Office

DivcoWest Buys The Telephone Building in Santa Monica for $52.5M

by Nellie Day March 8, 2017

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — DivcoWest has acquired The Telephone Building in Santa Monica for $52.5 million. The six-story creative office building is located at 1314 7th St. As part of the deal, DivcoWest also acquired 58,538 square feet of office condominiums in the building. The remaining 33,254 square feet of office condominiums houses a telephone switching hub owned by Frontier Communications and was not included in the sale. The building is 86 percent leased. HFF’s Doug Bond and Andrew Harper represented the seller, a joint venture between Alcion Ventures and Pacshore Partners, in this transaction.

March 8, 2017

Loans Office Oregon Western

LPC Realty Advisors Receives $98.5M Loan for Acquisition of Pacwest Center in Portland

by Nellie Day March 8, 2017

PORTLAND, ORE. — LPC Realty Advisors has received a $98.5 million acquisition loan for the 30-story Pacwest Center in Portland. The 525,000-square-foot office tower is located at 1211 SW 5th Ave. LPC intends to significantly renovate the tower by modernizing the common spaces, the main lobby and shared amenities. PacWest Center is 76 percent leased to tenants like Merrill Lynch, Markowitz Herbold, Schwabe, Key Bank of Oregon and Perkins & Co. HFF’s Tom Wilson and Erica Christensen arranged the five-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan. A national insurance company provided the capital. LPC worked on behalf of a pension fund client. HFF also handled the property’s $170 million sale on behalf of the sellers, Ashforth Co. and an institutional investor.

March 8, 2017

California Office Western

WeWork Leases 60,576 SF of Office Space in San Francisco

by Nellie Day March 7, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO — WeWork has leased 60,576 square feet of office space at 650 California St. The 33-story building in the Financial District underwent a major renovation in 2013. WeWork will occupy the fourth floor through the seventh floor. The landlord, Columbia Property Trust, has now completed four leases totaling 91,562 square feet at the 477,000-square-foot property over the past nine months.

March 7, 2017

Office Texas

TREK Investment Group Closes Sale of 89,545 SF Office Property in Abilene

by Taylor Williams March 7, 2017

ABILENE, TEXAS — TREK Investment Group, an Austin-based brokerage firm, has closed the sale of an 89,545-square-foot office property located at the corner of State Highway 277 and South First Street in Abilene, a city about 180 miles west of Dallas. The property, which is situated on 8.8 acres, was 100 percent leased at the time of sale to the Texas Departments of Public Safety, Human Services and Health. Ethan Offenbecher and Parker Carroll of TREK represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity.

March 7, 2017

Illinois Midwest Office

Entre Commercial Brokers Sale of 30,745 SF Office Building in Mount Prospect, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow March 7, 2017

MOUNT PROSPECT, ILL. — Entre Commercial Realty LLC has brokered the sale of a 30,745-square-foot office building in Mount Prospect, about 22 miles northwest of Chicago. The sales price was not disclosed. Nicholas & Associates, a construction management company based in Mount Prospect, acquired the building along with 5.2 acres of land. The property is located at 1401 Feehanville Drive within Mount Prospect’s Kensington Business Center. Dan Benassi and Mike DeSerto of Entre Commercial represented the buyer in the transaction. Michael Magliano of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller.

March 7, 2017

Office Texas

Lee & Associates, EDGE Arrange $3M Sale of Office Building in West Dallas

by Taylor Williams March 6, 2017

DALLAS — Lee & Associates and EDGE Realty Capital Markets have co-brokered the sale of a 14,000-square-foot office property, located at 2320 Stemmons Trail in west Dallas. The sale price of the building, which is currently occupied by Octapharma Plasma, a blood donation center, was $3 million. Allen Buchanan and Joshua Harper of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Double Run LP, a California-based investment firm. Mark Mordecai and Brandon Crow of EDGE represented the undisclosed seller.

March 6, 2017

California Office Western

V.C.I. Corp. Sells El Segundo Office Property for $52M

by Nellie Day March 6, 2017

LOS ANGELES — V.C.I. Corp. has sold a 157,225-square-foot office property in the Los Angeles submarket of El Segundo for $52 million. The buyer was not named. The Class A asset is located at 2300 E. Imperial Ave. The property was vacant at the time of sale. The building was originally constructed in 1964 and renovated in 2000 with new common areas and parking structure. Chris Sinfield and Tom Sheets of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.

March 6, 2017

California Office Western

BroadSoft Leases Office Space at Santana Row in San Jose

by Nellie Day March 6, 2017

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — BroadSoft has leased 33,000 square feet of office space at the Santana Row mixed-use development in San Jose. The space is located at 3055 Olin Ave. BroadSoft hopes to occupy the new space in mid-2017. The developer, Federal Realty, already commenced construction on 700 Santana Row, an additional 284,000-square-foot office building. It will be ready for tenant build-out in the third quarter of 2018. Todd Shaffer and Tracey Solari of Newmark Cornish & Carey serve as the property’s office leasing agents.

March 6, 2017

Northeast Office Pennsylvania

Keystone Property Group Signs 66,000 SF of New Leases at 5 Sentry Park in Metro Philadelphia

by Haisten Willis March 6, 2017

BLUE BELL, PA. – Keystone Property Group has signed three new leases totaling 66,000 square feet at 5 Sentry Park, a recently renovated two-building office property in Blue Bell. The transactions include a 33,200-square-foot lease with Linde Engineering North America, a 15,700-square-foot lease with Physician Recommended Nutriceuticals (PRN) and a 15,700-square-foot lease with Veterinarian Recommended Solutions (VRS). After acquiring the 133,000-square-foot office property, Keystone completed a reinvestment program to implement functional and cosmetic upgrades. The enhancements include a new amenity area with a fitness center, conference rooms, lounge area, on-site cafe, outdoor patio with seating, roof deck, expanded entrance for the property’s eastern building, refreshed lobby at 5 West and landscaping upgrades. Linde is a Houston-based engineering firm providing technologies for the design and construction of process plants for industries including petrochemicals, gas processing and pharmaceuticals. PRN is a leading producer of food-based supplements and VRS produces health products for pets. Michael Barker and Cody Lehrer of CBRE represented PRN and VRS in their leases, while Patrick Brady and Ryan FitzPatrick of Avison Young represented Keystone.

March 6, 2017

Illinois Midwest Office

City Capital Advisors Renews 9,148 SF Office Lease in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow March 6, 2017

CHICAGO — City Capital Advisors has renewed its 9,148-square-foot office lease at 444 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago. As part of the lease, the investment bank will undertake a significant renovation to its current space to improve layout and include the firm’s separate practice group, City Capital Ventures. Jon Milonas and Kyle Kamin of CBRE represented City Capital Advisors in the transaction. Emily Marquardt of The Telos Group represented the landlord.

March 6, 2017

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