OMAHA — NorthMarq Capital has secured a $1.6 million loan for the refinancing of Alliance Group Office Building, a 24,304-square-foot office building in Omaha. The property is located at 2566 Leavenworth St. Gary Rifkin of NorthMarq Capital’s Omaha regional office structured the 15-year loan with a 15-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower, 2566 Leavenworth LLC through its relationship with Assurity Life Insurance Co. Alliance Group is the major tenant of the property.
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ROSEMONT, ILL. — Morgan / Harbour has completed a 26,000-square-foot office build-out for Resolution Life, a life insurance company, in Rosemont. The new offices are within the Columbia Centre I building located at 5600 N. River Road. The construction features full-floor improvements including new private offices, focus rooms and conference rooms. Morgan / Harbour also designed and engineered all new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems to optimize the building’s performance. The new space also features a new training room and large open office areas. Morgan / Harbour’s construction team was led by Ben Warriner, Andy MacMillan and Mike Costanzo. INTERFORM provided architectural services for the project.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Pacific Ridge Commerce Center, a 52,416-square-foot office and industrial park in Carlsbad, has sold to Sunwood Pacific Ridge LLC for $5.8 million. The center is located at 1945 and 1947 Camino Vida in the Carlsbad Airport Centre. The property will be renamed Sunwood Pacific Ridge. Marc Doyle of Cassidy Turley represented the buyer, which is also a subsidiary of Sunwood Ventures. The seller, Betty Ann Robinson Trust, was represented by Kent Moore of the same firm. Moore and Doyle will also serve as the property’s leasing agents. Property management will be provided by Eugene Burger Management Corporation.
ALBUQUERQUE — Contrast Optical Design and Engineeringhas leased 4,051 square feet at the Uptown Building in Albuquerque. The building is located at 6100 Uptown Blvd. NE. The female-owned small tech business will be located on the fifth floor. Contrast was represented by CBRE’s Marguerite Haverly and Brent Tiano. The landlord, Rosemont Realty, was represented by CBRE’s Terri Dettweiler.
DALLAS — Rochon Family Office has signed a 9,446-square-foot lease with Dallas-based Harwood International. Rochon is moving its headquarters to the penthouse of the Frost Tower, which is scheduled to open in the spring of 2015. Jihane Boury and David Roehm of Harwood International worked on the lease along with Randy Cooper and Charlie Morris of Cassidy Turley and Ryan Mack of Rochon. The company is privately held, with operations in 40 countries.
ATLANTA — Mission Capital Advisors LLC has arranged the sale of a $50 million loan secured by The Forum at West Paces, a nine-story trophy office tower in Atlanta’s Buckhead submarket. The 222,457-square-foot property is located within the 17-acre Piazza at Paces mixed-use development. Parkway Properties, a national REIT traded on the New York Stock Exchange, purchased the loan from an undisclosed seller. Will Sledge and Patrick Arnold of Mission Capital represented the seller in the transaction.
DURHAM, N.C. — Medalist Capital has arranged financing for more than 600,000 square feet of Class A office space within the American Tobacco Campus in Durham. The eight office buildings are 98 percent leased. Howard Brooks and Don Williams of Medalist Capital arranged the non-recourse loan through an unnamed life insurance company on behalf of the borrower, Capitol Broadcasting Co. Inc.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — CitiStorage, a records management company, has renewed its warehouse lease in Jersey City. The company occupies 150,000 square feet at 107-151 West Side Ave. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y., CitiStorage serves the healthcare, legal, financial services, corporate and small business markets, along with various government agencies and special interest organizations in the New York metropolitan area. Stan Danzig, Jules Nissim and Stephen Elman of Cushman & Wakefield’s East Rutherford, N.J., office brokered the long-term lease.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — J.C. Anderson has completed a 70,000-square-foot, three-floor office build-out for Omron Corp. in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Omron, an automation company, is relocating its head office for its North and South America Group from Schaumburg to the Greenspoint Office Park in northwest suburban Hoffman Estates. Located at 2895 Greenspoint, Omron will occupy the first three floors of the office building. The new offices feature open office areas, private offices and conference rooms as well as a training center, fitness room, lunchroom and laboratory facilities. The space also includes high-end finishes, wood slat ceilings and decorative metal screens throughout. Gensler provided the architectural services for the project. JLL served as the project manager. J.C. Anderson’s team who led the project included Steven Boulukos, Seth Erlich and Marty Powers.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Apogee Physicians has signed a lease for 27,727 at Scottsdale Quarter’s new 170,000-square-foot office building. The development is located at the southeast corner of Scottsdale Road and the Greenway-Hayden Loop in North Scottsdale. Scottsdale Quarter will eventually be a 1.2-million-square-foot lifestyle center with retail, office and luxury residential components. It is being developed by Glimcher Realty Trust. Apogee Physicians is currently headquartered in the Camelback Corridor. This new lease will allow the company to expand. The six-story tower is expected to open next summer. Glimcher was represented by CBRE’s Brad Anderson and Michael Strittmatter.