HERNDON, VA. — DTZ has secured $83 million in financing for Woodland Park, a three-building office portfolio located in Herndon, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. The 480,324-square-foot portfolio — comprising Plaza Ridge II and South Point I and II — is currently 96 percent leased. John Campanella arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through an unnamed bank on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between AEW Capital Management and American Real Estate Partners.
TEMPE, ARIZ. – ViaWest Group has sold Crossroads of Tempe, a 96,691-square-foot office complex, to Held Properties for $17.2 million. The property is located at 303 & 309 W. Elliot Road in Tempe. It is 96 percent occupied. Notable employers in the area include Go Daddy, AVNET, Qualcomm, Iridium Satellite, Intel, Motorola, Honeywell, Xerox, Microsoft, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, eBay/PayPal and AT&T. Held Properties was represented by Chris Toci and Chad Littell of Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona, and by Mark Gustin, Karsten Petersen and Dave Seeger of Jones Lang LaSalle. ViaWest will continue to manage the property. The Jones Lang LaSalle team will serve as the leasing agents.
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between the Swig Company and Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation has acquired a 408,000-square-foot office tower in Los Angeles for an undisclosed sum. The 22-story tower is known by its address, 6300 Wilshire Blvd. The Class A property also contains a six-level parking garage and surface lot. The JV plans to make a significant investment in the property. The building is situated between the Miracle Mile and Fairfax Commercial districts. Notable development activity within the neighborhood includes several new residential projects, the multi-million dollar renovation of the Peterson Automotive Museum, the new Academy of Motion Pictures Museum and the Purple Line extension of the Los Angeles Metro System. Intercontinental made the investment with the Swig Company on behalf of its latest managed fund, which has invested in more than 80 commercial assets nationwide. This is the JV’s second transaction. The two firms acquired Bristol 61, a creative office campus in Culver City, late last year. The seller, Legacy Partners, was represented by Stephen Somer of Eastdil Secured. The JV’s legal advisors on the transaction were Tony Ratner of Farella Braun + Martel, and Kendall Brook and Mark Warcup of Bradley & Associates P.C. Leasing at …
NEW YORK CITY — Colliers International has brokered the sale of Edgewater Plaza, a seven-story office building located at One Edgewater Plaza in Staten Island. Edgewater Plaza Loft LLC acquired the 268,938-square-foot property for $21.5 million. At the time of sale, 181,172 square feet of the property was occupied by The City of New York Board of Elections, The New York Police Department and Staten Island University Hospital, among others. Jacklene Chesler, Richard Madison and Jeffrey Oram of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Himmel + Meringoff Properties has leased 30,720 square feet of office space to Dataminr at Six East 32nd St. in New York City’s NoMad district. The company has signed a 10-year lease for two floors at the 11-story office building. Dataminr, which transforms real-time data from Twitter and other public sources into actionable signals, is relocating and expanding from 99 Madison Ave. Jason Vacker represented the ownership, Himmel + Meringoff Properties, while Matthew McBride of CBRE represented the tenant.
PLANO, TEXAS — Gaedeke Group LLC has unveiled the design of One Legacy West, the first of two Class A office buildings planned for its 11-acre site at the southeast corner of Sam Rayburn Tollway and Legacy Drive in Plano. Gaedeke’s 14-story project will be the first multi-tenant office space to deliver in the $2 billion Legacy West, a 240-acre mixed-use development underway by Karahan Companies, KDC and Columbus Realty Partners. Gaedeke Group will break ground this summer and deliver the project in the fourth quarter of 2016. One Legacy West will feature a six-level parking structure and will be surrounded on three sides by a reflecting pool. The Class A tower will feature a 25-foot white marble lobby, elevators and floor-to-ceiling glass. Tenant amenities will include an outdoor terrace with fireplaces and seating areas, tenant lounge/game area, Wi-Fi in common areas, a conference center, fitness center, electric car charging stations and secure bike storage in the garage. Additional services include concierge service, courtesy shuttle service to local restaurants and shops, an on-site management and engineering service team, 24-hour security officer, car detailing/washing and shoe shine services.
BELLEVUE, WASH. – PCCP LLC and Align Real Estate have formed a joint venture to purchase a 110,372-square-foot office property in Bellevue. The purchase price was not disclosed. The space is located at NE 2nd Ave., between 106th and 107th avenues. It was built in 1995. Notable tenants include 24 Hour Fitness, Opus Bank and TIAA-CREF. Eastdil Secured represented both the buyer and the seller, LaSalle Investment Management, in this transaction.
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. — Gershman Commercial Real Estate has brokered the sale of an office property located at Craigshire Road in Maryland Heights. CUNA Mutual Investment Corp. sold the 35,701-square-foot property for an undisclosed price to Integrity Disbursing LLC, acting as qualified intermediary for Gamma Enterprises LLC. Tim Balk of Gershman represented the seller, while Lee & Associates of St. Louis represented the buyer in the transaction.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — KDC, in a joint venture with SH 71-130 Holdings GP, will develop a 100-acre parcel for build-to-suit office space in southeast Austin. The new office space will be part of a planned 390-acre mixed-use project at the intersection of Texas Highway 71 and State Highway 130. In addition to the office component, the mixed-use project will also include retail, multifamily, industrial and educational elements. It has received the Triple Freeport Designation, which allows schools, cities and counties to exempt business inventory from taxes if goods are shipped out of state within 175 days. Page is coordinating the architectural planning, and Kimley-Horn is the engineer.
The real estate capital markets are a funny thing — one minute you’re up and the next you’re down. The debt market starts making investors bring more equity to the table, reserves tied to energy-related tenancy are mandated, the four-letter word “recourse” is thrown around and more scrutiny is placed on every detail. No one wants to be laughed out of a committee meeting for trying to push through a multi-million dollar loan on an office building in the Energy Capital of the World. The same holds true in the equity market. Return requirements that fluctuate along the risk/return spectrum haven’t changed, but underwriting scrutiny has. Market rent growth has been scaled back or even gone negative, energy-related tenancy is being given a lower retention ratio or being downsized, downstream tenancy is more favorable than upstream tenancy, mark-to-market value-add strategies have been replaced with income preservation strategies, etc. Individually, these various reactions in the debt and equity market don’t have a huge impact on values. Combined, they have a material impact. You would think that this environment would bring about great opportunities for investors with a long-term, bullish view on Houston’s office market. Instead, most owners will be patient, electing …
