PRINCETON, N.J. — Chambers Street Properties has acquired 701 and 801 Charles Ewing Blvd., a two-building laboratory and office campus in Princeton. The buildings total 110,765 square feet and are fully leased to a specialty chemical company. Built in 2009, the properties are situated within the Princeton South Corporate Center. Chamber Street added more than 5.5 million square feet to its portfolio in 2012, mostly fully leased office and warehouse properties.
ADDISON, TEXAS — A joint venture between Dallas-based Quadrant Investment Properties and Fort Worth-based Tug Hill Real Estate Partners has acquired Parkside Corporate Center, a 97,995-square-foot office property located in Addison. The acquisition was the first transaction between Quadrant and Tug Hill. Fletcher Cordell and Will Nelson of Transwestern will lease the project. Transwestern will also manage the project.
SAN ANTONIO — Travis Commercial Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of the two-story 5859 Farinon, a Class A, 96,000-square-foot office building located in University Park in San Antonio. The property was developed by Milam Real Estate Investors in 2008. The building is fully leased to two tenants. Travis Commercial, along with HFF, represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer, a subsidiary of New York City-based CapLease Inc., a public REIT, was self-represented. Stream Realty will manage the property on behalf of the new ownership.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Devon Professional Building, a 26,735-square-foot retail and office building located at 17300 El Camino Real in Houston. The list price for the property was approximately $2.56 million. Justin Miller of Marcus & Millichap's Houston office represented the seller, a local partnership, in the transaction. Eric Guerrero, Rahul Bijlani and Michael Yu, also of Marcus & Millichap's Houston office, secured and represented the buyer, a partnership.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Transwestern's Dallas office has arranged the sale of the 129,333-square-foot Cedar Ridge Office Park, a two-building office complex located in Southlake. The property is fully leased to tenants such as American Specialty Health, Keller Williams and Regus. Transwestern represented the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Swig Company has purchased an 88,668-square-foot office building in San Francisco for an undisclosed sum. The four-story property is located at 901 Battery Street. The acquisition also includes a parking structure that resides at 998 Sansome Street. The fully leased building is home to KMD Architects, Viscira, MediaOne, Fox News and New Deal Design. The seller, a partnership that had owned the property for several decades, was represented by Tony Crossley and Erik Hanson of Colliers International. Mee Mee Kiong and Peter Nelson of HSBC Bank provided the acquisition financing.
SAN FRANCISCO — Wells Real Estate Investment Trust II has purchased a Class A office tower in San Francisco’s Financial District for an undisclosed sum. The 657,000-square-foot tower is located at 333 Market Street. The building is fully leased to Wells Fargo Bank. It has undergone more than $80 million in tenant and capital improvements over the past eight years. The REIT was represented in-house by Keith Willby. The seller was Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives.
LAUREL, MD. — Montpelier Research Park, a four-building office/flex property at 7701-7707 Montpelier Rd. in Laurel, has traded for $18.85 million. Los Angeles-based Fort Properties sold the 158,000-square-foot property to Exeter Property Group. Jonathan Carpenter and James Wellschlager of Cassidy Turley’s Capital Markets Group represented Fort Properties in the transaction.
CHICAGO—A group of investors has purchased 540 West Madison in Chicago for a reported $350 million. The partnership included Joseph Mizrachi, David Werner, Eyal Ben-Yosef, David Alcalay, Bruce Wisbaum and Dr. Zvi Sharf, Carlton Associates Inc. and the investment division of Independent Health. The investors secured senior mortgage and mezzanine financing from Deutsche Bank to acquire the 1.1-milion-square-foot office tower. Jones Lang LaSalle capital markets team secured a fixed-rate, interest-only five-year loan for a reported $250 million through Deutsche Bank for the deal. The 31-story, LEED gold-certified property was completed in 2003 and is currently 91 percent leased.
SAN FRANCISCO — Wells Real Estate Investment Trust II has purchased a Class A office tower in San Francisco’s Financial District for an undisclosed sum. The 657,000-square-foot tower is located at 333 Market Street. The building is fully leased to Wells Fargo Bank. It has undergone more than $80 million in tenant and capital improvements over the past eight years. The REIT was represented in-house by Keith Willby. The seller was Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives.