COPPELL, TEXAS — Four new office tenants have signed leases at Cypress Waters, a 1,000-acre mixed-use development by Billingsley Co. that is located near DFW International Airport in Coppell. Goosehead Insurance has leased 12,348 square feet; Artisan Design Group LLC has inked a deal for 9,542 square feet; Northstar Builders Group has signed a lease for 5,819 square feet; and Robert Half has leased 6,217 square feet. Marijke Lantz represented Billingsley internally in all lease negotiations.
CINCINNATI — Zamir Equities LLC, a private equity investment firm based in New York City, has acquired Columbia Plaza, a 538,437-square-foot office building in downtown Cincinnati. The 29-story tower is located at 250 E. 5th St. near the entertainment districts of Newport and Covington, as well as The Banks, the home stadium of the Cincinnati Bengals and Reds. The building was constructed in 1984. Columbia Plaza’s amenities include a fitness center with classes, a 3,000-square-foot tenant lounge, conference facilities, outdoor plaza, cafe, dry cleaning, car washing and detailing, art gallery and transportation services. The property also features a 494-space underground parking garage. The location in Cincinnati’s central business district offers convenient access to Interstates 71 and 75. The seller, New York City-based HighBrook Investors, acquired the property in 2015 and invested approximately $10 million in capital improvements during its ownership. Renovations included expansion of the lobby to 10,000 square feet, upgrading the building’s outdoor space and parking garage and renovations to the bathrooms and other common areas. At the time of sale, the property was approximately 76 percent leased. Western & Southern Financial Group anchor the tower with a 540,000-square-foot office lease across the top seven floors. The company moved into …
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — JLL has arranged a $59.9 million acquisition loan for Morris Corporate Center 1 & 2, a two-building, Class A office complex totaling 550,000 square feet in Parsippany, a western suburb of New York City. Bridge Investment Group provided the four-year, floating-rate loan to the borrower, P3 Properties. The complex is located at 300 Interpace Parkway and 1 Upper Pond Road within the larger Morris Corporate Center. Amenities at the center include a 5,000-square-foot fitness center with a yoga studio, two cafes and two conference areas. At the time of sale, the buildings were 67 percent leased to tenants including Zurich Insurance and York Risk Services. Greg Nalbandian and Andrew Zilenziger arranged the loan.
NEW YORK CITY — Investment firm Oak Hill Advisors has expanded its prelease to 69,802-square-feet in Midtown Manhattan. The firm originally preleased 45,954 square feet at One Vanderbilt Avenue, an approximately 1.7 million-square foot office tower slated for completion later this year. The firm has leased an additional 23,848 square feet and will now occupy space across the 15th and 16th floors. Lance Korman, Brian Waterman and Jared Horowitz of Newmark Knight Frank represented Oak Hill Advisors in the lease negotiations. Robert Alexander, Ryan Alexander, Emily Jones and Alex D’Amario of CBRE represented the landlord, SL Green.
PHOENIX — Velocis has received a $33.8 million loan for the refinancing of Park One, a Class A office property in Phoenix’s Camelback Corridor. Dana Summer, Bruce Francis, Bob Ybarra, Shaun Moothart, Doug Birrell and Jim Korinek of CBRE secured the financing through Alliance Bank of Arizona for the borrower. Located at 2111, 2121 and 2141 E. Highland Ave., Park One is a three-building campus offering a total of 217,433 square feet of office space. The campus comprises a two-story building, four-story building and a freestanding restaurant. At the time of financing, the property was 92 percent leased. Park One features remodeled common areas and amenity spaces, including lobbies, corridors, elevator cabs, on-site café, landscaping and outdoor seating areas. The property is within walking distance to a variety of restaurant and shopping options, including Biltmore Fashion Park.
AKRON, OHIO — Burns & McDonnell has signed a lease to occupy the entire third floor of a new speculative office building within White Pond Crossing in Akron. The engineering, architecture and construction firm will occupy 14,940 square feet upon completion of the 45,000-square-foot building this summer. White Pond Crossing currently consists of six buildings totaling 67,900 square feet. Stacy Tramonte of NAI Pleasant Valley brokered the lease transaction. Tramonte handles all leasing for the new spec building.
In recent weeks, the ability of commercial real estate owners to access debt and equity has come into question as the novel coronavirus wreaks havoc on the economy. While some deals in the pipeline are still getting done, the debt markets took a pause as the pandemic took hold. Debt markets were waiting for clarity on how various sectors would react, according to Mark Strauss, managing director of capital markets, and Rob Quarton, director of capital markets, with Walker & Dunlop’s Irvine, Calif., office. The two recently spoke with REBusinessOnline via Zoom about the robustness of certain asset types, market stability, debt pricing and adoption of tech-heavy creativity in the wake of COVID-19 and its effects on commercial real estate nationwide. Commercial Real Estate Debt & Coronavirus Strauss and Quarton primarily work with institutional capital sources that provide capitalization for commercial real estate developers and owners. As such, they have a broad view of all debt markets and their willingness to fund. Debt funds are one of the most affected areas of the financial markets. “The way that debt funds finance their position behind the scenes — either using collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), bank warehouse lines or repo facilities — …
ELLICOTT CITY, MD. — KLNB has arranged the $9.4 million sale of North Ridge Professional Center, a 38,894-square-foot medical office building in Ellicott City. The building was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to anchor Ellicott City Ambulatory Surgery Center, Howard County Government, Seton Medical Group (a division of St. Agnes Healthcare) and Infectious Disease Associates. The property is situated at 2850 N. Ridge Road, 15 miles west of downtown Baltimore. Don Schline, Craig Morrell and Brad Berzins of KLNB represented the seller, Foulger-Pratt, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
BETHLEHEM, PA. — Colliers International has brokered the $3 million sale of a 33,000-square-foot office building located at 257 Brodhead Road in Bethlehem, an eastern suburb of Allentown. The seller, First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union (FCFCU), previously used the building as its corporate headquarters and will move to a new space within the Trexler Business Center development currently under construction in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania. An undisclosed new tenant has already been procured. Derek Zerfass of Colliers represented FCFCU in the transaction. Ryan Dietrick and Kelly Berfield, also of Colliers, represented the buyer, Brodhead Road Holdings LLC.
RED BANK, N.J. — First National Realty Partners (FNRP) has acquired The Coastal Building, a 29,178-square-foot Class A office building in Red Bank, a southern suburb of New York City. Located at 151 Bodman Place on the Navesink River, the property offers convenient access to State Highway 35 and the Garden State Parkway. At the time of sale, tenants included Conklin Office Services LLC, Hudson Canyon Investment Counselors and The Pat Menna Law Firm. The building was constructed in 1982 and underwent lobby renovations in 2013. First National acquired the building in an off-market transaction and plans to improve the property with targeted upgrades focused on green initiatives and technology. The sales price was undisclosed.
