HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated the sale of Woodlake Plaza, a 106,310-square-foot office building located at 2600 S.Gessner Road in the Westchase area of West Houston. The six-story building was originally constructed on a 3.5-acre site in 1974 and includes a break room and a conference room, as well as parking for 292 vehicles. Marty Hogan led the JLL team that represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Power Construction and architect Ware Malcomb have completed the new corporate office for Medline Industries LP in Northbrook within metro Chicago. Ware Malcomb’s Oak Brook office provided full interior architecture and design, furniture management and building measurement services for the seven-story, 214,560-square-foot project, which involved the repositioning of an existing office building. Medline provides medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions. Located four miles west of the company’s global headquarters in Northfield, the new Northbrook office brings together Medline’s operations, information services, quality and inventory management teams into a centralized location. There are individual workspaces as well as meeting, amenity and support spaces on each level. The upper floors include open collaboration areas. There are pantry spaces on each level, and additional elements include numerous focus rooms, flexible training rooms, conference rooms and huddle space for teams. Ware Malcomb worked with Medline to utilize existing furniture from other Medline locations where possible. The project team included RTM Engineering and owner’s representative Transwestern.
ATLANTA — Peachtree Group has originated a $42 million loan for the acquisition and repositioning of Atlanta Financial Center, a 914,774-square-foot office campus in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The borrower, Miami-based Banyan Street Capital, recently acquired the office campus, which comprises three interconnected towers situated on 13.1 acres atop Ga. Highway 400 with immediate access to a MARTA station. The floating-rate loan carries a 36-month initial term with a 12-month extension option. The loan is backed by completion, interest and carry guarantees from Banyan Street Capital. After being acquired in 2016 by a Sumitomo Corp. affiliate for $222.5 million, Atlanta Financial Center faced tenant departures, softening fundamentals and shifting capital priorities. Banyan Street Capital plans to reposition the campus, starting with the lease-up of the North Tower, which is being supported by capital expenditure reserves and funds for tenant improvements and leasing. The sponsor will also explore larger tenant opportunities and future redevelopment options.
DALLAS AND VANCOUVER — City Office REIT (NYSE: CIO), a Canadian company focused on the acquisition, ownership and operation of office properties in Sun Belt markets in the United States, has entered into a merger agreement valued at $1.1 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, MCME Carell Holdings LP and MCME Carell Holdings LLC — collectively a joint venture between South Florida-based firms Elliott Investment Management LP and Morning Calm Management LLC — will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of City Office REIT common stock for $7 per share in cash. The company’s stock price closed on Tuesday, July 23 at $5.56 per share, roughly the same as a year ago. City Office REIT’s current portfolio comprises 54 office buildings totaling roughly 5.4 million square feet of net rentable space in the Dallas, Denver, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh, San Diego, Seattle and Tampa markets. The company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Dallas. Terms of the merger agreement include the sale of City Office’s Phoenix portfolio. Upon close, City Office will become a private company and its shares will no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange. “After conducting an extensive process to explore potential strategic alternatives, we …
GREENBELT, MD. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $27.5 million sale of Maryland Trade Center III, a 192,000-square-foot medical office building in Greenbelt, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Robert Filley of IPA, along with Chez Eider of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, an entity doing business as Greenbelt Trade Center LLC. The duo also procured the buyer, CPF-HCRE – Greenbelt LLC, an affiliate of Chicago Pacific Founders. Brian Hosey served as Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Maryland for the transaction. Completed in 1989, Maryland Trade Center III is situated across from the Greenbelt Center shopping mall and within a half-mile of Luminis Health’s hospital and long-term recovery care center. Luminis Health recently selected the Class A building for its expansion of outpatient services. The property was 75 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Luminis Health, Greenbelt Oncology, Absolute Care of Maryland, LabCorp, Community Radiology Associates, Anne Arundel Dermatology and Health First Medical Group. Maryland Trade Center III has been upgraded in recent years with a new lobby and systems upgrades. Amenities include a two-story atrium lobby, tenant-only fitness center and a daycare facility.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In-Rel Properties, a real estate investment and management firm based in Lake Worth Beach, Fla., has purchased a nearly 130,000-square-foot office building located at 2033 K St. NW in Washington, D.C.’s Golden Triangle district. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. In-Rel has tapped Carroll Cavanagh, Dimitri Hajimihalis and Emily Eppolito of CBRE to spearhead the leasing campaign at 2033 K Street. Renovated in 2019, the eight-story office building features a new lobby, fitness facility and conference center. In-Rel plans to install “town hall” speculative suites on the second and third floors to boost occupancy at the office building, which has a block of up to 60,000 square feet of contiguous space available for lease.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Brightline Dealer Advisors has signed a 10,601-square-foot office lease at HALL Park in Frisco. The automotive insurance brokerage firm is relocating from nearby Addison and has committed to The Tower at HALL Park, a 16-story building, for 10 years. Michael Griffin of Transwestern represented the tenant, which plans to take occupancy of its new space in November, in the lease negotiations. Kim Butler, Rena Padachy and Brad Gibson represented the landlord, HALL Group, on an internal basis.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Skanska Commercial Development, with Pickard Chilton as architect, has completed The Eight, a 25-story office tower at 10770 NE 8th St. in Bellevue. The 799,933-square-foot tower features ground-floor retail space, an office lobby, publicly accessible lobby lounge, column-free floor plates, 14-foot ceilings and an independent pavilion. Project partners included Skanska USA as general contractor, Adamson Associates as architect of record, Magnusson Klemencic Associates as structural engineer and Michael Hsu Office of Architecture as interior designer.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Penzance has received approval from Arlington County for the proposed redevelopment of Ballston One, an office building located at 4601 N. Fairfax Drive in Arlington’s Ballston neighborhood. The approved plan will convert the existing seven-story office building into a new residential community totaling 328 multifamily units comprising studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, as well as 13 two-story loft homes. The project will include the adaptive reuse of Ballston One’s underground parking garage. Penzance is targeting LEED Gold certification for the redevelopment, which will include new bird-friendly glass, dark-sky compliant lighting and a green roof, as well as 130 bicycle parking spaces and 65 electric vehicle-ready parking spaces. Planned amenities will include a landscaped courtyard with a pool, outdoor kitchen and lounge areas, as well as a rooftop terrace with grills and social spaces. Indoor amenities will include a fitness center, yoga studio, golf simulator, coworking lounge, makerspace, club room, playroom and 24/7 concierge service. As part of the agreement with Arlington County, Penzance is contributing approximately $3.2 million toward the county’s affordable housing program.
SAN ANTONIO — Nonprofit organization Wounded Warrior Project has signed an 18,559-square-foot office lease in San Antonio. The space is located within Building 3 at University Heights Tech Center on the city’s northwest side and will be able to support about 70 employees. Brian Kates of JLL represented Wounded Warrior Project in the lease negotiations. Rob Gish represented the landlord, locally based owner-operator Worth & Associates, on an internal basis.