MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. — An affiliate of St. Louis-based Conrad Properties Corp. has begun the first phase of renovation of Millwell Green, an 8.8-acre business park located in Maryland Heights. Upon completion, the $13 million Millwell Green will be the first fully LEED-Certified business park in Missouri. The initial facility in the four-building first phase will measure 21,000 square feet, and is more than 75 percent pre-leased to City Blue Technologies and an undisclosed tenant. Both users are scheduled to occupy the new space by the end of this year. The four single-story distribution buildings in Phase I will be able to accommodate single users or multiple tenants, and will range upwards in size from 18,900 square feet. Amenities at the buildings will include 16- to 25-foot clear ceiling heights with docks and/or drive-in door access. Phase II of the project includes a 3.2-acre parcel for sale to build-to-suit users. The site will be able to accommodate a single 53,000-square-foot structure, or up to four smaller freestanding buildings. G.S. S Inc. is the general contractor; Kansas City, Mo.-based Treanor Architects is providing architectural services for the project. Casey Urkevich and Joseph Hill of Chesterfield, Mo.-based Block Hawley represent Millwell Green.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Chicago-based McShane Corp., as the design/builder, has broken ground on Mori Seiki U.S.A. Inc.’s American corporate headquarters and showroom at the intersection of West Central Road and Huntington Boulevard in Hoffman Estates. The 102,000-square-foot facility is being constructed on a 7.5-acre site within McShane Corp.’s Huntington Woods Corporate Center business park. The headquarters will include a 42,560-square-foot showroom, as well as a 59,000-square-foot two-story office component that will house Mori Seiki’s American headquarters, the Chicago Technical Center, Machining Technology Laboratory and Mori Seiki University. Cornerstone Architects will provide architectural services for the project. Masuo Ishida of Tobi International Corp. represented Mori Seiki Co. in the acquisition of the site; Steve Trapp, John Hauser and Charles Des Rosiers of Cushman & Wakefield represented McShane Corp. in the transaction.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Commercial Realty Group is nearing completion for the first building in InterPark Office Campus, a Class A office project located in Parsippany. Located at 100 InterPark Blvd., the four-story building will contain 76,000 square feet, and is being built in anticipation of LEED-Silver certification. The building will be divisible from 4,500 square feet; it will include a water feature, an exercise facility and on-site food service. InterPark Office Campus also has the potential for a Phase II building that will rise five stories and contain up to 109,000 square feet of space. Josh Cohen, Marc Rosenberg, Bill Brown and Katie Kennedy of Cushman & Wakefield’s Morristown, N.J., office are handling leasing for the property. Site work, including all paving and landscaping, is already complete for the project.
KELLER, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has completed the sale of Park Vista Business Park in Keller. Situated on 1.57 acres, the property contains two single-story buildings totaling 22,000 square feet. Each building contains 11 units of 1,000 square feet, with some tenants occupying multiple units. Chase Johnson and Peyman Etebari of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth, Texas, office represented the private seller. Scott Gigliotti, also of the firm’s Fort Worth office, represented the private buyer. Financing for the purchase was handled by Boyd Burton and Ravi Mehta of the Fort Worth office of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. handled the acquisition financing.
HOUSTON — The Houston office of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) has secured a $4.4 million loan for the refinancing of a 156,000-square-foot office building located at 13111 Northwest Freeway in Houston. The property totals six stories and is currently 86 percent occupied by a tenant roster that includes K. Hovnanian, Luby’s, National Marketing & Administration and Horace Mann Educators Corp. Tucker Knight and Steven Gautier of HFF negotiated the loan on behalf of Sabine Management Corp. Terms of the loan include a 6.71 percent fixed rate over a 10-year term. The lender was AIG Global Investment Group.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — Patriot Development Associates has sold 8,962 square feet of office space, located at 5388 Discovery Park Blvd. in Williamsburg, to Robert Yancey and Alcove Corp. for $1.83 million. The space is comprised of multiple office condominiums in the 24,000-square-foot Patriot Park Business Center. GVA Advantis’ Jay Joseph represented the seller, and Mike Putt of Old Point Realty represented the buyer.
BEVERLY, MASS. — Completion is nearing for an $11 million speculative office building located at 138 Conant St. in Beverly. Developed by locally based Connolly Brothers Construction, the four-story building features a cafeteria, a fitness room, and surface and underground parking. The project began construction last October, and completion is slated for next month. In addition, Winchester, Mass.-based Klemmer Associates has brokered the lease for the first 12,500 square feet of office space at the building to Wachovia Securities. The tenant was represented by DTZ FHO Partners in lease negotiations.
HOUSTON — Addison, Texas-based Behringer Harvard, on behalf of the company’s Behringer Harvard REIT I, has acquired One BriarLake Plaza, a 20-story office tower located in Houston. Situated on more than 9 acres, the property comprises more than 500,000 square feet of office space, as well as a seven-level parking garage. Amenities include a granite plaza, a lake near the building’s front entrance, a lobby with polished granite and sycamore finishes, a full-service bank branch, a deli and climate-controlled access to the park garage. The seller and the acquisition price were not disclosed.
BOXBOROUGH, MASS. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of two office / research and development buildings located at 60 and 70 Codman Hill Rd. in Boxborough. The two properties total 144,000 square feet of space. They are 100 percent leased to Interactive Data Corp. and Intertek Testing Services. Robert Griffin, David Pergola, Chris Griffin, Rick Putprush and Brian Doherty of the Capital Markets Group of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Winstanley Enterprises, and procured the buyer, Atlantic Tambone Real Estate Developers. Acquisition financing was provided by Westerly, Rhode Island-based The Washington Trust Company.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Wrightwood Capital has provided an $18.32 million loan for the acquisition of Trimble Junction, a two-building office complex in San Jose. D.R. Stephens & Co. acquired the more than 176,000-square-foot property, which includes a more than 96,000-square-foot facility located at 355 E. Trimble and a more than 80,000-square-foot facility at 455 E. Trimble. The 80,000-square-foot building is 100 percent occupied by Underwriters Laboratories. Brad Zampa of C&C Capital brokered the transaction.