HOUSTON — HighStreet Net Lease Group, a Texas-based company specializing in the sale and acquisition of net leased investment properties, represented a Houston-based investor in the acquisition of a three-story office complex with retail on the ground floor. The 14,400-square-foot mixed-use building is located at 1305 Prairie St. in downtown Houston. Matt Moake of HighStreet represented the buyer. Fred Ghabriel of Bejjani & Associates represented the seller, a local partnership that owned the property for 30 years. The historic building was constructed in 1920 and was once the site of General Sam Houston’s home. The new owner plans to renovate the interior and exterior of the property. The property includes a surface parking lot.
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DALLAS — NAI Robert Lynn represented JQ, a Texas-based structural and civil engineering firm, in the company’s move to the Dallas Design District. Last month, Commerce Street Partners and Commerce Street 2104 Partners, the real estate affiliates of JQ, sold their offices at 2105 Commerce St., a 13,500-square-foot building. JQ’s new offices at 100 Glass St. are being renovated and will provide more than double the space. The 31,000-square-foot building is located at the southeast corner of Levee and Glass streets. Merriman Associates/Architects Inc. is designing the interior of JQ’s new headquarters building. Nearly 100 employees will be moving to the new location before the end of the year. Sam Hocker and Jayson Montoya of the NAI Robert Lynn office division represented JQ in the sale of the firm’s downtown holdings and the purchase of 100 Glass St.
GAHANNA, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 19,910-square-foot medical office property in Gahanna, a Columbus suburb. The Stonybrook Medical Center sold for $3.8 million. John P. Reehil of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller. Michael Barron, Dan Burkons, Josh Wintermute, Richard Lattro and Jordan Marshall represented the undisclosed buyer. The property, located at 5175 Morse Road, is 77 percent occupied. Tenants include Ohio State University Otolaryngology, COPCP, Smith Facial Plastics and Advanced Dental.
CHICAGO — Sterling Bay has unveiled plans to develop a 207,000-square-foot office building in Chicago. The build-to-suit property is located at 1511 W. Webster in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. Sterling Bay acquired the 4.1-acre site earlier this year and will be the developer and manager of the property. The three-story building will become the new headquarters for C.H. Robinson, which has signed a 15-year lease for the entire property. The relocation will provide C.H. Robinson, the largest logistics company in Chicago, with 47,000 more square feet than it occupies in its current lease at 1840 N. Marcey St. Occupancy is slated for late 2018.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Nestlé Health Science has signed a long-term lease to occupy 180,000 square feet of space at the New Jersey Center of Excellence in Bridgewater. Nestlé Health Science, a health-science company engaged in the development of innovative nutritional therapies, will occupy a building that previously served as a research center within the former Sanofi U.S Research and Development Campus. Since acquiring the campus, the joint partnership of Advance Realty and CrossHarbor Capital Partners has fully repositioned the site and turned it into a premier research and development campus. The interior fit-out for the new space will begin before the end of this year, with the move-in slated for July 2016.
DALLAS —Harwood International has announced it will develop a new office tower known as 2850. Designed by Dallas-based HDF, the Class A office tower features 22 floors totaling 228,000 square feet. It will be the ninth development in the master-planned district of Harwood. The ground level of the building will include over 12,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space with adjacent gardens and outdoor seating. The gardens are continued on the ninth level with 20,000 square feet of green roof terraces. The building is topped off with 11,000 square feet of office space and two roof gardens. The 18-block district of Harwood has building rights to over 12 million square feet of condominium, office, retail, and multifamily developments.
PICKERINGTON, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 12,539-square-foot medical office building for $4.4 million in Pickerington, a Columbus suburb. Scott Niedergang and Gino Lollio of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Stage Equity Partners LLC. Charlie Hampton III of Marcus and Millichap represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction. Pediatric Associates is the tenant.
CHICAGO — Bradford Allen Realty Services and Essex Realty Group have brokered the sale of a 27,000-square-foot office building located at 925 W. Chicago Ave. for $4.2 million. Laurence Elbaum of Bradford Allen and Jason Fishleder of Essex represented the seller, Gamla Cedron Group. The buyer was undisclosed. The three-story building was 66 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tenants include The Lab Dance Studio and Proline Golf. The loft building was originally built in 1905 and was renovated in 2013.
When people come to Corpus Christi, many of them expect to find a community that has been devastated by the downturn caused by the oversupply of cheap oil and gas. They expect a community with rising unemployment and vacant buildings. Based on the past, they would be correct. However, Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend have been experiencing a major transformation of their economy, which is now much more diverse. This is partly because of the leadership, hard work and vision of its people, and partly because of good luck caused by the infrastructure that had been put in place by the Port of Corpus Christi. This infrastructure was at the right place at the right time. The Port of Corpus Christi has always been a driving force and major contributor to the economy of Corpus Christi. The port’s leaders knew that if they didn’t make some major changes, they would not remain competitive. The Port of Corpus Christi is the fifth largest port in the U.S. in total tonnage. However, because of the depth of the port channel and the height of the harbor bridge which crosses over the port, the newer, larger ships could not enter the port. …
MCLEAN, VA. — HFF has secured a $30 million bridge loan for a 152,000-square-foot, Class A office building located at 1550 Westbranch Drive in the Tysons Corner area of McLean. Completed in 2001, the six-story building is fully leased to MITRE Corp., a not-for-profit organization, through late 2016. Amenities at 1550 Westbranch include a conference center and break-out area, fitness center with shower facilities, café and a 470-space covered parking garage. Daniel McIntyre led HFF’s debt placement team in arranging the three-year, floating-rate loan through EagleBank on behalf of the borrowers, affiliates of Griffith Properties LLC and Reubenstein Partners. The loan has two one-year extension options and is being used to finance the acquisition and repositioning of 1550 Westbranch.