The nickname for Indianapolis, “Naptown,” is quickly fading in the rearview mirror as the city receives an increasing amount of recognition as one of the best places to live and work in America. Thanks to a unique combination of Hoosier hospitality, pro-business environment and amenities such as the Cultural Trail, Indianapolis has been named “One of the best new boom towns in the U.S.” by Forbes magazine and the “No. 3 Downtown in the U.S.” by Livability.com. With $1 billion in new projects on the horizon, it’s no surprise that downtown Indianapolis is making headlines. Indygo’s $37 million Downtown Transit Center, in close proximity to the Cultural Trail and Bike Hub, will serve pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders. A $26 million investment in a new Science and Engineering Lab at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will continue to encourage life sciences and technology careers. Plans also are in the works to revamp downtown’s iconic Monument Circle with space for events, an ice skating rink, sidewalk cafes and more. On the residential front, investments in excess of $400 million over the past five years have resulted in new housing for 4,000 additional residents. Downtown Residential Boom According to public/private partnership Downtown Indy, …
NEW YORK CITY — North Shore-LIJ has acquired 600 Community Drive in Long Island’s Manhasset for $65 million, or $260 per square foot. A partnership led by The Carlton Group’s Chairman Howard Michaels sold the property. Prior to the sale, the building’s ownership group made significant renovations to the property: achieved zoning approval to lease 80,000 square feet of the building for medical office use; approved and implemented a new renovation plans, including interior and improvements and a new façade entrance; and developed a solid pipeline of tenant activity, which allowed the property to become a multi-tenanted building. North Shore-LIJ has been a sub-tenant at the office building for the past eight years.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Onyx Equities and Rubenstein Properties has begun the redevelopment project at 30 Montgomery St., a 15-story, 320,000-square-foot office building in Jersey City. The $20 million redevelopment will bring the building, which was built in the early 1970s, up to modern standards and position it has a premiere office and retail property in Jersey City. The project includes a $5 million exterior window replacement program, enhanced streetscape, ground-floor retail expansion, refurbishment of the façade, modernization of the HVAC system, a new conference center, elevator landing and restroom renovations, and a new, expanded two-story entry lobby. Onyx and Rubenstein purchased the building earlier this year. Completion of the renovation is slated for mid-2015.
ADDISON, TEXAS — NAI Robert Lynn’s office division has arranged a 7,017-square-foot office lease for Solutions by Text, an Addison-based company that identifies and streamlines communication efficiency for a number of businesses. Nick Lee of NAI Robert Lynn represented the tenant and secured the fifth-floor space with exterior building signage located at 15110 N. Dallas Pkwy.
PASSAIC, N.J. — CBRE Group Inc. has arranged the sale of an office and retail property located at 615-625 Main Ave. in Passaic. The 65,000-square-foot building sold for $8.4 million. The building, which includes a two-story parking garage, underwent a $5 million capital improvements program in 2007. Current tenants include Valley National Bank, which has been in the location for more than 40 years. Charles Berger and Elli Klapper of CBRE Tri-State Investments Properties represented the seller and procured the buyer, a long-time CBRE client, in the deal.
NEENAH, WIS. — The Morgan Partners LLC has arranged the $760,000 sale of an 8,000-square-foot bank property in Neenah. CitizensFirst Credit Union of Oshkosh purchased the property located at 640 S. Green Bay Road. The buyer intends on renovating the building and opening to the public in spring 2015. Ed Bowen and Nicholas Lang of The Morgan Partners represented the buyer. Joe Kleiman and Dan Rosenfeld of Mid-America Real Estate-Wisconsin represented the seller, a regional bank.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Federal Capital Partners (FCP) has sold a 10-story, 182,832-square-foot office building located at 4040 N. Fairfax Drive in Arlington’s Ballston submarket for $56.2 million. The buyer, a joint venture between Lionstone Investments and Penzance, also holds an option to acquire the adjacent office building located at 4000 N. Fairfax Drive. The McMullin Revocable Family Trust, FCP’s partner and prior owner of 4040 N. Fairfax, has retained control of the property’s density rights, which will be sold separately to the Lionstone-Penzance venture. FCP entered into a partnership with the McMullin Family on the office building in July 2012 with a preferred equity investment. Since then, the partnership has fully renovated the office building and inked lease agreements with Marymount University and Virginia Heritage Bank, which is now known as Eagle Bank. Law firm McGuire Woods negotiated the transaction via a trust structure that separated the building from its additional density rights. Bill Collins and Jud Ryan of Cassidy Turley represented the buyer in the transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO — San Mateo BayCenter, a 303,257-square-foot office campus in the Silicon Valley submarket of San Mateo, has received $86 million in financing. The Class A campus is located at 901 and 951 Mariners Island Blvd., and 999 Baker Way. San Mateo BayCenter is situated at the intersection of U.S. Highway 101 and Highway 92. The three-building campus was built in 1987. The campus is more than 98 percent leased to tenants like Marketo, Brightedge Technologies and Actuate. The floating-rate, post-acquisition financing was arranged by HFF’s Bruce Ganong, Jordan Angel and Walter Chui on behalf of Rockpoint Group. HFF also handled the property’s sale, which closed in September. The seller was Equity Office Properties.
PHOENIX — Regent Properties has acquired Desert Ridge Corporate Center (DRCC), a 293,161-square-foot office and retail property in Phoenix, for $58.6 million. The institutional-grade center is located at 20860, 20830 and 20910 N. Tatum Blvd., within the master-planned community of Desert Ridge. DRCC contains two Class A office buildings, in addition to a 17,953-square-foot, multi-tenant specialty retail building. The property is located on land encumbered by a State of Arizona ground lease that has 78 remaining years. Notable tenants at the center include GEICO Insurance, Vantage Retirement, Wells Fargo Bank, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, K. Hovnanian Homes, Summit Energy, SimonMed Imaging and Scottrade. DRCC was built in 2007.
SAN DIEGO – Viewridge Business Park, a 72,571-square-foot office complex in the Kearny Mesa submarket of San Diego, has sold to MIG Real Estate for an undisclosed sum. The park is located at 4711, 4715 and 4719 Viewridge Ave. It is currently 82 percent leased. Notable tenants include Coastal Credit, YARDI and Vericare. MIG Real Estate represented itself in this transaction, while the unnamed seller was represented by Bob Prendergast and Lynn LaChapelle of Jones Lang LaSalle.