DESOTO — SPAR Five Group has purchased a 17,090-square-foot office/warehouse investment property, located at 201 Executive Way in DeSoto. Jim Turano of Henry S. Miller Brokerage's Dallas/Fort Worth office represented the seller, U.S. National Bank Group, in the transaction. The buyer was represented by Graham Sparrow of Hi View Real Estate's Ellis County office.
CONCORD, CALIF. — WestcoreProperties has purchased the Concord Corporate Centre in Concord for an undisclosed sum. The Class A office campus contains 346,747 square feet located at 1320 and 1390 Willow Pass Road in Concord. The facility was originally built in 1984 and renovated in 2002. Westcore was represented by Ryan Huddlestun and Jim Blessing of Waveland Financial. Tom Fehr of Cornish and Carey Commercial will continue to be responsible for leasing at the property.
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. —CIGNA Behavioral Health Inc., a global health service company, has signed a long-term lease to renew its 117,058-square-foot office space and expand into a total of 211,105 square feet at One Southwest Crossing in Eden Prairie, Minn. Brandon Megal and Bob Zwengler of CBRE represented CIGNA in the transaction. Kevin O' Neill and Mike Gelfman of Colliers International | Minneapolis-St. Paul represented the landlord.
PEARLAND — Houston-based Kelsey-Seybold has been chosen to build a 170,000-square-foot office building on an 18-acre site on the corner of Kirby Drive and Shadow Creek Parkway in Shadow Creek Ranch, a submarket of Pearland. The healthcare organization worked with the Pearland Economic Development Corp. for the building's development. The four-story building is being designed by Houston-based Powers Brown Architecture and will be constructed by E.E. Reed Construction. The new facility will serve as Kelsey-Seybold's administrative offices and is slated for completion in 18 months.
DENTON — The University of North Texas has acquired the 117,000-square-foot Woodhill Square, a multi-building office complex located at the intersection of Dallas Drive and Teasley Lane in Denton. The school will occupy approximately 30,000 square feet, and eventually the school will occupy the complex in phases. Teri Dorazil of CBRE's Dallas office represented the buyer in the transaction. The undisclosed seller was self-represented.
DECATUR, GA. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of the 122,000-square-foot 160 Clairemont, a Class A office building located at 160 Clairemont Ave. in Decatur. The building was 78 percent leased at the time of the sale. Stewart Calhoun, David Meline, Samir Idris and Casey Masters of Cushman & Wakefield's Atlanta office represented Lexington Realty Trust, the seller, in the transaction. Miami-based Parmenter Realty Partners was the buyer.
MANHATTAN — MetLife Inc., through its real estate investments department, has provided a $350 million fixed-rate mortgage for an office condominium at the Bertelsmann Building, located at 1540 Broadway in Manhattan. The Bertelsmann Building is a 44-story office building and tenants include Viacom, Shaw Pittman LLP and Yahoo! The borrower is a joint venture between affiliates of Edge Fund Advisors and HSBC Alternative Investments.
SAN CARLOS, CALIF. – Game developer Kabam has leased 57,000 square feet at the Class A Skyway Landing office campus in San Carlos. The company plans to relocate from the 40,000-square-foot facility it currently occupies in Redwood City, Calif. Kabam was represented by Elizabeth Hart and Jon Mackey of Cornish & Carey Newmark Knight Frank. Kristoph Lodge, Jack Troedson and Graham Woodall, also of Cornish & Carey, represented the landlord, Equity Office, in this transaction.
CHICAGO — Dallas-based Behringer Harvard has closed on $340 million in financing for its Behringer Harvard REIT I Inc. The secured credit includes a $200 million loan and a $140 million revolving credit facility, each with a three-year term and two one-year extension options. The $340 million will be used to refinance 10 & 120 S. Riverside Plaza in Chicago. KeyBanc Capital Markets and J.P. Morgan Securities arranged the credit facility on the deal.
MANHATTAN — Beth Israel Medical Center has signed a 112,941-square-foot, 15-year lease renewal for office space at 555 W. 57th St. in Manhattan. The health care provider will remain in the 20-story, 975,983-square-foot building, which is 99 percent occupied. Josh Kurlioff of Cushman & Wakefield represented Beth Israel. The landlord is SL Green Realty Corp.
