LOS ANGELES — Est4te Four has purchased a 44,547-square-foot office building in Los Angeles for $21.6 million. The building is located at 929 East 2nd St. The acquisition includes additional land for development. Est4te Four plans to add more floors on top of the existing structure so it can redevelop the space into a hub with a retail component for the creative industry. The redevelopment is scheduled to commence next year.
CERRITOS, CALIF. — A private buyer has purchased Carmenita Corporate Plaza, a 68,779-square-foot office building in Cerritos, for $19.7 million. The property is located at 13340 E. 183rd St. It is fully leased to Infinity Property & Casualty Corp. Ryan Swanson and Chris Conway of Lee & Associates Irvine represented the buyer. CBRE’s Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones and Blake Bokosky represented the seller, Cohen Asset Management Inc..
SPOKANE, WASH. — DPGB-WA-1 LLC has purchased the Red Lion Headquarters Building, a 100,362-square-foot office building in Spokane, for $12.3 million. The property is located at 201 W. North River Drive. It is situated along the Spokane River’s north bank. David Peterson of Goodale & Barbieri and Chris Johnson and MaryKay West of NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson represented the sellers, 201 North River LLC and Red Lion Hotels LP. Peterson also represented the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — HFF has arranged $89 million in refinancing for a retail and office building located at 401 W. 14th St. in the Meatpacking District. MetLife provided the borrower, Taconic Investment Partners, with a 15-year, interest-only, fixed-rate loan. The four-story building is 100 percent leased to Hugo Boss, The Kooples, Apple Inc. and Raptor Capital Management. HFF secured the financing on behalf of the borrower.
COLLINSVILLE AND CUSHING, OKLA. — Stan Johnson Co. has completed the sale of a portfolio leased to Victory Energy. Triple Net Acquisitions purchased the portfolio for $9.3 million in Oklahoma. The site in Collinsville includes Victory Energy’s Class A corporate headquarters. The property in Cushing operates as a manufacturing and distribution facility. Both Victory Energy properties are located in metro Tulsa, an area that accounts for nearly one-third of the manufacturing in Oklahoma and over 56,000 energy-related jobs. The sale-leaseback proceeds will support Victory Energy’s plan for an additional 101,000-square-foot facility. Camille Renshaw of Stan Johnson Co.’s New York office represented the seller in the sale of the portfolio.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Tony Talamas of BMC Capital’s Houston office has arranged a $6 million loan for the cash-out refinancing of a single-tenant property leased to a credit tenant in Austin. The loan was placed with one of BMC Capital’s correspondent CMBS relationships. The non-recourse loan features a 10-year, fixed-rate term with a 4.96 percent interest rate and 30-year amortization schedule.
COON RAPIDS, MINN. — Fairbridge Properties has sold a 261,805-square-foot flex facility in Coon Rapids, a northern suburb of Minneapolis, for $14 million. The industrial and research facility is located at 8840-8880 Evergreen Blvd. and is occupied by Honeywell Aerospace and MEDRAD. Shopoff Realty Investments purchased the property. Fairbridge realized an internal rate of return of 75 percent. After obtaining ownership of the building in 2013, Fairbridge made renovations including repainting the building’s exterior, replacing windows, resurfacing a portion of the parking lot and retrofitting the parking lot lighting. Fairbridge sold the property as part of a 1031 exchange, and the company is in the process of identifying a new investment to complete the exchange.
FREDERICK, MD. — Berkadia recently arranged a $12 million loan for Highland Technology Center, an office and industrial property located in Frederick, Md. Ben Van Horn of Berkadia’s Scottsdale, Ariz. office secured the fixed-rate financing through Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The borrower, Envision Highland LLC, will use the financing to acquire the property for $16 million. Loan terms include a 4.9 percent interest rate, a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio and a 30-year amortization schedule. David Monassebian, Martinn Winters and Luke Reetz represented Envision Highland in the transaction. Highland Technology Center consists of 150,700 square feet of office and industrial warehouse space. Tenants include Fairchild Controls and Engage. The property is over 98 percent occupied. Located at 550 Highland St., the property offers access to I-70 and I-270. It is also located near the Frederick Municipal Airport and Frederick Fairgrounds.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – A 17,711-square-foot facility in Scottsdale that houses the Arizona School of Real Estate & Business has sold to Arc Construction and MacDonald Development for $7.7 million. The school is located at 7142 E. 1st Street in the downtown region. The sale also includes an adjacent parking lot on 40,623 square feet of land. Bill Gray, the school’s original founder, was represented by Jon Rosenberg and Keri Davies of LevRose Commercial Real Estate.
PHOENIX – The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has purchased the McMurry Buildings in Phoenix for $4.3 million. The center is located at 1002-1010 E. Missouri Ave. It includes two office buildings with a total of 25,918 square feet. The space was previously occupied by McMurry/TMG, an online marketing, advertising and print publishing company. BBB was represented by Kevin Lange of Keyser. The seller, McMurry Properties, was represented by Bill Blake and Colton Trauter of Lee & Associates.
