ISELIN, N.J. — California-based investment firm KBS has sold Woodbridge Corporate Plaza, a 629,189-square-foot office complex in Iselin, located in the northern part of the Garden State, for $88 million. Kevin Welsh, Brian Schulz, Jason Emrani, Maria Betancourt and Jamie Drummond of Newmark represented KBS, which originally purchased the asset in 2005 and implemented a multimillion-dollar renovation program, in the transaction. Amenities include a 6,000-square-foot fitness center, full-service café and shuttle service to the nearby Metropark transit hub. The buyer was New York-based Northeast Capital Group. The six-building property was 90 percent leased to a roster of 64 tenants at the time of sale.
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MONTVALE, N.J. — New Jersey-based developer S. Hekemian Group has completed Workplace North Market, a 52,000-square-foot office and retail project in the Northern New Jersey community of Montvale. The four-story building consists of 40,500 square feet of office space and 11,500 square feet of retail space. Law firm Beattie Padovano LLC has preleased 20,000 square feet at Workplace North Market as the anchor tenant.
Luzzatto Co. Receives $54.7M Construction Loan for Creative Office Development in Los Angeles
by Amy Works
LOS ANGELES — The Luzzatto Co. has received a total of $54.7 million in construction financing for the development of The Depot, a 1.5-acre creative office campus in the West Adams market of Los Angeles. JLL Capital Markets secured a $28 million senior loan through Bank OZK and a $26.7 million mezzanine loan through Related Fund Management. Paul Brindley, Jeff Sause and Spencer Richley of JLL Capital Markets represented Luzzatto in the financing. Upon completion, The Depot will feature 107,199 square feet of creative office space, three levels of outdoor space totaling more than 20,000 square feet, a 225-space subterranean parking garage, 15-foot ceiling heights and steel-and-glass construction with 30-foot bays.
SAN FRANCISCO — PG&E Corp., parent company of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., has agreed to sell the company’s San Francisco headquarters complex, located at 77 Beale St. and 245 Market St., to Hines Atlas US for $800 million. Under the terms of the sale agreement, the transaction closing is contingent on California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) approval of the sale. PG&E will propose distributing approximately $390 million to $420 million to customers resulting from the gain on sale over a five-year period to offset future customer rates. CBRE’s San Francisco Capital Markets team represented PG&E in the transaction. PG&E is on track for a phased move to its new headquarters at 300 Lakeside Drive in Oakland, beginning in the first half of 2022. The company expects the move to Oakland to result in substantially lower headquarters costs over a long-term period. The company also plans to consolidate two other East Bay satellite offices – 3410 Crow Canyon Road in San Ramon and 1850 Gateway Blvd. in Concord – into the new Oakland headquarters.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $63 million sale of 20 North Orange Avenue, a 279,780-square-foot office tower located in downtown Orlando’s central business district. Banyan Street Capital, a Miami-based private equity firm, purchased the property in a joint venture with a fund managed by DRA Advisors. The price was disclosed by the Orlando Business Journal. Mike Davis, Rick Colon, Rick Brugge and Dominic Montazemi of Cushman & Wakefield, with support from colleagues Zach Eicholtz, Ryan Jenkins and Brooke Tulley, represented the selling partnership, which comprised funds managed by Apollo Global Management, principals of Square2 Capital and Steelbridge Capital. The new ownership has tapped Robert Kellogg, Todd Davis and Colin Morrison of Cushman & Wakefield to lease the property. Banyan Street Capital will operate the office building in collaboration with Square2 Capital. Built in 1983, the 16-story building was purchased by the sellers in 2014 when it was 73 percent leased. The previous ownership spent approximately $5.3 million in capital improvements, including streetscape enhancements, updating both lobby areas, modernizing elevator and mechanical systems and renovating all of the common areas. As a result of these enhancements, occupancy improved to 90 percent. New tenants have been added such …
NEW YORK CITY — St. Francis College, a private Catholic educational institution, will relocate its campus from Brooklyn Heights to The Wheeler, Tishman Speyer’s new building that is situated atop a former Macy’s department store in downtown Brooklyn. Under the terms of the 30-year lease, St. Francis College will occupy 255,091 square feet across the fifth, sixth and seventh floors beginning in September 2022.
HOUSTON — Newmark has arranged the sale of a two-building, 115,000-square-foot office complex located at 6250 and 6260 Westpark Drive in Houston’s Galleria District. Built in 1973 and renovated in 2016, the complex offers amenities such as covered parking, multiple conference rooms and a deli. Spencer Hough and Connor Darling of Newmark, along with Jim Autenreith and Stephen Ghedi of Moody Rambin, represented the seller, Texas-based developer Presidium Group, in the transaction. The buyer was an entity doing business as Westpark @ 59 Office Plaza LLC.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A joint venture between Cedar Realty Trust (NYSE: CDR), Asland Capital Partners and the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group has broken ground on the first phase of Northeast Heights. The $600 million mixed-use office and retail development is located in the Minnesota and Benning submarket of Washington, D.C.’s Ward 7 neighborhood. The property is located at 3924 Minnesota Ave. Construction has a completion date of late 2022 or early 2023. The first phase of Northeast Heights includes the construction of a 258,500-square-foot office building, as well as 18,000 square feet of street-level retail space. The office space is 100 percent leased to the Washington, D.C., Department of General Services (DGS) for its headquarters. Northeast Heights is a multi-phase, mixed-use redevelopment of two existing retail shopping centers at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road. Cedar Realty Trust will lead future phases of the development, which will include the development of multifamily residential with designated affordable apartments, additional office space, community gathering areas and retail space including a new grocery store. The retail for the DGS building will be made up primarily of full-service and/or fast-casual restaurants, as well as service establishments for the 400 to 500 …
LOS ANGELES — San Francisco-based SteelWave has purchased The Switchyard, a Class A creative office campus in the Arts District of Los Angeles. Los Angeles-based CEG Construction sold the property for $80 million. The Switchyard consists of two low-rise office buildings, offering a total of 150,451 square feet, located at 500 and 540 S. Santa Fe Ave. Constructed in 2019, the 500 property consists of a newly constructed five-story creative office building totaling 100,000 square feet and offering ground-floor retail space and a penthouse with an open deck. The 540 property consists of a two-story, 50,888-square-foot building, which was built in 2012. Both buildings feature secured parking and gated and secured entry. SteelWave plans to implement a capital improvements program at the campus, including updating the buildings’ exteriors and improving on-site amenities. Mike Condon Jr., Steve Marcussen, Erica Finck and Bailey Dawson of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer and seller in the deal. Cushman & Wakfield’s Peter Collins, Brittany Winn, Scott Menkus and Alexa Delahooke provided market leasing advisory, while Rob Rubano, Brian Share, Joseph Lieske, Ernesto Sanchez, Keith Padien and Greg Napper of Cushman & Wakefield assisted the buyer with financing.
SAN DIEGO — Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ: DHC) and The RMR Group (NASDAQ: RMR) have completed Muse at Torrey Pines, a life sciences property located at 3030, 3040 and 3050 Science Park Road in the Torrey Pines submarket of San Diego. Totaling 186,000 square feet, the three-building campus was 85 percent pre-leased at completion. Surgalign Spine Technologies will occupy the 94,500-square-foot building at 3030 Science Park; Organogenesis signed a 23,000-square-foot lease at 3040 Science Park; and Aegis Life inked a lease for 9,600 square feet at 3040 Science Park. A local farm-fresh eatery concept inspired by Urban Kitchen Group will occupy the property’s restaurant space and offer seasonal food pairings for tenants and the general public. The Muse also features exterior gathering areas, outdoor games, electric vehicle charging stations and four art installation with sculptures and murals by three California artists. DHC owns the property, which RMR manages. Grant Schoneman and Chad Urie of JLL are handling leasing efforts for the property. Surgaline Spine Technologies was represented by Michael Labelle and Bridget Garwitz of Savills. Glenn Friedrich of Cresa represented Organogenesis and Shane Poppen of Hughes Marino represented Aegis Life in the respective leases.