MESA, ARIZ. – Phoenix Heart, the valley’s leading cardiology group, has purchased the Talavi Building in Mesa for $6.2 million. The 35,904-square-foot building is located at 5859 W. Talavi Blvd., within the Talavi Business Park. Phoenix Heart currently occupies half of the building. The remaining space is fully occupied by tenants like Credit Union West, John C. Lincoln and Wallick & Volk. Phoenix Heart was represented by Marcus Muirhead of Colliers International. The seller, Credit Union West, was represented by JLL’s Brian Ackerman.
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FORT WORTH AND CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Ascension Properties LP has purchased two properties located in Fort Worth and Carrollton. The purchase is the result of a 1031 tax-deferred exchange from the sale of Ascension Point Condominiums in August 2014. The first property is an office building built in north Fort Worth in 2004. Ascend Alliance LP sold the 20,100-square-foot building. Marty Rader with DFW Realty Partners LLC represented the seller in the transaction. Steve Fithian with Sperry Van Ness/Visions Commercial represented Ascension in the transaction. The other property is an industrial building located at 2420 Tarpley Road in Carrollton. Beltwood I & II Ltd., and Belmeade Tarpley Ltd., were the sellers. The property spans 58,700 square feet and was built in 1983. David Cook with Sperry Van Ness/David Cook Co. represented the seller. Fithian represented Ascension in the sale.
AUSTIN — An investment group formed by Vista Equities Group and Vista Private Equity Group has purchased Park Central, a three-story, 115,000-square-foot Class A office building. The building is located in north central Austin in close proximity to I-35 and Parmer Lane. The property was built in 2008 and was 83 percent leased at the time of the acquisition. Austin-based ECR will handle leasing responsibilities for Park Central. Vista Management Co. will provide property management services. GE Capital Corp. arranged financing, and Tyler Ford of HFF’s Houston office arranged the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Mitsui Fudosan American Inc., Related Cos. and Oxford Properties Group have partnered for the full capitalization of 55 Hudson Yards. The joint venture has broken ground for construction of the office tower, which will be located at 33rd Street and 11th Avenue on Hudson Park and Boulevard. Situated within the 28-acre Hudson Yards development, the 51-story, 1.3 million-square-foot building is slated for tenant fit-out in 2017. Designed by A. Eugene Kohn and Kohn Pederson Fox Associates, the property is anticipated to achieve LEED Gold certification upon completion. Upon build out, Hudson Yards will include more than 17 million square feet of commercial and residential space, more than 100 shops and restaurants, approximately 5,000 residences, a cultural space, 14 acres of public open space, a 750-seat public school and a 175-room luxury hotel.
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Menlo Equities has received a $38.6-million loan on a 45,319-square-foot Palo Alto office building. The building is located at 529 Bryant Street in the city’s downtown region. It had previously been converted into an internet exchange, or data center. The 10-year, non-recourse loan carries a fixed rate and a 30-year amortization schedule after a 5.5-year interest-only period. Financing was arranged by Eric Von Berg and Tom Dao of Newmark Realty Capital. It was sourced through Wells Fargo’s CMBS program. Newmark Realty Capital will serve as primary servicer on this loan, while Wells Fargo will act as the master servicer.
SAN DIEGO – An 11,390-square-foot-office building in the San Diego submarket of Mission Bay has sold to JWJ Properties One LLC for $3 million. The two-story building is located at 2437 Morena Blvd. It was recently renovated as creative office space. JWJ was represented by Craig Sanders of C. E. Sanders & Company. The seller, SDH Fund 1, LLC, dba SD Homes, was represented by Marc Posthumus of Colliers International.
SAN DIEGO – A 27,648-square-foot office building in San Diego has sold to Activity MOB LLC for $3.4 million. The building is located at 8901 Activity Road. The facility underwent improvements about 20 years ago when it was occupied by Sharp Rees Stealy’s Urgent Care, in addition to other medical office users. The seller, GTF Properties, was represented by Brandon Keith of Voit Real Estate Services’ San Diego office. Activity MOB is affiliated with Oasis Medical Center, which is operated by Dr. James and David Chao.
AUSTIN, HOUSTON AND COPPELL, TEXAS — BMC Capital has provided three loans totaling $4.4 million for a trio of Texas properties. The first is a $1.9 million refinancing loan for an apartment complex located in Austin. The 10-year, non-recourse loan features a fixed rate of 4.64 percent, a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio and a 30-year amortization schedule. The second loan is a $0.8 million refinancing loan for an apartment complex located in Houston. The five-year loan features a fixed rate of 4.38 percent, a 58 percent loan-to-value ratio and a 20-year amortization schedule. The third is a $1.7 million purchase loan for an office building located in the Dallas suburb of Coppell. The seven-year loan features a 4.46 percent fixed interest rate, a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio and a 25-year amortization schedule. Each loan was arranged through BMC Capital’s agency and correspondent banking relationships.
DALLAS AND ADDISON, TEXAS — HFF has arranged the sale and financing of a three-building office portfolio totaling 465,703 square feet in Addison. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Harbert Management Corp. DRA Advisors LLC purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. HFF assisted DRA in securing three separate three-year, floating-rate loans through OneWest Bank. The portfolio includes 5000 Quorum Drive in Dallas and Quorum Place and Quorum North in Addison. Situated on nearly five acres between the Dallas North Tollway and Inwood Road, the 165,434-square-foot 5000 Quorum has seven stories and is 77 percent leased. At nine stories and 181,737 square feet, Quorum Place is the largest of the three in the portfolio. The 78.2-percent-leased building is situated on 5.4 acres at 14901 Quorum Drive in Addison. Quorum North, located at 13201 Spectrum Drive in Addison, is situated on 2.8 acres northeast of the other two properties in the portfolio. At 118,532 square feet, the five-story, 75.7-percent-leased office building is the smallest in the portfolio. Colby Mueck, Matt Kafka, Steve Heldenfels and Sarah Baccich led HFF’s debt placement team.
MIDDLETON, WIS. — ALTUS Commercial Real Estate Inc. has arranged the lease of 3,263 square feet of retail/office space in Middleton, a northwestern suburb of Madison. The property is located at 6301 University St. Dr. Joe Cristoforo and Dr. Ken Neidhart have joined together to create The Center for Periodontics & Dental Implants Clinic, which will serve at this new location. The practice is set to open in March. Jeff Jansen represented the landlord in the transaction.