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SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — The Equitable Funds LLC has acquired 1340-1350 Remington Road in Schaumburg for an undisclosed price. The company plans to combine the two-building, one-story office property with an additional asset, 1305-1375 Remington Road, and create a campus known as One Story Schaumburg. The newest buildings total roughly 48,000 square feet and were 30 percent leased at the time of acquisition. When combined with the earlier acquisition, One Story Schaumburg will total more than 130,000 square feet. All of the buildings were constructed in the same style by one developer. The Equitable Funds plans to execute a renovation and repositioning program for all the buildings. A spec suite program will be implemented to offer move-in ready spaces ranging from 1,500 to 3,000 square feet. Plans also call for an amenity center and more outdoor seating. NAI Hiffman is the leasing agent. One Story LLC, a property management firm recently formed by Jonathan Berger and Joshua Silverglade, will manage the asset.

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Crabtree Terrace

RALEIGH, N.C. — East West Partners has signed leases with two retail tenants and one office tenant at Crabtree Terrace, a 173,468-square-foot mixed-use development in Raleigh’s Crabtree Valley district. Hillman Duncan and John MacDonnell of JLL handle office leasing on behalf of the owner. CBRE is leading the retail leasing efforts. Located at 4509 Creedmoor Road, Crabtree Terrace includes 145,000 square feet of Class A office space and over 28,000 square feet of retail space. Opened in 2020, the building’s amenities include a fitness facility and locker rooms, as well as is located close to the Crabtree Creek Trail. Crabtree Terrace is just 10 miles from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport. JLL signed an undisclosed tenant to 13,000 square feet of office space at the property. The building already has office tenants, including Spaces, a coworking company, and Longleaf Law Partners, a boutique commercial real estate law firm. CBRE has added two retailers to the building’s ground floor, both of which will open by the end of 2021. The two new tenants are financial services company Fidelity Investments, which has signed a 7,400-square-foot lease, and Fiction Coffee, a Texas-based café that has signed a 1,400-square-foot lease. The property has additional onsite …

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CityLine-Office

RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Developer KDC will build three new office buildings totaling approximately 1.4 million square feet at CityLine, a 204-acre mixed-use development located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. Five CityLine will be an 18-story tower with 513,000 square feet, while Six CityLine will rise 13 stories and span 356,000 square feet. The third tower, Seven CityLine, will be a 15-story, 507,000-square-foot building. Dallas-based Corgan & Associates is designing the buildings, which will bring the total office component at CityLine to approximately 2.6 million square feet. The development also houses 200,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. In addition, more than 3,000 urban residential units, 148 hotel rooms and 20 acres of dedicated public green space are located within walking distance of CityLine. The new buildings are currently being marketed for lease, and construction will begin when a tenant(s) has been secured.

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105-Edgeview-Broomfield-CO

BROOMFIELD, COLO. — Invesco Real Estate has completed the disposition of 105 Edgeview, a Class A office asset in Broomfield. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $59.1 million. John Jugl and John Gustafson of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction. Completed in 2012, 105 Edgeview features 186,231 square feet of office space within Interlocken Advanced Technology Environment. The property is fully leased to eight tenants with Gogo Inc., a global aero-communications service, as the anchor.

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SOMERVILLE, MASS. — JLL has negotiated the $35.5 million sale of a 58,156-square-foot office building in the Boston suburb of Somerville. The three-story building was originally constructed in 1870 and was fully leased to FormLabs, a manufacturer of 3-D printing products and technology, at the time of sale. Coleman Benedict and Scott Carpenter of JLL represented the seller, funds advised by a subsidiary of Columbia Property Trust, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a partnership between Synergy Investments and Independencia Asset Management.

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500 L'Enfant Plaza

WASHINGTON, D.C. — JBG Smith and Landmark Partners, an Ares Co, have sold 500 L’Enfant Plaza, a 215,000-square-foot office property in Washington, D.C. The buyer, which purchased the property for $167 million, was not disclosed. Jim Meisel and Matt Nicholson of JLL represented JBG Smith in the sale. Delivered in 2019 and designed by ZGF Architects, 500 L’Enfant Plaza is a LEED Gold-certified property. The plaza was 96 percent leased to seven tenants at the time of the sale. The building serves as Urban Institute’s global headquarters and is home to other tenants including Cobec Consulting, Noblis and the Office of the Inspector General for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

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TEMPE, ARIZ. — Shorenstein Properties has acquired Fountainhead Office Plaza, an office property located in Tempe. Terms of the transaction, including the name of the seller and acquisition price, were not released. Built in 2011, the two-building asset features 446,000 square feet of Class A office space, as well as a six-story standalone parking facility. The LEED Gold-certified six- and 10-story buildings offer floor plates averaging approximately 28,000 square feet. On-site amenities include a large café, fitness center with showers and lockers and an outdoor gathering area surrounding a large pond.

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SEATTLE — Columbia Pacific Advisors Bridge Lending, a platform within Columbia Pacific Advisors, has provided a $14.3 million bridge loan to Labor Temple, a landmark office building located at 2800 First Ave. in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. Originally built in 1942 and expanded in 1955, the building now totals 40,000 square feet and sits on half-block site with high-end offerings designed for modern office tenants. The property features a roof deck, courtyard, private meeting rooms on each floor, a fitness center and 67 office suites. The property was landmarked in 2008. FAUL, a Seattle-based real estate owner and developer, acquired Labor Temple in December 2020.

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SAN FRANCISCO — A joint venture between Hines and the National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) has acquired the historic Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) campus in the South Financial District of downtown San Francisco. The purchase price was $800 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. The buyers plan to completely reimagine the campus with a $2.5 billion redevelopment project. The first of two office projects will consist of the restoration and renovation of a 600,000-square-foot office complex dating back to the early 1900s. Hines plans to retain the historic architecture of the building façade and the original lobby. The building systems and technological capabilities will be upgraded in order to achieve the modern functionality of a Class A property. Secondly, 77 Beale is an existing 1 million-square-foot, 34-story tower that will be repositioned and renamed 200 Mission. The building will receive new systems and aesthetics. Architectural firm Pickard Chilton is leading the design. Lastly, Hines plans to develop 50 Main, a new apartment complex with more than 600 units. A timeline for construction was not released. Upon completion, the PG&E campus will represent the largest deal along Market Street in San Francisco over the last 10 years, …

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Trinity Partners has arranged the sale of One & Two Fairview Center, a 182,841-square-foot, two-building office park in Charlotte’s SouthPark office submarket. The buyer was an entity affiliated with Taurus Investment Holdings, a Boston-based global private equity real estate firm. Dunn Mileham and David Morris of Trinity Partners handled the transaction on behalf of the seller, an affiliate of CapRidge Partners. The sales price was not disclosed. One & Two Fairview Center was approximately 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. After purchasing the properties in early 2019, CapRidge executed a capital improvement, spec suite and leasing plan. The property is located right across from SouthPark Mall, which features over 150 stores including Dillard’s, Macy’s, Belk, Nordstrom, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Victoria’s Secret. Trinity Partners leased One & Two Fairview Center on behalf of CapRidge, an Austin, Texas-based real estate investment firm.

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