DALLAS — AMLI Residential has signed a 13,214-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion at Liberty Plaza, a two-building, 218,934-square-foot office complex in North Dallas. Tyler Howarth and Caroline Hix of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Franklin Street Properties, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
UPLAND, CALIF. — Harbor Associates has completed the disposition of 400 Mountain Avenue, a medical office property in the Inland Empire city of Upland. A local medical user bought the asset for $8.8 million. The three-story building features 47,850 square feet of medical office space with highway access to Los Angeles and Orange County. Sammy Cemo, Anthony DeLorenzo, Austin Reuland, Bryan Johnson and Nick Williams of CBRE Investment Properties represented the seller in the deal.
CALABASAS, CALIF. — Newmark has negotiated the sale of Calabasas Courtyard, a three-building office campus in Calabasas, approximately 30 miles west of Los Angeles. AEW Capital Management sold the asset to Calabasas Courtyard LLC, a partnership between Brian Forster of Pacific Partners Commercial, Tony Principe of Westcord Commercial and private investor John Cataldo. The price was not disclosed. Located at 5000 Parkway Calabasas, the 129,789-square-foot campus was 68 percent leased at the time of sale. The buyer plans to upgrade and modernize the commons areas of the three buildings, as well as the individual suites. Kevin Shannon, Rob Hannan, Ken White, Laura Stumm, Michael Moll and Alex Beaton of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.
MONROVIA, CALIF. — Positive Investments has completed the disposition of an office/industrial building, located at 222 E. Huntington Drive in Monrovia, a northeastern suburb of Los Angeles. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $25 million. Built in 1988 on 5.7 acres, the two-story, multi-tenant building features 122,000 square feet of office/flex space. The property features a two-story glass atrium entryway, newly remodeled lobby, landscaped grounds, electric car charging stations, ample parking and three roll-up loading doors. The buyer plans to occupy a portion of the asset. Andrew Berk of Avison Young represented the seller in the deal.
INDIO, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a single-tenant medical office property located at 82900 Avenue 42 in the Coachella Valley city of Indio. A Los Angeles-based private investor sold the asset to another Los Angeles-based private investor for $4.4 million in an 1031 exchange. Greg Bedell of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while Abel Mehrabi and Karl Markarian of JohnHart Real Estate represented the buyer in the deal. DaVita Dialysis occupies the 14,000-square-foot facility under a corporate-backed, 10-year lease renewal through April 2033.
TRENTON, N.J. — Garden State Commercial Properties has sold a 240,000-square-foot office building located at 240 W. State St. in downtown Trenton to an undisclosed buyer that plans to redevelop the 16-story building for residential usage. The new complex will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments and amenities such as a fitness center, pool and ground-floor café. In addition, the company will renovate the building’s enclosed parking garage. Completion of the conversion is slated for 2026. Jerry Fennelly of Fennelly Associates represented both parties in the sale.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — Skender has completed the transformation of the former McDonald’s corporate campus in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook into the new headquarters for Ace Hardware. The 250,000-square-foot development is located at 2915 Jorie Blvd. Ace’s new headquarters consists of open workstations, 150 conference rooms, 12 café/pantry spaces and a variety of collaboration areas and amenities. Originally built in the 1970s and designed by Dirk Lohan, grandson of famed architect Mies van der Rohe, the former McDonald’s campus consists of three buildings across more than 80 acres. The campus has sat empty since 2019 when the fast food giant moved its headquarters to downtown Chicago. The renovation repurposed many of the main building’s original architectural elements, including a large atrium in the center. The first floor of the parking garage is now an amenity suite that includes a fitness center, conference center, multipurpose room and large cafeteria with commercial kitchen. The project team included CBRE Design Collective as architect and ESD, now named Stantec Consulting Services, as engineer.
OMAHA, NEB. — Investors Realty Inc. has brokered the sale of a 66,011-square-foot office building in Omaha for $6.2 million. The property at 8420 W. Dodge Road is 76 percent leased to Senior Market Sales. Ember Grummons and JP Raynor of Investors Realty represented the seller, an entity doing business as 8420 LLC. Joseph Failla of Atrium Properties represented the buyer, an entity doing business as 5332 So. 138th St. LLC.
PHILADELPHIA — New Jersey-based DIGroup Architecture has relocated its Philadelphia office to Budd Bioworks. The 450,000-square-foot office and life sciences campus is a redevelopment of the former manufacturing facility of automotive parts provider The Budd Co. The square footage of the new office space was not disclosed. A partnership between New York City-based developer The Plymouth Group and private investment firm Centerbridge Partners owns Budd Bioworks.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Easterly Government Properties has acquired 1065 Link, a four-story office building within Link OC in Anaheim. A partnership between a global real estate investment, development and management firm and a global investment manager sold the asset for $31.1 million, or $327 per square foot. Originally constructed in 1991, 1065 Link features 95,371 square feet of institutional-grade office space. The property underwent interior and exterior renovations in 2020. Key building features include a newly renovated lobby and exterior common areas and over-standard parking. The State of California occupies the entire building. Jeffrey Cole, Nico Napolitano, Brad Brandenburg and Kristen Bogler of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets team in Southern California represented the seller in the transaction.