basis.
SAN DIEGO — Regent Properties has acquired a portfolio of four office buildings in downtown San Diego for $420 million. The acquisition marks Regent’s first investment via its Regent Opportunity Fund V. The high-rise properties include 1 Columbia Place, 701 B Street, 2 Columbia Place and 707 Broadway. Totaling 1.5 million square feet, the buildings represent approximately 16 percent of all Class A and B office inventory in downtown San Diego, according to Regent. The transaction, which equates to $281 per square foot, also includes a parking garage. Privately owned real estate investment adviser Emmes was the seller, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune. “With this investment, Regent is continuing its push to acquire high-quality office projects across the Sunbelt,” says Eric Fleiss, CEO of Regent. “We are seeking to purchase over $2 billion of assets over the next 24 months.” Prior to the sale, the seller extensively renovated the portfolio’s common areas, including upgrading the lobbies and outdoor amenities. Regent plans to augment these renovations with additional “hospitality-oriented improvements,” such as new fitness centers, conference centers, eateries and community gathering places like outdoor terraces and wine lounges. “To successfully attract and retain tenants today, we need to give them …