Office

KBS Sells Office Property in West Palm Beach for $40M

by Alex Tostado May 24, 2019

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — KBS Real Estate Investment has sold Emerald View at Vista Center, a two-building office property in West Palm Beach, for $40 million. A partnership including Vanderbilt Office Properties acquired the 139,471-square-foot property. Emerald View is situated near the Florida Turnpike and Okeechobee Boulevard within the 500-acre master-planned Vista Center. Vista Center is a mixed-use development that will include office, industrial, hotel and retail space. Emerald View was built to exceed hurricane requirements and provide 100 percent power for 25 days of “business as usual” operations. KBS made several upgrades and improvements to the property, including the construction of move-in ready speculative suites and enhancements to the building common areas and lobby. Christian Lee, Jose Lobon, Kevin Probel, Kevin McCarthy and Tyler Ploshnick of CBRE represented KBS in the transaction.

May 24, 2019

Acquisitions New York Northeast Office Retail

GFP Real Estate Acquires 311,000 SF Office, Retail Building in Manhattan

by Taylor Williams May 24, 2019

NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment and development firm GFP Real Estate has acquired 675 Avenue of the Americas (AOA), a 311,000-square-foot office and retail building located in the Flatiron District of Manhattan. Originally constructed in 1901 to house the Adams Dry Goods department store, the Class A property houses the headquarters of several major companies, including Weight Watchers, Nielsen and Trader Joe’s. GFP partnered on the sale with tech firm Guidepoint, which will occupy a 50,000-square-foot headquarters space within the building and retain minority ownership in it. Dustin Stolly, Jordan Roeschlaub, Nick Scribani, Chris Kramer and Paul Talbot of Newmark Knight Frank arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through Signature Bank for the deal. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

May 24, 2019

Acquisitions Healthcare Office Oregon Western

HFF Directs $14.5M Sale of Medical Office Building in Metro Portland

by Amy Works May 24, 2019

TIGARD, ORE. — HFF has arranged the sale of Tigard Medical Plaza, a medical office building located in Tigard, approximately 10 miles south of downtown Portland. An undisclosed seller sold the property to a private investor for $14.5 million in all-cash, 1031 exchange transaction. Completed in 2005, Tigard Medical Plaza is a 20,994-square-foot outpatient medical office building and ambulatory surgery center. Situated on 1.7 acres, the property was fully leased at the time of sale. Evan Kovac, Andrew Milne, Trent Jemmett, Maria Poyer and Logan Greer of HFF represented the seller in the deal. Casey Davidson and John Chun, also with HFF, provided debt advisory services on the transaction.

May 24, 2019

Company News Office Texas

Cushman & Wakefield Acquires Austin Operations of Peloton Commercial

by Taylor Williams May 24, 2019

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Cushman & Wakefield has acquired the office operations of office brokerage and management firm Peloton Commercial Real Estate. The acquisition does not affect Peloton’s other offices in Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston. Under the terms of the deal, 40 Peloton employees, including partners Kevin Granger, Brian Liverman and Matt Frizzell, will join Cushman & Wakefield in the firm’s Austin office. Andrew McDonald, president of Cushman & Wakefield’s west region, cited Peloton’s intimate knowledge of a fast-growing market as an asset to C&W’s business, which will continue to serve both startup and established corporate office users and investors.

May 24, 2019

Development Office Texas

VanTrust Tops Out 210,000 SF Office Project at Frisco Station

by Taylor Williams May 24, 2019

FRISCO, TEXAS — VanTrust Real Estate, a development firm with five offices across the country, has topped out The Offices Two at Frisco Station, a 210,000-square-foot project located north of Dallas in Frisco. The Class A building is located within the 242-acre Frisco Station mixed-use development that wraps around The Star, a 300-room Omni Hotel and various retail and restaurant establishments. HKS is the project architect, and Manhattan Construction is the general contractor. Kimley-Horn is the civil engineer, and Cushman & Wakefield is handling marketing and leasing. The opening is slated for October.

May 24, 2019

Development Office Retail Texas

MARCEL Breaks Ground on 68,785 SF Office, Retail Property in Metro Houston

by Taylor Williams May 24, 2019

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — MARCEL, a privately owned development firm based in The Woodlands, has broken ground on a 68,785-square-foot office and retail property in Sugar Land, a southwestern suburb of Houston. The property, which will be located adjacent to Johnson Development’s Riverstone master-planned community, is slated for a spring 2020 completion. Approximately 41,785 square feet will be dedicated to retail and restaurant uses, while 27,000 square feet will be earmarked for office uses.

May 24, 2019

Acquisitions Midwest Minnesota Office Retail

KW Commercial Arranges $2.6M Sale of Office, Retail Building in Burnsville, Minnesota

by Kristin Harlow May 24, 2019

BURNSVILLE, MINN. — KW Commercial has arranged the sale of the Nicollet Plaza Building in Burnsville for $2.6 million. The property, situated at 200 E. Travelers Trail, is a 20,653-square-foot, two-story office and retail building. Anchored by SharePoint Credit Union, the asset includes a mix of retail and office tenants. Matthew Klein, Andy Manthei and David Lund of KW Commercial represented the seller, Nicollet Plaza II LLC. The team also secured the buyer, Nicollet Office Partners LLC.

May 24, 2019

Acquisitions Midwest Missouri Office Top Stories

KBS Sells 580,368 SF Office Campus Near St. Louis to Lingerfelt CommonWealth

by Alex Tostado May 24, 2019

CLAYTON, MO. — KBS has sold Pierre Laclede Center I & II, a two-building, 580,368-square-foot office campus in Clayton, to Lingerfelt CommonWealth. The sales price was not disclosed. Pierre Laclede Center I & II were constructed in 1964 and 1970, respectively. KBS acquired the office campus in 2010 and implemented a $19 million renovation plan in the intervening years. Amenities include an outdoor veranda/patio area, conference rooms, fitness centers, café, deli, onsite concierge and car washing. The sale included a four-level, 1,304-stall parking garage. HFF marketed the property on behalf of KBS, a California-based private equity firm that owned the asset through its KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II portfolio. The buyer is a national real estate investment management firm based in Richmond, Virginia. Current tenants include Centene, Lathrop Gage, Morgan Stanley and Dana McKitrick P.C. Additionally, The St. Louis Club, a private dining club, occupies the top floor of the property with views of downtown and the Gateway Arch. Clayton is one of the St. Louis region’s most sought-after submarkets for office space and is considered the hub of the St. Louis metropolitan area. Clayton boasts over 1 million square feet of retail space as well, and the Pierre …

May 24, 2019

Market Reports Office Texas Texas Market Reports

Minimal New Development Keeps McAllen Office Market in Check

by Taylor Williams May 24, 2019

Development of new office space in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area rarely happens on a large scale. This ensures that the market remains steady, if unspectacular, assuming the fundamentals during both expansions and contractions do not change. According to CoStar Group, the metro’s office vacancy rate currently stands at 6 percent, while the average asking rent sits at $20.44 per square foot. Modest vacancy compression and rent growth are forecast for the coming years, with the vacancy and average asking rents expected to hit 4.2 percent and $21.30 per square foot, respectively, by 2023. Throughout the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) region as a whole, office market growth is largely confined to McAllen and Edinburg. There is one signature project — Rio Bank’s new corporate headquarters in McAllen — that will serve as a barometer of how well the market can large additions of quality space. According to local newspaper The Valley Morning Star, the 125,469-square-foot project carries a price tag of $20 million. Construction began in January 2018 and is slated to open either late this year or early in 2020, with the namesake tenant expected to occupy about a third of the space. Per local sources, the property, which is …

May 24, 2019

Delaware Loans Mixed-Use Northeast Office

Capital One Provides $68M Loan for Office Redevelopment Project in Wilmington

by Taylor Williams May 23, 2019

WILMINGTON, DEL. — Capital One has provided a $68 million loan for the redevelopment of a portion of the former office campus of pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca in Wilmington, Delaware. The borrower, Brandywine Investment Group II, acquired the site in 2017 in a sale-leaseback deal and will use the new proceeds to fund construction of a 1,373-space parking garage, as well as to fund tenant improvements and leasing commissions. The loan, which features a five-year term and an adjustable interest rate, also provides working capital for pre-development costs for the remainder of the project. Current plans for the new project, known as Avenue North, call for about 350 apartments, 150,000 square feet of retail space, 100,000 square feet of office space and a 200-room hotel. Jeff Wallace of Capital One originated the transaction on behalf of Brandywine Investment Group II, an affiliate of local developer Delle Donne & Associates.

May 23, 2019

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