ALLEN, TEXAS — CTO Realty Growth (NYSE: CTO) has entered into an agreement to acquire a $30 million preferred equity stake in Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm, a 458,000-square-foot office and retail property located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Allen. Retail tenants at the property include Market Street, Anthropologie, Mi Cocina, DSW, The Cheesecake Factory, Brio Italian Grille and Michaels. The owner/seller of the property was not disclosed.
PALM BEACH, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $35 million sale of 340 and 350 Royal Palm Way, two adjacent Class A office buildings totaling 44,625 square feet in Palm Beach. Ike Ojala, Hermen Rodriguez, Matthew McCormack, Max Lescano, Blake Koletic and Michael Roukis of JLL represented the seller, Chicago-based Pearlmark, and procured the buyer, CS Ventures. One of the properties, 340 Royal Palm Way, features 20,813 square feet of office space in a four-story building. The other property, 350 Royal Palm Way, has five stories and 23,812 square feet of office space. The 350 Royal Palm Way building is fully leased. In total, the properties offer 146 parking spaces in a mix of covered and surface spaces. The buildings are situated 5.3 miles from Palm Beach International Airport and 27.5 miles from Boca Raton. The assets are also close to Florida’s Turnpike and Interstate 95.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has represented RPG in the sales of an office and mixed-use office/retail portfolio in Carlsbad. The assets sold for $86 million. Sold separately, the recapitalizations consisted of Fusion, a recently renovated, 121,541-square-foot, Class A creative flex office building that is fully leased; and Lift, a creative mixed-use, ground-up development consisting of two Class A loft-style buildings totaling 53,205 square feet. New York-based Clarion Partners acquired Fusion, located at 1950 Camino Vida Roble, with a full building value of $54 million. Renovated in early 2020, the property was formerly an industrial/distribution facility that was converted into a Class A creative flex project with extensive glass lines and high ceilings. At the time of sale, the property was leased to Alphatec Spine, a medical technology company based in Carlsbad. Lift Innovation Way LLC purchased Lift, which comprises two buildings situated within Bressi Ranch, with a full building value of $32 million. Building A, located at 6023 Innovation Way, offers two full floors of creative office space totaling 33,770 square feet. The 19,435-square-foot Building B, located at 6021 Innovation Way, features 8,708 square feet of ground-floor restaurant space and 9,950 square feet of second-floor creative office space. …
VERO BEACH, FLA. — Coldwell Banker Commercial has brokered the sale of a medical and professional office property in Vero Beach. The sales price was $3.6 million. Andrew Gonzalez and Linda Gonzalez of Coldwell Banker Commercial Paradise represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Built in 1986, the two-story, 40,000-square-foot building is situated on 4.2 acres of land and has onsite parking. Located at 333 17th St., the property is 79.5 miles from the Palm Beach International Airport.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Canadian developer Ivanhoé Cambridge and South Carolina-based Greystar have broken ground on a 170,000-square-foot office project in downtown Austin. The seven-story building will be part of 1121 at Symphony Square, a mixed-use development at which The Waller, a 32-story residential tower, is currently under construction. The property will feature 5,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, as well as a range of amenities that promote employee health and wellness, such as a pool, fitness center and turf lawn. Architecture firm R2L is designing the project, with interiors by Austin-based Page and landscape architecture by TBG Partners. Completion is slated for spring 2023.
SHELTON, CONN. — New Jersey-based investment firm BDP Holdings has acquired 27 and 35 Waterview Drive, a 310,094-square-foot office complex in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Shelton. The waterfront complex includes warehouse and engineering space and was fully leased at the time of sale to global technology company Pitney Bowes. Amenities include a cafeteria, fitness center, outdoor amenity spaces and a medical clinic. Jon Mikula, Michael Klein and Ryan Carroll of JLL arranged a $31.3 million acquisition loan for the deal through Ladder Capital Finance on behalf of BDP Holdings. The loan carried a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate.
PHILADELPHIA — Rhode Island-based construction firm Gilbane Building Co. has signed a 16,655-square-foot office lease at 1200 Intrepid Ave. within the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Gilbane is relocating from the Wanamaker Building, a historic structure in the Center City neighborhood that originally housed a department store, where the company has been a tenant since 1996. Tony Rossi and Richard Levine of CBRE represented Gilbane in the lease negotiations., Ensemble Real Estate Solutions & Investments owns the property.
NASHVILLE — California-based investment and development firm KBS has acquired UBS Tower, a 29-story office tower in downtown Nashville. The sales price was approximately $175 million, according to The Nashville Business Journal. Located at 315 Deaderick St., the 605,000-square-foot UBS Tower is the second-tallest office building in the city and occupies a full city block. The property was originally constructed in 1972 and has been renovated several times over the ensuing decades. The namesake tenant and investment banking firm renewed its 138,000-square-foot lease in 2021 and will serve as the building’s anchor tenant until 2034. The most recent capital improvement program delivered new and revamped amenity spaces, including the lobby, tenant lounge, coffee bar, fitness center and conference facilities. This project also upgraded the building’s mechanical systems. “With a population quickly approaching 2 million, Nashville is a vital business, tourism and transportation center,” says Marc DeLuca, CEO and Eastern regional president at KBS. “Nashville boasts a thriving economy that is predicted to see a 3.9 percent growth in employment in 2022. This activity creates numerous office-using jobs and significantly increases the rental growth and demand in the market.” According to CoStar Group, Nashville has approximately 80 percent more office-using jobs …
DUNWOODY, GA. — Cushman & Wakefield has secured a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of Crown Pointe, a 509,792-square-foot office campus in Dunwoody, about 15.3 miles from downtown Atlanta. Brian Linnihan, Mike Ryan, J.P. Cordeiro and Taylor Mathis of Cushman & Wakefield secured the refinancing through Wells Fargo. Crown Pointe includes two office towers that were each built in the 1980s. The buildings’ features include flexible floorplans, more than 1,500 parking spaces onsite and direct access to the Sandy Springs MARTA station via a covered walkway. Located at 1040 and 1050 Crown Pointe Parkway, the property is situated in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter office submarket. The office campus is also located 25.9 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
MILWAUKEE — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 42,000-square-foot office building located at 417 E. Chicago St. in Milwaukee’s historic Third Ward district. The sales price was undisclosed. Eversana, a life sciences company, currently occupies the building for its headquarters. The property was originally constructed in 1964 and completely renovated in 2013 as a build-to-suit for The Dohmen Co., which took occupancy for several years. Tom Shepherd, Jennifer Huber-Bullock and Scott Welsh of Colliers represented the seller, 417 East Chicago LLC, an affiliate of Dohmen. The buyer was 417 Third Ward LLC, an affiliate of Madison-based Hovde Properties.