CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Kramer-Wilson Company has purchased two office buildings within the Chandler Midway Corporate Center for $23.3 million. The Class A buildings are located at 5670 and 5710 W. Chandler Blvd. in Chandler. The assets are fully leased. CBRE’s Barry Gabel and Chris Marchildon represented the seller, ViaWest Group, in this transaction.
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PLANO, TEXAS — Developer KDC has topped off JPMorgan Chase’s new, 1 million-square-foot corporate office campus at the Legacy West development in Plano. The $300 million, 50-acre campus features amenities such as a food court, health and wellness center, training and conference space, and a childcare center. Approximately 6,000 JPMorgan Chase employees are expected to work at the property beginning in the second half of 2017.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Allianz Real Estate of America has provided a $100 million loan for The Pinnacle at Symphony Place, a 28-story, 520,000-square-foot office tower located in downtown Nashville. Built in 2010, the LEED Gold-certified building was 99 percent leased to 20 tenants at closing. Bat Barber of Medalist Capital arranged the loan through Allianz on behalf of the borrower, Highwoods Properties, a Raleigh-based REIT that purchased the office building in 2013 for $152 million. The Pinnacle at Symphony Place represents the first commercial mortgage in Nashville for Allianz Real Estate of America, which manages a $10.7 billion debt portfolio. Allianz Real Estate of America is the U.S. real estate lending arm of Allianz Group, a global asset management firm based in Munich.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged the $51 million refinancing for Bank of America Place, a 144,000-square-foot, four-story office building along Meeting Street in Charleston. The office building features ground-floor retail space and an attached 355-space parking garage. Tenants include Bank of America, New York Life, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo Advisors, Parker Poe Law Firm and Resurgent Capital Services. Russ Balderson and Kevin French of Grandbridge arranged the loan through AIG Global Real Estate on behalf of Charleston Financial Center LLC, a subsidiary of Oceanside Resorts Inc., which purchased Bank of America Place in 2004.
In-Rel Purchases Office Tower in Downtown Louisville from Torchlight Investors for $32M
by John Nelson
LOUISVILLE, KY. — In-Rel Properties has acquired Meidinger Tower, a 26-story, 331,172-square-foot office tower located at 462 S. 4th St. in downtown Louisville. In-Rel purchased the asset from New York City-based Torchlight Investors for $32 million. Ralph Smalley and John Merrill of HFF, along with Mark Wardlaw and Lenisa Alvey of NAI Fortis Group, represented Torchlight in the sale. Renovated in 2006, Meidinger Tower was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Computershare, Mountjoy Chilton Medley, Cotiviti, River Road Asset Management, Seiller Waterman, Northwestern Mutual and TQL.
BOSTON — GE will host a groundbreaking ceremony for its future campus, GE Innovation Point, at 15 Necco St. in Boston on May 8. When complete, the project will be home to 800 GE employees. GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt will be on hand, along with Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. Innovation Point will open in two phases in 2018.
SAN DIEGO — Coldwell Banker Commercial SC (CBC-SC ) has completed its expansion into a 4,000-square-foot space at the newly revamped Executive Square Plaza in the University Towne Center (UTC) area of San Diego. CBC-SC’s president, Brandon Sudweeks, says this expansion is part of the firm’s larger strategy within the San Diego region. The firm has grown from three agents just a few years ago to more than 30 agents in three offices. CBC-SC plans to add a few more agents to its newly expanded UTC office.
EAST SETAUKET, N.Y. — HFF has secured an $81.5 million recapitalization for Stony Brook Technology Center, an eight-building medical office portfolio totaling 261,824 square feet in the Long Island community of East Setauket. HFF represented the borrower, TRITEC Real Estate, and procured the lender, a fund advised by UBS Real Estate & Private Markets. Completed between 1987 and 2007, the portfolio is located in a master-planned business park. Stony Brook University occupies more than 65 percent of the buildings. The HFF team representing TRITEC included Andrew Scandalios, Jose Cruz and Michael Gigliotti.
BOSTON — Colliers International has negotiated the $41 million sale of an office property located at 148 State St. in Boston. Colliers also arranged $26.7 million in acquisition financing for property, which is the corporate headquarters of Public Consulting Group (PCG), a public sector management and technology consulting firm. Colliers marketed the property on behalf of the seller, an entity controlled by principals of PCG, and procured the buyer, a joint venture controlled by Harbor Trading USA. Totaling 64,500 square feet, 148 State St. is a Class B office asset anchored by PCG, which occupies 87 percent of the building on floors two through 11. The Ginger Man, a craft beer bar, occupies the remaining 9,000 square feet. Colliers International’s Doug Jacoby, Scott Dragos, Tony Hayes, Tim Mulhall and Dan Hines led the sales team. Colliers’ Jeff Black secured the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Blue Hills Bank.
WOODBURY, N.J. — NAI Mertz has brokered the sale of Lakeside Professional Campus, a 45,000-square-foot office building located at 190 N. Evergreen Ave. in Woodbury. The NAI Mertz team of Rebecca Ting and Julie Kronfeld represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer, First National Realty Partners LLC, will retain NAI Mertz as the leasing agent for the complex. Lakeside Professional Campus is located near Interstate 295 and the New Jersey Turnpike.