STATELINE, NEV. — Dickson Commercial has negotiated the sale of a two-building property located at 298 Kingsbury Grade and 160 Pineridge Drive in Stateline. Kingsbury General Improvement District acquired the assets from JM Ranches for $2.7 million. The two multi-tenant properties offer a total of 15,788 square feet of office, industrial and retail space. Travis Hansen of Dickson Commercial Group represented the seller in the transaction.
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Butler Animal Health Supply LLC, a provider of veterinarian supplies and medications, has renewed its 120,000-square-foot industrial lease at 14800 FAA Blvd. in Fort Worth. According to LoopNet Inc., the property spans 198,871 square feet across 10.9 acres. Bob Acuff of Colliers International represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The landlord is ML Realty Partners.
PLANO, TEXAS — Digital Matrix Systems (DMS), an international provider of risk management solutions, has signed a 22,500-square-foot office lease at Preston Park Towers West in Plano for its new headquarters. The company is relocating from nearby Addison. Mike Cleary, Mike Kay and Campbell Puckett of CBRE represented DMS in its site selection and lease negotiations. Campbell Henry and Chris Axley with Lincoln Property Co. represented the landlord, TerraCap Mangement.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Transwestern has negotiated the $83 million sale of a 1 million-square-foot, six-property office portfolio in Huntsville. Five of the buildings are situated within Cummings Research Park and the sixth is Regions Center, an 11-story, 154,297-square-foot office tower in downtown Huntsville. The five buildings in Cummings Research Park include Northrop Grumman’s regional headquarters, a 110,275-square-foot building; Intuitive Center I and II, which together comprise 133,967 square feet; Research Place, three one-story buildings comprising 274,657 square feet; and Research Office Park Center, which spans four one-story buildings totaling 121,839 square feet. The portfolio was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems, Regions Bank, Toyota Motor North America Inc. and BAE Systems. Cummings Research Park is home to more than 300 companies and is situated six miles west of downtown Huntsville. John Bell and Kevin Markwordt of Transwestern represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
GBT Realty Receives $141.1M in Construction Financing for One22One Broadway Office Tower in Nashville
by Alex Tostado
NASHVILLE, TENN. — GBT Realty Corp. has received $141.1 million in construction financing for its One22One Broadway project in Nashville. Mack Realty provided the loan for the planned 24-story, 356,000-square-foot office tower. Construction began in February, and GBT expects the development to open in 2022. Additionally, Dallas-based Koch Real Estate Investments has joined GBT as a limited partner. The property is situated on 0.77 acres at 1221 Broadway. Gresham Smith designed the building, and Taylor Hillenmeyer, Janelle Gallagher, Frank Thomasson and Byran Fort of CBRE are marketing the office space.
VIENNA, VA. — The Meridian Group has acquired 1951 Kidwell Drive and 193 Gallows Road in Vienna for a combined $58.3 million. The eight-story building at 1951 Kidwell spans 172,957 square feet and was 75 percent leased at the time of sale. The building located at 1953 Gallows is also eight stories and comprises 256,714 square feet. It was 55 percent leased at the time of sale. Meridian plans to upgrade the common areas and amenities of both assets in an effort to improve occupancy. The two buildings are situated within a half mile of each other and 13 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C. Eastdil Secured represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller(s) was not disclosed.
WILSONVILLE, ORE. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF), on behalf of ScanlanKemperBard (SKB), has secured $36.1 million in financing for the acquisition of Parkway Woods Business Park in Wilsonville. SKB acquired the property, which offers 390,233 rentable square feet of office, production and manufacturing space on an 88.3-acre, park-like setting. Ramsey Daya, Chris Moritz and Stephen Scarpulla of NKF’s Debt & Structured Finance team in San Francisco executed the financing through Bridge Investment Group for the borrower. At the time of sale, the asset was 79.5 percent leased by a variety of tenants, including Xerox, 3D Systems, Dealer Spike and Tualatin Valley Water District. Parkway Woods features efficient, single-story floor plans with modern building systems, abundant green space, extensive freeway visibility, amenities, above-market parking ratio, on-site public transportation, excess land and nearby food options.
New York Life Originates $69.9M Acquisition, Repositioning Loan for Office Building in California
by Amy Works
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has originated financing for the acquisition and repositioning of 2160 Grand, a three-story office building in El Segundo. Originally developed as a built-to-suit project in 1999, the building’s T-shaped layout allows floorplates to be divided for multiple tenants, along with the capability to serve larger space users. The buyer plans to reposition the property into a 164,000-square-foot, campus-like facility with a variety of amenities, including private roof decks, a fitness center, tenant lounge and outdoor courtyard. David Milestone of Newmark Knight Frank Capital Markets placed the debt on the transaction.
CONCORD, MASS. — Taurus Investment Holdings LLC has purchased 300 Baker Avenue, a 410,296-square-foot office building in Concord, a northwestern suburb of Boston. The sales price was $74.5 million. At the time of sale, the Class A building was 93.2 percent leased to 13 tenants, including the corporate headquarters of fruit juice manufacturer Welch’s and a satellite facility for Emerson Hospital. Amenities include a fitness facility, conference center, cafeteria and Starbucks kiosk. Robert Griffin and Edward Maher led a Newmark Knight Frank team that represented Taurus in the transaction. Novaya Real Estate Ventures was the seller.
NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has negotiated the 12-year renewal of a 77,000-square-foot office space in Midtown Manhattan for investment and technology development firm D.E. Shaw. The space spans seven floors at Tower 45, a 458,446-square-foot, Class A office building located at 120 W. 45th St. The company has leased its space in the building since 2011. Arthur Mirante II, Mitti Liebersohn and John Ryan III of Avison Young represented the landlord, Kamber Management Co., in the lease negotiations. Timothy Dempsey, Roger Griswold and Munish Viralam of CBRE represented D.E. Shaw.