COLUMBUS, OHIO — Colliers International has negotiated the sale of Olentangy Valley Center in Columbus for $5 million. The 11.2-acre property consists of a 60,000-square-foot retail center and two office buildings, one totaling 30,093 square feet and the other totaling 24,775 square feet. Kevin James and Grant Chaney of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
DURHAM, N.C. — HFF has completed the sale of and secured acquisition financing for Keystone 200 and 300, two Class A office buildings totaling 223,475 square feet within Keystone Office Park in Durham. Scot Humphrey, Ryan Clutter and Chris Lingerfelt of HFF represented the seller, American Real Estate Partners, and procured the buyer, Innovatus Capital Partners. HFF’s Brent Bowman arranged the financing for the two properties, which are located at 530 and 430 Davis Drive, close to Interstate 40 and the Triangle Expressway.
RENO, NEV. — Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV has purchased a 191,000-square-foot medical office building in Reno for an undisclosed sum. The Class A building is situated on the campus of St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. The six-story building is fully leased to seven tenants. Approximately 80 percent of the building is leased to Prime Healthcare Services – Reno LLC, the operator of St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. The property is the primary outpatient location for the hospital, providing healthcare services like wellness, physical therapy, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, radiology, women’s health, neurology, bariatrics and internal medicine. Ensemble Real Estate Solutions & Investments developed the asset. CBRE’s Chris Bodnar and Lee Asher represented the seller, an unaffiliated third party. Griffin-American financed the acquisition using cash on hand. It also borrowed under its line of credit with Bank of America and KeyBank National Association. American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Company co-sponsor the REIT.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — NSB Associates has commenced construction on Ascend, an 80,000-square-foot creative office building in El Segundo. The property is situated at the Utah Avenue Campus. Legendary architect Frank Gehry will design Ascend. It will include customizable, creative workplaces with 24-foot clear-height ceilings, large glass panel walls, skylights and 16,000 square feet of private outdoor patio space for collaboration. The building sits on a podium over a covered parking structure. The building is near to the LA Metro Green Line and LAX. It is scheduled for occupancy in the fourth quarter of 2017. JLL’s Mike McRoskey, Blake Searles, Evan Moran and Jason Fine are leading the property’s leasing efforts.
DALLAS — RED Development has secured a 68,000-square-foot lease for international law firm Akin Gump at The Union Dallas, an 800,000-square-foot mixed-use development located at the intersection of Field and Cedar Streets in downtown Dallas. The project consists of a 22-story office tower, in which the firm has leased three floors, as well as a 23-story, 309-unit apartment building and a 60,000-square-foot Tom Thumb grocery store. The property, which is scheduled for a 2018 delivery, is now 60 percent leased.
HOUSTON — Targa Resources Group, a publicly traded midstream energy company, has leased 127,724 square feet of office space at 811 Louisiana St. The Class A, 577,735-square-foot office tower is located in Houston’s Central Business District. Tim Relyea, Chad Beck, David Guion and Morgan Relyea of Cushman & Wakefield represented the unspecified landlord in the transaction. Chip Colvill, Paula Bruns and Damon Thames of Colvill Office Properties represented Targa Resources Group.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of the Triad office building in King of Prussia for $30.2 million. Zamir Equities purchased the four-story, 184,118-square-foot property, which is located at 2200 Renaissance Blvd. Robert Fahey, Jerry Kranzel and Erin Hannan of CBRE represented the seller, Kairos Real Estate Partners. Built in 1985, the Triad building underwent renovations in 2014 including the addition of a café, conference center and fitness center. The lobbies and common areas were also redesigned and upgraded. The building is 96 percent leased with tenants including Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., ASI Business Solutions and Telerx Marketing. CBRE’s Steven Doherty and Nick Harris secured an acquisition loan on behalf of the purchaser; the amount of the loan was not disclosed.
CHICAGO — The Howard Hughes Corp. has received unanimous approval from the Chicago Plan Commission for the development of 110 N. Wacker Drive, a 51-story office tower downtown. The company will again collaborate with Riverside Investment & Development, Goettsch Partners and CBRE, the team behind the recently completed 150 N. Riverside Plaza office tower. The 1.3 million-square-foot tower will be located between Wacker Drive and the Chicago River. Amenities will include retail and dining options, a conference center and a fitness facility. The project includes a voluntary $19.5 million payment into the City’s Neighborhood Opportunity Bonus system due to its size. The new high-rise will take approximately two-and-a-half years to build. A construction start date has not been finalized.
DUBLIN, OHIO — CBRE has brokered the sale of the Columbus Office Portfolio, a seven-building office portfolio in Dublin. An affiliate of New York-based Group RMC Corp. purchased the portfolio for $77 million. The portfolio consists of 1.1 million square feet and includes the following properties: Atrium II, Parkwood Place, Emerald III, Blazer I & II, Parkwood II, 5515 Parkcenter Circle and 5555 Parkcenter Circle. The office buildings were constructed between 1991 and 2002. The portfolio is currently 76 percent leased to tenants such as Cardinal Health, NY Life, Allstate Insurance, Hewlett Packard and Xerox. Patrick Arangio and Jack Howard of CBRE arranged the sale on behalf of the seller, Blackstone. Donald Roberts and Philip Pelok also provided local market expertise and transactional assistance.
Greater Boston’s office market is continuing a very strong streak, closing 2016 and the fourth quarter on a good note. The year saw 1.4 million square feet positively absorbed with 789,000 square feet absorbed in the fourth quarter. The current vacancy rate is 12.7 percent, slightly lower than the market average over the last five years of 13.6 percent. Average Class A asking rents are $43.12 per square foot, which has appreciated 9.1 percent in the last three years. Neither the quarter nor the year are aberrations. The market is on an extended run of positive returns. Office space in the Greater Boston market has now seen positive absorption in 14 of the last 15 quarters, accumulating 12 million square feet positively absorbed over that period. The Boston CBD contributed 59,000 square feet of positive absorption in the fourth quarter, decreasing the vacancy rate 0.1 percentage points to 9.6 percent. The most absorption of the CBD submarkets occurred in the Financial District, which saw 69,000 square feet positively absorbed. Average Class A asking rents are currently $55.09 per square foot in the CBD, led by Back Bay, which has an average asking rate of $62.51 per square foot. Across the …