NEW YORK CITY — Children’s Museum of Manhattan has acquired a new property located at 361 Central Park W. in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. 361 Central Park West LLC sold the property for $45 million. Children’s Museum of Manhattan plans to move its primary operations at 212 W. 83rd St. to the new location, which is a landmarked structure and a former church designed by Carrère & Hastings. The museum plans to open at the new location in 2021. Andrew Chonoles, Ross Yustein, Christopher Terry and Michael Scharpf of law firm Kleinberg Kaplan represented the museum in the acquisition.
TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $20.3 million sale of Bay West, a 195,558-square-foot office park located at 5660 to 5840 W. Cypress St. in Tampa’s Westshore district. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge and Michael Lerner of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Philadelphia-based Equus Capital Partners Ltd. Greenville, S.C.-based RealOP Investments acquired the asset. Bay West includes eight office buildings, constructed between 1983 and 1985. At the time of sale, the office park was 95 percent leased to tenants including Fidelity National Title, GEICO and Beef ‘O’ Brady’s. Paula Buffa and Lauren Coup of Cushman & Wakefield have been retained to handle the property’s leasing assignment.
DETROIT — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $36.4 million CMBS loan for the refinancing of One Kennedy Square, a multi-tenant office building in Detroit. The 246,304-square-foot property is 100 percent occupied by tenants such as Ernst & Young. Dennis Bernard and Kevin Kovachevich of Bernard arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Kennedy Square Office Building LLC. Wells Fargo Bank provided the loan.
CHICAGO — SVN | Chicago Commercial has negotiated the sale of a 42,000-square-foot loft office building in Chicago’s West Loop for $12.9 million. The property, located at 117-121 N. Jefferson Ave., is known as the Haymarket Building. The building was over 90 percent leased at the time of sale. Wayne Caplan and Lee Ffrench of SVN represented the seller, an affiliate of St. Louis-based Hoffmann Commercial Real Estate. In-Commercial Group, based in Chicago, led the purchasing group, which was an investor completing a 1031 exchange.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Kearny Real Estate Co. has purchased a 197,370-square-foot office campus in Santa Ana for $34.8 million. The campus is located at 3100-3130 Harbor Blvd. The space has recently been rebranded Elevate@Harbor. It includes two mid-rise buildings on eight acres that were built in 1982. Kearny plans to invest about $15 million to reposition the office campus. The one-acre outdoor area surrounding the first floor of both buildings will be redesigned to incorporate outdoor areas that provide a mix of work, leisure and active spaces. The seller was The Colton Company. CBRE’s Carol Trapani and Allison Kelly will oversee leasing for Elevate@Harbor.
DEL MAR HEIGHTS, CALIF. — Irvine Co. has purchased Gateway at Torrey Hills, a 198,000-square-foot campus in Del Mar Heights, for an undisclosed sum. The campus is situated near the I-5 Freeway at Carmel Mountain Road. The Class A office space is spread across two four-story buildings. Notable tenants include BDO USA, MINDBODY Inc., and law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. The project features stone and glass façades, flexible floor plates, modern interior features and on-site parking. Amenities include a fitness center with locker room and showers, art installations, multiple patios, and outdoor workspaces. Irvine Co. plans to add to and enhance the outdoor workspaces.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Sundance Square, the developer of downtown Fort Worth’s main entertainment district of the same name, has acquired the Petroleum Building, a 117,000-square-foot office asset. XTO Energy, a division of ExxonMobil, sold the building for an undisclosed price and will continue to occupy the space until summer as it relocates roughly 1,600 jobs from Fort Worth to Houston. The property occupies a full city block at West Sixth Street between Houston and Throckmorton streets in downtown Fort Worth. The sale includes a 534-space parking garage situated adjacent to the building. Ryan Matthews of JLL brokered the sale on behalf of XTO Energy, which has now sold four office properties totaling 281,204 square feet in Fort Worth.
PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS — Texas Realty Capital (TRC) has arranged the $11 million refinancing of 130 Commerce Center, a 230,000-square-foot industrial/office property located in Pflugerville on Austin’s north side. Minneapolis-based Thrivent Financial provided the loan, which features a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate, on behalf of an undisclosed, out-of-state borrower.
WOBURN, MASS. — NKF Capital Markets has arranged the sale of an office building located at 8 Presidential Way in Woburn. Chestnut Realty Management sold the two-story building to an undisclosed buyer for $13.2 million. The 104,000-square-foot building features prominent building signage, efficient floor plates and ample parking. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, Samantha Hallowell, Torin Taylor, Richard Ruggiero, Matthew Adams and Rory Walsh of NKF represented the seller in the transaction.
FRAMINGHAM, MASS. — New Dover Associates has arranged the sale of an office and industrial building located at 101 Bishop St. in Framingham. Green Brick Development acquired the property from Siegal LLC for $4.8 million. Situated on 3.1 acres, the 44,272-square-foot building is fully air conditioned. Scott Hughes and Ted Reimann of New Dover Associates represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.