DALLAS — Colliers International Group Inc. has closed the sale of Meadow Central, a 179,184-square-foot office complex located at 10260 and 10300 N. Central Expressway in north Dallas. The property was 91 percent occupied at the time of sale. Creighton Stark and Chris Boyd of Colliers represented the sellers, Sunwest Real Estate Group and Libitzky Property Cos., which acquired the property in 2010. The representative of the buyer, Ascent Real Estate Advisors LLC, was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Jonathan Rose Cos. is purchasing Forest City Realty Trust’s affordable housing business in a deal valued at more than $500 million. The acquisition includes 48 affordable housing communities in seven states, totaling nearly 8,500 units; Forest City Capital, an MAP-designated FHA lender; and Forest City’s affordable housing property management group. The purchase will bring Jonathan Rose Cos.’s total unit count to more than 15,000 nationwide and expand its operations to 15 states and the District of Columbia. The properties, management company and mortgage company will be rebranded with the Rose Communities name. The management company will be renamed Rose Community Management and the finance company will become Rose Community Capital. The transactions are scheduled to close throughout the first and second quarter. The management company and Forest City Capital are slated to transfer on March 1. The acquisitions have been approved by Forest City’s board and the closings, which require HUD approvals, will continue through the spring.
PHILADELPHIA — Dallas-based TIER REIT has completed the sale of Three Parkway, an office building located in Philadelphia’s Center City district. An unrelated third party acquired the property for $95 million. The building features 561,000 square feet of office space. The sale marks TIER REIT’s exit from the Philadelphia market.
NEW YORK CITY — Hornig Capital Partners and Brickman Real Estate are redeveloping a former box manufacturing building into Box Factory, an office and retail property located at 1519 Decatur St. on the Queens-Brooklyn border of Ridgewood and Bushwick. Fogarty Finger Architecture is designing the $10 million renovation, which will bring 55,570 square feet of office space and 7,430 square feet of retail space to the area. Completion is slated for June 2017. ABS Partners Real Estate is marketing the office portion of the project, while Ripco Realty is marketing the retail portion.
CHESTERFIELD, MO. — St. Louis-based Gershman Mortgage will be moving its headquarters from a 16,000-square-foot office in Clayton, Mo. to 16253 Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield this month. The new office space of more than 24,000 square feet will allow the company to grow. Over 100 employees will be located at the new office. The mortgage company will be closing its existing Chesterfield location at 187 Hilltown Village Center, but will maintain its Clayton presence with an office located at 7801 Forsyth Blvd. Gershman also maintains local offices in Kirkwood, South St. Louis City and St. Peters. Additional offices in the Midwest are located in Branson and Springfield, Mo., Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma.
CHICAGO — Illinois Action for Children has renewed its 40,000-square-foot office lease at 1340 S. Damen Ave. in Chicago. The non-profit group will remain on the second floor of the building for an additional five years. The 193,000-square-foot, Class B office building is located in the Pilsen neighborhood. Other tenants include Vitas Healthcare and Lutheran Social Services of Illinois. Julie Lane of Bradford Allen negotiated the lease renewal on behalf of the tenant.
MIAMI — MetLife Real Estate has secured LEED certification for three of its office buildings within Waterford at Blue Lagoon, a Class A office park in Miami. The assets include 6505 Waterford, a 166,996-square-foot property built in 1996; 6100 Waterford, a 162,878-square-foot building developed in 1991; and 6303 Waterford, a 165,996-square-foot building developed in 1993. The buildings earned the designations following MetLife Real Estate’s five-year, $3.5 million capital improvement campaign, which included restroom renovations, new marble lobby floors, Energy Star-rated roof replacements, new LED light fixtures in the atriums and the parking garage, resurfacing of the parking garage deck and a new fitness center. The U.S. Green Building Council awarded 6505 Waterford LEED Gold v4 Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings and LEED Silver v4 Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings for both 6100 Waterford and 6303 Waterford. Cushman & Wakefield’s asset services team of Peter Romero, Danny Wong, Jacky Hernandez and Maria Meyer, as well as engineers Rafael Lopez, Carlos Padilla and Javier Castro, collaborated with MetLife Real Estate in procuring the LEED designations.
LOS ANGELES — PGIM Real Estate has sold Glendale Plaza, a 547,301-square-foot office property, for an undisclosed sum. The property is located at 531 N. Glendale Ave. in the Los Angeles submarket of Glendale. The plaza is 95 percent leased to tenants mostly within the entertainment, insurance, legal and financial services industries. PGIM acquired the 24-floor office property in August 2006. The company is the global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial. The buyer and price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Colvill Office Properties has finalized four new leases at 811 Louisiana, a 577,735-square-foot office tower in Houston’s Central Business District. Among the tenants represented in the newly secured leases are global advisory firm Willis Towers Watson, which leased a 19,222-square-foot space, and law firm McFarland PLLC, which leased a 6,150-square-foot space. Paula Bruns, Damon Thames and Chip Colvill of Colvill represented the landlord, Busycon Properties LLC, in both deals. Jeff Cairns, Bob Denney and Brandon Clarke of CBRE represented Willis Towers Watson. Kevin Kushner and William Padon of CBRE represented McFarland.
SHENANDOAH, TEXAS — Cypressbrook Co. has arranged the lease of 5,649 square feet of flex space at Portofino Tech Center, located at 19241 David Memorial Drive in Shenandoah, a city roughly 30 miles north of Houston. Denise Ksiazek of Cypressbrook represented the tenant, Cole Health Inc., a pediatrics and rehabilitation practice, in the transaction. Greg Tilton of Transwestern represented the landlord, Vara-Portofino Tech Center LLC.
