CUPERTINO, CALIF. – A six-property office portfolio in Silicon Valley has received $200 million in refinancing. Microsoft occupies five of the portfolio’s buildings, for a total of 500,000 square feet. They serve as the firm’s primary Silicon Valley campus. Apple occupies the remaining 211,000-square-foot building in Cupertino. All of the borrowing entities are controlled by Carl Berg, who developed the Microsoft campus in 1999 and the Apple property in 1981. Financing was arranged by Dennis Sidbury of NorthMarq Capital’s San Francisco office. It was provided by Prudential Mortgage Capital Company for a 130-month term.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cassidy Turley has arranged $65.5 million in acquisition financing for 1401 New York Avenue, a 210,260-square-foot office building located in Washington, D.C. The building is located a block away from the White House. The property was 40 percent occupied at the time of sale. John Campanella and Paul Spellman of Cassidy Turley arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Minshall Stewart Properties and an affiliate of Heitman LLC.
DALLAS — HFF has arranged $73 million in permanent financing for 17Seventeen McKinney, a 369,014-square-foot office property in the Uptown submarket of Dallas. The loan will replace the original construction loan for the property, which was completed in 2010 and is located at the corner of Akard Street and McKinney Avenue. The LEED Gold-certified asset was 95 percent leased at the time of the loan closing, with tenants including Regions Bank, Huitt-Zollars, Red Bull North America, Clarion and American Airlines. 17Seventeen McKinney is connected to and shares amenities such as a fitness center with residential community Park Seventeen. Trey Morsbach and Jim Curtin of HFF arranged the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through Regions Bank on behalf of Granite Properties.
IRVINE, CALIF. – A joint venture between Cigna Corporation and Greenlaw Partners has purchased a 226,055-square-foot, Class A office building in Irvine for an undisclosed sum. The 11-story building is located at 18301 Von Karman Ave. in the Airport Area market. It is part of Koll Center Irvine, and is anchored by Golden State Foods. The buyer was CGGL 18301, LLC. The seller, WW VKO Owner, LLC, was a joint venture between Westbrook Partners, Walton Street Capital and Greenlaw Partners. It was represented by Jeffrey Cole and Ed Hernandez from Cushman & Wakefield’s Irvine office. Cole and Hernandez were also involved in another recent Orange County office sale. The duo, along with Rick Ingwers, Brad Rogers, Roger Gage and Michael McMillan, represented Pacific Bell Telephone Company in the sale of a 191,647-square-foot office property in Anaheim. The Class A building was sold to The PRES Companies for an undisclosed sum. Pacific Bell Telephone Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T, Inc.
LOS ANGELES – A 36,703-square-foot, Class A office building in Beverly Hills has received $13 million in permanent debt. The building is located at 8201 Beverly Blvd., near Cedars Sinai Medical Center and the Beverly Center. Beverly Quest, LLC purchased the vacant building in October 2012. By the following October, it was fully leased to entertainment media, fashion and medical professionals. The new loan was secured by Quantum Capital Partners, which also secured the initial $11-million loan Beverly Quest used to purchase the building. Beverly Quest is an affiliate of South Park Group.
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.