DALLAS — Goddard Investment Group LLC has acquired the 58-story Fountain Place office tower, located at 1445 Ross Ave. in Dallas. The 1.2 million-square-foot building is 88 percent occupied. The purchase of Fountain Place was completed through the Goddard Value-Add Office Fund I LP. Cassidy Turley has been retained to oversee leasing at the property. Goddard plans to renovate the building to re-establish it as a Class A asset. Specific property improvements include refurbishing the lobby and elevator banks and enhancing the exterior fountains and landscaping. In addition, Goddard plans to build a new parking garage adjacent to the building. Fountain Place was built in 1986 and designed by I.M. Pei.
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HOUSTON — Stream Realty Partners has negotiated a lease extension and expansion on behalf of attorneys Doyen Sebesta Ltd. LLP at Paragon Center One, located at 450 Gears Road. Doyen Sebesta now leases 5,694 rentable square feet in the building. Anthony Squillante and Greg Marconi of Stream Realty Partners represented Doyen Sebesta. Carrie Powledge, leasing director of Rosemont Realty, negotiated on behalf of the landlord, Paragon Operating Associates LP.
SAN FRANCISCO — Patson Cos. has acquired a 140,000-square-foot office building at 1155 Market Street in San Francisco for $72.6 million. The deal represents an internal rate of return of more than 56 percent for investors. The 11-story building was virtually empty when Laurus Corporation acquired it in 2011, as the single tenant was in the process of vacating. The company implemented a tenant improvement program and re-leased more than 75 percent of the building to the City and County of San Francisco within 90 days. The building also underwent a $14-million renovation program, which included upgrades to the facade, lobby, corridors, bathrooms, elevators and common areas, among other items. The majority of the sales proceeds will be rolled into the Ethika Diversified Opportunity Real Estate Fund. Laurus formed this fund to provide investors access to a unique platform that invests in opportunistic and value-add assets in the United States.
CHICAGO — MB Real Estate has arranged a 26,214-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion for Knight Engineering at the LaSalle Wacker Building in Chicago. The property is located at 221 N. LaSalle St. The full-service engineering and architectural firm renewed its lease for space on the third floor and expanded to a portion of the fourth floor at the office property. Knight Engineering is the largest tenant in the 416,000-square-foot, 41-story building. MB Real Estate has managed and leased the property since 2010. Walter Hennig and Kelsey Karp of MB Real Estate represented building ownership in the transaction. Knight Engineering was self-represented in the negotiations.
HOLBROOK, N.Y. — Long Island Industrial has completed a renovation project for Consumers Kitchens & Baths’ headquarters in Holbrook. The upgrade is part of the company’s $35 million capital improvement program, which is aimed at modernizing its portfolio of properties across Nassau and Suffolk counties. Completed by Long Island, N.Y.-based Hunt Construction Services, the renovation included the demolition of the outdated exterior and the installation of a new energy-efficient Exterior Insulation Finish System façade, as well as new electrical circuits, crown molding and window accents. As part of its capital improvements program, Long Island Industrial will invest an average of $7 million per year over a projected five-year period into its Long Island portfolio, which includes 23 buildings totaling 2 million square feet in Suffolk County and 13 buildings totaling 1.5 million square feet in Nassau County.
DALLAS — CBRE has brokered the sale of Galleria North Tower I, a Class A office tower located at 13737 Noel Road in north Dallas. The 16-story, 379,518-square-foot office tower is 87 percent occupied, and includes an executive parking level beneath the building, as well as an adjoining parking garage. CBRE’s Gary Carr, John Alvarado, Eric Mackey and Robert Hill arranged the transaction on behalf of FSP Galleria North Limited Partnership. Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management acquired the tower on behalf of one of its institutional clients for an undisclosed price. Galleria North Tower I’s tenant mix includes Dealertrack Technologies, EmCare Holdings, Insperity and U.S. Bank.
HOUSTON — Boxer Property has acquired Northwest Crossing II, a three-story, multi-tenant office building of approximately 135,571 square feet, located at 7676 Hillmont Street in the Northwest submarket. Boxer Property plans to renovate the property with updates to all of the common areas, lobby, restrooms and lounge space, as well as offering Boxer Workstyle space, which caters to businesses looking for collaborative workspace.
SAN DIEGO — An entity of NBC 7 San Diego has acquired a 52,347-square-foot office building in San Diego for $9.6 million. The Class A building is located at 9680 Granite Ridge Drive in the StoneCrest office complex of Kearny Mesa. The NBC station plans to use the space for a new television studio and administrative offices. NBC 7 San Diego is an NBCUniversal Owned Television Station. The entity that acquired the asset was KNSD Granite Ridge LLC. It was represented by Tim Cowden, Jay Arnett and David Kim of Colliers International. The seller, T-C Stonecrest LLC, was represented by CBRE’s Brad Black and Mike Hoeck.
HAWTHORNE, CALIF. – ThinKom Solutions has signed a seven-year lease at OceanGate Business Park in Hawthorne. The park is located at 4881 W. 145th Street. The broadband antenna and product solutions provider will be expanding and relocating from its current headquarters in Torrance. ThinKom was represented by JLL’s Chris Strickfaden and Mark Mattis of PM Realty Group. The landlord, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance, a division of the Travellers Insurance, was represented by Britt Shuford of SCO Advisors.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Attis Investments LLC has acquired nine office condos at Riverside Office Plaza II, a 75,500-square-foot office complex in Tempe, for $2.8 million. The 27-condo plaza is located at 1215 and 1255 West Rio Salado Parkway. It is situated next to the Tempe Center for the Arts. The plaza is now sold out. Attis plans to lease and build out the vacant office condos. It was represented by JLL’s Mark Gustin. The seller, Southwest Value Partners, was represented by Jeff Wentworth and Sean Spellman of Cassidy Turley.