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OKLAHOMA CITY — Fort Worth-based Woodside Capital Group has begun a $6 million renovation project at LakePointe Towers, a two-building office complex in Oklahoma City. The assets feature nearly 100,000 square feet available for lease. Woodside, which acquired the properties in fall 2018, has already completed upgrades to the parking areas, as well as added new paint, roofs and building chillers. Ongoing improvements include updates to the lobbies, restrooms, signage and landscaping. CBRE will market LakePointe Towers for Woodside following completion of the project.

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DALLAS — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated a 10,365-square-foot office lease for Kansas City-based law firm Lathrop Gage at Rosewood Court in the Uptown area of Dallas. The new office is the firm’s 10th in the country. Garrison Efird and Paxton Cooksey of NKF represented Lathrop Gage in the lease negotiations. David Zimmer and Scott Bluhm of Newmark Grubb Zimmer, an affiliate office of NKF, also worked on the deal. Haley Collard and Joe Dunne represented the landlord, Rosewood Property Co., on an internal basis.

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NEW YORK CITY — Colliers International’s project management team has completed a 12,000-square-foot, build-to-suit office project at One Penn Plaza in Manhattan for Dimension Data, a South Africa-based IT firm. Designed by Gensler, the office space features adjustable desks, shared employee workspaces, expansive views and access to an abundance of natural light. Dimension Data will occupy the 18th floor of the 57-story Penn Plaza, which spans approximately 2.7 million square feet. Vornado Realty Trust owns the building, which was originally built in 1972 and renovated in 1995.

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OAKLAND, CALIF. — HFF has secured $93 million in acquisition financing for 1333 Broadway, a Class A office building in Oakland. Jordan Angel and Mark Root of HFF arranged the floating-rate acquisition loan through an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management for the borrower, Swift Real Estate Partners. At the time of sale, the 253,393-square-foot office building was 95 percent leased. Major tenants includes Delta Dental and Teecom. Jacobus Machalow of Orrick provided legal representation for Swift Real Estate Partners. Additional terms of the acquisition were not released.

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ITASCA, ILL. — Hamilton Partners has completed the renovation of its Hamilton Lakes Business Park in Itasca. The property is home to more than 3.5 million square feet of office space. In April, Hamilton completed renovations of 500 Park and One Pierce Place, which comprise approximately 1 million square feet. Balfour Pacific and Hamilton invested more than $7 million in both buildings. At One Pierce Place, Hamilton renovated the front entrance and lower lobby, adding a Wi-Fi lounge and conference center. At 500 Park, the renovation included an update to the entrance and lobby as well as the lower-level concourse level. Tenants now have access to a Wi-Fi lounge and a patio overlooking the walking path. Farmers Fridge and Foodsby have been added to increase food options. Hamilton also made updates to 555 Pierce, 333 Pierce and 150 Pierce, which now features a shared office space.

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SEATTLE — Hudson Pacific Properties has purchased the condominium rights to build a fully entitled office development for $86 million before credits, prorations and closing costs. The property will be adjacent to the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) Addition in Seattle. The 538,000-square-foot office tower will be located at the intersection of Boren Avenue and Olive Way in Seattle’s Denny Triangle neighborhood. The 1.2-acre, full-block site is fully entitled for a 16-story office tower. The WSCC Addition’s development team, including Pine Street Group as pre-development manager and LMN as architect, has already performed extensive predevelopment and design work. Targeting LEED Gold certification, the tower will feature 526,000 square feet of office space and 12,000 square feet of retail space. Amenities will include more than 10,000 square feet of outdoor space, bike storage, showers and lockers, as well as direct access to the WSCC Addition’s pedestrian-level retail experience. Additionally, the site offers transportation access to Interstate 5, Sound Transit’s Link Light Rail, the Seattle Streetcar network and regional bus service. Hudson Pacific estimates total development costs, including the purchase price, in the range of $300 million to $350 million. Construction is slated to begin as early as mid-2021 with delivery for …

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263-N.-Sam-Houston-Parkway

HOUSTON — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a two-building, 234,746-square-foot office complex in Houston. Located at 263 N. Sam Houston Parkway, one building totals 87,611 square feet and the other spans 147,135 square feet and includes a four-story parking garage. David Carter of Colliers represented the seller, BH Properties, in the transaction for the Class B buildings. The buyer was not disclosed, but the property is listed on the Houston portfolio page of Lincoln Property Co.

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COLTON, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Cooley Ranch Professional Center, an office property located in Colton. An individual/personal trust sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $1.2 million. Located at 1325 E. Cooley Dr., the two-story building features 16,554 square feet of office space. Drew Wetherhold and Kevin Struve of Marcus & Millichap’s Ontario, Calif., office represented the seller in the deal.

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SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — Equus Capital Partners Ltd., a Philadelphia-based private equity firm with five other offices around the country, has sold One Sugar Creek Center, a 193,998-square-foot office building located in the southwestern Houston suburb of Sugar Land. The asset was sold to Glazer Properties, an investment firm headed by Tampa Bay Buccaneers co-owner Kevin Glazer. The 11-story, Class A property was built in 1983 on 4.5 acres and was renovated in 2017 to feature a new lobby, added security systems, elevator cab upgrades, a new conference center and refreshed landscaping. Additional amenities include a deli, bank branch and an outdoor patio and cornhole court. The property was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Comerica Bank, Wholesome Sweeteners and Amerex Brokers Natural Gas. Christopher Locatell, Mark Ledger and Greg Chapin of Equus handled the transaction for their firm along with Dan Miller, Marty Hogan and Johnny Kight of HFF.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Kirksey Architecture, which has more than $500 million worth of projects underway throughout Central Texas, has opened a new, 2,500-square-foot office at 1701 Directors Blvd. in south Austin. The company’s main office is located in Houston. Executive vice president Benito Guerrier and vice presidents David Dalton and Kathleen Jircik will head the company’s Austin office. Kirksey officially took occupancy of the space in June 2018.

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