NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated a 15,361-square-foot office lease for private investment firm Newlight Partners LP at the Mutual of America Building in Manhattan. Newlight Partners is relocating from 390 Park Avenue, also known as The Lever House, to the 25th floor of the 750,000-square-foot, Class A office building. The term of the new lease is 10 years. Alexander Chudnoff and Daniel Turkewitz of JLL represented Newlight Partners in the lease negotiations. Frank Doyle, David Kleiner and Betsy Buckley of JLL represented the landlord, Mutual of America Life Insurance Co.
DALLAS — Envy Gaming Inc., a Dallas-based company that owns multiple esports teams, will open a 20,872-square-foot training facility and expanded office headquarters at Victory Park in downtown Dallas. The new space will be located within a Class A office building at 3030 Olive St., adjacent to the American Airlines Center. Ryan Hoopes and Tom Sutherland of Cushman & Wakefield represented Envy Gaming in its property search and lease negotiations.
NOVATO, CALIF. — Kennedy Wilson has acquired Hamilton Landing, a wholly owned office campus situated on 20 acres in Novato, a North Bay Area town in Marin County. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $115 million. For the acquisition, Kennedy Wilson invested $55 million of equity and assumed a $60 million, interest-only loan at a fixed interest rate of 4.34 percent that matures in 2025. Built in the 1930s as an Air Force Base, Hamilton Landing was decommissioned in the 1970s and converted into Class A creative office space in phases between 2000 and 2008. The seven-building campus offers a total of 406,000 square feet of office space. Kennedy Wilson purchased the office campus through a 1031 exchange with proceeds generated from the recent sale of two multifamily properties.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $17.9 million sale of Carolina Corporate Centre, a 91,709-square-foot office building in Raleigh. The property was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including law firms, insurance providers, mortgage lenders and tech companies. The seller, The Simpson Organization, acquired the asset in 2016 when it was 80 percent leased and during its ownership upgraded the onsite amenities and common areas. The property is located at 5400 Glenwood Ave., seven miles northwest of downtown Raleigh. David Finger, Sara Owen and Samir Idris of Cushman & Wakefield represented Simpson in the transaction. Saltmeadow LLC and The Runnymede Corp. acquired the property.
DENVER — Investcorp International Inc. and Schnitzer West LLC have completed the disposition of Centerpoint Office Center I and II, two office towers in Denver situated on 3.6 acres at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Interstate 25. TerraCap Management LLC acquired the assets for a combined $77.5 million. The 14-story Centerpoint I offers 168,486 square feet of office space, and the 16-story Centerpoint II features 205,534 square feet of office space. The sellers originally purchased the adjacent Class A towers in 2016. Jenny Knowlton, Tim Richey, Mike Winn, Charley Will and Chad Flynn of CBRE brokered the transaction. Bank of America provided debt financing for TerraCap.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — CIM Group, an investment firm with eight offices across the country, has acquired a portfolio of three commercial properties totaling approximately 270,000 square feet in Austin. The company purchased two office buildings, 618 Tillery St. and 507 Calles St., as well as a warehouse building located at 1300 E. 5th St. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
DENVER — Irvine, Calif.-based Sperry Properties has completed the sale of Yosemite Office Plaza, an office property located at 3600 S. Yosemite St. in Denver. Miami-based SF Partners acquired the asset for $13.3 million. James Brady, Campbell Davis, Mike Winn, Jenny Knowlton and Tim Richey of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. CBRE’s John Marold, Mitch Bradley and Lindsay Gilbert are handling leasing for the property. Built in 1974 and renovated in 2018, the 10-story property features 126,436 rentable square feet on approximately 6 acres. The building also includes underground parking and surface parking, as well as a fitness facility and outdoor building terrace. At the time of sale, the property 97 percent occupied by 26 tenants.
MADISON, WIS. — Harbor Group International LLC has acquired the headquarters of Spectrum Brands in Madison for $52 million. The single-tenant office building was originally built in 2013 and renovated in 2017. It rises four stories and spans 252,122 square feet. Spectrum Brands, a hardware, home improvements and pet supplies company, occupies the property on a net-lease basis through 2034. Livesey Co. was the seller.
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINN. — Ryan Cos. and The Excelsior Group have broken ground on 10 West End, an 11-story speculative office building in St. Louis Park’s West End. The 343,000-square-foot property is situated near I-394 and Highway 100. Typical floor plates will span 30,362 square feet. ACORE Capital provided project financing. Ryan A+E is the architect and Ryan Construction is the general contractor. Mike Honsa of Transwestern will lease the property. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Phillips Realty Capital has arranged a $28.7 million acquisition loan for a 205,000-square-foot, Class A office building in Bridgewater, located approximately 30 miles southwest of New York City. Bridge Investment Group provided the non-recourse financing to the borrower, Legacy Investing LLC, which acquired the asset from Senior Housing Properties Trust for $47.5 million. The building was 59 percent leased to multinational health information technology and clinical research company IQVIA at the time of sale. William Lawson and Adam Bieber of Phillips Realty Capital structured and placed the loan.