KENNER, LA. — Kingfish Development II LLC has acquired a 133,312-square-foot office building, located at 2400 Veterans Blvd. in Kenner, a western suburb of New Orleans. The five-story property is currently 80 percent leased. Kingfish plans to renovate all the common areas of the property and tenant suites this year. Joe Gorman of Max J. Derbes Inc. will manage the property.
OMAHA — The Opus Group has completed construction of and sold Gavilon’s new world headquarters in Omaha to an affiliate of Lexington Realty Trust, a single-tenant real estate investment trust. The purchase price was undisclosed. The 128,000-square-foot, build-to-suit office building includes a 50,000-square-foot, column-free trading floor featuring 22-foot ceilings, full-height glass walls and an open staircase connecting two levels. Opus Development Co. LLC was the developer, and Opus Design Build LLC served as the design-builder on the project. Open Studio Architecture was designed the project, and Opus AE Group LLC served as the architect and engineer of record.
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield Inc. has completed the sale of 2929 Expressway Drive, a 152,254-square-foot, Class A office building located in Hauppauge, NY. Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt and Rob Kuppersmith of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a joint venture between Ivy Realty and CenterSquare Investment Management. The group also procured the buyer, a joint venture between Mason Asset Management Inc. and Great Neck N.Y.-based Namdar Realty Group.
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Morgan Stanley Real Estate has paid $65 million for a full leasehold interest in a 75,875-square-foot office building in Palo Alto. The building is located at 1117 South California Ave. within the Stanford Research Park. Its main tenant is Paul Hastings law firm, among others. Morgan Stanley acquired the building for its commingled fund, The Prime Property Fund. This is the fund’s first Palo Alto investment. Northern California is one of seven markets preferred by the fund. Additional markets include Southern California, Chicago, South Florida, New York, Boston and Washington, D.C. About 9 percent of the fund’s portfolio is based in Northern California. This includes a mix of office and industrial properties throughout San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Jose, Hayward and Stockton. The fund’s counsel was provided by Doug Praw and Lewis Feldman of Goodwin Procter LLP.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Velocis, a private equity real estate fund, has purchased Royal Center I, a 152,057-square-foot, Class A office building located in the Royal 400 master-planned office park in Alpharetta, a northern suburb of Atlanta. The office building is the first purchase for Velocis in the Atlanta market. Jones Lang LaSalle will provide property management and leasing services for the asset.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Berger Commercial Realty has brokered the sale of a 24,000-square-foot office building in downtown Fort Lauderdale for approximately $2 million. The four-story property is located at 955 S. Federal Highway. Sapphire Investment Fund LLC purchased the office asset from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation Inc. Sapphire plans to invest $2 million to renovate the office building.
NEW YORK CITY — Sitt Asset Management LLC has sold 240 West 40th Street, a 159,774-square-foot office building in Manhattan, to AEW Capital Management for $63 million. The 13-story, loft-style building is fully leased to fashion label DKNY. Richard Baxter, Jon Caplan, Scott Latham, Yoron Cohen and Stephen Shapiro led Jones Lang LaSalle’s capital markets group, which represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Colliers International has arranged a 59,323-square-foot lease renewal on behalf of law firm Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP, which will continue to occupy its headquarters space at 200 Liberty St. in Lower Manhattan. Richards Kibbe & Orbe serves the financial and business communities and has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., and London. The firm occupies the 28th and 29th floors at 200 Liberty St. Brookfield Office Properties owns the building. David Cheikin and Christopher Zizza of Brookfield Office Properties represented the landlord in-house in the transaction.
ATLANTA — Comcast Spotlight Atlanta, a subsidiary of Comcast Communications Inc., has signed a full-floor lease at One Glenlake, a 353,000-square-foot office building located in Atlanta’s Perimeter submarket. Comcast Spotlight’s new office space is located at One Glenlake Parkway in Suite 1100. Michelle Galvani of Wildmor Realty represented Comast Spotlight in the lease transaction. PM Realty Group represented the landlord. Comcast Spotlight will move to One Glenlake after 18 years of occupying space at its previous location in Norcross, Ga.
CHICAGO — J.C. Anderson Inc. has completed a 25,000-square-foot build-out for DePaul University’s Schmitt Academic Center (SAC) at 2320 N. Kenmore Ave. in Chicago. The SAC houses academic and administrative offices for DePaul University, the nation’s largest Catholic university. The build-out included renovating the entire third floor, as well as half of the second and fourth floors. J.C. Anderson also added private offices, public corridors and conference rooms. Steve Boulukos of J.C. Anderson was the project executive, and Vasilko Architects provided design services.