NEW YORK CITY — Savills Inc. has negotiated a 13,116-square-foot office lease at 25 West 39th Street, a 205,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan, for the relocation of Converge Marketing’s headquarters. Converge, which offers media planning, branding and ad campaign managing services, will take occupancy of the new space this fall. Ken Ruderman, Andrew Zang and Pete Cento of Savills represented Converge Marketing in its site selection and lease negotiations. The property was built in 1907 as a gift to three large engineering groups (The American Institute of Electrical Engineers, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and The American Institute of Mining Engineers) from steel magnate Andrew Carnegie.
LAKE MARY, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $15 million sale of Contact Pointe, a 92,127-square-foot office building in Lake Mary. The building was fully occupied at the time of sale to tenants including AT&T and Falck USA. The asset is situated 17 miles north of downtown Orlando. Ron Rogg and Chip Wooten of CBRE represented the sellers, Orlando-based Tower Realty Partners and Dallas-based TriGate Capital Partners, in the transaction. Exeter Property Group acquired the property.
MIAMI — Key International and 13th Floor Investments have sold Highland Park Center, a fully occupied, 44,740-square-foot office building in Miami’s Health District, for $13.9 million. TopMed Realty, a healthcare real estate private equity firm, acquired the property. Highland Park Center was built in 2011 and is situated two blocks from the Miami-Dade Courthouse and less than one mile from the intersection of Dolphin Expressway and Interstate 95. The partnership acquired the then-vacant building in 2014 for $7.9 million. Douglas Mandel and Benjamin Silver of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Waterman Interests LLC and USAA Real Estate has sold two office buildings in the Midtown West area of Manhattan totaling roughly 211,000 square feet. The first building, 142 West 36th Street, is a 119,000-square-foot property that is 94 percent leased to tenants such as Becca Cosmetics, a division of Estee Lauder, Flashtalking Media and Elite SEM. The second building, 234 West 39th Street, is a 92,000-square-foot facility that is 93 percent leased to tenants such as Sunlight Financial and Robert Marc Opticians. Joshua Mermelstein, Avi Feinberg and Chris Roman of Fried Frank represented the partnership in the sale. The buyer was Alduwaliya, a Qatar-based investment firm.
DENVER — CBRE has brokered the sale of Monaco Tower, a Class B, value-add office building in the Glendale submarket of Denver. Benjamin Borgers, a local certified public accountant, acquired the property from an entity managed by Stabilis Capital Management for $5.8 million. Located at 925 S. Niagara St., the six-story, 63,170-square-foot building was built in 1974. At the time of sale, 16 tenants occupied the property. Monica Wiley and Jeff Wood of CBRE’s Denver office represented the seller in the transaction.
FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International has brokered the sale of the 50,000-square-foot Harvard Office Building in Farmington Hills for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 30665 Northwestern Highway. At the time of sale, the building was 90 percent leased by 12 tenants. Mason L. Capitani represented the buyer, LSTC California LLC. Capitani, along with Al Shulin, also represented the seller, Summit Harvard LLC. L. Mason Capitani will continue to oversee leasing at the property. Sister company Liberty Property & Asset Management will provide management services.
CHICAGO — Summit Design + Build LLC has completed the interior build-out of the new office for Golden State Foods in Chicago’s West Loop. The company, a supplier to the quick-service restaurant and retail industries, moved its regional operations from an office in Oak Brook following McDonald’s move. Golden State Foods now occupies 4,300 square feet on the fifth floor of an office building located at 322 S. Green St. The space includes a conference room, commercial test kitchen, customer experience area and guest lounge. Ware Malcomb served as the project architect and Cushman & Wakefield was the owner’s representative.
ATLANTA — Invesco will invest $70 million to expand its global headquarters presence in Atlanta. The investment manager firm will occupy 300,000 square feet of office space at Midtown Union in August 2022. The move will also add 500 jobs, bringing Invesco’s Atlanta workforce to nearly 1,200 employees. MetLife Investment Management and Granite Properties are currently co-developing Midtown Union, which will be situated at the corner of 17th and Peachtree streets in Midtown Atlanta. Upon completion, the project will comprise two towers totaling 600,000 square feet of office space. Invesco moved its global headquarters to Atlanta in 2007.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $8.5 million sale of Commerce Pointe Gold, a four-story, 43,433-square-foot office building in West Palm Beach. Commerce Pointe Gold sits on 2.8 acres at 1800 S. Australian Ave., two miles south of downtown West Palm Beach. Commerce Pointe Gold LLC acquired the building for $196 per square foot. The building was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Law Offices of Craig Goldenfarb; Sasser, Cestero & Sasser; AEG Live SE; and Scuttina Real Estate Group. Scott O’Donnell, Greg Miller, Dominic Montazemi and Miguel Alcivar of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, KAS Gold LLC, an affiliate of Miami-based SF Partners, in the transaction. Jason Sundook and Neil Merin of NAI/Merin Hunter Codman Inc. represented the buyer.
DENVER — HFF has secured $220 million in financing for 1144 15th Street, a 40-story, Class AA office tower in Denver. Eric Tupler of HFF worked on behalf of Hines and its equity partner to arrange a 17-year, fixed-rate permanent loan through a national life insurance company. Completed in 2018, the 673,852-square-foot core office tower features 5,770 square feet of ground-level retail space and 13 stories of parking for a total of 858 parking spaces. Current tenants include Gates Industrial Corp., Optiv Security Inc. and Faegra Baker Daniels. In 2015, HFF arranged construction financing for the project on behalf of Hines.