SOUTHPORT, CONN. — Four tenants have signed office leases totaling 37,500 square feet at Southport Crossing, an office building located approximately 25 miles west of West Haven. Savills represented Counseling service Discovery Practice Management Inc., which leased 6,453 square feet. Angel Commercial LLC represented retail mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate Inc. and Professional Physical Therapy, which leased 2,600 square feet and 5,168 square feet, respectively. Newmark Knight Frank represented Lincoln Healthcare Information Co., which leased 8,400 square feet. All tenants will move into their new spaces immediately. Jon Angel of Angel Commercial LLC represented the landlord, a private investor, in the lease negotiations.
SEATTLE — San Francisco-based Gantry, an independent commercial banking firm, has secured $40 million in permanent financing for the Ainsworth & Dunn (A&D) Building and newly constructed 10 Clay Apartments in Seattle. The mixed-use residential and historic office project is located at 10 Clay St. and 2815 Elliott Ave. in Seattle’s Waterfront neighborhood. The multifamily component consists of a six-story, 62-unit, mid-rise apartment complex with more than 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The redeveloped A&D Building is a three-story historic landmark property with 32,615 square feet of commercial office space. The two buildings are connected by one level of subterranean parking and a ground-level breezeway between the properties. Mike Taylor and Mike Wood of Gantry’s Seattle office co-brokered the financing. The pair arranged the 13.5-year term financing through Principal Global Investors on behalf of A&D Partners.
WESTERVILLE, OHIO — Arch Street Capital Advisors and VEREIT (NYSE: VER) have acquired DHL Supply Chain’s North American headquarters in Westerville, a northeastern suburb of Columbus. The purchase price was undisclosed. The newly completed, build-to-suit office building spans 145,000 square feet and is located within Westar Place Business Park. The acquisition is part of Arch Street and VEREIT’s partnership focused on the acquisition of long-term leased, single-tenant office assets.
EAST POINT, GA. — Trammell Crow Co. has delivered a 341,041-square-foot office headquarters and distribution center for Atlanta Community Food Bank in East Point. The new facility includes 84,953 square feet of corporate office space, 69,931 square feet of cold storage and 186,157 square feet of warehouse space. Energy-saving features of the building include high-efficiency LED lighting and windows with low-energy tinted glazing. The property is situated on 65 acres at 3400 N. Desert Drive, about four miles west of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Of the 71.7 million pounds of food and grocery product the company distributed in fiscal year 2019, 22 percent was fresh produce. The food bank works with more than 700 partner agencies that directly distribute food to 29 counties within metro Atlanta and North Georgia.
SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Automotive supplier Marelli has signed a multi-year lease to relocate its North American headquarters to Southfield. The company will occupy nearly 200,000 square feet of the property located at 26555 Northwestern Highway. The mid-century building, which has been vacant since 2015 after Federal-Mogul relocated, is situated at the corner of Lahser Road and the John C. Lodge Freeway. The three-story building, which is undergoing extensive renovations, will feature modern workspaces for nearly 500 employees. It will include 75 conference rooms, an auditorium, cafeteria, fitness room and meeting space. Approximately 100,000 square feet will be dedicated to testing and lab equipment to support R&D activities for the company’s automotive lighting, electronics, exhaust, interiors, powertrain, ride dynamics and thermal solutions business units. Marelli is leasing the property from Dembs Development, which purchased the building in 2017 from a New York-based investment company. Marelli is planning a staggered move-in to begin in late 2020 with full occupancy expected by March 2021. The company currently has two locations in Auburn Hills and one in Farmington Hills. In May 2019, Magneti Marelli and Calsonic Kansei merged to create Marelli, one of the world’s largest independent automotive suppliers.
SAN DIEGO — Stockdale Capital Partners has closed on a $330 million loan with a group of funds managed by Alliance Bernstein to continue the redevelopment efforts at Horton Plaza in San Diego. Exterior construction is scheduled to begin soon with 600 to 800 construction workers expected on-site to build the mixed-use creative office and retail redevelopment. Stockdale Capital originally announced its redevelopment plans for Horton Plaza Mall in January. The Campus at Horton will include 700,000 square feet of creative office space and 300,000 square feet of retail space. The development is targeting LEED Platinum, WELL Platinum and WiredSource certifications, with sustainability efforts at the forefront of design and construction. Completion is slated for the end of 2021. Developers estimate the project will bring 3,000 to 4,000 jobs to the community.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Cornerstone Corporate Center, a Class A office park in Carlsbad. Long Beach-based Harbor Associates acquired the property from Salt Lake City-based Wasatch Group for $34.2 million. Totaling 177,917 square feet, the four-building asset is located at 1900, 1902 and 1903 Wright Place and 1917 Palomar Oaks Way. Situated on 14 acres and developed between 1998 and 2001, the campus comprises a two-story building and three three-story buildings. The property also features landscaping and ample parking. Rick Reeder and Brad Tecca of Cushman & Wakefield’s San Diego Capital Markets team represented the seller. Matty Sundberg and Justin Halenza, also of Cushman & Wakefield, provided leasing advisory services for the property.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — SVN | Angelic has completed the sale of a 156,024-square-foot office building located at 1345 Philomena St. in Austin’s Mueller district. The building serves as the headquarters of the buyer, Ascension Seton, a Central Texas-based branch of the faith-based healthcare organization Ascension Health. The seller, an investment fund backed by Black Creek Group, was self-represented in the transaction. Gabriel Silverstein of SVN | Angelic handled the transaction with Ben Mingle of the Centurion Foundation on behalf of Ascension Seton, which purchased the property for an undisclosed price. Silverstein also worked with Duncan Swanston of Baltimore-based lender CGA Capital to secure $83.8 million in acquisition financing for the transaction. The acquisition allows Ascension Seton to gain long-term control of its headquarters office building and to restructure its existing lease and occupancy costs. A team of attorneys from Hall Render, Ballard Spahr, and Polsinelli, worked to restructure said lease. Ascension Health is the second-largest hospital operator in the United States with more than 2,600 facilities in 20 states and Washington, D.C.
NEW YORK CITY — Health & Hospitals Corp. (HHC) has signed a 21,643-square-foot office lease in the Tremont neighborhood of The Bronx. The space is located at 1910 Webster Ave. in the Tremont Renaissance residential and commercial building, which features 256 apartments and 40,000 square feet of commercial space, 15,000 of which is leased to a supermarket. The lease term is 15 years. The healthcare center will offer pediatric, primary, urgent and elder care services. Michael Dubin and Hector Rodriguez of Savitt Partners LLC represented HHC in the lease negotiations. Kathy Zamechansky of KZA Realty Group represented the property developer and owner, Mastermind Ltd.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 5,800-square-foot office lease for investment management firm Rubric Capital in Manhattan. The company will occupy a suite on the 16th floor of 10 Grand Central, a 36-story building that was completed in the 1930s, for the next seven years. Rubric is moving from its previous space at 767 Third Avenue in June. The building owner, Marx Realty, implemented a $48 million repositioning project in 2018, which updated the entry, marquee, lobby, outdoor terrace and conference space. The building is 95 percent leased to tenants including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s production company, Seven Bucks Productions. Cynthia Wasserberger, Sam Eiler, David Kleiner and Carlee Palmer represented Marx Realty in the lease negotiations. Alan Wilde of Cushman & Wakefield represented Rubric Capital.