CHICAGO — Cohen Financial has secured a $108 million equity investment for the acquisition of Three First National Plaza, a 57-story office tower located at 70 West Madison St. in Chicago. The property is more than 90 percent leased to anchor tenants including law firms K&L Gates LLP and Ungaretti & Harris LLP, private-equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC and credit-card security software provider Trustwave Holdings Inc. Kevin O’Grady of Cohen Financial’s Miami office, Mark Strauss of the San Francisco office and the company’s Chicago office secured the equity investment with GEM Realty Capital Inc., a Chicago-based commercial real estate investor, and Farallon Capital Management LLC, a global institutional asset management firm. The operating sponsor is The Hearn Co., a Chicago-based owner/operator of commercial real estate properties across the U.S.
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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – The 445,984 –square-foot Bank of the West Tower in Sacramento has received a $90-million refinance. The Class A tower is located at 500 Capitol Mall. The tower is situated next to the office of U.S. Immigration and Customs, and within walking distance of the Gold Line train. Financing was arranged by Jeff Haskellof NorthMarq Capital’s San Franciscooffice through the firm’s correspondent relationship with a life insurance company.
AUSTIN — Cousins Properties Inc. has signed five new leases totaling 157,279 square feet at Colorado Tower in downtown Austin. The 373,000-square-foot, Class A property is now 95 percent leased, up from 51 percent in June. Companies leasing space in the building include Parsley Energy Inc., Atlassian Inc., IPSoft Inc., Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP and Invesco Management Group Inc. Rachel Coulter and Kevin Kimbrough with Oxford Commercial represented Cousins in the transactions. Colorado Tower is expected to be complete this December. The building will be the first high-rise office tower developed in downtown Austin since 2003.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Douglas Development plans to transform the historic corner or 10th and F streets in downtown Washington, D.C., with a 94,000-square-foot office building at 1000 F St. N.W. The property will be integrated with an existing two-story structure at the site. All retail tenants have vacated the site and demolition of existing retail structures will commence in the near future. Delivery is expected in summer 2016. Shalom Baranes Associates has designed the facility to achieve LEED Gold certification. The property will feature multiple outdoor terraces, green rooftops and below-grade parking. Randy Harrell, Mark Klug, Max Friedman and Abigail Todd of CBRE will represent Douglas Development in leasing 1000 F St. N.W.
SUN CITY, ARIZ. — La Ronde Centre, a 106,503-square-foot retail property in Sun City, has sold to an unnamed buyer for $8 million. The center is located at 14656 North Del Webb Blvd. The buyer was represented by Colin Brown of Transwestern. The seller, an LLC, was represented by Sanford Burstyn of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office.
AUSTIN — Construction is underway on Mesa Oaks, a new Class A office building in Southwest Austin. The development will consist of seven buildings ranging in size from 9,300 square feet to 20,150 square feet. The complex will be located directly off William Cannon Drive and Highway 290. The project had stalled for several years under previous ownership. Equitable Commercial Realty is handling the sale and leasing of Mesa Oaks. Upon completion, the project will include 104,000 square feet.
ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Glenfield Capital has purchased a combined 400,000 square feet of office space in five properties in metro Atlanta for an aggregate purchase price of $37.5 million. The portfolio includes 100,000 square feet at 6465 E. Johns Crossing in Johns Creek; 100,000 square feet each at 6525 and 6575 The Corners Parkway in Peachtree Corners; and 50,000 square feet each at 6025 and 6075 The Corners Parkway in Peachtree Corners. Tenants at these properties include Sprint, Anheuser-Busch, Toshiba and TW Telecom. Glenfield Capital has selected CBRE to handle property management for the portfolio. Glenfield has also selected Adam Viente of JLL to lease the Peachtree Corners assets and Michael Howell and Hunter Henritze of Lincoln Property Co. to lease the Johns Creek building.
LAS VEGAS — Tierra Partners III LLC has acquired LaPour Corporate Center, a 70,188-square-foot office building in Las Vegas, for $17.3 million. The Class A building is located at 9075 W. Diablo Drive. The three-story office building is situated next to the 215 Beltway between Russell Road and Tropicana Avenue. It is fully occupied by tenants like Chicago Title, NV Energy, KGA Architecture and State of Nevada Public Utilities Commission. Tierra Partners was represented by Greg Tassi of CBRE Las Vegas. The seller, LaPour 215 LLC, was represented by Charles Moore, Marlene Fujita Winkel and Ashley Kolaczynski of the same firm.
WALTHAM, MASS. — New Boston Fund Inc. has sold Watermill Center in Waltham, a suburb of Boston. Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. purchased the property for an undisclosed sales price. Constructed in 1984, Watermill Center is a six-story, 206,634-square-foot, Class A office building. Since purchasing the property in March 2000, New Boston has boosted the occupancy from 67 percent to 90 percent, with 150,000 square feet having been leased in the past nine months. Additionally, New Boston completed extensive upgrades and improvements to enhance the building’s entrance and main lobby, and has added several amenities. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher and Matt Pullen of Cushman & Wakefield represented New Boston in the transaction.
FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — L. Mason Capitani/CORFAC International has arranged the sale of a 38,000-square-foot office/flex property in Farmington Hills. The asking price for the property was for approximately $3.9 million, but the final sales price was undisclosed. The property is located at 27675 Halsted Road. JOT II LLC, a local investor, purchased the property from the seller, Halsted Investments, LLC. Michigan-based L. Mason Capitani collaborated with TRI Commercial, its CORFAC affiliate in San Francisco, Calif., to list and market the property.