LOS ANGELES — The Academy Tower, a 175,012-square-foot office building in the Los Angeles submarket of North Hollywood, has sold to Kennedy Wilson for $48 million. The building is located at 5200 Lankershim Blvd. It is 97 percent leased. Notable tenants include Endemol, IPPT and Starcom Worldwide. The transaction was funded with $19 million in equity from Kennedy Wilson and a $29-million loan from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
SANTA ROSA, CALIF. – Medtronics has expanded its footprint in Santa Rosa. The medical device technology company has signed a new lease for a 62,865-square-foot building at 3880 Brickway Blvd., while extending its current lease term on the neighboring 63,720-square-foot building at 3850 Brickway Blvd. The Class A buildings were owned by Equity Office Properties (EOP) when the leases were executed, but have since been purchased by Basin Street Properties. EOP was represented by Jeff Negri, Niels von Doepp and Ryan Snow of Cassidy Turley.
NEW YORK CITY — Ivanhoe Cambridge has acquired a 49.9 percent ownership interest in 1411 Broadway, a 40-story office tower in Manhattan, for $360 million. The joint venture agreement with The Swig Co. includes a managing interest for Ivanhoe and a significant investment by both parties to upgrade the property. The 1.2 million-square-foot office tower is located west of Bryant Park and south of Times Square.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. — Dallas-based Metropolitan Capital Advisors (MCA) has secured a $63 million mortgage for the new Boeing Regional Headquarters Campus, located across from Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. Todd McNeill and Sunny Sajnani of MCA arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule. The proceeds from the loan were used to retire existing debt, pay for capital improvements, fund closing costs and return equity to the sponsor.
HOUSTON — Commercial Resource Capital has refinanced the 263,385-square-foot Younan Square, a 20-story office building located at 1010 Lamar in downtown Houston. The office building also includes the 1111 main parking garage. Toby Kettle and Jason Dannatt of Commercial Resource Capital arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan.
AUSTIN — The State of Texas has renewed its 73,621-square-foot lease at Summit Tech Center, located at 14000 Summit Drive in Austin. Daniel Farrar, Will Nichols and Sam Owen of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord in the lease transaction.
SANTA ROSA, CALIF. – Medtronics has expanded its footprint in Santa Rosa. The medical device technology company has signed a new lease for a 62,865-square-foot building at 3880 Brickway Blvd., while extending its current lease term on the neighboring 63,720-square-foot building at 3850 Brickway Blvd. The Class A buildings were owned by Equity Office Properties (EOP) when the leases were executed, but have since been purchased by Basin Street Properties. EOP was represented by Jeff Negri, Niels von Doepp and Ryan Snow of Cassidy Turley.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Accounting firm Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co. has signed an office lease for 18,363 square feet at 4449 Easton Way in Columbus. Randy Stephens and Doug Falor of CassidyTurley represented the landlord, Equity Office, in the transaction. Wayne Asmus of RJ Boll Realty represented the tenant.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A joint venture between Trinity Capital Advisors, Stockbridge Capital Group and Madison International Realty has acquired Toringdon 2, an office building in South Charlotte’s Toringdon Office Park. The joint venture owns four the park’s six office buildings including Toringdon 1, 2, 6 and 8 as well as 12 acres of land and the parking deck for Toringdon 3 and 5. Toringdon 2 is a 72,500-square-foot Class A office building with tenants Keller Williams, Coats and Metso Paper. The six-building Toringdon Office Park is a mixed-use master planned development with immediate access from I-485.
BEAVERCREEK, OHIO AND LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. — Griffin Capital Net Lease REIT has acquired two Midwest properties: a build-to-suit, Class A office property in Beavercreek for $17 million and a manufacturing and warehouse facility in Libertyville for $15.6 million. The office property is fully leased to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. and is adjacent to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the largest air force base in the U.S. The 194,000-square-foot industrial facility in Illinois serves as the North American corporate headquarters for Zeller Plastik USA. Zeller produces plastic closures and packaging components for food, beauty and beverage products. The complex is within the Lincoln Commerce Center business park.