SEATTLE — Gantry has secured a total of $34.3 million of loans to refinance four Seattle-area assets owned by different and unaffiliated entities. Each transaction was placed with one of Gantry’s life company correspondent lenders and each structure provided the borrowers with non-recourse, fixed-rate loans. Mike Wood of Gantry represented three of the borrowers. The financings included:
NEW YORK CITY — Global investment management firm AllianceBernstein LP (NYSE: AB) has opened its new office at The Spiral, a 66-story office tower in New York City’s Hudson Yards district. The office spans 189,000 square feet across four floors and houses two business lines for the tenant: AllianceBernstein and Bernstein Private Wealth Management. Tishman Speyer delivered The Spiral last year at 66 Hudson Blvd. E, which is situated on the west side of Midtown Manhattan. The tower sits at the north end of the High Line trail and houses office, healthcare and retail locations for tenants including HSBC, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Pfizer, among others. AllianceBernstein’s new office features open floor plans, advanced technology, collaborative meeting and events spaces and outdoor terraces on every level. “This transition marks a special moment for our firm,” says Onur Erzan, head of AB Global Client Group and Bernstein Private Wealth Management. “Our brand-new, state-of-the-art space in the heart of New York City presents significant opportunities to our clients and colleagues.” AllianceBernstein struck the 20-year lease agreement with Tishman Speyer in 2019. The firm’s previous New York headquarters was located at the AllianceBernstein Building at 1345 Avenue of the Americas. The New York …
PLANO, TEXAS — Atlantic Aviation has signed a 26,608-square-foot office lease in Plano. The provider of aircraft ground support services will occupy a full floor at Granite Park 6, a 422,109-square-foot building that was completed in 2023. Ryan Hoopes and Tom Sutherland of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Robert Jimenez, Burson Holman and Elizabeth Fortado represented the landlord, Granite Properties, which owns the property in partnership with Raleigh-based REIT Highwoods Properties, on an internal basis. The deal brings the building to 26 percent occupancy.
LOS ANGELES — Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has signed a long-term lease for 198,553 square feet of office space at City National 2CAL in downtown Los Angeles. CIM Group owns the 1.4 million-square-foot, 52-story office building at 350 S. Grand Ave. in downtown’s Bunker Hill district. SoCalGas will relocate to City National 2CAL from its namesake downtown Los Angeles building, Gas Company Tower, where it has been located since the building’s opening in 1991. At its new space, SoCalGas will have project and building top signage at the property. Geno St. John from CIM Group’s in-house office leasing team, in partnership with Peter Hajimihalis and Hayley Blockley of JLL, represented the owner in the lease negotiations. Clay Hammerstein and Danny Rees of CBRE represented the tenant.
TINTON FALLS, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the $14.7 million sale of a 90,008-square-foot office building located at 100 Tormee Drive in the coastal New Jersey community of Tinton Falls. The two-story building was constructed on 8.6 acres in 2001 and was fully leased at the time of sale to Hackensack Meridian Health and Opentext. Jeremy Neuer and Jose Cruz of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, Rockford Holdings.
SAN DIEGO — MIG has completed the disposition of Four Governor Park, a two-building office property in San Diego. Cast Capital Partners acquired the asset for $11 million. Situated on 2.7 acres, Four Governor Park includes a 21,715-square-foot building at 5080 Shoreham Place and a 28,521-square-foot building at 5090 Shoreham Place that are connect by a courtyard. At the time of sale, the property was 96 percent occupied by a mix of office tenants. The buyer plans to sell the individual units. Matt Pourcho, Anthony DeLorenzo and Matt Harris of CBRE represented the seller, while Bret Morris of Cast Capital Partners and Ryan King of Voit represented the buyer in the transaction.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank has signed a 30,000-square-foot office lease in Hoboken. The affiliate of the Japanese lender is taking space on the ninth floor of Building 1 at Waterfront Corporate Center, a 1.5 million-square-foot complex owned by New York City-based SJP Properties. Harrison Russell of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations.
ALLEN, TEXAS — Newmark has negotiated an 15,000-square-foot office headquarters lease at The Farm, a 135-acre mixed-use development located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Allen. The tenant, Fibergrate Composite Structures, a provider of composite building materials and anti-slip surfaces, will move in to the 102,000-square-foot FARMWorks One building early next year. Nathan Durham and Duane Hendley of Newmark represented the landlord, JaRyCo, in the lease negotiations. Mac Morse, Jakey Younger and Scott Morse with Citadel Partners represented the tenant.
HARTFORD, CONN. — Law firm Robinson + Cole has opened a new, 75,000-square-foot office at One State Street in downtown Hartford. One State Street, which is owned by Houston-based Hines, overlooks the Connecticut River, and the 24-story, 500,000-square-foot building offers multiple outdoor-based amenities. Washington, D.C.-based architecture firm Studio Alliance designed the space to feature energy-generating glass offices, collaboration spaces to support teams from two to 30 and a focus on exposure to natural lighting throughout. General contractor Pavarini Northeast handled the build-out.
CHICAGO — American Street Capital (ASC) has arranged a $10.6 million loan for the refinancing of a flex office property in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood. The 90,000-square-foot building features office, warehouse and showroom spaces as well as more than 170 parking spaces. The property was extensively renovated in 2020, and includes a common area roof space, tenant lounge, one passenger and two freight elevators, multiple secure loading docks and a gated parking lot. Igor Zhizhin of ASC arranged the 10-year loan through a commercial bank.
