Office

Swift Real Estate Partners Buys San Diego Office Portfolio for $30.4M

by Nellie Day January 7, 2016

SAN DIEGO — Swift Real Estate Partners has purchased a three-property office portfolio in the San Diego submarket of Carlsbad for $30.4 million. The acquisition includes the 61,578-square-foot Carlsbad Airport Plaza; the 53,982-square-foot Camino West Corporate Park; and the 80,506-square-foot La Place Court. The portfolio was about 65 percent leased at the time of sale. Swift represented itself in this transaction, while CBRE’s Louay Alsadek, Hunter Rowe, Andrew Taylor, Roger Carlson and Larry Cambra represented the seller, Brandywine Realty Trust. Carlson and Cambra were retained by Swift to handle the leasing for Camino West Corporate Park.

January 7, 2016

Arizona Office Western

Biltmore Financial Center in Phoenix to Undergo Complete Renovation

by Nellie Day January 7, 2016

PHOENIX — The Biltmore Financial Center, a 635,000-square-foot office campus in Phoenix, is set to undergo a multi-million-dollar renovation. The Class A campus is located at the northwest corner of 24th Street and Camelback. Owner ViaWest Group plans to add eight new speculative suites to the campus, in addition to a new 3,500-square-foot tenant lounge. It will also renovate Biltmore’s one-acre plaza and gym. The café’s offerings will be upgraded, as will elements of the lobby, corridors, bathrooms and elevators. The renovation commences this month. It is scheduled for completion in July. ViaWest purchased the Biltmore Financial Center this past summer for $163.1 million. At the time, the transaction was the largest multi-tenant office sale in the Phoenix area since 2007, and was the third largest sale ever in the metropolitan area, according to CoStar.

January 7, 2016

Illinois Loans Midwest Office

Alpha Alternative Arranges $18.3M Bridge, Preferred Equity Loan for Office Building in Chicago Suburb

by Christina Cannon January 7, 2016

ROLLING MEADOWS, ILL. — Alpha Alternative LLC has arranged an $18.3 million bridge and preferred equity loan for an office building in Rolling Meadows, approximately 30 miles northwest of Chicago. 1600 Corporate Center is a 12-story, Class A multi-tenant office building that is located at 1600 Golf Road. The asset has 255,440 rentable square feet and was built in 1986. Bank of America recently signed a lease to occupy more than one-third of the building, which brought the total occupancy to 89 percent. Alpha Alternatives utilized a securitized lender and private equity lender to provide the interest-only financing for a combined rate of 500 basis points over LIBOR. Anthony Longo of Alpha Alternative arranged the 85 percent loan-to-cost financing.

January 7, 2016

Office Southeast Tennessee

CBRE Group Inc. Acquires CBRE | Memphis

by John Nelson January 7, 2016

MEMPHIS, TENN. — Los Angeles-based CBRE Group Inc. has acquired CBRE | Memphis, a commercial real estate services firm that has served as CBRE’s affiliate firm in Memphis since 1996. The firm has more than 100 employees on staff and leases and/or manages roughly 14 million square feet of commercial property in the metro Memphis area, as well as Arkansas and Jackson, Miss. CBRE | Memphis and CBRE’s existing corporate staff in the Memphis region totals more than 500 employees. After acquiring affiliate firms in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville and Louisville, CBRE Group now has 14 offices in the Southeast totaling more than 3,200 employees.

January 7, 2016

Maryland Office Southeast

First Potomac Realty Trust Sells Two Metro D.C. Office Buildings for $27.3M

by John Nelson January 7, 2016

TYSON’S CORNER, VA. — First Potomac Realty Trust has sold Cedar Hill I & III, two three-story office buildings in Tyson’s Corner, for $27.3 million. The properties total 102,632 square feet and were fully leased as of Sept. 30, 2015. JLL represented the office REIT in the transaction.

January 7, 2016

Georgia Office Southeast

Versant Commercial Acquires Two Flex Office Buildings in Metro Atlanta for $9.1M

by John Nelson January 7, 2016

DULUTH, GA. — Versant Commercial Brokerage Inc. has acquired two flex office buildings in Duluth, a suburb of Atlanta, for $9.1 million. The properties total 113,035 square feet and are located at 2425 and 2450 Commerce Ave. The properties’ tenant roster includes Metso Automation USA Inc., Vensure Employer Services, Moreland Altobelli Associates and Videojet Technologies. Asset manager Clear Vista Management and property manager Wiedmayer & Co. assisted Versant in the transaction. Versant acquired the buildings on behalf of a group of former tenant-in-common investors, which own the two adjacent buildings. Versant negotiated the acquisition and assisted in financing the acquisition with low-cost debt.

January 7, 2016

Industrial Multifamily Office Retail Texas

NOVUS Brokers Sale of 11-Acre Tract on Highway 380 in Metro Dallas

by Haisten Willis January 6, 2016

PRINCETON, TEXAS — NOVUS Realty Advisors’ Tom Grunnah has completed the sale 11 acres for client and former property owner Wells Fargo Bank NA. The land is located at the southwest corner of the US Highway 380 and Cypress Bend intersection, just east of downtown McKinney in Princeton. The buyer, F&L LLP, plans to divide the property and sell commercial pad sites to end users.

January 6, 2016

New Jersey Northeast Office

Stan Johnson Co. Brokers $22.2M Sale of IMS Health Global Headquarters in New Jersey

by Amy Works January 6, 2016

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of IMS Health Global Headquarters, a medical office building located at 100 IMS Drive in Parsippany. Maryland Associates Limited acquired the 83,477-square-foot property, which is situated on 2.9 acres, from Commercial Realty Group Inc. for $22.2 million. The building’s lease is guaranteed by IMS Health. Joshua Pardue and Tom Georges of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.

January 6, 2016

Northeast Office Pennsylvania

Keystone Property Group Acquires 245,000 SF Office Building in Pennsylvania

by Amy Works January 6, 2016

BALA CYNWYD, PA. — Keystone Property Group has acquired an office building located at One Belmont Avenue in Bala Cynwyd from Maguire & Partners for an undisclosed price. Situated in the City Avenue commercial corridor, the property, also known as the GSB Building, comprises 245,000 square feet of office and ground-floor retail space. Keystone plans upgrades for the existing 12-story building, including new elevators, an upgraded HVAC system, enhanced lobbies and restrooms and an improved parking structure. Located on an eight-acre parcel, the property allows for significant additional mixed-use development opportunities. At the time of acquisition, the property was 93 percent occupied. Robert Fahey, Jerome Kranzel, Erin Hannan of CBRE and Gene McHale of Beacon Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.

January 6, 2016

California Office Western

Prudential, McCarthy Acquire MetroCenter at South Coast in Costa Mesa

by Nellie Day January 6, 2016

COSTA MESA, CALIF. — A joint venture between Prudential Real Estate Investors and McCarthy Cook & Co. has purchased MetroCenter at South Coast, an 800,826-square-foot office campus in Costa Mesa, for an undisclosed sum. The campus is located at 535 Anton Blvd. MetroCenter includes three 12-story office buildings and a three-story healthclub facility. The JV plans to renovate the property by adding on-site amenities to develop a creative office environment. The property will undergo a plaza renovation with collaborative outdoor space, as well as updated lobbies and corridors. It will also add conference center, tenant lounge and rooftop decks.

January 6, 2016

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