ADDISON — Fiesta Restaurant Group, owner and operator of the Taco Cabana and Pollo Tropical restaurants, has plans to occupy 20,000 square feet of office space at 14800 Landmark Blvd. in Addison. The new office space will serve as Fiesta's corporate headquarters. The company plans to have 55 employees in the office during the next three years.
BOSTON — EagleBridge Capital has arranged $6 million in permanent mortgage financing for 33 Broad Street, a 40,500-square-foot office building in Boston's Financial District. The building is fully leased and retail tenants on the ground floor include State Street Eye Health and Expresso Love. The upper floors are occupied by 18 office tenants including law firms, accountants and financial advisors. Ted Sidel and Brian Sheehan of EagleBridge arranged the loan through a financial institution.
CORPUS CHRISTI — NorthMarq Capital has arranged first mortgage refinancing for the 72,793-square-foot Sun Plaza Office Building, located at the intersection of Holly Road and South Staples Street in Corpus Christi. The property's tenant roster includes Stewart Title, NRG Energy, AT&T and Falcon Healthcare. Warren Hitchcock of NorthMarq's Houston office arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through a CMBS lender on behalf of the borrower, Sun Real Estate LLC.
NATICK, MASS. — Maric Strathmore Inc. has sold a 15,504-square-foot office building at 21 Strathmore Road in Natick for $3 million. The building is located within the Natick Business Park near Route 9. Scott Hughes of New Dover Associates represented the seller in the transaction. He also procured the buyer, GMG 21 Strathmore Road, an affiliate of Genesis Management Group.
HOUSTON — Parkway Properties has signed a contract agreement to acquire the 626,000-square-foot Phoenix Tower, a 26-story Class A office building located in the Greenway Plaza submarket of Houston, for $124.5 million. The office tower is LEED Gold certified and is 84.5 percent leased. Parkway has plans to place a secured first mortgage on the property after closing that will equate to 65 percent of the purchase price, approximately $80.6 million.
FORT WORTH — Jones Lang LaSalle has arranged Residential Credit Solutions' 106,500-square-foot office lease at 4708 Mercantile Drive in Fort Worth. Pat McDowell and Matt Montague of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Brian Randolph and Andrew Ward of Mercantile Partners represented the landlord.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The Wells Fargo and Ward Law Building at 233 S. Pine St. in Spartanburg has sold for $1.3 million. Dan Dunn of NAI Earle Furman’s Spartanburg office represented the unlisted seller. NAI Earle Furman’s Greenville, S.C., office and Greenville-based Investment Services Group procured the buyer.
PLANO — Cole Real Estate Investments has acquired a 318,600-square-foot, Class A office tower in Plano's Legacy Business Park for $120 million. The 12-story property is fully leased to Encana Oil & Gas and was delivered earlier this year. The property features a seven-story parking structure connected to the building via a skybridge. There are 15 years remaining on Encana's lease. Cole was self-represented by Boyd Messmann in the transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO — The City and County of San Francisco has signed a 10-year lease for 104,000 square feet at 1155 Market Street. The agencies will occupy about 75 percent of the building. The space will be occupied by the treasurer/tax collector, assessor-recorder and public worksagencies, among others. The lease allows for expansion options, as well as the right of first offer for the building’s 10th and 11th floors. The building was previously occupied by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Laurus Corporation created the single-purpose entity 1155 SF Partners LLC to acquire the building in September 2011. It plans to invest about $14 million in renovations. It is striving for LEED-Gold certification. CAC Group handles the building’s leasing efforts.
CICERO, ILL. — Ryan Cos. has completed work on Wirtz Beverage Illinois, a new 605,000-square-foot corporate headquarters building at 333 South Laramie Ave. in Cicero. The facility consolidates four Wirtz Beverage locations into one hub for sales, distribution and training programs. Ware Malcomb provided architectural and design services to Wirtz Realty Group, the newly formed real estate arm of Wirtz Corp. The property features offices, conference centers, training facilities and warehouse and distribution areas. The building also contains digital signage screens. The 500,000-square-foot warehouse contains one of the largest temperature-controlled wine storage components in the country.