NEW YORK CITY — U.S. Republic Core Fund, an affiliate of USAA Real Estate Co., has joined RXR Realty and Broadway Partners in a joint venture to recapitalize 340 Madison Avenue, an approximately 750,000-square-foot Class A office building in Manhattan’s Grand Central submarket. Part of the recapitalization includes 12-year first mortgage financing from Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers. The property is 92 percent leased to tenants including SunGard, National Financial Partners and PNC Financial Services Group, as well as ground-level retailers Verizon Wireless, Starbucks, Coach and Van Laack.
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DENISON — NOVO 1 has announced it will open a 30,000-square-foot customer contact facility in Eisenhower Business Center at 2415 S. Austin in Denison. The site is expected to be operational in September and will employ up to 300 people over the next 3 years. More than $1 million is expected to be invested in the equipment and facility updates. The Denison Development Foundation owns the 30,000-square-foot space.
PLANO — Plano-based Optimal Blue has signed a renewal and expansion lease for 9,419 square feet of office space in the Parkwood Place building in Plano’s Legacy Park. Optimal Blue signed the lease with Newport Beach, Calif.-based KBS Realty Advisors, which owns the Parkwood Place building. Chris Morrow of Dallas-based Finely Morrow negotiated the lease on Optimal Blue’s behalf and Steve Everbach, Conor McCarthy and James Esquivel of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Dallas office represented KBS. The three-story Parkwood Place building is located at 5601 Democracy Dr. and is now 88 percent occupied.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Cypress Office Properties has purchased the two-building, 103,000-square-foot Anaheim Crossroads office plaza for $5.1 million in a loan-to-own transaction. It was purchased from a special servicer. Cypress has taken possession of the property through a deed in lieu with the previous ownership. Anaheim Crossroads is a Class B, atrium-style property that is 15 percent leased. CBRE’s Paul Jones and Louay Alsadek represented the buyer in the note purchase.
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. – Adesto Technologies has leased 20,000 square feet at 1250 Borregas Ave. in Sunnyvale. The technology company was previously located at 1221 Innsbruck Drive, also in Sunnyvale, but moved to the Class A office building to maximize its space and support its R&D needs. Adesto will relocate this September. CresaPartners' Sushma Malhotra represented the tenant, while the landlord, Dollinger Properties, represented itself in this transaction.
HOUSTON — Atlanta-based Lucas Associates has renewed its 8,424-square-foot office space lease at 5120 Woodway Dr. in Houston. Clay Peeples of Boyd Commercial Real Estate Services/CORFAC International and Don Granot of Joel & Granot Real Estate/CORFAC International represented Lucas Associates in the negotiations. The Class A office building is owned by Decorative Center of Houston.
MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $11.55 million sale of the 57,815-square-foot U.S. Attorney's office in Montgomery. The property is 100 percent leased to the federal government. John Wise of the firm's Atlanta office and Henry Schuldinger of its Washington, D.C., office represented the seller, a national bank. Tim Feagans and Geoffrey Ficke of the firm's Dallas office with Eddie Greenhalgh of the firm's Birmingham, Ala., office represented the buyer, an institutional investor.
LAS VEGAS – MIG Real Estate has sold the 100,000-square-foot, Class A Sunset Pilot Plaza in Las Vegas to Ameriprise Financial for an undisclosed sum. The office property, which is situated within the 3.3-million-square-foot Hughes Airport Center business park, was built in 2008 and acquired by MIG in 2010. CBRE's Darren Lemmon represented MIG. CBRE's Charles Snyder and Randy Broadhead represented Ameriprise Financial.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — A joint venture between Crocker Partners and Westcity Realty has acquired the 236,00-square-foot One Financial Plaza, located on more than four acres at 100 S.E. Third Ave. in downtown Fort Lauderdale, for $44 million. The property includes the 28-story, Class A office building plus two adjacent development sites. Crocker Partners will be responsible for asset management, and Westcity Realty will provide on-site management.
TAMPA, FLA. — A 250,000-square-foot build-to-suit office building is scheduled to begin construction this week at MetWest International in Tampa for approximately $78 million. PwC US has signed a long-term lease at the building to combine the firm's Tampa office and Tampa Enterprise Solutions Center, which currently operate in separate locations. Timothy Dempsey and Bill Obregon, with CB Richard Ellis' Tampa office, represented PwC in the lease transaction, while MetLife was represented by Hank Brenner and Angela Odell of Taylor & Mathis' Tampa office. Taylor & Mathis will act as the development manager of the project.