OAKLAND, CALIF. – Meridian has purchased a 19,202-square-foot medical office building in Oakland for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 380 W. MacArthur Blvd. Meridian plans to invest about $2.2 million into the building. This is the firm’s first value-add medical office acquisition in the Oakland area. It is Meridian’s first speculative purchase this year. The seller was BIC Oakland.
STAMFORD, CONN. — ClearRock Properties, in partnership with Contrarian Capital Management, has completed the disposition of a three-building, 247,310-square-foot waterfront office complex in the South End of Stamford. ClearRock formed a partnership with Mountain Development Corp. and Gottesman Real Estate Partners to reacquire the assets for an undisclosed price. The complex includes the 89,637-square-foot former industrial property at 700 Canal St.; the 67,673-square-foot office building at 850 Canal St.; and the 90,000-square-foot office building, which includes 1,000 linear feet of dock space, at 860 Canal St. Andrew Merin, David Bernhart, Gary Gabriel and Thomas O’Leary of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — SunGard Financial Systems LLC has signed a long-term lease for 41,061 square feet of space at Harborside Plaza 3 in Jersey City. The leading global financial software company will occupy the office space through 2023. Harborside offers 3.1 million square feet of Class A office space and first-class amenities, including retail, restaurants, a waterfront walkway and a Hyatt Regency hotel. Aaron Ellison and Tyler Vandergrift of Jones Lang LaSalle represented SunGard Financial, while Tom Savoca of Mack-Cali and Mark Ravesloot, Peter Turchin, David Opper, Gerry Miovski, Arkady Smolyansky and Suzanne Macnow of CBRE represented the landlord, Mack-Cali Realty Corp., in the transaction.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — An affiliate of Equus Capital Partners Ltd. has acquired an office building located at 55 Shuman Blvd. in Naperville, a western suburb of Chicago, for an undisclosed price. The 205,282-square-foot MetroWest building was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tenants include Wells Fargo, Dun & Bradstreet, Stanley Convergent Security Solutions and UPM Kymmene Inc. Paul Lundstedt, Dan Deuter, Tom Sitz and Cody Huntermark of CBRE represented the seller, a joint venture between Franklin Partners LLC and Bixby Bridge Capital LLC. The property was built in 1986 and is situated on 11.3 acres. The 10-story office building includes a front patio, outdoor putting green, fitness center, deli, conference room and 598 surface parking spaces. The acquisition was made on behalf of Equus Investment Partnership X LP.
ITASCA, ILL. — PREMIER Design + Build Group LLC has broken ground on a children’s pediatric medical office building in Lake in the Hills, a village in Itasca about 30 miles northwest of Chicago. The 5,118-square-foot building was commissioned by Children’s Medical Group S.C. and is slated to open in early 2016. The medical office will feature 12 patient exam rooms, two treatment rooms, a dedicated breastfeeding room and separate waiting and exam rooms for sick and well children.
WAUKESHA AND WAUWATOSA WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged two leases totaling 8,078 square feet in Southeast Wisconsin. Flexible Finance of Wisconsin LLC has leased 1,500 square feet of retail space from Garni Properties WI LLC. Sunset Retail Center is located at 530 W. Sunset Drive in Waukesha, approximately 20 miles west of Milwaukee. Devin Tessmer and Shaun Dempsey of Siegel-Gallagher arranged the transaction. In a separate leasing deal, Saint A Inc. will occupy 6,578 square feet of office space at the Forum, located at 3333 N. Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa, a western suburb of Milwaukee. Mayfair LLC is the landlord. Dan Walsh and John Dulmes of Siegel-Gallagher arranged the transaction.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Cityspace Real Estate, Inc. has purchased a 28,862-square-foot flex building in Arlington from Praktek Associates Brookhollow Associates. Zane Marcell and Hahn Franklin-Mitchell of Younger Partners represented the seller.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — International Management Co. (IMC) will break ground this week on a three-story, 62,751-square-foot office building located at 203 Fort Wade Road in Jacksonville. The property will be situated within the Fort Wade Road Office Park in Jacksonville’s Ponte Vedra/Nocatee submarket. Jacksonville-based IMC has selected CBRE as the landlord representative for the new building. Lou Nutter of CBRE will oversee the listing. IMC expects to complete the property by July 2016.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — W2 Real Estate Partners is set to move forward with a 400,000-square- foot, Class A office campus called Frontera Ridge. The development will be located on the last major land parcel within the 328-acre La Frontera mixed-use development, directly fronting State Highway 45 in Round Rock. The $100 million office project, which can be expanded to 800,000 square feet, is expected to receive both city of Round Rock and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality site development permits within the fourth quarter of this year. Frontera Ridge will target LEED Silver certification and will include a structured parking garage with five spaces per 1,000 square feet. Developer W2 has partnered with STG Design and TBG Partners to handle the architecture and land planning, respectively. The two buildings, designed with 40,000-square-foot floor plates, will rise five stories.
HOUSTON — HPI Holdings will expand its real estate portfolio with the purchase of a 34-building business park that offers nearly 865,000 square feet of office, warehouse and industrial space. The business park is located in north Houston along West Hardy Road near the North Sam Houston Tollway and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The park will also be renamed and renovated. Caldwell Brokerage Co. will handle leasing and property management for the park.