OAKLAND, CALIF. — Brickman has obtained a $35 million loan to acquire Plaza 360, a 115,186-square-foot creative office building in Oakland. The asset is located at 360 22nd St. in the Uptown District. The five-year, non-recourse, floating-rate loan includes a portion of the undisbursed funds for common-area upgrades and tenant improvements. CIT Group and HFF secured the loan through CIT.
DALLAS — Square Mile Capital Management LLC has originated a $118 million loan for Renaissance Tower, a 56-story office tower comprising more than 1.7 million square feet of space in downtown Dallas. The loan, a portion of which was sold to Bank of the Ozarks, will be used to repay existing CMBS debt and bridge the property through stabilization. The borrower was a joint venture between two New York-based firms: SMA Equities and The Moinian Group. Whitaker Johnson and Steve Heldenfels of HFF arranged the financing.
ATLANTA — Atlanta Property Group (APG) has acquired Shadowood Office Park, a 200,000-square-foot, three-building office park located at 2100 Powers Ferry Road in Atlanta’s Cumberland/Galleria submarket. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports The Ardent Cos. sold the asset to APG for $22.3 million. Kevin Markwordt of Transwestern arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller. The four-story buildings feature nine-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and a 3.5 per 1,000 square foot parking ratio. In addition, the property is less than two miles from The Battery mixed-use destination and SunTrust Park, home of the Atlanta Braves. At the time of sale, Shadowood Office Park was 78 percent leased. APG plans to renovate the property during its first year of ownership.
CHICAGO — Sam Zell’s Equity Commonwealth plans to sell Groupon’s headquarters, located at 600 W. Chicago Ave., for $500 million, according to local media reports. Sterling Bay is expected to acquire the 1.6 million-square-foot building, which formerly served as a Montgomery Ward catalog warehouse. Equity Commonwealth purchased the asset in 2011 for $390 million. This deal would mark the billionaire’s exit from the Chicago office market. By narrowing its portfolio to just 20 assets, Equity Commonwealth has accumulated approximately $2 billion in cash since Zell took over as chairman in 2014.
GLENDALE, WIS. — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged the sale of the Barnabas Business Center in Glendale, about 10 miles north of Milwaukee, for $4.5 million. Constructed in 1920 and formerly home to Eline’s Chocolate Co., the office complex spans four buildings totaling 114,682 square feet. The property is situated on a 9.5-acre campus at 4650 N. Port Washington Road. Patrick Gallagher, Peter Langhoff and Max Schultz of CBRE represented the seller, Barnabas Building Properties LLC. The buyer was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Omnicom Group has signed a 10-year lease extension for its 200,000-square-foot space at 200 Varick St. in the Hudson Square neighborhood of New York City. Constructed in 1926, the 12-story building features 410,000 square feet of space, with Omnicom occupying seven floors of the property. Jeffrey Gural, Eric Gural and Donna Vogel provided in-house representation for the landlord, GFP Real Estate, while Lee Feld of Feld Real Estate LLC represented the tenant in the lease transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Transwestern Investment Group (TIG) and JDM Partners has acquired a 2 million-square-foot office property in Tempe in a sale-leaseback with State Farm Automobile Insurance. The Class A campus, called Marina Heights, is located at 300-600 Rio Salado Parkway. The price was not disclosed. The five-building campus includes ground-floor retail, restaurants and other amenities. It is situated between Arizona State University and Tempe Town Lake. Marina Heights will be a future stop for the Tempe Streetcar, directly connecting the campus to the airport, downtown and central Phoenix, as well as west Mesa via the Valley Metro Light Rail. A wholly owned subsidiary of TIG will manage the investments. Transwestern will also provide management services. The firm’s legal adviser was King & Spalding, while Eastdil Secured was the debt capital adviser.
ITASCA, ILL. — A partnership between a private equity real estate fund of Balfour Pacific Capital Inc. and Hamilton Partners has acquired One Pierce Place and 500 Park Boulevard in Itasca for $78.3 million. The two buildings span 976,000 square feet within the Hamilton Lakes Business Park. Amenities include an athletic club, restaurant and deli, conference facilities and direct access to the adjacent Westin Hotel. Renovated in 2012, One Pierce Place is 91 percent leased by tenants such as Houghton Mifflin Harcort and Epsilon. Renovated in 2015, 500 Park Boulevard is 94 percent leased by tenants such as Keyence Corp., The Boler Co. and Hitachi. Bryan Rosenberg and Patrick Shields, Mark Katz, Jeff Bramson and Jaime Fink of HFF represented the seller, a partnership between Long Wharf Capital LLC and Hamilton Partners.
SMYRNA, GA. — Halpern Enterprises has opened Belmont Physicians Center, a 30,000-square-foot medical office building located within Belmont, a 48-acre mixed-use community in the Atlanta metro of Smyrna. Emory Healthcare anchors the center, which is located roughly 18 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta. Other tenants at Belmont Medical Center include Gentle Care Dentistry, Cobb Pediatric Associates and Smyrna Pediatric Dentistry. The two-story building was designed by Lyman Davidson Dooley Architects and constructed by Benning Construction. In addition to the new healthcare building, the Belmont mixed-use community features restaurants, retail, Smyrna Elementary School, a residential subdivision and a 274-unit apartment community. A second phase is planned that will include single-family homes, as well as an additional 12,000 square feet of retail space.
COLLIERVILLE, TENN. — Orgill Inc., a wholesale distribution and retail services provider for the home improvement industry, will relocate its new world headquarters from Germantown, Tenn., to Collierville later this month. The company will move 265 employees into its new 92,000-square-foot facility, a new building located roughly 30 miles southeast of Memphis. The $21 million facility is expected to create 115 new jobs by 2022.