SOUTHPORT, CONN. — Quincy, Mass.-based The Grossman Companies and Southport-based Summit Development have acquired an office building at 200 Pequot Ave. in Southport. The 12,700-square-foot building sold for $2.4 million or approximately $185 per square foot. The buyers plan to upgrade the property’s common areas and lease out the building, which is currently 43 percent occupied. The undisclosed seller, a former tenant, sold the property directly to the buyers in an off-market transaction.
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HAYWARD, CALIF. – Questcor has renewed its lease for 30,000 square feet at the Point Eden Business Park in Hayward. It has signed an additional lease for 13,867 square feet at the park. The spaces are located at 3980 Point Eden Way and 26118 Research Road, respectively. The expansion will provide the biopharmaceutical company with office space. Questcor was represented by Todd Severson of Colliers International in Oakland. The landlord was represented by CBRE.
CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $9 million sale of 1575 San Ignacio, a 30,668-square-foot office property located in Coral Gables. Baptist Health South Florida leases 60 percent of the property. The office building includes a 110-space parking garage and a 5,000-square-foot Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust. Douglas Mandel and Benjamin Silver of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor based in Coral Gables, in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Q10 | Kinghorn, Driver, Hough & Co. has arranged a $5.8 million loan for the acquisition and redevelopment of a 30,000-square-foot office building in west Houston. Constructed in 2002, the Class A, tilt-wall facility is located on a three-acre parcel in Westway Business Park. Matt Franke and Larry Peters worked on behalf of the borrower, GE Oil & Gas Inc., to arrange the 90 percent loan-to-value financing through a regional bank.
LOS ANGELES – A 101,653-square-foot medical office building in Beverly Hills has received $40 million in refinancing. The fully leased building is located at 450 N. Roxbury, near the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards in the Golden Triangle area. The 15-year, fixed-rate loan will be used to refinance the property’s senior debt. Financing for Starpoint Properties was arranged by HFF’s Chris Vittetoe and Paul Brindley through an affiliate of Guggenheim Finance LLC. The loan will be serviced by HFF.
ROCKVILLE, MD. — NAI KLNB has brokered the sale of 1801 and 1803 Research Boulevard, a two-building office portfolio in Rockville. RFII Acquisitions LLC purchased the two assets for approximately $18.3 million from DMARC 2006-CD2 Research Office LLC. The six-story properties are 48 percent leased to tenants such as Allied Technologies, Adventist Healthcare and BLH Technologies. Christopher Kubler of NAI KLNB, in cooperation with C-III Realty Services LLC, brokered the transaction on behalf of the buyer.
IRVING, TEXAS — General contractor Speed Fab-Crete has broken ground on a new 13,000-square-foot corporate headquarters in Irving for Davis Crane Service, a supplier and operator of hydraulic and conventional motor cranes. Located at 1212 N. Loop 12, the $2 million project includes a two-story building of concrete and steel, as well as new parking and paving, sidewalks and utilities. Construction is slated for completion in December of this year. Callahan & Freeman Architects is serving as architect for the property, and other team members include Civil Point Engineers Inc., Callahan Structural Engineers and Fratto Engineering Inc.
HOUSTON — Moody Rambin has arranged a 9,969-square-foot office lease in Houston for Document Technologies, a provider of document outsourcing services primarily for law firms and corporations. The tenant will occupy space within the 2550 North Loop West building, an eight-story, 155,061-square-foot property located near the interchange of I-610 and U.S. Highway 290. Terri Torregrossa and Kurt Kistler of Moody Rambin represented the building owner and landlord, Oxley Leasing 2550 LLC, in the negotiations. Ryan Barbles of JLL represented the tenant.
PHOENIX — Alliance Financial Resources has leased 25,000 square feet at The Offices On High Street in Phoenix. The home loan provider will occupy the second floor of the A5 building. It will relocate about 110 employees from its Deer Valley office. Alliance was represented by CBRE’s Dave Carder. The landlord is a joint venture between ScanlanKemperBard Companies and Wayzata Investment Partners.
NEW YORK CITY — Tishman Speyer has acquired the rights to develop a 2.85 million-square-foot tower in Midtown Manhattan’s Hudson Yards District through the completion of multiple transactions. The company purchased adjacent, undeveloped parcels from Manhattan-based Sherwood Equities for $200 million. The parcels total an entire block stretching from West 34th to West 35th streets and 10th Avenue to the to-be developed Hudson Park and Boulevard. The assemblage combined with the ability to purchase additional development rights available within Hudson Yards offers Tishman Speyer the opportunity to develop and construct a 2.85 million-square-foot tower in Manhattan’s expanded west side neighborhood and business district. The Hudson Yards district, which was rezoned in 2005, allows for 26 million square feet of office space, 20,000 new residential units, 2 million square feet of retail space and 3 million square feet of hotels.