CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Trinity Capital Advisors and joint venture partner DRA Advisors LLC, has acquired a 33-story, 584,315-square-foot office building located at 400 S. Tryon St. in downtown Charlotte for an undisclosed price. The building is 92 percent leased, with Duke Energy as its anchor tenant. Rob Cochran, Bill Collins, Jud Ryan and Craig Evans of Cassidy Turley represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Trinity Partners has been hired to lease and manage the asset.
Atlanta is the economic engine of the Southeast, which is the fastest growing region in the country. With a population of 5.5 million across the 28-county metro area, the city is the ninth-largest metro nationally and is projected to be the sixth most populated by 2020. Atlanta’s high quality of life and low cost of living make it an ideal destination for young and educated talent around the region, as well as growing companies. Atlanta is home to 16 Fortune 500 companies and the busiest airport in the world — the recipe for a business boom and hot office real estate sector. According to Georgia State University’s Economic Forecasting Center, Atlanta is projected to add 305,000 new jobs between 2010 and 2016, with a drop in the unemployment rate to 5.7 percent in the same timeframe from the current rate of 7.5. That is a 13.5 percent increase in job growth over six years. The technology, homebuilding and service sectors are returning to health, if not climbing to new heights. According to CBRE’s U.S. Tech-Twenty research report, tech employment in Atlanta rose nearly 11 percent between 2011 and 2013. CBRE Research also finds that Atlanta’s recovery is underpinned by an …
DALLAS — PM Realty Group has purchased One Hanover Park, an eight-story office building located at 16633 North Dallas Pkwy. in Dallas. The 195,894-square-foot property was built in 1998 and includes a three-level parking garage. The Class A office building was 82 percent occupied at the time of sale, with floor plates averaging 25,000 square feet. Eric Mackey, Gary Carr, John Alvarado and Robert Hill of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, a partnership between Cawley Partners and Stockbridge Capital.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Cassidy Turley has arranged the lease of 12,765 square feet of office space in Columbus. New York-based CT Corp. has renewed its lease with Equity Office Properties at 4400 Easton Commons, Suite 125. Built in 2005, the office building in northeast Columbus has easy access to Interstate 71, Interstate 270 and Interstate 670. The property is less than a mile from Port Columbus International Airport. Randy Stephens and Brian Douglas represented CT Corp. in the transaction. Tyler Owens and Mark Friedman of Colliers International represented Chicago-based Equity Office Properties.
PHOENIX – A subsidiary of Griffin Opportunities has acquired a 145,000-square-foot flex-office showroom development in the Phoenix submarket of Deer Valley for $21.6 million. The building is located at 2851 W. Kathleen Road. The 9.5-acre property was developed in 1988 and renovated in 2009. It is fully leased to building technologies company Climatec. The subsidiary was represented by Ben Prater of Colliers International. The seller, Intravest 2851 Kathleen LLC, was represented by Bob Lundstedt and Chris Rogers of Daum. This is Griffin Opportunities’ first investment in Deer Valley. It also represents the largest transaction in the Deer Valley submarket so far this year, according to Daum.
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber Technologies has leased 77,600 square feet at the Monadnock Building in Downtown San Francisco. The 205,000-square-foot building is located at 685 Market Street. Uber will occupy four floors. The Monadnock Building was originally constructed in 1907. It is situated near Uber’s other San Francisco offices. It also offers employees easy access to the BART and MUNI. The property is within walking distance of Union Square. Uber will occupy this space by the end of the year. The landlord, Brookfield Property Partners, was represented by Chris Roeder, Jak Churton and Tom Doupe of Jones Lang LaSalle.
ST. LOUIS — National Asset Services (NAS) has arranged a $45 million loan to refinance a 315,000-square-foot office property in St. Louis. NAS led a group of tenant-in-common co-owners in a multi-tiered process, which resulted in a new property ownership structure and favorable refinancing terms. The process involved reorganizing and consolidating the group of 31 tenant-in-common co-owners and an additional 77 investors into a new limited liability company. The newly created company then became the borrower under a new loan provided by an undisclosed lender. The Class A property is located at 8555 University Place. The three-story, single-tenant office building serves as the company headquarters for Express Scripts, a manager of pharmacy benefit plans.
HOUSTON — The Coats Rose law firm’s Houston office has moved to 9 Greenway Plaza from 3 Greenway Plaza and will occupy 48,000 total rentable square feet on the building’s 10th and 11th floors. The firm’s Clear Lake area office joined the new, expanded location. Ron McWherter and Paul Penland with CBRE’s Houston office represented Coats Rose, a firm with more than 90 attorneys across the states of Texas and Louisiana, in lease negotiations. April Miller of CBRE’s project management team also worked on the transaction.
BOSTON — CBRE/New England’s Debt & Structured Finance group has secured acquisition financing for 100 High Street, a 28-story office building located in Boston’s Financial District. The 546,336-square-foot property is currently 64 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including technology companies, law firms and insurance companies. The borrower, CBRE Global Investors, plans to upgrade the property’s building systems and add its signature service and amenity program, including conference facilities and outdoor meeting areas. Carlos Febres-Mazzei, Kyle Juszczyszyn, Alex Bradley and Taylor Shepard of CBRE/NE secured the financing through GE Capital Real Estate.
NAPLES, FLA. — Steelbridge Capital has acquired Pelican Bay Executive Center, a three-building, 190,000-square-foot office complex in Naples. The park is located at Pine Ridge Road and Tamiami Trail. Tenants of Pelican Bay Executive Center include Wells Fargo Bank, Hahn Loeser LLP, Newsbank and Fischer International. The park was 71 percent leased at the time of sale. Michael Lynch of MLPA Realty Inc. represented Steelbridge Capital in the transaction. Christian Lee, Charles Foschini, Christopher Apone and Amy Julian of CBRE arranged acquisition financing for the transaction. CRE Consultants will handle the management and leasing of the office park.
