ORLANDO, FLA. — NXT Capital has provided a $15.1 million acquisition loan for the Reserve at Maitland, a three-building, Class B office property in Orlando totaling 197,000 square feet. The property is situated on the south side of Maitland Center, just north of Orlando’s central business district, with access to I-4.
INDIANAPOLIS — Colliers International has negotiated the sale of an 82,565-square-foot historic office building in downtown Indianapolis for $4.9 million. NAYA USA Investment purchased the building, One North Pennsylvania, from One North Penn LLC. The building was constructed in 1909 and is currently 69 percent leased. Tenants at the property include Centier Bank, Pita Pit and Alpha Tau Omega. Alex Cantu, John Demaree, Matt Langfeldt and Rich Forslund of Colliers International represented the seller in the transaction. Beau Ansty of Stenz Management represented the buyer.
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, OHIO — The developer of Grandview Yard has signed eight new tenants who will collectively occupy over 24,000 square feet of space. Grandview Yard is a mixed-use development outside of Columbus that is situated on 125 acres and will encompass 1.2 million square feet of retail, restaurant, grocery, hospitality and residential space once completed. New tenants who have inked a deal at Grandview Yard include: Hilliard Lyons: 2,900 square feet at 800 Yard St. Unum Life Insurance Co.: 6,300 square feet at 800 Yard St. Seamless Logistics: 3,400 square feet at 775 Yard St. Columbus Hospitality Management: 3,400 square feet at 775 Yard St. United States Navy: 2,200 square feet at 845 Yard St. Northeast Family Dental Associates: 2,000 square feet at 845 Yard St. FKP Architects Inc.: 1,900 square feet at 845 Yard St. Executive Eye Care LLC: 2,000 square feet at 895 W. Third Ave. In addition to the eight new tenants, the project developer, Nationwide Realty Investors, has announced that the first 320,000-square-foot building on Nationwide’s own 500,000-square-foot office campus will open this spring. Nationwide also announced that the 166-unit Apartments at Grandview Yard will open this spring, and a 135-room Courtyard by Marriott, along …
COPPELL, TEXAS — Tom Smolik and Matthew Hickey of TIG have represented the unnamed landlord in a 25,568-square-foot, long-term lease renewal at Coppell Tech Center II, located at 1322 Crestside Drive in Coppell. Mark Miller of NAI Robert Lynn represented the tenant, MasTec International, in the transaction.
WESTON, FLA. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has purchased Weston Pointe, a 388,112-square-foot, four-building office park in Weston, a town in Broward County. Built between 1999 and 2006, Weston Pointe was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Wells Fargo, BB&T, Merrill Lynch, Regus, Ultimate Software and the General Services Administration. New York Life Real Estate Investors purchased the asset on behalf of the Madison Core Property Fund.
The New Orleans office market remains dynamic. The city has obviously changed dramatically in the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina and is on a continued path of change going forward. Positive change. In the past 12 to 18 months, more than 1 million square feet of what used to be considered office space in downtown New Orleans has been converted to retail, hotel, residential or multifamily use. Projects such as 225 Baronne Street, the 1100 block of Tulane Avenue, 600 Carondelet Street, Factor’s Row redevelopment and approximately 130,000 square feet of space at 1250 Poydras Street (a 423,000-square-foot, Class A tower) are just a number of examples. More of this space was unoccupied than occupied at the time of the conversions. The most recent of these conversions, 600 Carondolet Street, resulted in the largest absorption of Class A office space in the market. Additionally, URS, now AECOM, leased approximately 70,000 square feet of space in 1515 Poydras, a 530,000-square-foot building located across from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. In the central business district (CBD), Class A office occupancy is a healthy 90 percent and average rental rates have increased in the past 12 to 24 months to approximately $19 per square foot. …
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Newmark Holdings has completed the disposition of a medical office building located at One Long Wharf Drive. Healthcare Trust of America purchased the seven-story property for $73 million. As part of the acquisition, the buyer will also take ownership of a three-acre ground leased lot, located under an adjacent hotel, located at Three Long Wharf Drive. The 286,713-square-foot property was 99 percent occupied at the time of sale. Current tenants include Yale-New Haven Hospital and APT Foundation. David Noonan of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Capital Markets and Richard Lee of OR&L Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
PARSIPPANY AND GARFIELD, N.J. — Madison Realty Capital (MRC) has provided two first mortgage loans totaling $71.1 million for commercial properties in Northern New Jersey. In the first transaction, Madison Realty provided $45 million in acquisition financing for a 404,515-square-foot office property located at 2 Gateway Drive in Parsippany. The undisclosed borrower plans to re-tenant a portion of the property, modernize the property’s common areas and enhance the building’s amenity package. MRC funded $33 million at closing to facilitate the borrower’s acquisition and reserved a future funding component of $12 million for good-news leasing. In the second transaction, MRC provided a $26.1 million loan for the recapitalization of a 1.1 million-square-foot industrial property located at 141 Lanza Ave. in Garfield. Situated on 33 acres, the industrial property includes a warehouse and self-storage space. The undisclosed borrower plans to continue leasing and asset management efforts to fully stabilize the property.
HOUSTON — KDC has started construction on a 60,000-square-foot office building for KPRC Channel 2, Houston’s NBC affiliate. Located at 8181 Southwest Freeway in Houston’s Sharpstown district, KPRC’s new headquarters will house all aspects of the broadcast business and more than 180 employees. The project is being built 15 feet away from KPRC’s existing broadcast station, allowing utilities to be relocated while the station remains active. Completion is slated for February 2017. The facility will have two new studios with supporting control rooms for broadcasting live news programs. A 9,000-square-foot newsroom will be built as an open concept with 14-foot ceilings and exterior windows, giving employees a view into a courtyard that includes seating areas and an outdoor kitchen. KPRC’s new facility will have a two-story atrium and staircase in the center of the building to provide natural light and a central meeting location. Additional space will be allocated for the sales department and creative services department. Corgan is the project architect, DPR Construction is the general contractor, Bury is the civil engineer, AG&E is the structural engineer, Telios is the MEP engineer and Office of James Burnett is the landscape architect.
PLANO, TEXAS — Yeager has broken ground on a 48,300-square-foot mixed-use development in Plano known as Yeager at Rasor Pointe. The Indiana-based developer expects to complete the project, which includes 39,750 square feet of office suites and 8,550 square feet of retail and restaurant space, by early August. The property will be located on a 3.8-acre lot at the northeast corner of Rasor Boulevard and Ohio Drive.
