KATY, TEXAS — Oilfield Testing & Consulting (OTC) has signed a 14,800-square-foot office and lab lease at Grandway West, an 85-acre development in Katy, a western suburb of Houston. Jordan Raney and David Buescher of JLL represented OTC in the lease negotiations. Rives Nolen, John Stavinoha and Steve Hazel of Insite Realty represented the landlord, Urban Cos.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — New York-based Vella Group has purchased a two-building office campus, located at 650 and 700 Pacific Coast Highway in El Segundo. A private family tenant-in-common sold the asset for $50.8 million. The eight-story property at 650 Pacific Coast Highway, built in 1962, features 121,484 square feet. The two-story building at 700 Pacific Coast Highway features 78,736 square feet. The site also includes 422 surface parking spaces. Boeing will occupy the entire 200,220-square-foot office campus through the end of 2020. Kevin Shannon, Ken White and Michael Moore of Newmark Knight Frank, along with Bill Bloodgood of CBRE, represented the seller, while Antony Arkle of Rodeo Realty represented the buyer in the transaction.
LOS ALAMITOS, CALIF. — NAI Capital has arranged the sale a medical office building, located at 10921 Cherry St. in Los Alamitos. Nautica LLC sold the property to ABG Property 1 LLC for $5.5 million, or $759 per square foot. The three-story property features 7,250 square feet of medical office space. At the time of sale, Los Alamitos Medical Surgery Center and Ocean Pacific Surgery Center fully occupied the building. Steve Body and Grant Bullen of NAI Capital’s Investment Services Group represented the seller in the deal.
EDINA, MINN. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the $12.8 million sale of Edina Business Plaza, an 84,380-square-foot office building in Edina. The three-story property is located at 7550 France Ave. South and was built in 1981. It is approximately 97 percent occupied. The anchor tenant is Coldwell Banker Burnet. Peter Tanis and John McCarthy of NKF represented the sellers, Edina Business Plaza LLC and SH Commercial Real Estate Services. Minneapolis-based Ackerberg Group purchased the asset.
STAMFORD, CONN. — A joint venture between The Melohn Group and Drake Street Partners has acquired 181 Harbor Drive, a 91,040-square-foot office building in Stamford, for $33.5 million. The newly renovated building houses the headquarters of apparel retailer Vineyard Vines and is part of the 17-acre Shippan Landing waterfront office campus. Amenities at the campus include a beer garden, fitness center and a cafeteria, as well as volleyball, basketball and bocce courts. The seller was a partnership between Rubenstein Partners LP and George Comfort & Sons. Jeffrey Dunne, Steven Bardsley and Travis Langer of CBRE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Colliers International has brokered the $3.5 million sale of a multi-tenant office building located at 140 Littleton Road in Parsippany, located west of Newark. Constructed in the mid-1980s, the building spans 30,459 square feet and is leased to companies in the finance, technology and medical sectors. Jacklene Chesler, Matthew Brown, Frank Summers of Colliers represented the buyer and the seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A joint venture between Atlantic Creek Real Estate Partners, Origin Investments and Stream Realty has sold Cambridge Corporate Center, a 349,815-square-foot office campus in Charlotte, for $63 million. Lakestar Properties acquired the 50-acre campus for $180 per square foot. The joint venture acquired the property in 2014 for $44 million with a value-add strategy in place. Upgrades included adding 33,000 square feet of rentable office space; a two-story, 452-space parking deck; and a new security camera system. The joint venture purchased the property when it was 81 percent leased. Since then, Red Ventures signed a 10-year, 97,66-square-foot lease that brought occupancy up to 96 percent, where it stood at the time of the sale. Duke Energy and General Motors also signed lease renewals totaling 126,000 square feet with rate increases. Rob Cochran, Jared Londry, Nolan Ashton, David Meline and Samir Idris of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Mark DeLillo and Craig Callaway of BlueGate Partners, represented the seller in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated a 108,000-square-foot office lease renewal at 3010 Briarpark Drive in Houston for Empyrean Benefit Solutions Inc., which is headquartered at the building. The nine-story, Class A property is located in the Westchase neighborhood. David Husid of NKF represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — EDGE Realty Capital Markets has brokered the sale of a 22,423-square-foot office building located at 3808 World Houston Parkway in Houston 8. The property was built in 1999 on 2.8 acres and is located near several major thoroughfares, including Interstate 45 and Beltway 8. Micha Van Marcke and Chace Henke of EDGE represented the seller in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not released.
EATONTON, N.J. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated the $32 million sale of a commercial property located at 250 Industrial Way in the eastern New Jersey city of Eatonton. The property houses 138,163 square feet of office and research-and-development space. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to communications systems supplier SubCom on a triple-net basis through 2024. Steven Schultz, Tony Georgiev, Adam Silver and Ben Greazel of NKF represented the seller in the transaction.