SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — California-based direct lender Money360 has closed a $16 million bridge loan for the refinancing of an undisclosed office building in Sugar Land, a southwestern suburb of Houston. The nonrecourse loan was structured with a floating interest rate, three-year term and a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio. The borrower was also not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Three tenants have signed office leases at 150 North Michigan, a 41-story Class A office tower in Chicago’s East Loop. The German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest Inc. will take a full floor and Insight Global Tech will occupy 11,469 square feet on the 36th floor. Additionally, law firm Jackson Lewis renewed its lease for 29,793 square feet on the 24th and 25th floors. Combined, the three leases total 59,321 square feet. Sara Spicklemire, Kelsey Scheive and Seth Tuscher of CBRE represented ownership, CBRE Global Investors. The 654,508-square-foot property is currently 87 percent leased and recently underwent a $7 million renovation. The property is known for its diamond-shaped peak.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — California-based investment firm KBS has sold Park Avenue at Morris County, a trophy office park in Florham Park for $311 million. The deal marks the highest price for a multi-tenant office building in suburban New Jersey since 2008, according to CBRE, which brokered the deal. The buyer was a New York City-based private investor. Situated on 135 acres, Park Avenue at Morris County consists of six Class A office buildings totaling just under 1.2 million square feet. The campus, located in Northern New Jersey approximately 20 miles west of Manhattan, was developed in phases between 1989 and 1999. The property also features a 7,000 square-foot private daycare and preschool facility. During its ownership period, KBS introduced new amenities such as a fitness center with personal training spaces, basketball courts, volleyball courts and a soccer field, as well we service-based amenities like a car wash and a dry cleaner. KBS also upgraded the buildings’ roofs, HVAC systems, elevators and conference centers while adding transportation amenities such as electric car charging stations and shuttle service to nearby public transit lines. The property was 89 percent occupied at the time of sale. “Though we purchased this property during the economic …
MADISON, WIS. — CG Schmidt, a Milwaukee-based construction management and general contracting firm, has purchased an office building located at 433 W. Washington Ave. in Madison. The building will serve as CG Schmidt’s Madison office, replacing the current office at 10 W. Mifflin St. Keller Real Estate Group sold the five-story, 34,255-square-foot building. CG Schmidt plans to remodel the building and update it for efficiency and sustainability. Kahler Slater Architects designed the modernization. Construction has begun with completion slated for this July. CG Schmidt will occupy three floors, with the two remaining floors available for commercial and retail lease.
NEWARK, CALIF. — Buchanan Street Partners has purchased Newark Tech Park, an office and life sciences asset in Newark. New York-based Time Equities sold the property for $26.2 million. Located at 8000 and 8100 Jarvis Ave., the two-building project features 99,716 square feet of space. Built in 2001, the park offers efficient floor plates, 16-foor clear heights and building spaces that can accommodate tech and biotech space. Buchanan financed the acquisition through assuming an in-place CMBS loan on the building at 8000 Jarvis Ave. and secured a new bank loan for the building at 8100 Jarvis Ave. Peter Thompson of JLL assisted with the bank financing. Grant Lammersen, Steve Golubchik, Tyler Myerdirk and Edmund Najera of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the transaction.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the $24.3 million sale of Gardens Medical Pavilion, a 75,424-square-foot medical office building (MOB) in West Palm Beach. Charlottesville, Va.-based Anchor Health Properties acquired the building for $24.3 million, or $322 per square foot, from Gardens Medical Pavilion LLC. The five-story MOB was built in 1991 at 3401 PGA Blvd., which is situated near Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Jupiter Medical Center and the North County Surgery Center. Gardens Medical Pavilion was 84 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Florida Cancer Specialists, the University of Miami, Gastro Group of the Palm Beaches and Pediatric Partners. Scott O’Donnell, Michael Ciadella, Dominic Montazemi, Greg Miller, Miguel Alcivar, Anthony Librizzi and Michael Feldman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
DEER PARK, ILL. — Digital marketing agency Logical Position has signed a 42,696-square-foot office lease at the Reserve at Deer Park in suburban Chicago. Situated on Lake Cook Road, the office building spans 85,392 square feet and six floors. Amenities include a café, fitness center and conference center. Matthew Frazee, Paul Buckingham and Brian Reaney of Newmark Knight Frank represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. JLL represented building ownership.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 9,703-square-foot office lease renewal for P.O.& G. Resources, a privately held oil and gas company, at 5847 San Felipe St. in Houston’s Galleria submarket. Dan Boyles and Michael Mannella of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Rima Soroka and Eric Siegrist represented the landlord, Parkway, on an internal basis.
NEW YORK CITY — Financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald has renewed its 151,890 square-foot office headquarters lease at 110 East 59th Street in the Plaza District of Midtown Manhattan. The company signed at 16-year lease to occupy seven full floors at the 37-story building. Jared Horowitz, Neil Goldmacher and Jason Perla of Newmark Knight Frank represented Cantor Fitzgerald in the lease negotiations. Michael Jones of Cole Schotz P.C. advised Cantor Fitzgerald in the renewals of the lease agreements. Brett Greenberg and Fran Delgorio represented the building owner and developer, Jack Resnick & Sons, in-house.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated a 25,261-square-foot office lease for advertising company CaféMedia in Manhattan. The company signed a 10-year lease to occupy the entire 27th floor of the 1.1 million-square-foot building, which is located at 1411 Broadway and completed in 1970. CaféMedia previously occupied space at 417 Fifth Avenue. Alexander Chudnoff, Dan Turkewitz and Kip Orban of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Paul Amrich, Neil King and Emily Jones of CBRE represented the landlord, Ivanhoé Cambridge.