AUSTIN, TEXAS — Valor Capital Partners (VCP) has acquired The Overlook at Rob Roy, a 100,000-square-foot, Class A office building in southwest Austin. Built in 2002, the property is located just off Bee Cave Road. This is the fifth acquisition in the Austin area for VCP, which will build an additional two-story parking structure at the property. Equitable Commercial Realty (ECR) represented the seller in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.
ADDISON, TEXAS — British tech firm Basis Technologies has relocated its North American headquarters from Vancouver to Dallas, signing a 4,200-square-foot lease at 16301 Quorum Drive in the Dallas suburb of Addison. Ryan Hoopes of Colliers represented the company in its lease negotiations. Basis Technologies plans to hire 100 additional employees in the U.S. over the next five years.
CHICAGO — Publicis has signed an office lease renewal and expansion at 35 W. Wacker Drive in Chicago. The new lease for 681,545 square feet represents a 50,000-square-foot expansion for Publicis, which is an advertising and public relations company. The firm is consolidating three other Chicago-area offices into this location. Also known as the Leo Burnett Building, 35 W. Wacker is a 1 million-square-foot, Class A building that is now fully leased. Drew Nieman and Christy Domin of CBRE represented the landlord, UBS Asset Management, in the lease transaction. Mike Christian and Steve Schneider of Cushman & Wakefield represented Publicis.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – Forest City Realty Trust, in a joint venture with Madison International Realty, has closed on the acquisition of the interest of Forest City’s partner in five assets at University Park at MIT in Cambridge. The transaction values the undisclosed partner’s share of the assets at a total of $302 million, including assumption of debt. The assets include three office buildings: 300 Massachusetts Ave., 350 Massachusetts Ave. and 38 Sidney St., comprising a total of 486,000 square feet of life science office space; a 975-space parking facility; and the commercial space adjoining the Le Meridian Cambridge-MIT hotel. Forest City is the 100-percent owner of seven other life science office buildings and four multifamily communities that are also part of the University Park at MIT campus.
FARMINGTON, MICH. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of the Professional Pavilion in Farmington, a northern suburb of Detroit. The sales price was not disclosed. The 21,338-square-foot medical office building is located at 23133 Orchard Lake Road. The buyer, Healthcare Real Estate Services LLC, plans to do interior and exterior upgrades, including repaving the parking lot, lobby renovations and new landscaping plans. The company also plans to add an additional 14,600-square-foot building along the same road. Two tenants at the property include Beaumont Pediatrics and South Oakland Gastroenterology Associates. Gary Grochowski and Bryan Barnas of Colliers represented both the buyer and the seller, Ziegler-Michigan 5 LLC.
PHILADELPHIA — SSH Real Estate and Young Capital, in partnership with the real estate arm of Quilvest Private Equity, have announced a $100 million recapitalization of the 880,000-square-foot 123 South Broad Street and Witherspoon Building complex in Philadelphia’s central business district. Currently, the property is 95 percent leased, with Wells Fargo as the anchor tenant renting 225,000 square feet of space across multiple floors. The complex was previously split into two condominium units with separate ownership. Unit 1 comprised of 255,000 square feet from the basement through the fifth floor of both 123 South Broad Street and the Witherspoon Building. Unit 2 comprised floors six through 30 of 123 South Broad Street and six through 11 of the Witherspoon Building, totaling 625,000 square feet. SSH Real Estate and Young Capital partnership acquired Unit 1 earlier this year, and with Quilvest’s investment in Unit 2, the 725,000-square-foot 123 South Broad office building will be under common ownership for the first time in 20 years. As part of the transaction, the partnership secured a loan facility from Guggenheim Commercial Real Estate Finance, which includes capital to complete leasing and capital improvements for the building. HFF served as the broker for the financing. Additionally, …
PORTLAND, ORE. — Alliant Credit Union has closed a $9 million refinancing for a newly constructed office property located in Portland’s Eastside submarket. The loan replaces the construction financing. The 33,351-square-foot property features energy-efficient construction, which is expected to result in LEED Platinum certification. Prior to the receipt of certificate of occupancy, the property was 95 percent pre-leased. The borrower was not disclosed. Casey Davidson of HFF referred the transaction to Alliant.
CHICAGO — Sterling Bay has received a $181.5 million loan for the construction of 333 N. Green St., a 548,932-square-foot office tower in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. The Class A office tower will rise 19 stories, with floor plates ranging from 13,634 to 40,589 square feet. The property will feature 31,521 square feet of street-level retail space and a four-floor parking garage. Amenities will include a fitness center, conference area, tenant lounge and private rooftop. The LEED Silver-certified building is 47.2 percent preleased to GroupM and will serve as the advertising media company’s North American headquarters. The building will also serve as the regional headquarters for GroupM’s parent company, WPP. Other big-name companies that have chosen to open offices in the bustling Fulton Market district include Google, McDonald’s and Dyson. Timothy Joyce, Danny Kaufman and Christopher Knight of HFF arranged the floating-rate loan through Wells Fargo. Sterling Bay is a real estate investment and development firm with over 10 million square feet in its portfolio. The Chicago-based company currently has a pipeline of over $10 billion in development. — Kristin Hiller
DALLAS — Billingsley Co. has refinanced 9111 Cypress Waters Boulevard, a newly built, 223,319-square-foot office building that Billingsley developed in Dallas. Trey Morsbach and Jim Curtin of HFF placed the 15-year loan through Lincoln Financial Group on behalf of the borrower, Billingsley. The building is located within the 1,000-acre Cypress Waters development, which upon completion will feature 8 million square feet of office space, 45,000 square feet of retail space and up to 10,000 multifamily units. 9111 Cypress Waters, which houses 7-Eleven’s North American headquarters, was 94 percent leased at the time of the placement of the loan. Proceeds were used to take out a construction loan.
ORLANDO, FLA. — NAI Realvest has brokered the $7.9 million sale of a 36,426-square-foot office building located at 622 E. Washington St. in Orlando. Jeff Bloom of NAI Realvest arranged the transaction on behalf of the buyer, OM Star Properties LLC, d/b/a Orchid Medical Equipment Co. The company will occupy 50 percent of the building for its new headquarters. John Worrell of Cite Partners arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, ThorntonPark Central LLC. The sale also included a 134,681-square-foot parking garage.
