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.
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LOS ANGELES — Securitas Security Services USA has renewed its lease for 72,610 square feet at Westlake Spectrum in the Los Angeles submarket of Westlake Village. The new 12-year lease is valued at more than $25 million. CBRE’s Michael Slater and Tom Dwyer represented the landlords, Barker Pacific Group and Rockwood Capital. Richard Bright and Ryan Bright of the same firm represented Securitas.
RACINE AND OCONOMOWOC, WIS. — Brokerage firm Siegel-Gallagher has completed two lease renewals in separate transactions in Wisconsin. In the first transaction, Check Into Cash of Wisconsin LLC renewed its 1,200-square-foot retail lease at 5201-5409 Washington Ave. in Racine. The property is owned by Racine Shopping Centre LLC. Devin Tessmer of Siegel-Gallagher arranged the transaction. In the second deal, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital renewed its 5,837-square-foot office lease in Oconomowoc. Ohio National Life Insurance is the landlord of the property located at 1230 Corporate Center Drive. Shaun Dempsey of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Thor Properties has purchased a Class A office property at 180 Livingston Street, located between Smith and Hoyt streets in downtown Brooklyn, from Treeline Cos. Stephen Palmese of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the $85 million all-cash sale. The property is a 154,000-square-foot office condominium that occupies floors three through six of the building and features three office tenants, with the MTA serving as the anchor. The property also holds development potential with an additional approximately 142,525 buildable square feet as-of-right, which can be expanded to approximately 213,155 square feet with use of an inclusionary housing bonus. The sale price equates to approximately $552 per square foot.
KENNESAW, GA. — HFF has arranged a $41.4 million acquisition loan for TownPark Commons, a 349,635-square-foot office building located at 125 TownPark Drive in Kennesaw, a northwest suburb of Atlanta. Enercon anchors the property, which is located near I-75 and I-575 and was 99.6 percent leased at the time of financing. TSP Value and Income Fund, a value-add real estate fund managed by Transwestern Investment Group, purchased the office building. Brian Carlton and Gregg Shapiro of HFF arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through Ares Management. In addition to the purchase, the buyer will use the loan proceeds for tenant improvements and leasing commissions.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — JLL has arranged the lease of a 764,000-square-foot flex facility in Fort Wayne. The building is located at 2909 Pleasant Center Road, and VEREIT is the landlord. The building was built in 1994 and is a former Nestle distribution center. The property features 8,400 square feet of cooler space, 17,725 square feet of office space and is expandable to more than 1 million square feet. The asset has 66 front-load dock doors and parking for 300 trailers and 144 cars. Steve Schwegman and Brian Seitz of JLL represented the landlord in the transaction. Greg Pink of Bradley Cos. represented the tenant.
NORTH BELLMORE, N.Y. – The North Bellmore Public Library Board of Trustees has selected Elite Construction as construction manager for the expansion and renovation of the library building located at 1551 Newbridge Rd. in North Bellmore. Designed by the Pleasantville, N.Y.-based architectural firm of Gallin Beeler Design Studio (GBds), the project will completely renovate and expand the outdated library structure, originally constructed in 1962 and expanded in 1986. The improvements will include a gut renovation of the existing two-story, 13,000-square-foot building and a 4,200-square-foot addition. The project is financed through a 15-year, $8.9 million bond issue approved by the North Bellmore voters in May of 2015. In addition to Elite and GBds, the project team includes structural engineer The Di Salvo Engineering Group; mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineer TAS Engineering; and civil engineer Galli Engineering.
SAN ANTONIO — CBRE has arranged the relocation of Vantage College’s South San Antonio campus to a 9,000-square-foot building at 1964 Southwest Military Drive. Recently rebranded from Excel Learning Center, Vantage College provides training in occupation fields such as healthcare, information technology and business, along with job placement assistance. The south campus will move from the Harlandale Building to a new location in November. Vantage College doubled the size of its Northwest campus at the end of 2013 in the Cherry Ridge Office Park. The Council on Occupational Education (COE) accredits Vantage College. Carl Salvato with CBRE’s San Antonio office represented Vantage in site selection and lease negotiations.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Onward Investors has acquired Executive Centre in Overland Park for $13.2 million. The acquisition from Invesco Real Estate consists of three office buildings totaling 220,000 square feet. The buildings are currently 85 percent occupied. Tenants include UPS and Federated Insurance. The assets are located at 10881-10901 Lowell Ave. CBRE represented the seller.
BROADVIEW, ILL. — Darwin Realty has brokered the sale of three flex buildings in Broadview, a western Chicago suburb. Real Trucking, a subsidiary of Real Group LLC acquired the assets from an undisclosed seller. The facilities total 101,903 square feet. The first building is a 59,343-square-foot facility located at 2001 W. Cermak Road. This asset sold for $1.9 million. The second property is located at 2900 S. 21st Ave. and is 25,600 square feet. The building sold for $995,000 and features three drive-in doors and 18-foot clear heights. The third facility at 2100 W. 21st Street is 16,950 square feet. This asset also has three drive-in doors and 18-foot clear heights. Real Trucking paid $595,000 for the building. Dan Fanelli of Darwin represented both parties in the transaction.