GLENDALE, ARIZ. – Progressive Leasing has absorbed 20,000 square feet at Talavi Corporate Center in Glendale. The office campus is located at 5651 W. Talavi Blvd. This will be the financial services vendor’s first operations center in Arizona. CBRE’s Ashley Brooks, Jim Bayless and Jenny Aust negotiated the lease on behalf of Progressive and its landlord, ROF II Talavi LLC.
CHICAGO — Golub & Co., in a partnership with Boston-based Alcion Ventures, has acquired Oak Brook Executive Plaza, a 389,000-square-foot office in Oak Brook, a Chicago suburb. Bank of America provided financing for the transaction. The purchase price was undisclosed, but according to Crain’s Chicago the joint venture agreed to pay about $57 million, or $150 per square foot, for the property. The office complex is located on West 22nd St. across from Oak Brook Center Mall and is visible from I-88. Chicago-based Golub and Alcion plan to reposition the property as high-quality office space for corporate and creative firms. The redevelopment plans include enhanced curb appeal, updated office interiors and common areas and new tenant amenities.
CHICAGO — Brennan Investment Group LLC has acquired the Cumberland Metro Office Park, a portfolio of 12 multi-tenant, single-story office/flex buildings totaling approximately 164,448 square feet in Chicago’s O’Hare submarket. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed. The office park is located on nearly 15 acres, less than two miles from O’Hare International Airport. The O’Hare submarket has demonstrated strong real estate fundamentals, evidenced by 12 consecutive quarters of positive net absorption, according to Kevin Brennan, vice president of acquisitions at Rosemont, Ill.-based Brennan Investment Group. The private real estate firm, which acquires, develops and operates industrial properties nationally, currently owns and manages nearly 20 million square feet of industrial properties in 22 states.
ORLANDO, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $26.5 million sale of a 124,500-square-foot, single-tenant office building in Orlando fully leased to Kaplan University. The two-story property is located in the Central Florida Research Park at 12650 Ingenuity Drive and features a 25-foot glass atrium, open spiral staircase and a cafeteria. Kaplan University signed a 13-year lease for the entire building in 2008. Ronald Rogg and Chip Wooten of CBRE represented the seller, RT Ingenuity LLC, in the transaction. City Office REIT Inc. purchased the property.
MIAMI — Continental Real Estate Cos. (CREC) has brokered the $19.2 million sale of a 57,406-square-foot office building in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood. The property is located at 3000 Biscayne Blvd., two blocks from Biscayne Bay. Peter Mekras and Andrew Remick of CREC represented the seller, Legal Services of Greater Miami, a nonprofit organization that has owned and occupied a large portion of the property since 1997. The buyer was 3000 Property LLC, which is managed by principals of Miami-based Crescent Heights. William Bloom and Shawn Amuial of Holland & Knight’s Miami office provided legal counsel to the seller. Robert Berrin of Capital Realty Services Inc. acted as the owner’s representative.
DORAL, FLA. — Riviera Point Development Group has begun construction on Riviera Point Business Center at Doral, a $9.5 million, 41,000-square-foot office building in Doral, an affluent suburb of Miami. Corrales Group Architects designed the two-story lakefront property, which is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2016. The office project is fully funded through the U.S. Immigrant Investor program, also known as EB-5. Under the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) program, the EB-5 program allows a foreign national interested in obtaining permanent U.S. residency to do so by investing in a commercial enterprise that generates at least 10 jobs for U.S. workers for two years. The qualifying investment for a project like Riviera Point Business Center at Doral is $500,000.
PHILADELPHIA — Accesso Partners LLC has closed on its $85 million acquisition of 1515 Market Street in downtown Philadelphia. The 20-story, 500,000-square-foot office tower sold for $85 million. The property was sold by a joint venture between Winthrop Realty Trust of Boston and Stockton Real Estate Advisors of Philadelphia. Renovated in 2007, the Class A property is currently 87 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Temple University; Heffler, Radetich & Saitta; Sweeney & Sheehan; Simon & Simon; Rocco Law; the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Citizens Bank; and First Trust Bank. Douglas Rodio and Jim Galbally of Jones Lang LaSalle brokered the transaction. Hallendale Beach, Fla.-based Accesso Partners is formerly known as Beacon Investment Properties.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Highwoods Properties Inc. has acquired Lincoln Plaza, a 16-story, 246,000-square-foot office building in Orlando’s central business district (CBD). Highwoods Properties’ total investment is expected to be $68.3 million, which is financed through equity, its ATM program and borrowings under its revolving credit facility. Highwoods did not assume any debt in the transaction. The property is currently 82 percent leased and features a fitness center and a café. Including Lincoln Plaza, Highwoods owns 1.5 million square feet of office space in Orlando’s CBD.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Maxxam Enterprises has sold three Western-based properties for about $100 million. Two of the assets were part of the firm’s Southern California portfolio, while the third is in Hawaii. The California dispositions include L’Opera Building, a 66,500-square-foot office building in Long Beach, and Arlington Plaza, a 126,000-square-foot neighborhood shopping center in Riverside. Maxxam also sold the Maui Lu resort on the island of Maui. L’Opera Building is known for its historic bell tower and clock. The building was constructed in 1906. It is located at 115 Pine Ave. in Long Beach’s Central Business District. It sold to a private investor for $10.4 million. Jeffrey Cole and Ed Hernandez of Cushman & Wakefield assisted with the sale. Arlington Plaza is anchored by Rite Aid, Cardenas Market, 99 Cents Only Store and Starbucks. It is located at 6008-6390 Van Buren Blvd. in Riverside. The plaza was 89 percent leased at the time of sale. It sold for $24.5 million. The unnamed sellers were represented by CBRE’s Alan Krueger. Maui Lu Resort is fully entitled to be redeveloped into a 388-unit, villa-style resort. It will eventually become a Hilton Grand Vacations Timeshare development, according to Maxxam. The property was …
MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — Spear Street Capital has completed the disposition of Marlborough Corporate Center, which is located at 377 Simarano Dr. in Marlborough. A private trust controlled by a principal of IPG Photonics purchased the office building for $25.55 million. Built in 1998, the 156,630-square-foot building features a cafeteria and is 30 minutes west of downtown Boston. IPG, a provider of high-power fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers, is a current tenant of the building. David Pergola and Brian Doherty of Cassidy Turley represented the seller in the transaction.
