LEE’S SUMMIT, MO. — Lee & Associates has brokered the $2.7 million sale of an 18,500-square-foot office building in Lee’s Summit. The property is located at 3350 Ralph Powell Road. Jon England and Nathan Anderson of Lee & Associates’ Kansas City office represented the seller, MJB of Missouri LLC. Valley Oaks Investments LLC, a private investment company, purchased the multi-tenant property.
PORTLAND, ORE. – Gaw Capital Partners has acquired the Yeon Building, a 126,885-square-foot creative office building in Portland, for an undisclosed sum. The historic building is located at 522 SW Fifth Ave. It was originally built in 1911 and renovated in 2011. The Yeon Building contains 114,113 square feet of office, 11,332 square feet of retail space and 1,440 square feet of amenity space. It is 85.6 percent leased to tenants in the technology, entertainment/gaming, legal, nonprofit, engineering, counseling, music, financial and real estate industries. The seller, an affiliate of Jonathan Rose Companies, was represented by HFF’s Nick Kucha and Michael Leggett.
PASADENA, CALIF. – The Commons, an 85,743-square-foot office and retail complex in Pasadena, has sold to a global investment management firm for an undisclosed sum. The complex is located at 140-146 South Lake Ave. It is occupied by tenants like Drybar, Soul Cycle, Lemonade, Green Street Café, The Counter, 18/8 and Seco New American. The buyer plans to further enhance value and hold the property long term. Bob Safai, Matt Case and Brad Schlaak of Madison Partners represented the seller, a joint venture between Arenda Capital Management and Arenda Capital Management, in this transaction.
HOUSTON — NAI Houston represented American Spectrum in the sale of two office properties located at 800 and 888 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. Both buildings are two-story, multi-tenant properties totaling 88,292 square feet. The assets are located in Houston’s Westchase District near the intersection of Beltway 8 and Briar Forest. Doug Pack of NAI Houston represented the seller, American Spectrum. Logan Brown of Logan Brown Investments represented the buyer.
RYE, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $29.6 million acquisition loan for International Corporate Center in Rye. Located at 555 Theodore Fremd Ave., the 168,499-square-foot office building was built in 1990. The 10-year, fixed-rate CMBS loan features five years of interest-only, a 30-year amortization schedule, a 4.32 percent rate and a 75% loan-to-value rate. Christopher Marks of MMCC arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
DENVER – Molson Coors Brewing Co. has leased 53,872 square feet in Denver. The 1.3-million-square-foot building is located at 1801 California Street in the city’s Central Business District. Molson Coors was represented by Ted Harris and Travis Young of Cassidy Turley. The landlord, Brookfield Office Properties, was represented by Nicholas Pavlakovich and David Sternberg of Cushman & Wakefield.
CLINTON, MISS. — Hertz Investment Group (HIG) has acquired South Pointe Business Park, a 395,920-square-foot Class A office building in Clinton, a town in the Jackson MSA. HIG purchased the four-story, three-pod suburban office building from a private investment group for $20.5 million. The park is currently 93 percent leased to tenants such as the Mississippi Department of Revenue, University Physicians, Lockheed Martin and Verizon Wireless. South Pointe was originally constructed as the headquarters for WorldCom.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Crocker Partners has purchased two office towers in Boca Raton’s Town Center Mall area from MetLife Real Estate Investors for an undisclosed price. The two properties, known as One Town Center and The Plaza, span 339,000 square feet and were 42 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Wells Fargo and Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors. Crocker Partners purchased the two towers, which were both originally developed by Crocker entities, in a partnership with Siguler Guff. Crocker Partners will manage the properties and CBRE will handle leasing responsibilities.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — SJP Properties has leased 40,000 square feet of office space to Jet at Waterfront Corporate Center III in Hoboken. Slated to launch in 2015, Jet is the latest e-commerce venture led by Marc Lore, former CEO and co-founder of Diapers.com. The company will use the Waterfront location as its headquarters. Waterfront Corporate Center III is SJP’s third and final building within its high-performance, mixed-use business complex in Hoboken. Scott Peck and Brian Wilson of Resource Realty represented Jet in the transaction; SJP was represented in-house.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. – Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center has leased 10,654 square feet of office space in Phoenix. The center will occupy the North East building at 5520 W Chandler Blvd. The new 10-year lease will commence this December. Dual Diagnosis was represented by Mike Knapp of Voit’s Phoenix office. The landlord was not named.
