WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. — Kilroy Realty Corp. has completed the disposition of Westlake Plaza Centre 2, an office building located at 2829 Townsgate Road in Westlake Village. Majestic Asset Management and The Johnston Group acquired the property for $18.2 million. Built in 1990 and situated on 1.2 acres, the three-building asset features 84,098 square feet of office space. Sean Fulp, Ryan Plummer and Mark Schuessler of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the deal.
ATLANTA — Investcorp has sold an office campus in Atlanta’s Vinings district that formerly housed the world headquarters of The Home Depot back in the 1990s. The global asset management firm sold the property, known as Paces West, to a joint venture between Farallon Capital Management LLC and Crocker Partners for $120 million. Crocker Partners served as the asset and property management team in partnership with Investcorp since late 2015. Situated along Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta’s Cumberland/Galleria office submarket, the 646,471-square-foot property comprises two buildings connected via a pedestrian bridge. Amenities include two full-service cafes, a renovated fitness center, conference facilities, dry cleaners, a car wash service, onsite ATM and electric car charging stations. Paces West has served as the administrative headquarters for Piedmont Healthcare, an Atlanta-based health system with 11 hospitals and 650 facilities, since 2002. Jay O’Meara, Justin Parsonnet, Will Yowell, and Ryan Reethof of CBRE represented Investcorp in the sale. Since acquiring Paces West in 2015, Investcorp has boosted its occupancy from 85 percent to 93 percent, according to CBRE. “Paces West has withstood the test of time due to its quality, amenities, large flexible floor plates, and location in one of Atlanta’s most authentic and …
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Developer KDC has completed a 165,000-square-foot office project within the Craig Ranch development in McKinney for Independent Bank Group’s new corporate headquarters. Situated on 10.4 acres at State Highway 121 and Grand Ranch Parkway, the six-story building will house more than 400 employees that were previously dispersed throughout the region. Construction began in January 2018.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Planmeca USA Inc., a manufacturer of dental equipment, has purchased the former Serta Mattress Co. building at 2600 Forbs Ave. in Hoffman Estates. The company will relocate its U.S. headquarters to the 90,000-square-foot building later this year. The headquarters will comprise Planmeca’s corporate office, a testing and distribution center and a showroom and training center. Planmeca currently operates out of two buildings totaling 77,000 square feet in Roselle, approximately 30 miles northwest of Chicago. Britt Casey and Jeff Matella of Cushman & Wakefield represented Planmeca in the transaction. Mark Smith of CBRE represented Serta. The purchase price was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Commercial brokerage firm TerraCRG has arranged the sale of 1000 Dean Street, a 150,000-square-foot office building in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn, for approximately $55.9 million. Asher Abehsera, founder and CEO of LIVWRK, was the buyer of the historic building, which was originally constructed in 1920 as a service station for Dodge and Plymouth vehicles. LIVWRK is a real estate company focused on mixed-use urban development. The seller, a joint venture that included the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group, purchased the building in 2012 and converted it into an office property that is now home to more than 90 media companies, nonprofit organizations, tech start-ups and manufacturers. Ofer Cohen, Dan Marks and Daniel Lebor of TerraCRG brokered the deal.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The 965,000-square-foot Hearst Tower in Charlotte, which is owned by Cousins Properties, will be the new corporate headquarters for BB&T Corp. and SunTrust Banks Inc. once the merger between the two banks is complete. BB&T-SunTrust confirmed in a press release that the combined bank is expected to begin occupying 651,000 square feet of office space in phases from August 2019 to June 2021. Up to 2,000 employees of the proposed new company will be housed in the space. The lease term is for 15 years. The space is currently occupied by Bank of America and other tenants, all of which will move out to make room for BB&T-SunTrust. Bank of America has signed a 550,000-square-foot lease within Lincoln Harris’ Legacy Union in Uptown Charlotte. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based BB&T agreed to acquire Atlanta-based SunTrust in a $66 billion deal announced in early February. Details have not yet been released on future plans for the banks’ existing corporate offices. BB&T-SunTrust will have the option to purchase the 47-story building from Cousins Properties for $455.5 million through the fourth quarter of this year. If the company exercises that option, the sale will close in the first quarter of 2020. On Wednesday, …
MORRISVILLE, N.C. — Equator Capital Management will redevelop the vacant Morrisville Outlet Mall in Morrisville into a 245,000-square-foot office campus. Knighthead Funding LLC provided the developer with a $34 million construction loan that features a 24-month non-recourse period. Gensler designed the office campus to include extensive use of glass walls, some as high as 30 feet. Common area upgrades will include a new surfaced parking lot, landscaped courtyards with outdoor seating, turf yoga lawn, bocce court and new signage. Lighting and drainage around the 25-acre property will also be improved. Situated at 1001 Airport Blvd., the new office campus is located two miles from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport, 12 miles southeast of downtown Durham and 13 miles west of downtown Raleigh. Construction is expected to begin immediately, with delivery slated for spring 2020.
BRADENTON, FLA. — Savlan Capital has acquired Bradenton Financial Center, a 116,839-square-foot office building in Bradenton, for $15 million or $127.95 per square foot. Bradenton Financial Center was built in 1986 at 1401 W. Manatee Ave., 45 miles south of downtown Tampa. BFC Bradenton LLC sold the building, which was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Mauldin Jenkins, Workforce Business Services, Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. Amenities include a Sage Biscuit Café on the ground level and an adjacent five-story parking garage that is accessible via a covered-walkway from the main building. Savlan Capital plans to invest significant funds into the property for exterior renovations and common-area improvements. Savlan Capital has retained Debra Cooper and Angela Varga of SVN Commercial Advisory Group as leasing agents for Bradenton Financial Center. Rick Brugge, Mike Davis and Rick Colon of Cushman & Wakefield represented both seller and buyer in the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — JLL’s Capital Markets group has arranged an undisclosed amount of permanent financing on behalf of Alliance Partners HSP, which owns the leasehold interest in the SoNo commercial building in Philadelphia. Located at 456 N. Fifth St., the 186,000-square-foot former warehouse property was fully leased at the time of the loan closing to tenants such as Yards Brewing Co. (70,000 square feet), the City of Philadelphia Archives Dept. (68,000 square feet) and Target (48,000 square feet). Tristate Capital Bank provided the loan to Alliance, which acquired the property in 2015 and recently completed its redevelopment in 2017. Chad Orcutt of JLL placed the debt.
NEW YORK CITY — ACT Commodities Inc., a commodities brokerage firm, has expanded its office lease at 437 Madison Avenue in Manhattan by 4,805 square feet, raising the size of its footprint at the property to 17,750 square feet. The 40-story, 850,000-square-foot building was recently renovated to the tune of $60 million. Frank Doyle, David Kleiner, Cynthia Wasserberger, Hayley Shoener and Harlan Webster of JLL represented the landlord, The William Kaufman Organization (WKO), in the lease negotiations along with Michael Lenchner of Sage Realty Corp., the leasing and management division of WKO. Craig Lemle of Savills represented the tenant.
