DALLAS — UBS, a Switzerland-based financial services firm, has signed a 27,948-square-foot lease at Legacy Tower. UBS will relocate from its offices at the Spectrum and 5950 Sherry Lane in Dallas to the 12th floor of Legacy Tower late this year. The new location will serve as the company’s far north Dallas wealth management office. Legacy Tower is located at the southeast corner of the Dallas North Tollway and Legacy Drive. The building is pre-certified LEED Gold.Dennis Barnes, Celeste Fowden and Hunter Lee with CBRE Dallas represented the landlord, Trammell Crow Company and Principal Real Estate Investors, in the transaction. Mike Wyatt and Bill McClung with Cushman & Wakefield represented UBS.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Carr Properties has sold Georgetown Plaza, a five-story, 150,097-square-foot office building located at 2233 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. in Washington, D.C. An affiliate of JOSS Realty Partners purchased the asset for roughly $26.9 million. Eric Berkman and Steve Gichner of Cushman & Wakefield represented Carr Properties in the transaction. Carr Properties also purchased an 11-story, Class A office building located at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. in Washington’s central business district. Carr Properties acquired the fully leased property, also known as the James Monroe Building, for $107.8 million. The acquisition was financed with a $65 million, 10-year loan from MetLife, as well as cash on hand.
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. — HFF has arranged $47.5 million in financing for a three-building office complex located at 412 Mt. Kemble Ave. in Morris Township. Built in 1985, the complex offers 477,848 square feet of office space in three interconnected buildings. HFF placed the three-year, floating-rate loan with Colony Mortgage Capital and CorAmerica for the borrower, Keystone Property Group. The borrower plans to use the loan to make capital improvements to the office complex. Jon Mikula, Jim Cadranell and Andrew Roland of HFF led the debt placement team that arranged the financing.
NEW YORK CITY — MediaMath, a global technology company, has signed a 15-year lease for 106,000 square feet of office space at Four World Trade Center. The company plans to consolidate its more than 300 New York-based employees from three Midtown locations into the 44th, 45th and 46th floors of the 72-story tower. MediaMath plans to take occupancy in early 2015. With this lease, 70 percent of the 7.4 million square feet of newly built space at One, Four and Seven World Trade Center is now leased. Harly Stevens and Mike Rizzo of CBRE represented the tenant, while Mary Ann Tighe, Steven Siegel, Ken Meyerson and Even Haskell, also of CBRE, represented the landlord, Silverstein Properties, in the transaction.
HARWOOD HEIGHTS, ILL. — Xcel Med LLC has acquired a 60,000-square-foot office building in Harwood Heights, approximately 12 miles northwest of Chicago, for an undisclosed price. The medical coding and billing company will use the building as its headquarters. The property is located at 7444 W. Wilson Ave. John Joyce, Ryan Phillips and Chris Rickett of Transwestern represented the seller, Bluebird Harwood Heights LLC, in the transaction. Eric Tresslar of NAI Hiffman represented the buyer, Harwood Heights. This was the final sale in a three-property portfolio disposition completed by the Transwestern team. The portfolio consisted of approximately 91,492 square feet on approximately 4.2 acres.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — City Office REIT has acquired Lake Vista Pointe in metro Dallas for a purchase price of $28.4 million. Lake Vista Pointe is a 163,000-square-foot office property in Lewisville. The property was built in 2007 and is fully leased to Ally Financial Inc. through 2021. The acquisition is expected to generate a full-year cash net operating income yield of 7.8 percent. The deal was financed with an $18.5 million mortgage with a fixed 4.3 percent interest rate for 10 years.
SAN DIEGO — AMN Healthcare Services has renewed its lease for 175,000 square feet of office space in San Diego. The long-term lease renewal is valued at $120 million. The space is located at 12400 High Bluff Drive in Del Mar Heights. The healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services provider has resided at this Class A property since it was constructed in 2003. The company currently houses 800 employees at the center, with room to expand to 1,000 employees. AMN was represented by Douglas Lozier of Savills Studley’s San Diego office. The landlord was Kilroy Realty Corporation.
SURPRISE, ARIZ. — One Step Beyond has leased 11,800 square feet of space in Surprise. The two-building complex is located at 15527 & 15531 N. Reems Road. One Step Beyond moved into the first building in July. It plans to occupy the second building in March. Tyler Smith of Colliers International represented both One Step Beyond and the landlord, Reems and Greenway LLC, in this transaction.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Skanska USA Commercial Development has sold a five-story, 139,394-square-foot office building located at 1776 Wilson Blvd. in Arlington to an institutional client of Invesco Real Estate for $90 million. The Class A, LEED Platinum-certified property features office space, retail space, a fitness center and a green roof terrace accessible to office tenants. The property is 90 percent leased to tenants such as Skanska, LMO Advertising, National Association of Drug Stores, U.S. Civil Research & Development Foundation, Black & Veatch Corp., Pier 1 Imports and 100 Montaditos. Skanska delivered the project in November 2012.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) has arranged the $18.8 million sale of the SunTrust Bank office building located at 200 S. Orange Ave. in downtown Orlando. The 10-story, 128,296-square-foot property is connected to the 35-story SunTrust Tower. Atlanta-based SunTrust Bank has leased the office building since it was first built in 1958. Mark Hillis and Whitney Knoll of NGKF represented the seller, Atlanta-based Columbia Property Trust, in the transaction. The buyer, 200 Orange Realty LP, is comprised of local real estate investors, including Jim Gissy and Ed Wideman. Michael LaPointe, Peter Everett and Daniel Yi of NGKF assisted with the transaction.