LOS ANGELES — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $65 million in financing for Wateridge, a six-building office and retail campus in West Los Angeles. LPC Realty Advisors I LLC, an investment advisory affiliate of Lincoln Property Co., is the borrower. Todd Sugimoto, Mark Wintner and Chad Morgan of JLL Capital Markets secured the five-year, fixed-rate financing with Deutsche Bank. Built between 1989 and 2005 on 21 acres, Wateridge features three multi-tenant office buildings, a single-tenant medical office building, a standalone 24-hour fitness facility and a multi-tenant retail strip center. At the time of financing, the 583,580-square-foot campus was 80 percent occupied and leased by credit tenants, including Kaiser Health Foundation, County of Los Angeles and Providence Health.
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LONGMONT, COLO. — Coldwell Banker Commercial Realty has arranged the sale of an office and research and development building in Longmont, approximately 35 miles north of Denver. Mountain View Fire Protection District acquired the asset from Gunbarrel Properties LLC for $7.3 million. Constructed in 1998, the two-story building features 36,900 square feet of space. The property is located at 6328 Monarch Park Place. Brian Campbell of Coldwell Banker Commercial Realty represented the buyer in the deal.
PLANO, TEXAS — KCW Enterprises has signed a 38,180-square-foot lease renewal at an industrial flex facility located at 2600 Research Drive in Plano. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1998 and totals 82,545 square feet. Brian Pafford and Jared Laake of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, Kennington Research LLC, in the lease negotiations. Grace Bowers of Colliers represented the tenant.
ST. LOUIS — NISA Investment Advisors LLC, an independent and employee-owned firm, has opened a new headquarters office in St. Louis. The 95,000-square-foot office is located at 7676 Forsyth Blvd. and represents an approximate 20 percent increase in square footage over the firm’s prior location. NISA, which was founded in St. Louis 30 years ago, currently has more than 390 employees and manages $526 billion in assets.
TEANECK, N.J. — Vatech America, a manufacturer of dental imaging equipment, has signed a 16,262-square-foot office lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Teaneck. The space is located within the 670,000-square-foot, four-building Glenpointe mixed-use campus. Jeff Schotz, Peter Rossi, Dan Reider, Peter Kasparian and David Simson of Newmark represented the landlord, Alfred Sanzari Enterprises, in the lease negotiations. Harlan Hollander of Savills represented the tenant.
MCDONOUGH, GA. — Stoic Equity Partners has purchased a 90,300-square-foot office and warehouse property located on McDonough Parkway in McDonough, a southern suburb of Atlanta. The Daphne, Ala.-based investor purchased the five-building property through an investment fund named SEP Industrial Holdings I LLC for $5.8 million. Nick Watson and Harrison Auerbach of Matthews Real Estate Investment Services represented the undisclosed, Georgia-based seller in the transaction. The flex property features loading docks, drive-in access, 18- to 20-foot clear heights and truck court space. The McDonough property is the second Atlanta-area investment for Stoic Equity Partners.
SAN ANTONIO — Architecture firm Corgan has signed a 5,000-square-foot office lease at Frost Tower, a 24-story building in downtown San Antonio that was completed in 2019. Corgan, which has had an office in San Antonio for 25 years, is relocating from the building at 1777 NE Loop 410. David Ballard and Parker LaBarge of CBRE represented Corgan in the lease negotiations. Christi Griggs, also with CBRE, represented the landlord, Weston Urban, which developed Frost Tower in partnership with Dallas-based KDC.
AURORA, COLO. — NorthPeak Commercial Advisors has arranged the acquisition of an office building in Aurora, a suburb east of Denver. The asset traded for $1 million. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Located at 14100 E. Evans Ave., the property features 5,092 square feet of office space. Steve Cummock and Drew Williams of NorthPeak Commercial Advisors represented the buyer in the deal.
By Brad Jones of Cushman & Wakefield/EGS Commercial Real Estate Despite ongoing challenges facing the national economy, Birmingham’s commercial real estate landscape remains steady and consistent. Over the past seven years, encompassing both pre- and post-pandemic periods, the overall vacancy rate for Birmingham’s multi-tenant office market has exhibited fluctuations like most markets, ranging from 12.9 percent in 2017 to 19 percent in 2023, according to research from Cushman & Wakefield/EGS Commercial Real Estate. However, for perspective, Birmingham’s year-end vacancy rate of 19 percent remains below the national average vacancy rate of 19.7 percent recorded in 2023, according to research from Cushman & Wakefield. Office leasing activity in Birmingham has maintained momentum, experiencing a notable 12 percent year-over-year increase from 2022. Total leasing activity for 2023 totaled 718,219 square feet. Class A transactions dominated with 564,681 square feet leased, indicating a continued preference for Class A office space (i.e. a flight to quality). This is good news for Class A product in this supposed period of economic slowdown. Office investment sales activity in Birmingham has, however, decelerated in the current economic climate. The impending ripple of debt maturities poses challenges for large institutional owners and creditors. At the same time, it …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $95 million sale of 1099 New York Avenue, an 11-story office building located in Washington, D.C. Situated four blocks away from the White House, the property totals 180,878 square feet. The building, which was 95 percent leased to eight tenants at the time of sale, features floor plates averaging 17,500 square feet. A joint venture between affiliates of Quadrangle Development Corp. and FarmView Ventures acquired the property with plans to add a fitness center and reposition the rooftop. Andrew Weir, Jim Meisel, Matt Nicholson, David Baker and Kevin Byrd of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.