BELLEVUE, WASH. – Spire Real Estate has purchased Swift Gateway, a multi-tenant office building located in Bellevue. The three-story, 68,766-square-foot building was renovated in 2016. Brian Bonipart, Michael Taylor and Skip Slavin of Newmark secured a five-year, $14.5 million acquisition loan with a 30-year amortization schedule on behalf of Spire. Newmark will service the non-recourse financing.
EDINA, MINN. — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Edinborough Corporate Center in Edina for $14.4 million. The seven-story, 101,568-square-foot office building was built in 1986 as part of a mixed-use development that includes Edina’s Edinborough Park, a one-acre indoor city park. The office building is also connected to the 135-room Marriott Residence Inn and Brookdale Edina, a 203-unit luxury senior apartment complex. The Class A building was 91 percent occupied at the time of sale. Ryan Watts, Sonja Dusil, Tom Holtz and Judd Welliver of CBRE represented the seller, EverWest Real Estate Partners. Altus Properties purchased the asset.
BELLEVUE, WASH. – Newmark has arranged $15 million in acquisition financing for Mercer Pointe, a single-tenant office building located within the Bellevue Office Park in Bellevue. The borrower is Spire Real Estate, a subsidiary of Vancouver-based Nicola Crosby Wealth Management. OfferUp.com occupies the 71,329-square-foot, Class A building. OfferUp is an online, mobile marketplace that gives consumers a platform to buy and sell products locally. Brian Bonipart, Michael Taylor and Skip Slavin of Newmark secured the 25-year, fully amortizing, full-recourse loan, which will be serviced by Newmark.
BOSTON — Colliers Boston has brokered the sale of two vacant office properties in downtown Boston for $23 million. Hemisphere Development purchased the two buildings, located at 13-21 Congress St. and 27-29 Stuart St., with the intent of redeveloping the properties. Colliers represented the seller, Thibeault Properties, in the transaction and also arranged $21.5 million in acquisition and pre-development financing for the buyer through Knighthead Funding LLC. Thibeault Development added approximately $6.3 million in value to the two assets during its ownership. The 13-21 Congress Street building spans 54,450 square feet and is located in Boston’s Financial District, and 27-29 Stuart Street is a 10,540-square-foot property in Boston’s Theater District.
SAN DIEGO – JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of 1450 Frazee, an office building located in San Diego’s Mission Valley district. A joint venture between Hill Properties and a fund managed by DRA Advisors acquired the property from an affiliate of Menlo Equities for $33 million. At the time of sale, the seven-story, 140,477-square-foot building was 90.6 percent leased to 27 tenants. Lynn LaChapelle, Bob Prendergast and Sach Kirpalani of JLL arranged the transaction.
DALLAS — Construction firm Balfour Beatty has renewed its 46,694-square-foot office lease at Citymark at Katy Trail, a 226,344-square-foot office development located in the Uptown area of Dallas. Balfour Beatty’s new lease will keep the company in its current space, in which approximately 200 employees work, for another 10 years. Amenities at the property include a deli, fitness center with locker rooms, conference rooms and access to the Katy Trail. Richard Collinsworth of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, 3100 McKinnon LP, in the lease negotiations. Phil Puckett, Neal Puckett and Harlan Davis of CBRE represented Balfour Beatty.
ATLANTA — Grove Street Partners, in a joint venture with Batson-Cook Development Co. (BCDC), has broken ground on Gateway Center Two, a 51,000-square-foot office building located a half-mile from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The building is part of the second phase of Gateway Center, a $230 million, 1.1 million-square-foot mixed-use project that Grove Street Partners is developing. The development also houses the 128,396-square-foot Gateway Center One and three Marriott-branded hotels spanning 754 rooms. Gateway Center Two marks the first joint venture between Grove Street Partners and BCDC. In addition to the groundbreaking, the joint venture inked a lease with ECFMG, a nonprofit medical certification and training provider based in Philadelphia. ECFMG will occupy a full floor, or 24,000 square feet, upon completion in March 2019. Lee Evans of Colliers International represented the landlord in the lease, and John Behm, Jim Byrd and Jason Jones of Cresa represented the tenant. Alfie Means, Wilson Rogers and Jimmy Warren of iCap Realty Advisors arranged construction financing through Protective Life Insurance Co. Gateway Center offers direct connectivity to Hartsfield-Jackson and MARTA via the airport’s SkyTrain commuter rail.
MUKILTEO, WASH. — Colliers International has brokered the acquisition of an office property located at 12121 Harbor Reach Drive in Mukilteo. HPO Investment LLC purchased the building from Bocek/NCA for $7.5 million. The fully-leased, 33,387-square-foot property is Harbour Point’s Building A, North Campus. The building is one component of a 2,810-acre master-planned community that includes residential buildings, manufacturing facilities, a golf course, parks and a wildlife preserve. Derek Heed and Gregg Riva of Colliers represented the buyer in the transaction.
ST. LOUIS — Save-A-Lot has selected a new location in St. Louis for its corporate headquarters. Currently located in Earth City, the supermarket chain is planning to move to The Crossings at Northwest mixed-use development and expand its headquarters workforce by approximately 64 people. The Crossings at Northwest, formerly Northwest Plaza shopping mall, is now home to companies such as Charter Communications, Starbucks and Menards, as well as a wide range of St. Louis County government services. Save-A-Lot has been headquartered in St. Louis for more than 40 years.
CORAL SPRINGS, FLA. — HFF has brokered the $21.2 million sale of One Charter Place, a 101,941-square-foot office complex located at 3301 N. University Drive in Coral Springs. Ike Ojala, Hermen Rodriguez and Tracey Goo of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, a partnership between True North Management Group LLC and Delma Properties Inc. HFF also procured the buyer, Borsa Properties LLC. Completed in 2007, One Charter Place includes a four-story, 76,904-square-foot office building; three single-story buildings; and a 489-space parking garage. The property was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as the Florida Department of Revenue, BFS Cos., Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, Sola Salons and Keller Williams.