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Franklin Partners Unveils Renovation Plans for The Plaza Office Building in Clayton, Missouri

by Kristin Harlow March 17, 2022

CLAYTON, MO. — Franklin Partners has unveiled plans to renovate The Plaza in Clayton, a western suburb of St. Louis. The firm acquired the 340,529-square-foot office building in October 2017. The property was completed in 2001. Franklin Partners expects to bring approximately 160,000 square feet of renovated space to market in April 2023. There will also be a new amenity space named The Plaza Six. Offerings will include flexible spaces, private meeting rooms, two lounges, a game room, golf simulator, fitness center, rooftop deck and a tenant experience app. Mark Palmer and Artie Kerckhoff of CBRE are the leasing agents for the property. Wright Heerema Architects is the project architect.

March 17, 2022

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Success in 2022 Chicago Office Landscape May Boil Down to Who’s Minding the Store

by Kristin Harlow March 17, 2022

When it comes to which office properties will succeed in the coming years, success may boil down in part to who is minding the store. Like most big cities, Chicago’s office market has been tested by the pandemic, and office property owners face a far more competitive environment. Year-end 2021 office vacancy rates were nearly 18 percent in the central business district (CBD) and over 25 percent in the suburbs, or 44 percent and 35 percent higher, respectively, than two years prior, according to NAI Hiffman research. Hybrid work is here to stay, and some employers are shrinking or shifting their office footprints. When the pandemic is finally in the rearview mirror, office demand is not going to be the same as it was a couple of years ago, although we are still figuring out just what it will be. Which office properties survive and thrive in post-pandemic Chicago and nationwide will depend on many factors, including the property’s age or condition, its location and, increasingly, how well the property is programmed and run. That includes satisfying tenants in terms of everything from air quality to event assistance; meeting lenders’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements and other new demands; …

March 17, 2022

Acquisitions Florida Office Southeast Top Stories

CP Group, Related Fund Acquire Las Olas Square Office, Retail Complex in Fort Lauderdale for $144.5M

by Taylor Williams March 17, 2022

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — A partnership between locally based office owner-operator CP Group and New York City-based investment manager Related Fund Management has acquired Las Olas Square, an office and retail complex in Fort Lauderdale. The sales price was $144.5 million, according to The South Florida Business Journal. The local news outlet also reports that the seller was a partnership between Steelbridge Capital, Square2 Capital and Apollo Global Management. Las Olas Square consists of a 17-story office building and a three-story office and retail building. Combined, the two buildings total 267,000 square feet. The larger office building features structured parking, meeting and conference facilities, and newly created outdoor amenity spaces. The previous owner recently completed a multimillion-dollar renovation of the lobby, common areas and restrooms. Suites are equipped with motion-activated lighting systems and floor-to-ceiling windows. Retail tenants at Las Olas Square include restaurant Del Frisco’s Grille, Truist Bank and Spaces, a coworking concept. Part of the appeal of Las Olas Square is the strong pipeline of multifamily developments that are underway in the area, as well as the location at a “main and main” intersection within the city’s urban core, according to Brett Reese, senior vice president at CP Group. …

March 17, 2022

Acquisitions Office Retail Texas

Stockdale Investment Group Acquires 85,000 SF Office, Retail Property in Dallas

by Taylor Williams March 16, 2022

DALLAS — Locally based firm Stockdale Investment Group has acquired Knox Park Village, an 85,000-square-foot office and retail property located in the Knox-Henderson area of Dallas. The two-acre property comprises roughly 59,000 square feet of office space and 26,000 square feet of retail space that is designed to accommodate about 30 tenants. Current retail users include Pei Wei Asian Diner, T-Mobile, Mattress Firm and Fadi’s Mediterranean Grill. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

March 16, 2022

Acquisitions California Healthcare Office Western

Harrison Street Sells Eight Medical Office Buildings in San Francisco, Los Angeles Areas for $215M

by Amy Works March 16, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA ROSA, DALY CITY, ALAMEDA, GREENBRAE AND LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Harrison Street has completed the disposition of a portfolio of eight medical office buildings valued at nearly $215 million across California. The properties were held across several of Harrison Street’s funds and managed in partnership with Pinnacle Capital Management Services. Totaling 380,000 rentable square feet, the portfolio is spread across San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Daly City, Alameda, Greenbrae and Los Angeles’ Van Nuys neighborhood. Tenants include leading regional health systems, such as Marin Health, Sutter Health, CommonSpirit Health and Kaiser Permanente. The seller invested more than $17 million in capital during its ownership, including recent building renovations, tenant improvements and leasing commissions. Chris Bodnar, Lee Asher, Jordan Selbiger, Ryan Lindsley, Sabrina Solomiany and Zack Holderman of CBRE’s U.S Healthcare & Life Sciences Capital Markets team represented Los Angeles-based Pinnacle Capital Management Services in the transaction.

March 16, 2022

Colorado Loans Office Western

JLL Arranges $135.7M Refinancing for Office Building in Downtown Denver

by Amy Works March 16, 2022

DENVER — JLL Capital Markets has secured $135.7 million in refinancing for 1125 17th Street, a Class A office building in downtown Denver. The borrower was a joint-venture partnership between Hines, Pearlmark and an undisclosed limited partnership. Eric Tupler and Chris McColpin of JLL Capital Markets secured the five-year, floating-rate bridge financing through Deutsche Bank for the borrower. Located at 1125 17th St., the 25-story property features 494,689 square feet of office space with 20,000 square-foot average floor plates, parking for more than 400 vehicles and a Starbucks-occupied retail portion on the ground level. Additional tenant amenities include a basketball court, bocce court, full-service fitness club, juice and smoothie bar, electric vehicle charging stations and lounge with conference space. The property was renovated in 2021 and is currently 60 percent leased to a diverse rent roll spanning many industries, including information technology, healthcare, financial services and energy.

March 16, 2022

Acquisitions North Carolina Office Southeast

Taconic Capital Advisors Sells Office Building in Charlotte for $21M

by Julia Sanders March 15, 2022

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Taconic Capital Advisors has sold Three Resource Square, a 125,728-square-foot, Class A office building in Charlotte. Praelium Commercial Real Estate purchased the property for $21 million. Patrick Gildea, Matt Smith, Grayson Hawkins, Joe Franco and Stephanie Spivey of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Harris Ralston and C.J. Kelly of CBRE arranged an undisclosed amount of debt financing through Prime Finance on behalf of the buyer. Built in 1999, Three Resource Square was 85 percent leased at the time of sale. The property will be anchored by Republic Services, a solid waste management company, through 2026. The property’s other tenant is Resolvion, a financial services firm. The office property offers a six per 1,000-square-foot parking ratio and a fitness center. Located at 10815 David Taylor Drive, the property is situated close to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Interstate 85. Additionally, the property is situated within one mile from Centene’s 1 million-square-foot East Coast headquarters campus.

March 15, 2022

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PGIM Real Estate Provides $101M in Acquisition Financing for Four-Property Portfolio in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow March 15, 2022

CHICAGO — PGIM Real Estate has provided $101 million in floating-rate bridge financing for the acquisition and lease-up of a four-property retail and office portfolio in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. The buildings span 168,206 square feet and are home to 18 tenants. Asana Partners, a real estate investment company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., was the borrower. Further details were not provided.

March 15, 2022

Acquisitions Mixed-Use New York Northeast Office Top Stories

Blackstone Acquires Minority Stake in One Manhattan West Office Tower in New York for $1.4B

by John Nelson March 15, 2022

NEW YORK CITY — Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has purchased a 49 percent stake in One Manhattan West, a 67-story office tower in Manhattan totaling 2.1 million square feet. Brookfield (NYSE: BAM) and Qatar Investment Authority sold the minority interest to Blackstone and will retain a 51 percent ownership stake in the skyscraper. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed, but Brookfield says that the deal “values the office building at $2.85 billion,” which translates to Blackstone’s stake totaling just below $1.4 billion. Ben Brown, managing partner of Brookfield, says the competition for the acquisition was intense despite the uneven recovery of New York City’s office market due to COVID-19. “The partial sale of One Manhattan West and the interest we received as soon as we put it on the market are clear validations that the highest quality office properties are seeing enormous demand coming out of the pandemic,” says Brown. “One Manhattan West is home to some of the world’s leading companies, and their continued desire to work from and grow in the building is a promising sign for Manhattan West and prime, well-located office assets broadly.” Located on the corner of Ninth Avenue and 33rd Street, One Manhattan West is leased …

March 15, 2022

Acquisitions New York Northeast Office

CBRE Brokers Sale of 373,000 SF WestPark Office Campus in White Plains, New York

by Taylor Williams March 14, 2022

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — CBRE has brokered the sale of WestPark, a 373,000-square-foot office campus in White Plains, a northern suburb of New York City. The campus consists of two four-story buildings on a 25-acre site. Jacqueline Novotny, Brian Carcaterra and Michael McCall of CBRE represented the seller, Onyx Equities, in the transaction. William Cuddy Jr. and Mary Ann Tighe, also with CBRE, represented the buyer, New York-Presbyterian Hospital. The sales price was not disclosed.

March 14, 2022

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