COLUMBIA, S.C. — NAI Avant has brokered the $7 million sale of Broad River Commons, a 135,675-square-foot office building located at 2340 Broad River Road in Columbia. The property is located one block from I-20 and a quarter mile from I-26. Denver-based Northstar Commercial Partners was the buyer. Jeff Hein and Roger Winn, Jr. of NAI Avant brokered the sale. NAI Avant recently represented an undisclosed tenant in leasing 63 percent of Broad River Commons’ available space.
LOS ANGELES — ASB Real Estate Investments and Blatteis & Schnur have broken ground on At Mateo, an $80 million mixed-use project in downtown Los Angeles. The project will be located at the corner of Palmetto and Mateo streets in the Arts District. At Mateo will include nearly 125,000 square feet of open-air retail and 50,000 square feet of creative office space that will be situated in four buildings on a former 3.5-acre industrial site. It will be designed with re-purposed materials, including bricks, cobblestones and laminated beams, as a homage to the Arts District. The project will eventually include 30 to 35 chef-driven restaurants, eateries, boutiques and retail stores. At Mateo is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2016. Architect Keith Ray master planned the development.
LOS ANGELES — HFF has arranged a $42.7 million loan for Boulevard Investment Group to refinance Samaritan Medical Tower, a 146,354-square-foot medical office building in Downtown Los Angeles. The tower is located at 1127 Wilshire Blvd. The building is situated directly across the street from Good Samaritan Hospital, a 408-bed academic medical center affiliated with both USC’s and UCLA’s schools of medicine. Samaritan Medical Tower was originally built in 1964. It was extensively renovated in 2000 and 2014. The 10-year, fixed-rate CMBS loan features interest-only payments throughout the entire term. HFF’s Marc Schillinger worked on behalf of the borrower.
NEW YORK CITY — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged $70 million in financing for 88 University Place, a 94,000-square-foot building in the heart of Midtown South/Greenwich Village. Mack Real Estate Credit Strategies provided the floating-rate loan on behalf of the sponsor, an investment group led by fashion designer Elie Tahari, which recently purchased the property in an off-market transaction for approximately $75 million. The property, which was constructed in 1906, consists of 11 stories of commercial loft space and ground-floor retail. A forward lease is in place with WeWork, the real estate co-sharing office space company. WeWork will occupy eight of the 10 floors, with the company expected to eventually occupy all 10 floors. Jonathan More, Ari Hirt and Jamie Matheny of the Mission Capital Debt & Equity Finance Group secured the loan. Ownership plans to invest significantly in capital improvements, including new lobby entranceways, new elevator cabs and mechanical upgrades, common area improvements, and HVAC upgrades.
ROCKAWAY, N.J. — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) has represented owner Lexington Realty Trust in the leasing of its property at 333 Mount Hope Ave. in Rockaway. The three-story, 92,000-square-foot building is now occupied entirely by Atlantic Health System. The 12-year lease was brokered by David Simson, Jamie Drummond and Tim Greiner of NGKF. Bryn Cinque of Colliers International represented the tenant. Atlantic Health System initially leased 64,000 square feet at the property but outgrew the space and chose to expand.
SAN ANTONIO — CBRE has arranged a 15,409-square-foot office relocation lease for Lennar Homes of Texas Land and Construction. Lennar Homes will move from Parkway North Office Park, located at 1015 Central Parkway North, to RidgeWood Business Center II at 1922 Dry Creek Way. Both properties are in San Antonio. The move will take place in February 2016. The new office is a consolidation of San Antonio office space for Lennar Homes and two affiliated companies owned by Lennar Corp.: North American Title Co. and Universal American Mortgage Co., which are currently in separate offices. Jerry Freyo of CBRE’s Austin office, along with Carl Salvato of CBRE’s San Antonio office, represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Shawn Gulley of R. L. Worth Co. represented the landlord, RidgeWood Building Two. RidgeWood Business Center is a two-building flex project in the far north-central San Antonio submarket.
HOUSTON — Apogee Consulting Group has renewed 3,018 square feet of office space at the Woodlake Park office building located at 2500 Tanglewilde St. in Houston. Terri Torregrossa of Moody Rambin represented the building owner, Woodlake Properties Ltd. Keith E. Lloyd of Marcus & Millichap represented the tenant in negotiations.
MIDLAND, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of DaVita Anchored Medical Office, a 17,155-square-foot, multi-tenant medical office property located in Midland. Geoff Ficke, Chris Adams and Neal Waldman of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. DaVita Anchored Medical Office is located at 705 Wadley Ave. in Midland, just west of North Pecos Street. Constructed in 1981, the asset is situated on approximately one acre. At the time of listing, the asset was 100 percent occupied with DaVita occupying nearly 60 percent of the rentable space. Additional tenants include Brock Oil, Core Labs and a nephrology practice.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — Montana Avenue Capital has purchased a 119,484-square-foot office building in El Segundo for $33.5 million. The building is located at 1700 Walnut Ave. It is currently 99 percent leased to tenants like Fuhu and iSupply. CBRE’s Kevin Shannon, Ken White and Mike Moore represented the seller, USAA Real Estate.
SPOKANE, WASH. — Goodale & Barbieri and Dakota Pacific have purchased the RLH office building in Spokane for an undisclosed sum. The building contains 100,000 square feet of office space and a 252-car parking garage. It is situated on the north bank of the Spokane River in downtown Spokane. Notable tenants at the building include Red Lion Hotels Corp., HomeStreet Bank, TransCanada Corp., Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance, Wipfli LLP and Farmers Insurance.
