NEWARK, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged $66.6 million in acquisition financing secured by One Newark Center, located at 1085 Raymond Blvd. in Newark, for Beijing Ideal Group. Morgan Stanley Bank provided the 10-year, fixed-rate financing. The property in the transaction represented floors 6 through 22 of One Newark Center, a 22-story, 423,028-square-foot office building, along with the adjacent 10-story parking garage. John Alascio, Sridhar Vankayala and Noble Carpenter of Cushman & Wakefield represented the borrower in the transaction.
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LOUISVILLE, KY. — CBRE has arranged a 105,138-square-foot lease for Appriss, a provider of data and analytics solutions, at 9901 Linn Station Road in Louisville. David Hardy of CBRE represented Appriss in the transaction, and Marc Barlow of CBRE represented the landlord, Gearing Capital Partners. Appriss is set to occupy the new space in July 2018, moving from its current headquarters at 10401 Linn Station Road, where it leases approximately 90,000 square feet. The firm will also be moving its data center and IT operations from the Eastpoint development to the new location. Appriss will occupy five floors at the new space. In addition, building ownership will invest in renovations to the property, including an updated lobby and entrance, renovated restrooms on each of the Appris floors and a new fitness center, conference center and outdoor lounge. Swope Design Group is handling the renovation design.
CHICAGO — GlenStar has acquired Bannockburn Lakes V in Chicago from Ameritus for an undisclosed price. The 103,471-square-foot office building is located at 2121 Waukegan Road. GlenStar now owns all the buildings in the Bannockburn Lakes office complex, acquiring the previous four in late 2015. GlenStar plans to update the common areas, restrooms, lobbies, exterior drive-up, landscaping and parking lots at the fifth building. In the past 24 months, GlenStar has invested more than $10 million in the complex, which was built in stages since the 1980s.
IRVING, TEXAS — CBRE has brokered the sale of Canal Centre, a 237,894-square-foot, Class A office building located at 400 E. Las Colinas Blvd. in Irving’s Las Colinas district. Eric Mackey, Gary Carr, John Alvarado, Evan Stone, Jared Chua and Robert Hill of CBRE represented the seller, a partnership between California-based Libitzky Property Cos. and Dallas-based Sunwest Real Estate Group. Canal Centre Investors LLC purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. The property, which offers amenities such as a fitness center, six-story parking garage and cafè, was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Power Line Services and Volkswagen.
Henderson Group Acquires Five Office Buildings in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, for $42M
by Amy Works
NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA. — The Henderson Group has purchased five office buildings located in Newtown Square from Brandywine REIT for $42 million. The five properties are located on Campus Boulevard at the intersection of West Chester Pike and Route 252. All but one of the buildings, 17 Campus Blvd., are currently occupied. The buyer is actively pursuing new tenants for the two-story, 50,000-square-foot office building.
LOMBARD, ILL. — Metropolitan Capital Advisors Ltd. (MCA), in partnership with AMA Financial LLC, has arranged a $15.2 million loan for the acquisition of a 174,098-square-foot office building in Lombard. The property, located at 701 E. 22nd St., is 97 percent occupied. A partnership between Red River Asset Management and Lincoln Property Co. has acquired the building with plans to further upgrade amenities. Scott Lynn of MCA and Gregg Wallace of AMA arranged the fixed-rate loan with Benefit Street Partners.
NEW YORK CITY — Columbia Property Trust has completed its acquisition of 149 Madison Avenue, a 12-story office building located in Manhattan’s Midtown South district. An undisclosed seller sold the 127,000-square-foot property for $87.7 million. The company is purchasing the property subject to a ground lease that expires in January 2018. At that time, Columbia plans to begin a comprehensive repositioning at the fully vacated building. Redgate will serve as project manager, Genslar as architect and Highland Associates as engineer for the renovation project.
SAN ANTONIO — California-based video subscription firm Hulu has opened a 45,000-square-foot office in San Antonio that will serve as its viewer operation headquarters. The property is located at 4511 Horizon Hill Blvd., just off Interstate 10 on the city’s northwest side. According to local media reports, the center has already created 300 new jobs and will create an additional 200 by the end of 2018. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Tuesday, Nov. 28.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Moss Construction will relocate its office headquarters from El Paso to a 10,000-square-foot space at 6950 TPC Drive in the Dallas metro of McKinney. The company, which currently employs about 600 people throughout Florida, Hawaii and Texas, expects to expand its employee base following the move.
SAN ANTONIO — Bob Moore Construction has competed construction of a 100,000-square-foot call center for General Motors (GM) Financial in San Antonio. The two–story property is GM Financial’s fifth call center in North America. The building features amenities such as a commercial cafeteria, arcade room and a gym with locker facilities. Designed by San Antonio-based RVK Architects, the project is expected to create up to 700 new jobs.