AUSTIN, TEXAS — Yates Construction will serve as general contractor for interior finishes of a multi-level lobby remodel at the One American Center building on 6th and Congress avenues. The property is located in downtown Austin near the Texas State Capitol. Pre-construction will begin immediately on the 25,000-square-foot, $4.5 million project, with construction slated to begin early this summer. Substantial project completion is expected in January 2017.
PHOENIX — AFS Technologies has renewed its lease for office space at Park One in Phoenix. The Class A space is located at 2141 E. Highland Ave., within the Camelback Corridor. It was built in 1982 and renovated in 2014. The retail and supply chain solutions company uses this space as its corporate headquarters. It has occupied the building since 2007. Craig Coppola and Bill Blake of Lee & Associates represented AFS. Matthew Kaufold of the same firm represented the landlord, McCarthy Cook & Co., in this transaction.
BALTIMORE — Vision Properties has acquired 100 East Pratt, a 662,708-square-foot trophy office tower at 100 E. Pratt St. overlooking Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, for $187 million. Vision acquired the asset from Columbia Property Trust (NYSE: CXP). The building is the long-time headquarters of T. Rowe Price, a global investment firm that leases roughly 65 percent of the building. Other tenants of the tower, which was 98.5 percent leased at the time of sale, include PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Merrill Lynch and Tydings & Rosenberg. The property is located in downtown Baltimore near Harborplace and The Gallery, as well as a multitude of dining and retail options around the Inner Harbor and along Pratt Street. Stephen Conley, Jim Meisel, Dek Potts, Andrew Weir and Matt Nicholson of HFF represented Columbia Property Trust in the transaction, which also included the property’s 932-space parking garage. Vision Properties plans to upgrade the lobby of the 28-story building, according to reports by the Baltimore Business Journal. Columbia Property Trust intends to use the proceeds of the sale to repay a $119 million short-term bridge loan and borrowings on its unsecured credit facility. Vision Properties is a full-service real estate investment and management firm headquartered in New Jersey. The …
NEW YORK CITY — Tavros Development Partners and Charney Construction & Development have received $44.3 million in acquisition and pre-development financing for a 41,815-square-foot land assemblage located at 263-277 S. Fifth St. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section. The borrowers plan to develop a mixed-use asset featuring ground-level retail space, office and multifamily space on the fully entitled site. Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz and Mark Fisher of JLL arranged the financing.
NATICK, MASS. — New Dover Associates has arranged the sale of an office/research and development building located at 2-4 Mercer Road in Natick. Nivek Investments I LLC sold the property to 2-4 Mercer Road LLC for $3.9 million. Situated on 1.4 acres with Natick Business Park, the fully air-conditioned building comprises 17,875 square feet. Scott Hughes of New Dover Associates represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
KENTWOOD, MICH. — NAI Wisinski of West Michigan has negotiated the sale of a 9,000-square-foot building in Kentwood, approximately 10 miles southeast of Grand Rapids, for an undisclosed price. Mattson Financial Services LLC purchased the property from Chulam Malin. Mattson Financial Services will be relocating from its current facility at 1507 Plainfield Ave. in Grand Rapids following the renovation of the building, to be completed this spring. Mattson Financial Services specializes in financial planning, investment management and tax planning. Cameron Timmer of NAI Wisinski represented Mattson Financial Services. Jason Makowski and Mary Anne Wisinski of NAI Wisinski represented the seller.
STERLING, VA. — Gramercy Property Trust, an office and industrial REIT, has closed on the $145.5 million sale of Pacific Corporate Park, a four-building office campus in Sterling. The New York-based REIT’s disposition strategy has led to the firm selling approximately $646.3 million of single- and multi-tenant office assets since the plan was announced in 2015. In December 2015, Gramercy finalized its merger with Chambers Street Properties, creating an office and industrial REIT with an enterprise value of $6 billion.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cousins Properties Inc. plans to develop Dimensional Fund Advisors’ new 229,000-square-foot regional headquarters in Charlotte. The Class A office building will be located on a 2.3-acre site in Charlotte’s South End. The project is a 50/50 joint venture between Cousins and Dimensional. Construction is anticipated to begin in the fourth quarter, and delivery is slated for the fourth quarter of 2018. Dimensional signed a 15-year lease to occupy 100 percent of the building upon completion.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Mesa West Capital has originated a $56.8 million acquisition loan for Northbridge Centre, a 287,000-square-foot, Class A office building located at 515 N. Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach. The sponsor, 515 N. Flagler Drive Owner LLC, recently acquired the property from Gaedeke Group, which had owned the building for 20 years. The floating rate loan includes a future funding component to be used toward leasing costs, according to Mesa West Capital. Built in 1987 and renovated in 2002, the office building was 71 percent leased at the time of sale.
HOUSTON — McCarthy Building Cos. has been awarded the contract to build The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) located at 790 Austin St. in downtown Houston. The school is designed to house 750 students and focus in several arts disciplines, including acting, writing, music, fine arts and dance. The five-story, 200,000-square-foot high school will include an 800-seat theater, 300-seat black box theater, rehearsal rooms, cafeteria and two floors of underground parking. Located in the middle of downtown Houston, the project will cover an entire city block. The seven-story building, which includes two floors of parking, is scheduled for completion in September 2018.
