SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — California Realty Group has arranged the sale of the Yale-Wilshire Medical Building, a mixed-use property located in Santa Monica. Yale Wilshire LTD sold the property to an affiliate of Golden West Properties for an undisclosed price. The 45,881-square-foot medical office building also features 6,700 square feet ground-floor retail space. Mark Esses of California Realty Group represented the seller in the deal.
DALLAS — Dallas-based Common Desk will open Common Desk — Factory Six03, an 18,085-square-foot coworking office space in the West End area of Dallas. The opening is set for early next year. The space will be the company’s second location with Plano-based investment and development firm Granite Properties and its sixth location in North Texas. Tenants at the new space will have access to a rooftop lounge and a food hall.
TROY, MICH. — Power Home Solar & Roofing has signed a 17,986-square-foot office lease at 500 Stephenson Highway in Troy. The Mooresville, N.C.-based company specializes in solar energy and roofing services. The Troy office will enable the company to address ongoing growth and expansion of call center operations. Aaron Smith and Mason Capitani of L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International represented the tenant in the lease transaction. The landlord was not disclosed.
ATLANTA — Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), a customer relationship software and services provider, is set to expand its regional headquarters in Atlanta. The company will grow its current footprint in The Atlanta Plaza, located in the city’s Buckhead district, which will now be known as Salesforce Tower Atlanta. The lobby, and each new floor set for occupancy by the company, will be renovated as part of the expansion. Salesforce currently occupies four floors of The Atlanta Plaza totaling 85,722 square feet. Following the expansion, the company will occupy seven floors and 158,163 square feet. The top floor of the building will also be transformed into an, “Ohana Floor,” which will offer an open hospitality space for Salesforce employees, customers and partners. The space will also be available for use by nonprofits and local education groups on weeknights and weekends at no cost. The expansion will allow the company to nearly double its Atlanta-based workforce of approximately 600 employees. Employees will begin moving into the newly renovated floors in 2019. “Atlanta is a fantastic market for world-class talent and we’re thrilled to grow our presence in the region,” says Warren Wick, executive vice president of commercial sales at Salesforce. “Many of our top customers call …
OREM, UTAH — Central Utah Water has purchased the former Xactware campus within Intermountain West in Orem for an undisclosed price. The two-building asset totals more than 92,042 square feet of Class A office space. Central Utah Water’s primary responsibility is to deliver clean, useable water to customers by managing the network of water facilities. The company manages three water treatment facilities in Utah Valley, Ashley Valley and Duchesne County, and administers the sale of water to its customers. Brandon Fugal and Cody Black of Colliers International | Utah brokered the transaction.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Arch Cos. and Lakestar Properties have acquired Cambridge, an office property located in Charlotte, for $63 million. The name of the seller was not released. Constructed in 1990 on a 50-acre parcel within University Research Park, the 350,000-square-foot campus offer tech-centric office space for multiple tenants. The property features floor-to-ceiling windows, skylights, an open-air atrium, outdoor meeting spaces, on-site parking and a fitness center. Additionally, the building’s infrastructure includes a redundant power supply, high-floor loads and fiberoptic lines. Arch Cos. and Lakestar Properties funded the acquisition using $50.4 million in fixed-rate financing. Abe Katz and Mark Silbersher of Walker & Dunlop arranged the first mortgage loan through Citigroup and a mezzanine loan through Morrison Street Capital.
MONTVALE, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has negotiated the sale of a 14,000-square-foot office building in Montvale. The price was not disclosed. Located at 50 Craig Road, an undisclosed buyer acquired the 3.8-acre property and plans to convert the office building into a medical diagnostic center. NAI James E. Hanson represented the seller, Premier Associates LLC, in the transaction.
HOUSTON — BP Lower 48, a Denver-based subsidiary of oil and gas giant BP, has signed a 91,000-square-foot office lease at West Memorial Place, a 716,000-square-foot office campus located in Houston’s Energy Corridor. The two-building property, which is owned by Skanska, features a fitness center, café, car wash service and surrounding hiking trails. Louis Rosenthal and Anya Marmuscak of JLL represented BP Lower 48 in the transaction. The company will move in later this year.
At mid-year 2018, Orlando’s economic engine is performing like a well-oiled machine, fueled by brisk business expansion, healthy in-migration, accelerating job growth and steady population gains. In fact, Orlando ranked No. 3 in the nation for population growth during the period between 2010 and 2017. Office market fundamentals remain solid with steady demand for high-quality, Class A space largely outstripping available supply, particularly in high-demand areas. Job creation continues to fuel economic growth in Orlando with a rise in non-farm employment of 46,840 over the trailing 12 months ending in May. There has been a sustained decline in the unemployment rate as well, which stood at 3 percent in May. Spec, Mixed-Use Projects Development activity has been restrained over the last several years. However, a handful of key office projects have recently broken ground in high-demand areas. The most exciting development activity is occurring in the urban core, where a number of projects are moving forward. Speculative Class A office construction is once again rising with the $100 million Church Street Plaza going vertical after a slight construction delay. SunTrust Banks Inc. recently announced plans to relocate its Orlando headquarters from the SunTrust Center building into 90,000 square feet at …
HOUSTON — Dornin Investment Group (DIG), an asset management firm with offices in California and Nevada, has sold 1250 Woodbranch and 11931 Wickchester, two adjacent office buildings totaling 164,933 square feet in Houston’s Energy Corridor. DIG acquired the Class B properties in 2013 and sold them to two separate, undisclosed investment groups. The new ownership of the Woodbranch building plans to upgrade the property’s common areas. DIG will continue to lease and manage that property as well.
