HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 13,817-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion for Advance Energy Partners LLC at Westchase Park Plaza in Houston. The 10-story office building is located at 11490 Westheimer Road in Houston’s Westchase submarket. Dan Boyles of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Kurt Kistler of Moody Rambin represented the landlord, California-based Hertz Investment Group.
SAN DIEGO — CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance group has arranged a $111.5 million loan for the refinancing of Rancho Vista Corporate Center, an office/R&D campus in San Diego. The borrower is Swift Real Estate Partners. Mike Walker, Brad Zampa, Megan Woodring and Taylor Shepard of CBRE’s San Francisco office secured the floating-rate financing for the borrower. Annaly Commercial Real Estate served as lender. Situated on 67.5 acres at 16399 W. Bernardo Drive, Rancho Vista Corporate Center offers a total of 816,771 square feet of office and R&D space spread across multiple buildings, including a three-story, Class A office building. Swift Real Estate Partners acquired the campus in 2016 and has completed a $70 million transformation of the property, including upgraded building systems; added amenities, such as a fitness center and outdoor sports court facility; open-air collaboration and gaming areas; cafeteria renovation; new facades; exterior and landscaping upgrades; and increased connectivity between the buildings. The company recently completed the final stage of its repositioning strategy, which included converting Building 60 into Class A creative office space from R&D use.
MINNEAPOLIS — Bridge Office Fund Manager, a subsidiary of Bridge Investment Group LLC, has acquired West End Office Park, a six-building, 568,000-square-foot office campus within the West End submarket of Minneapolis. The purchase price was undisclosed. Originally developed between 1968 and 1980, the park has undergone more than $27 million in capital improvements since 2015. Bridge plans to make additional improvements beginning immediately. The campus is 86 percent occupied by tenants such as HealthPartners, nVent, Horizontal Integration and CoBank. Tom O’Brien and Sam Maguire of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction, which represents Bridge Office’s entry into the Twin Cities market.
MILWAUKEE — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated the sale of 222 East Erie in Milwaukee’s Third Ward district for $9.6 million. The brokerage also secured $7.6 million in acquisition financing through a Chicago-based financial institution. R2 Cos. was the buyer. Originally built in 1896 as a bakery, the property was repositioned in 2006 as a creative office asset. The four-story building features onsite parking. Jaime Fink, Jeffrey Bramson, Bruce Miller, Patrick Shields and Sam DiFrancesca of JLL represented the private seller. Christopher Carroll and Lucas Borges of JLL led the financing efforts.
LAFAYETTE, IND. — Maverick Commercial Mortgage has arranged a $6.1 million first mortgage loan through Centier Bank for the Chase Center office building in Lafayette. Located at 201 Main St., the property spans 128,574 square feet, including a 93-space parking garage. The asset is 93 percent leased. The six-year, fixed-rate loan is amortized over 25 years. Proceeds from the first mortgage paid off existing debt and funded improvements such as new elevators and an HVAC modernization. Shook Realty Group was the borrower.
REDMOND, WASH. — Los Angeles-based Continental Partners has arranged $18.7 million in financing for the acquisition of Redmond Heights Center, an industrial/office flex property in Redmond, a suburb of Seattle. The borrower, ALCO Investment Co., acquired the 126,545-square-foot asset from Wakefield Redmond Heights. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to 13 tenants. The 10-year, non-recourse loan has a fixed rate of 3.25 percent with a 30-year amortization schedule and step-down prepayment option. Carl Riggins of Continental Partners secured the permanent financing for the borrower.
PATERSON, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $15.2 million sale of 100 Hamilton Plaza, a 181,995-square-foot office building in Paterson, a city in Northern New Jersey. The 14-story, transit-served building was 90 percent leased at the time of sale. Jeffrey Dunne, Jeremy Neuer, Steve Bardsley, David Gavin, Gene Pride, Travis Langer and Zach McHale of CBRE represented the seller, Mountain Development Corp., in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a private investor based in New York City.
CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — San Diego-based Pacific Southwest Realty Services (PSRS) has arranged $11 million in financing for a medical office facility located in Chula Vista. The borrower is San Ysidro Health (formerly San Ysidro Health Center). Located at 880 Third Ave., the 23,780-square-foot property was formerly a CVS/pharmacy that was converted to a modern medical office facility. San Ysidro Health is a nonprofit organization that provides healthcare services. Services at the new center will include senior services, adult and family medicine, pediatrics, women’s health and support services. Pasha Johnson of PSRS structured the loan for the borrower.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Scottsdale-based Palmer Development Group has broken ground on The Edge, a mixed-use project located at the northeast corner of 90th Street and Loop 101 in Scottsdale. The 15-arce development will include a four-story, 212,000-square-foot Class A office building, plus 22,000 square feet of retail in-line shop space and two pad locations. Designed by Butler Design Group, the office portion is slated for completion in March 2021, while initial occupancy of the retail space is planned for December 2020. Currently signed retail tenants include Black Rock Coffee, Café Rio and Beauty Bar. John Bonnell, Brett Abramson, Chris Latvaaho and Chris Beall of JLL Phoenix are handling leasing for the office component, while Brent Mallonee and Shane Carter of Cushman & Wakefield are handling leasing for the retail portion of the project.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Hines and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management have completed the sale of a single-tenant office building located at 3450 E. Miraloma Ave. in Anaheim. A family trust bought the property for $44 million. Built in 2002 as a build-to-suit for Pacific Sunwear of California (PacSun), the property features 180,000 square feet of Class A office space, large floor plates, a cafeteria, outdoor sports courts and ample surface parking. PacSun occupies the property on a long-term, triple-net lease. Founded in 1980, Newport Beach, Calif.-based PacSun is a retail clothing brand rooted in the youth-oriented culture and lifestyle of California. Paul Jones, Kevin Shannon, Brandon White, Sean Fulp, Ryan Plummer, Mark Schuessler and Matt Berres of Newmark Knight Frank represented the sellers, while Michael Hartel of Colliers International represented the buyer in the deal.