GLEN MILLS, PA. — KarMar Realty Group has brokered the sale of an office building located at 1788 Wilmington Pike in Glen Mills. GHS Summit LLC purchased the two-story, 14,500-square-foot office building from Crawford Leasing LLC for $1.45 million. Justin Soss and Donald Grimes of KarMar Realty represented the seller in the transaction.
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — Westcore Properties has acquired a 165,497-square-foot property in Sunnyvale for $52.7 million. The property is located at 1390 and 1400 Kifer Road. The acquisition includes a three-story office building and a single-story data center. The vacant office building will undergo a major renovation, including a new outdoor tenant area, refreshed landscaping, and new finishes to the lobby and interior. The data center is occupied by CenturyLink. The property is less than a mile from CalTrain. The seller, WTA Development, was represented by DTZ’s Steve Horton and Kelly Yoder, and by CBRE’s Joe Moriarty and Brad Zampa. DTZ will also handle the leasing assignment.
HOUSTON — HFF has arranged $50 million in financing for 3040 Post Oak Blvd., a 427,486-square-foot, Class A office building in the Lakes on Post Oak complex adjacent to the Galleria in Houston. HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, MetLife Real Estate Investors, to secure the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. HFF previously marketed and closed the sale of this property, which was purchased by the borrower. 3040 Post Oak Blvd. is located at the intersection of Post Oak Boulevard and Hidalgo in Houston’s Galleria/Uptown District. The property is 80 percent leased to 25 tenants including Bechtel Corp., Carriage Services and Wealth Design Group. Wally Reid Tyler Ford and Matthew Putterman led the HFF debt placement team.
CHICAGO — Mesa West Capital has provided Sterling Bay $220 million to refinance 1KFulton, a 10-story, 535,000-square-foot office building in Chicago’s West Loop. The property will serve as Google’s new regional headquarters. Other tenants include bicycle gear maker SRAM International Corp. and Venture Capital firm Sandbox Industries. The financing included $35 million of mezzanine debt, which was placed at closing with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing. The building features efficient floor plates up to 71,000 square feet with 11-foot floor-to-ceiling glass and 12-foot slab-to-slab height. Additionally, select property amenities include a subterranean parking garage, fitness center and unmatched rooftop common areas as well as easy access to the newly completed Morgan & Lake CTA stop located one block south of the property. Local development firm Sterling Bay acquired the former Fulton Market Cold Storage warehouse in 2012. The nearly 100-year-old vacant 10-story structure is now a state-of-the-art LEED Gold certified office and retail building. Michael Kavanau, Tim Joyce and Christopher Knight of HFF arranged financing. The building was 88 percent leased at the time of financing.
COPPELL, Texas – ProSource Texas has leased a 22,781-square-foot office space in the Sandy Lake Business Center for its fifth location in north Texas, signing a long-term lease with a purchase option to underwrite its stay. ProSource Texas has just moved into the end-cap space, which was previously occupied by the landlord. As a supplier for the flooring, kitchen and bath industries, ProSource Texas will spend three months building out its new location. The space will be converted into a showroom with additional storefront windows and air conditioning. The anticipated opening is May 1. ProSource Texas will become the fifth tenant in Sandy Lake Business Center. The office/showroom building was developed in 2005 on a four-acre tract, which is a gateway property to the Freeport North park from Texas 121. The property also has easy access to I-635 and TX 114. Whitney Harris of Century 21 Lynch & Associates represented the tenant.
CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Aquarius Capital LLC has purchased Merrick Plaza, an office building located at 2199 Ponce de Leon Blvd. in the heart of the Coral Gables financial district. Aquarius Capital plans to use the property for the corporate offices of Ascendant Commercial Insurance. Tere Blanca of Blanca Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer in the sale. John Lonardo of Sperry Van Ness Commercial Realty represented the seller, 1607 Ponce LLP.
Construction on the 73-story Wilshire Grand Hotel, office and retail complex in Downtown Los Angeles’ Financial District, coupled with Google’s recent purchase of 12 acres for development in Playa Vista prove the region’s office market is alive and well. It may even be enjoying a bit of a rebirth in this post-recovery period. Los Angeles, unlike many other comparable U.S. metropolitans, is composed of several distinct business centers that make it difficult to generalize about the overall market. Separated by only a few miles, there are nonetheless very distinct markets that comprise LA, due, in no small part, to the lack of a fully integrated public transportation system and long-standing traffic that remain a barrier to full connectivity between the various areas. With that in mind, there are some very evident trends emerging out of Downtown and the Westside, which includes Century City, Westwood, Santa Monica, Playa Vista and adjacent cities. Downtown is enjoying a resurgence. It now has a real live-work vibe due, in large part, to the highly successful LA Live mixed-use hotel, retail and entertainment development adjacent to Staples Center. A variety of high-rise condominiums and apartments now make it possible to actually live Downtown. With new …
NEW YORK CITY — American Realty Capital New York City REIT Inc. (NYCR) has entered into an agreement to acquire an institutional-quality office building in downtown Manhattan for $253 million, exclusive of closing costs. Located at 123 William St., the 545,000-square-foot property is currently 81 percent leased. The property’s largest tenants include the State of New York, the City of New York, the United States of America, the Securities Training Corp. and McAloon & Friedman PC. Additional terms of the transaction were not released.
RESTON, VA. — American Real Estate Partners and funds managed by Square Mile Capital Management LLC have formed a joint venture to acquire Reston International Center for $35 million. The property is a 15-story, 179,000-square-foot office building located at 11800 Sunrise Valley Drive in Reston. The office tower is located within the mixed-use Reston Heights development and is within walking distance of the planned Reston Parkway Silver Line Metrorail station. Upon completion, Reston Heights will contain approximately 400 multifamily units and 95,000 square feet of retail space in addition to the office building. The joint venture partners are planning a $10 million renovation of Reston International Center, including the addition of a three-and-a-half story parking deck, and will fully renovate the lobby and building common areas. The Reston International Center acquisition is American Real Estate Partners’ third investment through its American Real Estate Partners Strategic Office Fund.
CARY, N.C. — Chambers Street Properties has completed the $16.4 million sale of Regency Creek I, a 122,087-square-foot office building located in Cary. The four-story property is located at 12040 Regency Parkway. The building is 100 percent leased and serves as the North American headquarters for ABB, a leading power and automation technology company. The buyer, Intercontinental Real Estate Corp., assumed mortgage loans of approximately $8.6 million in the transaction. This property was included in the Chambers Street’s joint venture with Duke Realty Corp. and the sales price represents Chambers Street’s 80 percent share. Ben Kilgore and Jeff Glenn of CBRE|Raleigh represented Duke Realty in the transaction.
