Office

LaSalle Acquires 10 Post Office Square in Downtown Boston for $188M

by Kristin Harlow March 27, 2017

BOSTON — LaSalle Investment Management has acquired an interest in 10 Post Office Square in Boston’s CBD. The purchase price was $188 million, according to the Boston Business Journal. LaSalle acquired the 450,000-square-foot office building in a joint venture with Synergy Investments and on behalf of its U.S. value-add fund, LaSalle Income & Growth Fund VII. Synergy will continue to act as the operating partner. Known as 10 PO, the 14-story building is located at the corner of Milk and Pearl streets in Boston’s Financial District. The property features two interconnected towers. The office building is home to 36 tenants, with an average remaining lease term of six years. LaSalle plans to reposition the asset through strategic capital investment, including upgraded building systems, new tenant amenities, renovated common areas and the addition of a ground-level restaurant. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank provided brokerage services on behalf of LaSalle, Synergy and the undisclosed seller. Chicago-based LaSalle maintains approximately $60 billion of private and public equity and private debt investments under management across all of its operating subsidiaries. Fund VII seeks to acquire under managed, undercapitalized or mispriced assets to be repositioned as core assets. —Kristin Hiller

March 27, 2017

California Office Western

TH Real Estate Buys Creative Office Building in San Francisco

by Nellie Day March 24, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO — TH Real Estate has purchased a 59,868-square-foot creative office building in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood of San Francisco for an undisclosed price. The building is located at 539 Bryant St. The property was originally built in 1912 as a warehouse facility. It was converted to creative office space in 1983. The building is fully occupied by tenants like HoneyBook, Life360, Sauce Labs, HKS Architects and Gigwalk. TH Real Estate is an affiliate of Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA.

March 24, 2017

Industrial Office Texas

Citadel Partners Secures 82,800 SF Lease Renewal for Engineering Firm in Plano

by Taylor Williams March 24, 2017

PLANO, TEXAS — Citadel Partners LLC, a Dallas-based real estate consulting firm, has negotiated an 82,800-square-foot lease renewal at a flex facility located at 3501 E. Plano Parkway. Scott Jessen, Andy Goldston and Mac Morse of Citadel Partners represented the tenant, UNICOM Engineering, in the transaction. Brett Lewis and George Tanghongs of Lee & Associates represented the unspecified landlord.

March 24, 2017

New York Northeast Office

LargaVista Cos. Acquires 65,000 SF Office Building in NYC

by Haisten Willis March 24, 2017

NEW YORK CITY — LargaVista Cos. has purchased 30-10 41st Ave. in Long Island City for an undisclosed price. The property is a 65,000-square-foot office building adjacent to Sunnyside Yards at the intersection of Northern Boulevard and 41st Avenue. LargaVista also owns the adjacent building at 29-42 Northern Blvd. and is considering a creative office conversion and expansion, though exact plans are not yet complete. TriState Capital Bank provided financing for the transaction.

March 24, 2017

Midwest Minnesota Office

CBRE Arranges $14.3M Sale of Two Office Buildings Near Minneapolis

by Kristin Harlow March 24, 2017

BROOKLYN CENTER, MINN. — CBRE has arranged the sale of the Brookdale Corporate Center I and II, a pair of office buildings located in Brooklyn Center near Minneapolis, for $14.3 million. New York-based Sovereign Capital purchased the 230,000-square-foot portfolio. The six-story buildings were constructed in 1982 and 1985 and renovated in 2004. The buildings were 77 percent occupied at the time of sale to tenants such as the University of Minnesota Physicians, Brooklyn Center Independent School District headquarters, Qualcomm, National American University and Aerotek. Sonja Dusil, Ryan Watts, Judd Welliver and Tom Holtz of CBRE represented the undisclosed owner in the transaction.

March 24, 2017

California Loans Office Western

MetroGroup Realty Finance Secures $34.3M in Acquisition Financing for San Diego Flex Campus

by Nellie Day March 23, 2017

SAN DIEGO — MetroGroup Realty Finance has secured $34.3 million in acquisition financing for a 132,695 square-foot office/flex campus in the Kearney Mesa submarket of San Diego. The complex is located at 9404 Chesapeake Drive and 5775, 5785 & 5788 Roscoe Court. The borrower was Klein Investment Family Limited Partnership, which was involved in a 1031 exchange. The financing included permanent financing for a seven-year term and 25-year amortization schedule and an interest-only bridge loan floating over LIBOR for a one-year term. The campus is fully leased to Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions, a subsidiary of UK-based Cobham PLC, a technology company for the aerospace and defense industries.

March 23, 2017

California Office Western

DivcoWest Acquires Historic Office Building in San Jose

by Nellie Day March 23, 2017

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — DivcoWest has acquired 2 West Santa Clara, an 83,896-square-foot historic office building in downtown San Jose, for an undisclosed sum. The building is situated at the corner of West Santa Clara and North First streets. The property was built in 1910 and expanded in 1927 with the addition of a nine-story annex. The asset has been extensively renovated within the past few years. DivcoWest plans to carry out a full rehabilitation to provide smaller tenants with the opportunity to have a full-floor presence. The space served as one of the first examples of steel-framed office construction in California. It was originally the home of First National Bank. The property was also the headquarters for Bank of the West and, later, lumber company Pacific States Industries. Ritchie Commercial represented the buyer and seller in this transaction. The acquisition is part of a joint venture with an investment group led by Gary Dillabough.

March 23, 2017

California Office Western

Ellis Partners, Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. Purchase Oakland Land Parcel for Office Tower Project

by Nellie Day March 23, 2017

OAKLAND, CALIF. — A joint venture between Ellis Partners and Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. has purchased a vacant parcel in downtown Oakland known as 1100 Broadway. The acquisition includes the dilapidated, historic Key System building, which contains 34,000 square feet across seven floors. The JV plans to restore the vacant building and integrate it into a new Class A office tower to be built on the site. The Key System building was constructed in 1911 as the headquarters of the Key System Railway, which transported East Bay residents locally and across the lower deck of the Bay Bridge to San Francisco. The seller, SKS, purchased the lot and vacant building in 2008. JLL’s Capital Markets team of Michel Seifer, Rob Hielscher and Erik Hanson brokered the transaction.

March 23, 2017

Nevada Office Western

Alston Construction Completes IGT Las Vegas Campus Remodel

by Nellie Day March 23, 2017

LAS VEGAS — Alston Construction has completed the $7 million remodel of the International Game Technology (IGT) campus in Las Vegas. The campus is located at 6355 S. Buffalo Drive. The project included a complete remodel of a Class A, three- story office building that features high-tech capabilities and extensive security requirements. The work was finished in six phases to reduce the impact on the more than 700 employees that occupied the campus and were temporarily relocated during construction. Southwest Corporate Park owns the property. It was developed by Panattoni Development.

March 23, 2017

Office Texas

Younger Partners Negotiates 4,866 SF Lease in Downtown Dallas

by Taylor Williams March 23, 2017

DALLAS — Younger Partners has secured a 4,866-square-foot lease at Republic Center, a 1.3 million-square-foot, mixed-used property located at 325 N. Saint Paul St. in downtown Dallas. Younger arranged the lease on behalf of Pavo Communications, a Mansfield, Texas-based firm. Kathy Permenter, Trae Anderson and Sarah Savage of Younger Partners represented the landlord in the transaction. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.

March 23, 2017

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