MINNETONKA, MINN. — Liberty Property Trust has acquired three office properties totaling 231,383 square feet, located at the Minnetonka Corporate Campus in Minnetonka, for $11 million. The buildings include the 91,761-square-foot 6000 Clearwater Drive, the 66,222-square-foot 12900 Whitewater Drive and the 73,400-square-foot 12800 Whitewater Drive.
DALLAS — KBS Realty Advisors has commenced a $2 million enhancement program for the 515,372-square-foot Providence Towers, located at 5001 Spring Valley Rd. in Dallas. Renovations include lobby upgrades, vestibules in the parking structure and signage enhancements. Tenants include Time Warner Cable, Morgan Stanley, Transwestern, U.S. Senator John Cornyn's offices and Degolyer & MacNaughton. Entos Design designed the renovations and Turner Construction is handling the development. Completion is slated for January 2012.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — CT Realty Investors has sold two office buildings at Citrus Park West business park in Riverside to the County of Riverside for $6.6 million. The two office buildings are located at 3125 and 3075 Myers Street. They total 78,116 square feet and used to serve as the national headquarters for Fleetwood Enterprises. CT Realty was represented by Dave Mudge and Tom Pierik of Lee & Associates’ Downtown Riverside office.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Ivy Realty has acquired the majority stake interest in the 340,000-square-foot One East Broward Boulevard, located in Fort Lauderdale, from a 32-member TIC for $42 million. The buyer is undertaking a strategic capital improvement program to enhance the building's lobby and common areas, upgrade its building systems and re-tenant the building, which is 50 percent leased.
CHICAGO —Multi-Employer Property Trust has purchased the 928,040-square-foot 200 West Madison, an office building located at the intersection of Madison and Wells streets in Chicago, from a joint venture between Tishman Speyer, Pearlmark Real Estate Advisors and a major U.S. pension plan in an all-cash transaction for $217.5 million. Paul Barile and Janice Sellis of Transwestern's Chicago office represented the buyer in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Aries Capital has arranged $45.3 million in first mortgage financing for the 456,000-square-foot Clark Adams Building, located at 105 W. Adams in Chicago. Jeff Bucaro of Aries' Chicago office originated the floating rate loan.
NEW YORK CITY — Lehman Brothers Holdings has sold the 305,000-square-foot 1107 Broadway, a 16-story former office building in Manhattan, to the Witkoff Group for $191 million. The sale is the result of an auction Eastdil Secured coordinated that was previously approved by the bankruptcy court. The building, along with 200 Fifth Avenue, once housed the International Toy Center.
HOUSTON — DRA Advisors has purchased 2323 Shepherd Place, a 119,576-square-foot office building in the River Oaks submarket of Houston. The 14-story property is 90.4 percent occupied by professional tenants. Ken Page of Grubb & Ellis represented the seller, Younan Properties, and the buyer was self-represented.
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. – Guitar Center has leased 42,673 square feet of office space at Lakeview Corporate Center. The value and terms of the lease were undisclosed. The 261,000-square-foot Lakeview Corporate Center is the only LEED-Silver office complex in the Conejo Valley, according to Lee Black, executive vice president of NAI Capital’s Encino office. Black represented Lakeview’s landlord, LBA Realty Fund III – Company VII, LLC, along with Jared Smits, who is also out of the firm’s Encino office. Guitar Center was represented by Jones Lang LaSalle’s Gary Horwitz, Kamal Agha and Jim Lindvall.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. – A 3.19-acre parcel of land in Huntington Beach that includes two multi-tenant office buildings totaling 60,052 square feethas sold to development company DCO BeachWalk LLC. The office buildings are currently occupied. The site, located at 19891-19895 Beach Blvd., will be used for one of the first redevelopments along Beach Boulevard as part of the Beach and Edinger Corridors Specific Plan of Huntington Beach, according to Kathy Fuller, vice president in Voit’s Irvine office. Fuller represented the seller, Evangelical Free Church of Huntington Beach (EFCHB). DCO BeachWalk LLC represented itself in the transaction.