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.
WARREN, N.J. — Rubenstein Partners and Vision Real Estate Partners have acquired Warren Corporate Center, an office development in Warren. Northwestern Mutual Real Estate sold the 820,000-square-foot office property for $136 million. Situated on 176 acres, the five-building property is 81 percent occupied by Citibank. The property was originally developed in 1996 as the headquarters of Lucent Technologies. Jeffrey Dunne, Kevin Welsh, Brian Schulz and Jeremy Neuer of CBRE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. In addition to arranging the acquisition, Jim Gunning and Donna Falzarano of CBRE arranged a $123 million term loan, a portion of which is available for future capital and tenant improvements and leasing commissions.
BLUE BELL, PA. — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged a $16.5 million bridge loan for Valley Square, an office complex located at 512 Township Line Road in Blue Bell. Steven Buchwald and Lexington Henn of Mission Capital secured the loan for the borrower, Contrarian Capital Management. After acquiring the five-building, 289,194-square-foot complex in 2013 for $8.5 million, Contrarian and its operating partner, Corvest Realty Group, implemented millions of dollars of capital improvements at the property and substantially leased many of the upgraded buildings. Originally constructed in 1983, the property is located approximately 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
DALLAS — Parvez Malik of Henry S. Miller’s investments and land division has sold a 41,000-square-foot office/warehouse building in Dallas. Located at 1750 Regal Row, the property is near I-35 and Dallas Love Field Airport. Sumair Trading Inc. purchased the building from Regal Row Center Ltd. Malik represented Sumair Trading in the transaction, while James Mantzuranis of Stream Realty represented the seller.
ATLANTA — Principal Global Investors has provided a $43.3 million loan for 100 Peachtree, a 625,424-square-foot, Class A office tower in Atlanta’s central business district (CBD). Known locally as the Equitable Building, the 32-story office tower features a conference center with a boardroom, three conference rooms, a mock courtroom, fitness center, dry cleaner, florist, FedEx-Kinko’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, Starbucks and parking for 928 vehicles. The asset was 61 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Koch Properties, Accenture, Fulton County Public Defender, Atlanta BeltLine Inc. and McGuire Woods LLP. Mark Sixour and Gregg Shapiro of HFF arranged the four-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of Five Mile Capital Partners LLC, which plans to refinance an existing loan and provide funds for capital improvements, tenant improvements and leasing commissions.
