DALLAS — On Oct. 5, The Beck Group celebrated the topping out of Crescent Real Estate Holdings’ McKinney & Olive office tower, located at the corner of McKinney Avenue and Olive Street in Uptown Dallas. The Beck Group is constructing the building. while Crescent is the developer. The 530,000-square-foot project is the tallest office building in Uptown Dallas at 20 stories. The building is the first in Dallas to be designed by architect Cesar Pelli. The project will include a blend of office, retail and restaurants and a one-acre public outdoor piazza, with landscaping for customers and the Uptown community. The building is designed so that corner offices have an unobstructed view of Uptown and downtown Dallas. Once open in 2016, the building will feature 10-foot ceilings, an outdoor landscaped garden on the fifth floor, a fitness center designed by Canyon Ranch and a conference center.
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PANTEGO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 41,806-square-foot industrial and office portfolio located in Pantego, a suburb of Dallas. Cody Payne of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the properties on behalf of the seller, an individual/personal trust. The buyer, a limited liability company, was also secured and represented by Payne. The portfolio includes two office buildings and two industrial buildings. Three of the buildings are located on Pioneer Parkway and West Pioneer Parkway. Pioneer Parkway includes a total of 24,034 square feet between the office building and industrial building. 3600 W. Pioneer Parkway is a 6,834-square-foot office building built in 1964. 2321 W. Arkansas Lane is a 10,938-square-foot office/industrial building built in 1980.
DALLAS — Children’s Medical Center of Dallas has leased 10,950 square feet of office space located at 2620 N. Stemmons Freeway in Dallas. John Lancaster of NAI Robert Lynn represented the landlord, Pollock Realty LP, and Douglas Hinckley represented Children’s Medical Center in the transaction.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Arc Construction and MacDonald Development have purchased a 17,711-square-foot building in Scottsdale that houses the Arizona School of Real Estate & Business for $7.7 million. The building is located at 7142 E. 1st St. The sale also included an adjacent parking lot on 40,623 square feet of land. Jon Rosenberg and Keri Davies of LevRose Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, Bill Gray, the school’s original founder.
ATLANTA — Highwoods Properties Inc., a publicly traded REIT based in Raleigh, N.C., has purchased Monarch Centre in Atlanta’s Buckhead submarket for $303 million. The office property is located adjacent to Phipps Plaza and The Ritz-Carlton. Monarch Centre comprises the 25-story Monarch Tower, a 528,000-square-foot office building, and the 15-story Monarch Plaza, a 368,000-square-foot office building. The REIT’s $303 million investment, which is 20 percent below estimated replacement costs, includes $5.4 million in capital improvements. Monarch Centre was 88 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Baker Donelson, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley. In addition to Monarch Centre, Highwoods owns the nearby One and Two Alliance office towers in Buckhead. According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Eastdil Secured marketed the office property on behalf of a partnership between the New York State Teachers Retirement System and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
Ariel Property Advisors Brokers the Sales of Two East Harlem Properties Totaling $11.7M
by Amy Works
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sales of two properties, totaling $11.7 million, in East Harlem. In the first transaction, a private investor acquired a six-story mixed-use property located at 124-128 E. 107th St. in East Harlem for $9.1 million, or $449 per square foot. The 20,395-square-foot building contains 34 residential units, two commercial units and two superintendent units. Victor Sozio, Shimon Shkury, Michael Tortorici, Josh Berkowitz and Matthew Gillis of Ariel Property represented the seller, a private real estate firm, and procured the buyer. In the second deal, a private investor purchased a development site located at 2282 Second Ave. in East Harlem for $2.6 million, or $215 per buildable square feet. The property offers approximately 12,191 total buildable square feet for mixed-use development. Samuel Atlas, Tortorici, Sozio, Gillis and Berkowitz of Ariel Property represented the seller, a private real estate firm, and procured the buyer in the transaction.
PLANO, TEXAS — Lincoln Property Co. has debuted its latest Plano properties, named Legacy VI and VII. Built by Bob Moore Construction, Legacy VI and VII include 245,508 square feet of speculative office and tech center space on a 24-acre, three-building campus. Legacy VI includes two 60,428-square-foot flex/tech centers. Legacy VII is a 124,652-squre-foot, two-story office building. The building’s corners and main entrances include spandrel glass curtain wall windows. The lobby is finished with glass, steel, wood and tile. All three buildings were constructed with tilt-up construction. The campus also includes 1,463 parking spaces spanning 582,522 square feet.
WEST CONCORD, MASS. — Oaktree FX, a partnership between Oaktree Development and FX Investments, has opened Brookside Square, a transit-oriented, mixed-use development in West Concord. The $32 million property features 74 luxury apartments and 36,000 square feet of commercial and office space within a short walking distance to the West Concord Commuter Rail Station. The property features a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units priced from $1,755 to $3,265. On-site amenities include an underground parking garage, community room with gas fireplace and WiFi access, fitness center and a community deck overlooking Nashoba Brook. The property is managed by WinnResidential.
PORTLAND AND AUBURN, MAINE — CBRE | The Boulos Company has arranged two transactions in Maine. In the first transaction, Wayne Enterprises LLC has acquired a retail and office investment property at 622-624 Congress St. in Portland. The 21,112-square-foot property is currently occupied by United States Postal Service and Mercy Hospital. The seller was Stone Coast Properties LLC. Joe Porta of CBRE | The Boulos Company arranged the transaction. In the second transaction, CEVA Logistics signed a lease for 47,000 square feet of industrial space at 55 Logistics Dr. in Auburn from Gendron & Gendron Inc. Craig Young and Chris Paszyc of CBRE | The Boulos Company arranged the transaction. The sales prices of the transactions were not released.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Bradley Co. has arranged three leases totaling 10,572 square feet in Fort Wayne. In the first transaction, Convoy Safety Technologies LLC inked a deal to occupy 5,400 square feet of industrial space located at 6049 Highview Drive. Kienan O’Rourke of Bradley represented the tenant in the transaction. The landlord was undisclosed. In a second leasing deal, Benchmark Family Services Inc. agreed to take 3,300 square feet of office space owned by Crown Properties 2 LLC and located at 1625 Magnavox Way. Russ Jehl of Bradley represented both parties in the transaction. In the third deal, Rivers Edge Construction took 1,872 square feet of industrial space located at 7616 DiSalle Boulevard. Russ Jehl of Bradley represented both the landlord, 7616 DiSalle Boulevard Partnership, and the tenant, in the transaction.