HOUSTON — Partners Capital, the investment platform of Partners Real Estate Co., has sold Point West Business Park, a 145,915-square-foot flex property in Houston. Partners Capital originally acquired the three-building complex in 2019 and completed more than 25,000 square feet of new leases during its holding period. Cary Latham, Wyatt Huff and Josh Lass-Sughrue of NAI Partners represented the seller in the transaction. Fort Worth-based PHP Capital Partners purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
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LEHI, UTAH — Arden Group, in partnership with Vesta Realty Partners, has purchased Solutionreach, a five-story, Class AAA office property in Lehi. Located at 2600 Ashton Blvd., the 145,646-square-foot building serves as the headquarters for Solutionreach, a private equity-backed healthcare technology consulting company. The property was developed in 2016 as a build-to-suit corporate campus for the current tenant. Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, Gardner Co. and Boyer Co., in the deal. Terms of the transaction were not released.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Arbah Capital, in partnership with Hampshire Stateside, has purchased a 226,548-square-foot office building in Orlando. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge, Zach Eicholtz and Rick Colon of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the sale on behalf of the buyer. CBRE represented the seller, Real Capital Solutions, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. Jason Hochman and Ron Granite of Cushman & Wakefield secured $35.1 million in acquisition financing through a regional bank. Located at 11842 Corporate Blvd., the four-story building features open floor plates, a full kitchen with seating, multiple breakrooms, conference and training rooms, lake views and access to hotels, restaurants, retail and housing. Built in 2003, the property is currently fully leased.
CHICAGO — Farmer’s Business Network (FBN) has signed a 43,000-square-foot office lease at 1320 W. Fulton St. in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. The company will take occupancy of the entire third and fourth floors. Originally built in 1916 to house a Chicago Fire station, the building spans 121,000 square feet. Jeff Newcom and Holly Duran of Colliers Chicago represented FBN in the lease. FBN is an ag-tech platform and farmer-to-farmer network with a mission to help reduce the cost of production and maximize value of farmers’ crops.
DALLAS — Global investment firm Partners Group and Florida-based Accesso have sold 2626 Cole, a 120,599-square-foot office building in the Uptown/Turtle Creek area of Dallas. The partnership acquired the building in 2014 and implemented a value-add program. Current tenants include WorkSuites, Republic Editorial and Annandale Capital. Andrew Levy, Todd Savage and Parker McCormack of JLL represented Partners Group and Accesso in the transaction. Metro Seattle-based Talon Private Capital purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Locally based development and investment firm The Kane Co. has completed construction of a 91,000-square-foot office building at 145 Maplewood Ave. in Portsmouth, located in the southern coastal part of the Granite State. New Hampshire-based firm PROCON handled design and construction of the project, which includes ground-floor retail space. Tenants include Heinemann Publishing, Steward Partners and Sentient Decision Science.
Bioscience Properties, Harrison Street Acquire Two-Building Office Property in San Diego for $41.3M
by Amy Works
SAN DIEGO — Bioscience Properties and Harrison Street have purchased Sorrento Heights, a two-building office asset in San Diego, for $41.3 million. The seller was a fund managed by DRA Advisors LLC in partnership with Cypress Office Properties. Located at 9980 and 10020 Huennekens St., Sorrento Heights features 92,875 square feet of office space spread across two two-story buildings, an open breezeway, outdoor seating and tenant parking. At the time of sale, the property was 68 percent vacant, as the property’s largest tenant has placed the entirety of the 10020 Huennekens Street building on the market for sublease. Kevin Shannon, Brunson Howard, Paul Jones and Ken White of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.
PLANTATION, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $57.5 million sale of Offices at Plantation Walk, a 173,193-square-foot office building in Plantation, to Vision Properties. Christian Lee, José Lobón and Marcos Minaya of CBRE, along with Jay Adams of Newmark, represented the seller, Encore Capital Management, in the transaction. Adams also handles the leasing for the property. Offices at Plantation Walk is a seven-story office building located within the Plantation Walk, a $350 million, 27-acre mixed-use development that includes a hotel, approximately 131,000 square feet of retail space and 404 multifamily units. Offices at Plantation Walk, which was 92 percent leased at the time of sale, has a five-story parking structure with a parking ratio of five spaces per 1,000 square feet. The office building recently underwent a $15 million renovation, which included a redesigned lobby, new windows, elevator modernization, new bathrooms, new corridors and modern tenant buildouts.
RIDGELAND, MISS. — Concord Capital LLC has acquired a 58 percent controlling interest in 300 Concourse, a 75,000-square-foot, three-story office building in Ridgeland. First National Bankers Bank, Glacier Holdings LLC and FEI Building LLC sold their stakes to Concord Capital for an undisclosed price. Concord Capital purchased three of the office building’s five condominiums. Located at 300 Concourse Blvd., 300 Concourse is situated within Colony Park, a 430-acre, mixed-use property with four office campuses, a 95-acre neighborhood development, two hotels and a 500,000-square-foot retail center. Built in 2007, 300 Concourse includes tenants such as Hub International, an insurance brokerage company, Wells Marble & Hurst, a law firm and First National Bankers Bank, a commercial bank. Concord Capital is the acquisition and development arm for commercial real estate industry veterans Breck Hines, Ted Duckworth and John Michael Holtmann. Concord and its affiliates also own the 200, 400 and 600 Concourse buildings. With the acquisition of 300 Concourse, the company’s total owned square footage in the Colony Park development spans 237,000 square feet. Leigh Pace of Hancock Whitney Bank originated acquisition financing, and Robert Hutchison of Butler Snow LLP provided legal counsel for Concord Capital in the transaction.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — IRA Capital, a private equity firm based in Southern California, has acquired The Post, an office complex in Beverly Hills, for $153 million. The seller was not disclosed. The 102,500-square-foot property serves as the headquarters of promotion and ticketing company Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV), which occupies 92 percent (94,300 square feet) of the space. The U.S. Postal Service occupies the other 8 percent (8,200 square feet) of the four-story building. The Post underwent a $44 million capital improvement program in 2019 to reposition the building to attract more creative office users. The project incorporated an open-floor workspace that features 22-foot ceilings, an open stairway and outdoor patio spaces. “The property’s irreplaceable location and thriving tenant align with IRA’s investment thesis of pursuing best-in-class properties,” says Samir Patel, IRA Capital’s co-founder. “Despite the impact of COVID-19 on the live entertainment sector, the industry is now experiencing record-setting volumes.” The stock price of Live Nation, which employs more than 44,000 people worldwide, opened at $100.80 per share on Monday, Oct. 18, up nearly 100 percent from $54.59 per share a year ago. IRA Capital, which expects to exceed $1 billion of commercial acquisitions by the end of …