ORANGE, CALIF. — Newmark has brokered the sale of Orange City Square, a repositioned Class A office campus in Orange. Granite Properties sold the asset to MGR Real Estate for $89 million. Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones, Ken White and Brandon White of Newmark represented the seller in the deal. Jonathan Firestone and Blake Thompson of Newark arranged $57 million in financing for the buyer. Situated on 14.1 acres at 750, 770, 790 and 840 The City Drive South, the three-building campus offers 383,558 square feet of office space and 8,966 square feet of retail space. The asset was built in 1988 and extensively renovated through 2025. Amenities include reimagined lobbies, a customer lounge with kitchen, a fitness center, two conference centers and an outdoor event space with TVs, WiFi and barbecue facilities. At the time of sale, the property was 84 percent leased.
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Selig Obtains $245M Refinancing for 1105 West Peachtree Office Tower in Midtown Atlanta
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — Selig Enterprises has obtained a $245 million loan for the refinancing of 1105 West Peachtree, a 31-story office tower in Midtown Atlanta. The 653,525-square-foot tower was nearly fully leased at the time of financing to tech giant Google and law firm Smith, Gambrell & Russell. Matt Rendele and Christine Curry of Selig worked with CBRE on the financing, which was structured as a CMBS SASB (single-asset/single-borrower) loan. Delivered in 2021, 1105 West Peachtree features The Office Bar and Sky Plaza, a one-acre amenity deck that connects to the Epicurean Atlanta hotel and 40 West 12th, a luxury condo tower.
DALLAS — Wealth Partners Alliance has signed a 9,673-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion in North Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 12240 Inwood Road was built in 1982 and totals 34,663 square feet. Nathan Denton of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Sean Dalton of Younger Partners represented the landlord.
CBRE Arranges $57.6M Refinancing for First Street Napa Mixed-Use Property in California
by Amy Works
NAPA, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged $57.6 million in refinancing for First Street Napa, a Class A mixed-use property in downtown Napa. Brad Zampa and Mike Walker of CBRE’s Debt and Structured Finance team in San Francisco secured the five-year, nonrecourse floating-rate loan from an East Coast-based debt fund on behalf of NTC Shops LLC. Located at 1300 First St., the property features 162,000 square feet of retail, dining, tasting rooms and office space across six buildings. The asset is currently 90 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Lululemon, Free People, Hestan and Silicon Valley Bank.
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. — DivcoWest, a DivCore Capital company, has acquired 1991 Broadway, a three-story, 66,000-square-foot office building in downtown Redwood City, from an owner-user in an off-market transaction. Simultaneous with the closing, DivcoWest executed a 45,000-square-foot long-term lease with Paul Hastings, a global law firm, that will serve as the anchor tenant for the building. As a result of the Paul Hastings lease, the building was 82 percent leased to three tenants at closing. Ham Southworth, Ken Rapp and Morgan Griffith of CBRE represented Paul Hastings in the lease negotiations. Ben Paul of Cushman & Wakefield represented DivcoWest.
DALLAS — Newmark has negotiated the sale of The Offices at Park Lane, a 230,691-square-foot office complex in North Dallas. Completed in the mid-1970s, the two-building complex is located within The Shops at Park Lane, a 33-acre mixed-use development, and was 66 percent leased to 16 tenants at the time of sale. Chris Murphy, Robert Hill, Gary Carr and Austin Sheahan of Newmark represented the seller, Northwood Investors, in the transaction. The buyer was DFW LAND Real Estate.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Colliers has negotiated the sale of CenterPointe I, a 66,500-square-foot vacant office building in the Northern New Jersey community of Bridgewater. Allstate Insurance previously occupied the building, which according to LoopNet Inc. is part of a larger campus known as CenterPointe at Bridgewater. Jacklene Chesler, Patrick Norris and Brittany Leventoff of Colliers represented the seller, Signature Acquisitions, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed nonprofit organization.
NEW YORK CITY — EQT Partners has signed a 38,358-square-foot office lease expansion in Midtown Manhattan. The global investment organization now occupies 114,562 square feet across the 32nd, 33rd and 34th floors of 245 Park Avenue, a 44-story, 1.8 million-square-foot. Michael Movshovich and Ethan Silverstein of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Bruce Mosler, Harry Blair, Ron LoRusso, Justin Royce and Pierce Hance, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented the landlord, SL Green.
Walker & Dunlop Arranges $867M Financing Package for Office-to-Residential Conversion Project in Lower Manhattan
by John Nelson
NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has arranged an $867 million financing package for 111 Wall Street, a 24-story, waterfront office building in Lower Manhattan’s Financial District. The development team, led by borrower InterVest capital partners, a global alternative investment manager based in New York City, plans to convert the fully vacant office building into a 30-story luxury apartment building housing 1,568 rental units. Approximately 25 percent of the units will be designated as affordable housing for residents earning an average of 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), qualifying the project for New York City’s Affordable Housing Conversion Program. Dustin Stolly, Aaron Appel, Adam Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Sean Reimer and Sean Bastian of Walker & Dunlop arranged a $778.6 million construction loan through Apollo Global Management, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and TYKO Capital. The closing of this financing marks the largest single-building office-to-residential conversion loan in New York City history as well as the country, according to Walker & Dunlop. Walker & Dunlop also advised on the extension of an existing $88.4 million C-PACE loan from Petros that remained in the capitalization, bringing the total financing package to $867 million. “With office vacancies …
BXP Buys D.C. Office Building for $55M, Plans Redevelopment Following Sidley Austin Anchor Lease
by Abby Cox
WASHINGTON, D.C. — BXP has acquired 2100 M Street, a 300,000-square-foot office building located in the West End of Washington, D.C., for $55 million. The publicly traded, Boston-based office REIT plans to demolish the existing building and develop a new 320,000-square-foot office tower. BXP expects to commence construction of the project in 2028. Eastdil Secured represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Additionally, Sidley Austin LLP has signed a 240,000-square-foot lease to anchor the future trophy property, occupying 75 percent of the building. The global law firm will be situated on the fourth through 10th floors and is scheduled to move into its new space in 2031. Lou Christopher and Jordan Brainard of CBRE represented Sidley Austin in the lease transaction.