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.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. – A 119,484-square-foot office building in El Segundo has sold to a partnership between Roxborough Fund I and Montana Avenue Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. The property is located at 1700 East Walnut Ave. It is 99 percent leased. The partners plan to reposition the property. It is their first acquisition.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — CH2M has renewed its lease for a 370,485-square-foot office facility in the Denver submarket of Englewood. The space is located at 9191 S. Jamaica Street. The global engineering and project delivery company has leased the three-building property since 2007. This represented the largest office lease in Denver so far this year, according to Savills Studley, which represented CH2M. Monty Harris and Rob Link worked on behalf of the firm. The landlord, Columbia Property Trust, was represented by Jamie Gard and Jeff Castleton of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.
HOOVER, ALA. — Meridian Capital Group has negotiated $35 million in acquisition financing for the purchase of the Meadowbrook North Office Park located in Hoover on behalf of The Matrix Group. The two-year loan, provided by Rialto Mortgage Finance, features a LIBOR-based floating-rate, interest-only payments for the full term and a one-year extension option. Tal Bar-Or, Judah Neuman and Kyle Kite of Meridian’s New York City headquarters negotiated the transaction. Meadowbrook North Office Park, located at 100, 300, 500 and 1200 Corporate Drive on U.S. Highway 280, includes four Class A office buildings totaling 509,000 square feet. Developer Daniel Corp. built the property. Amenities include a 13-acre lake, 1.3-mile walking trail, three daycare facilities and a post office. The Hoover submarket contains Birmingham’s highest concentration of Class A office stock, totaling 4.7 million square feet.
NEW YORK CITY & ATLANTA — Colliers International Group has acquired Colliers International Atlanta. The current shareholders of Colliers Atlanta will continue to retain equity in the business under Colliers’ unique partnership model. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1967, Colliers International Atlanta offers a full range of services for commercial real estate owners and occupiers. Comprising more than 250 professionals, Colliers International Atlanta provides investment sales, lease brokerage, capital markets, property management and project management to local, regional, national and international clients.
OMAHA, NEB. — Q10 | Daisley Ruff Financial has arranged $7 million in permanent financing for Aksarben Village 2, a Class A office property in Omaha. The loan features a 10-year, fixed-rate term with a 25-year amortization schedule. The non-recourse loan also features no holdbacks for tenant improvements or reserves. Steve Ruff and Eric Petersen of Q10 | Daisley Ruff Financial arranged the financing.
TROY, MICH. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a 50,000-square-foot flex building in Troy, a northern suburb of Detroit. The property is located on West Maple Road. Wild Bills Tobacco purchased the building from Atlas Building LLC for an undisclosed amount and plans to renovate the entire building and relocate its corporate offices to the facility. Raffi Derbabian of Colliers represented Wild Bills Tobacco.
CHESHIRE, CONN. — O,R&L Commercial LLC has brokered the sale of an office building located at 1154 Highland Ave. in Cheshire. Marshall Enterprises LLC sold the 25,777-square-foot Class A office building to RPG Holdings LLC for an undisclosed price. The new owners plan to convert the first floor of the building into a medical office space for a future urgent care facility. Richard Guralnick of O,R&L represented the seller, while Dan Garofalo and John Mullin of Reno Properties represented the buyer in the transaction.