ENCINITAS, CALIF. — PSRS has secured $30 million in financing for Pacific Station, a recently renovated office and retail property in Encinitas. Pasha Johnson of PSRS arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower. The non-recourse loan allowed the ownership to capitalize on the value created by converting the previously dark space into a modern office and retail community. The loan’s first three years of interest-only payments allow for maximized cash flow and its 10-year, fixed-rate term hedges against interest rate risk.
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SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Granite Properties has broken ground on the second phase of Granite Place at Southlake Town Square, a project that will add 143,500 square feet of office space to the supply of Tarrant County. Designed by Corgan Associates, the five-story building will complement Granite Place I, which was completed in 2017 and is now fully leased. Granite Place II will feature a touchless path from the parking garage to the office, as well as touch-free entry doors and bathroom fixtures and clean air technology in the HVAC system. Additional amenities will include outdoor working and meeting space, a corporate living room, fitness center and grab-and-go food service. DPR Construction is the general contractor for the project, completion of which is slated for February 2023.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — iBorrow, a commercial bridge and direct lender, has provided a $13.9 million acquisition loan for an 86,910-square-foot office building located at 1200 E. Anderson Lane in North Austin. The three-story building sits on a 3.6-acre site and was fully leased at the time of the loan closing. The undisclosed borrower will use a portion of the proceeds to fund a capital improvement plan that is scheduled to be complete in October 2023.
CHICAGO — Axiom Consulting Partners has expanded its office lease at 200 West Adams in Chicago’s central business district. The firm committed to a 19,954-square-foot lease, which marks a 10,000-square-foot expansion from the current space. Tony Karmin of Colliers and Michael Marrion of Cresa represented Axiom, which advises senior leaders of Fortune 500 and major professional firms on revenue growth opportunities and strategies. Completed in 1985 and renovated in 2017, 200 West Adams is a 30-story office tower.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — A partnership between New York City-based SJP Properties and locally based developer Scotto Properties is underway on a new headquarters project for Valley National Bank in the Northern New Jersey community of Morristown. The development team has commenced demolition work of the existing structures on the site, and vertical construction will begin later this spring. Upon completion, which is slated for May 2023, Valley National Bank will relocate from Wayne, N.J. The company ultimately plans to employ about 660 people at its new campus, which will also house 14,500 square feet of retail space. Gensler designed the project.
PHOENIX — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the purchase of Brookstone Office Complex, an office property located at 340 and 350 E. Palm Lane in Phoenix. Pete Katz of Katz Real Estate, a San Diego-based private investor, acquired the asset from a Phoenix-based investment group for $18.2 million. The asset includes two buildings offering a total of 126,806 square feet of office space and a parking lot. The buildings feature brick design; lobbies and balconies; and gardens with courtyards, mature landscaping and koi ponds. At the time of sale, the property was 69 percent leased to a variety of local, regional and national professional office and medical tenants. Nicholas Totah of The Totah Group of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the deal.
ATLANTA — Boca Raton, Fla.-based CP Group has purchased Bank of America Plaza, a 55-story office tower in Midtown Atlanta that is also the city’s tallest building. The tower was acquired in a joint venture with funds managed by HPS Investment Partners LLC. Shorenstein Properties sold the tower to CP Group for an undisclosed price. Will Yowell, Jay O’Meara, Justin Parsonnet and Ryan Reethof with CBRE’s Capital Markets Institutional Properties represented the seller. Built in 1992, Bank of America Plaza is an office tower featuring over 1.4 million square feet of space. The property features a mix of both traditional and tech-focused tenants including Bank of America and law firms Troutman Pepper and Lewis Brisbois (LBBS). Building amenities at Bank of America Plaza include 10,000 square feet of a newly renovated conference center space with breakout rooms, fitness center, newly constructed food hall, onsite bank branch and a salon. CP Group plans to launch a $50 million capital improvements program that will include complete renovations of the lobby, development of an onsite restaurant and 100,000 square feet of customizable prebuilt office suites, as part of CP Group’s in-house flexible workspace program, worCPlaces. In addition to Bank of America Plaza, CP …
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Colliers has negotiated a 16,500-square-foot office lease extension and expansion at Headquarters Plaza in the Northern New Jersey community of Morristown. The tenant, PLT Health Solutions, develops and markets organic ingredients for the food industry and is expanding by 6,500 square feet. Samuel Horowitz, Chris Hovanec and Ray Iodice of Colliers represented PLT Health Solutions, which has been a tenant at Headquarters Plaza for 30 years, in the lease negotiations. Robert Donnelly and Benjamin Brenner of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed landlord.
NORCROSS, GA. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Plaza 85 Business Park, a nine-building industrial, office and flex park totaling 191,526 square feet in Norcross. Dennis Mitchell, Matt Wirth, Britton Burdette, Mitchell Townsend and Bo Osgood of JLL represented the seller, Atlanta-based Elmo Enterprises LLC. Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital LLC purchased the park for an undisclosed price. Plaza 85 Business Park is leased to 43 tenants and includes clear heights ranging from 12 to 18 feet, dock-high and drive-in doors and a combination of rear- and front-loading configurations. Since acquiring the property in 2020, Elmo Enterprises executed a property improvement plan that resulted in exterior and interior upgrades, new roofs on some buildings and office space. Situated on 13.8 acres at 5970-6040 Unity Drive, the property has immediate access to Interstate 85.
PRINCETON, N.J. — JLL has brokered the sale of West Windsor Commons, a two-building, 302,000-square-foot office complex in Princeton. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Bristol Myers Squibb and Merrill Lynch/Bank of America. Amenities include a courtyard, fitness center and a cafeteria. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Steve Simonelli, Alexander Alfier, David Stifelman and Jason Benson of JLL represented the seller, a partnership between insurance companies John Hancock Financial and Manulife, in the transaction. The team also procured the undisclosed buyer.