SAN DIEGO – A joint venture between Parallel Capital Partners and Equity Group Investments has purchased Wateridge Plaza, a three-building office campus in the San Diego submarket of Sorrento Mesa for $72.5 million. The Class A campus is located at 10201, 10221 and 10241 Wateridge Circle. It totals 278,787 square feet. The campus is currently 72 percent leased. The property also includes the potential to develop up to 168,000 additional square feet of Class A office space. The campus was built in 1984 and renovated in 2012. The seller, a joint venture between Beacon Capital Partners and C-III Realty, invested more than $14 million in campus upgrades between 2009 and 2013. The new joint venture plans to make additional capital improvements. The JV seller was represented by Adam Edwards of Eastdil Secured.
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DENVER — Banker’s Bank of the West has leased 20,716 square feet at Granite Tower in Denver. The 562,709-square-foot tower is located at 1099 18th Street. It is currently 96 percent leased. Banker’s Bank of the West is renewing and expanding its footprint at the tower. The bank was represented by JLL’s Mike Rooks. The landlord, KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II, was represented by Nathan Johnson and Pete Staab of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. – A 7,751-square-foot office building in Carlsbad has sold to Big Cat Investments LLC for $1.6 million. The building is located at 3168 Lionshead Ave. in the San Diego submarket. Big Cat represented itself in this transaction, while the seller, McIntyre Smith Holdings LLC, was represented by Conor Boyle of Colliers International.
MIAMI — Southeast Financial Center, Florida’s tallest and largest office tower totaling more than 1.2 million square feet in Miami’s Central Business District, will undergo a nearly $8.2 million renovation plan. Since 2008, J.P. Morgan Asset Management – Global Real Assets has invested more than $20.5 million in capital improvements to the office tower. The renovation includes a $6.4 million elevator modernization project led by elevator provider Schindler. Other plans for the capital improvements include SemaConnect installing electric vehicle charging stations with payment options; construction of a conference and training center for tenants; a new roof; new common area signage; two pay-on-foot payment stations in the parking garage; and a tenant portal to streamline property management processes.
SOUTHPORT, CONN. — Vidal Wettenstein LLC has arranged the $2.3 million sale of 200 Pequot Avenue, a 13,000-square-foot office building in Southport. Pullman & Comley LLC formerly used the property as its headquarters. Computer Consulting Associates Inc. sold the building to SG Pequot 200 LLC. Robert Lewis of Vidal Wettenstein arranged the transaction.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Bixby Land Company has acquired the Lake Park Business Center, a 405,330-square-foot office project in Santa Clara. The seven-building center reportedly sold for more than $100 million. The center is situated on a 19.3-acre parcel bordered by Patrick Henry Drive, Bunker Hill Lane, Old Ironsides Drive and Tasman Drive. It is located just west of Levi’s Stadium, the new home of the San Francisco 49ers. Lake Park was 65 percent leased at the time of closing. Silicon Valley Bank occupies three of the center’s buildings. Bixby plans to carry out significant exterior and interior renovations to convert the property into a contemporary workplace. Construction is scheduled for completion by the end of the year. The repositioning is expected to cost $20 million. This is the fourth major office park reposition Bixby has carried out in Silicon Valley over the past two years. The seller was Divco West.
BURBANK, CALIF. – A joint venture has been formed between PCCP, LLC and Worthe Real Estate Group to acquire Tower Burbank, a 486,972-square-foot office property. The 32-story, Class A tower is located at 3900 West Alameda Ave. within the Burbank Media District. It became the tallest building in Burbank upon completion in 1989. The tower was formerly occupied by a division of Walt Disney Company until early 2013. It is currently vacant. The JV plans to update and rebrand the tower, which will undergo improvements to its lobby and exterior. It will also add a tenant-only health club and café.
ATLANTA — Lincoln Property Co. Southeast has arranged office lease renewals totaling 30,048 square feet at Eleven Seventeen Perimeter, a Class A office building in Atlanta’s North Fulton submarket. Hunter Henritze and Michael Howell of Lincoln Property Co. represented the unnamed landlord in the transactions, which include: Troy University renewing its 13,291-square-foot lease. Kathleen Burke of Cresa Atlanta represented Troy. Visionaire Partners renewing its 6,273-square-foot lease. Pete Shelton of Colliers International represented Visionaire. Care Solutions renewing its 5,681-square-foot lease. Ryan Cone of Cone Middour Partners represented Care Solutions. CURE Childhood Cancer renewed and expanded its lease to 4,803 square feet. Greg Kindred of Richard Bowers & Co. represented the tenant.
GLEN BURNIE, MD. — First Potomac Realty Trust has signed Skyline Technology Solutions to an 11-year lease for 28,753 square feet at Aviation Business Park in Glen Burnie. Aviation Business Park features three single-story, Class A office buildings totaling 120,285 square feet. The property is located about two miles from Baltimore-Washington International Airport. The transaction with Skyline brings the park to 70 percent occupancy.
CHICAGO — Amata Office Centers, an office suites provider, will open its sixth shared office center on May 1. The 16,950-square-foot center occupies the entire 24th floor of the building in the West Loop located at 150 S. Wacker Drive. The office center features more than 50 private office suites, seven open workstations, six large team rooms, three conference rooms, a café and lounge, and Amata’s Cognac room. The center also includes an open loft concept, gigabit Ethernet connection and video games in the lounge.