AUSTIN, TEXAS — A joint venture between the owners of the former Highlander Hotel and the family of former Austin mayor Roy Butler will develop Midtown Point, a 165,000-square-foot office property. The property will be situated on 2.5 acres at the site of the Highlander Hotel, which will be demolished. The project is currently in the design and permitting stages, with delivery slated for 2021. AQUILA Commercial will handle leasing and management of the building.
NOVATO, CALIF. — A buying group led by Mark Hutchinson and Doug Twillman of San Francisco-based Dunhill Partners West has purchased Woodside Office Center, a suburban office property in the Marin enclave of Novato. A joint venture between Artemis Real Estate Partners and Ellis Partners sold the property for an undisclosed price. Whitney Strotz and Steven Leonard of Cushman & Wakefield, in collaboration with Michel Seifer, Rob Hielscher, Kristina Wollan and Erik Hanson of JLL, represented the seller in the deal. Located at 7250 Redwood Blvd., the three-story, 89,457-square-foot property was 92 percent leased at the time of sale.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Capital One has provided an $11 million adjustable-rate loan to Altera Development, a Dallas-based real estate development company. The company used the loan proceeds to acquire a 109,000-square-foot medical office building located on the campus of Mary Black Hospital in Spartanburg. The loan consists of $6.5 million in initial funding, a holdback for tenant improvements/leasing commissions and an earnout.
CHICAGO — Summit Design + Build LLC has broken ground on 1040 West Fulton, a five-story, 29,000-square-foot boutique office building in Chicago. Summit plans to occupy the top two floors of the property following its completion next fall. This leaves roughly 14,000 square feet of office space and 2,800 square feet of retail space for lease. The property will include 17 indoor parking spaces, a fifth-floor outdoor terrace and a sixth-floor rooftop. The project team includes architect Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, owner’s representative Carr Realty Advisors, structural engineer IMEG Corporation, civil engineer Weaver Consultants Group and MEP engineer WT Engineering. Chad Schroedl, Scott Maesel and Drew Dillon of SVN Commercial Chicago will market the available space for lease. First Bank of Highland Park is providing construction financing.
BLUE ASH, OHIO — Colliers International has brokered the $2.9 million sale of the Corporate Centre of Blue Ash, a 57,722-square-foot flex office building in suburban Cincinnati. Built in 1990, the property is located at 11101 Kenwood Road. Tenants include Fastsigns, Handyman Connection, Ohio State Auditor, Parallel Technologies Inc., Sellyourmac.com, Sheppard Insurance and Financial and IT support company 4bis.com. Steve Timmel, Jeff Johnston, Chris Prosser, Will Roberts and Matt Smyth of Colliers brokered the transaction. Midwest Properties Corp. purchased the asset from LNR Partners.
TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Tampa City Center, an office tower located at 201 N. Franklin St. in downtown Tampa. A partnership between affiliates of Miami-based Banyan Street Capital and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management acquired the 38-story property for $110 million. An affiliate of Alliance Partners HSP, the East Coast operating arm of the Shilder Group, sold the property. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge and Michael Lerner of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal. Ernst & Young, Deloitte, Masonite, Morgan & Morgan, FieldCore (a division of GE), CDW, PNC Bank and The University Club are tenants at the 757,425-square-foot, Class A office building. Via a skybridge, the tower is connected to the 520-room Hilton Tampa Downtown, with 30,000 square feet of meeting and conference space; 211 Restaurant; Starbucks Coffee; and Fort Brooke parking garage, a covered parking facility owned by the City of Tampa. Jason Hochman, Chris Lentz, Michael Ryan and Brian Linnihan of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt & Structured Finance Group assisted the buyer in securing an $84 million acquisition loan. Funded by HSBC Bank, the loan includes proceeds at acquisition plus future funding for capital improvements to …
LOS ANGELES — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated the sale of Gateway Towers, an office property located at 970 and 990 190th St. in Los Angeles. Equity Office Properties sold the asset to The Ruth Group, along with Roxborough Group as its capital partner, for $106.5 million. Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Scott Schumacher and Guillermo Boisson of NKF represented the seller in transaction. Additionally, David Milestone and Brett Green, also of NKF, secured financing for the buyer. At the time of sale, the 443,517-square-foot asset was 91 percent leased. Herbalife International of America is the anchor tenant at the twin nine-story towers. The buyer plans to develop the land between the towers, creating restaurant, amenity and creative office space.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — GM Properties has brokered the sale of Imperial Square, a multi-tenant office park located at 12631 E. Imperial Highway in Santa Fe Springs. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $12.5 million. Situated on 5.8 acres, the five-building, 104,000-square-foot office complex features more than 100 suites. At the time of sale, the property was 90 percent occupied. Ben Greer and Dustin Wheelan of GM Properties represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
MARLTON, N.J. — NKF Capital Markets has brokered the sale of an 88,000-square-foot office building in Marlton. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 50 Lake Center, the Class A office building was built in 2006 and features a two-story granite atrium. The property is located three miles from the New Jersey Turnpike. Steven M. Schultz and John Howley represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was Twenty Lake Holdings.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated the sale of a 68,794-square-foot office building located at 1155 Brittmoore Road in Houston. The property was built in 1978, according to LoopNet Inc. Jon Silberman of NAI Partners represented the buyer, Endeavor Behavioral, in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.