BILLERICA, MASS. — Quincy, Mass.-based Dickinson Development Corp. has sold an 87,200-square-foot office building located at 159 Rangeway Rd. in Billerica for $6 million. The building serves as the headquarters of Hyster New England, which sold the building to Dickinson in 2000 in a sale/leaseback transaction. In this transaction, the building was acquired by 159 Rangeway Road – Billerica LLC. Gary Lemire of CB Richard Ellis brokered the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based Meridian Capital Group has arranged $35 million for two Manhattan office buildings. First, Meridian secured $25 million for the refinancing of the St. James Building, a historic 16-story office building located at 1133 Broadway. The building totals 154,660 square feet of rentable space and includes ground-floor retail space. Allan Lieberman of Meridian originated the financing on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The loan carries a 5.75 percent fixed interest rate. Additionally, Meridian secured $10 million in financing for 58 and 60-62 E. 11th St. The property totals 48,000 square feet and consists of two adjacent office/loft buildings with ground-floor retail space. Lieberman and Seth Grossman arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower. The loan also carries a 5.75 percent fixed interest rate.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Mack-Cali Realty Corp. has completed a lease for 100,759 square feet at 101 Hudson St., a 1.25 million-square-foot office tower located in Jersey City. Tullett Prebon Holdings Corp. (TPHC) will lease the space, consisting of a 12-year extension of the 63,372 square feet it currently occupies in the building and a 37,387-square-foot expansion for 15 years, as its North American headquarters. The Class A office tower is currently 100 percent leased. John Cefaly, Robert Lowe and Ed Duenas of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the transaction. Mack-Cali was represented in-house by Thomas Savoca.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based Savanna, along with a locally based hedge fund, has originated a $45.75 million full-recourse senior loan for a 150,622-square-foot office building located at 63 W. 38th St. in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The loan for the 12-story, Class B property carries a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio. Meridian Capital Group advised the borrower, a private New Jersey-based investment firm.
ADDISON, TEXAS — CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Investors has acquired The Colonnade, an approximately 1 million-square-foot, three-building office property located in Addison. The three buildings, named Colonnade I, II and III, are located at 15301-15305 N. Dallas Pkwy; they range from 12 to 16 stories and are connected by a three-story, vaulted glass atrium. Occupancy is at 75 percent. CBRE Investors is pursuing LEED certification for the property, as it is for all of its other Dallas-area properties. The acquisition price was not disclosed.
TEXARKANA, TEXAS — The Cirrus Group has acquired a 31,600-square-foot medical office building located at 1902 Moores Lane in Texarkana. The building is situated on two acres near the campus of Christus St. Michael’s Health System. The property will be leased to Collom & Carney Clinic Association and Northeast Texas Surgery Center. The seller and the acquisition price were undisclosed.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Wachovia Bank N.A. has provided $23.53 million in construction financing for Sierra Pines, a 180,000-square-foot, speculative office building located in The Woodlands. Situated on 35.5 acres at 1601 Sawdust Rd., the Class A office building is scheduled for completion in January 2009. It is the first phase of a three-building, 540,000-square-foot office development. Holliday Fenoglio Fowler’s Matt Kafka and Adam Jackson originated the loan on behalf of Stream Realty Partners LP. The property is leasing at a rate of $18 per square foot triple-net.
MISSION VALLEY, CALIF. — Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I Inc. has acquired Crossroads Office Park in Mission Valley from an undisclosed seller. The seven-story office building is located two miles northeast of San Diego International Airport and five miles north of downtown San Diego. The transaction amount was undisclosed. The property is situated on a 5-acre site and provides more than 139,000 square feet of space to a diverse list of tenants. Tenants benefit from a high parking ratio of 3.8 surface spaces per 1,000 square feet of rentable office space. The building has also earned an Energy Star rating from the Environmental Protection Agency. “We acquired this well-located, value-added asset at a significant discount to replacement cost. We believe this Energy Star-rated property provides us with an attractive opportunity to create value by stabilizing its occupancy and moving rents to market levels,” said Robert Behringer, founder and CEO with Behringer Harvard. Area attractions near the property include Mission Bay Park, Sea World, Qualcomm Stadium and Fashion Valley.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Corporate Office Properties Trust has acquired a three-story, Class A office building, which is located at 3535 Northrop Grumman Point in Colorado Springs, for $23.2 million. Situated within the Colorado Springs Airport Business Park, known as Cresterra, the property offers 124,305 square feet of office space. The building is 100 percent, long-term leased to Grumman Corp., and serves as the company’s Colorado Springs headquarters.
ALEXANRDIA, VA. — B&B Realty Investments received a $13 million mezzanine loan from Cohen Financial for the purchase of the 271,688-square-foot Alexandria Corporate Park, which was sold by Bethesda, Md.-based First Potomac Realty Trust. The flex property, located at 6315 Bren Mar Drive, is fully occupied by a variety of tenants, including the General Services Administration. Mark Strauss and Kevin Greenberg of Cohen Financial’s Newport Beach office arranged the financing for the buyer.