Office

JV Purchases Koll Center Newport Office Building in Newport Beach for $59.8M

by Nellie Day August 22, 2017

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — A joint venture between Greenlaw Partners and Hilrod has acquired a 156,310-square-foot office building within the master-planned Koll Center Newport in Newport Beach for $59.8 million. The Class A building is located at 4400 MacArthur Blvd. The property is 92 percent leased to tenants like Bank of the West and Fidelity National Title Co. It was built in 1979 and renovated between 2014 and 2016. The JV represented itself in this transaction. NKF’s Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones and Blake Bokosky represented the seller, an East Coast-based pension fund advisor.

August 22, 2017

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Taconic and Silverstein to Develop Life Science Research Hub in Manhattan

by Jaime Lackey August 22, 2017

NEW YORK CITY — Taconic Investment Partners and Silverstein Properties plan to develop the Hudson Research Center at 619 West 54th Street. Development plans include the creation of more than 150,000 square feet of life science wet lab research space. The 330,000-square-foot property at 619 West 54th Street is the home of the New York Stem Cell Foundation’s recently developed 40,000-square-foot research institute and headquarters. The 10-story building features the infrastructure necessary to support life science and medical tenants including 33,000-square-foot floorplates, robust electrical capacity, emergency generators, high floor loads, and high ceilings. Taconic and Silverstein plan to invest up to $20 million to further enhance base building infrastructure in order to deliver lab-ready space to research tenants. Transwestern Consulting Group (TCG) serves as the leasing agent for the building.

August 22, 2017

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CBRE Negotiates 105,026 SF Office Lease Renewal in Downtown Houston

by Taylor Williams August 22, 2017

HOUSTON — CBRE has negotiated a 105,026-square-foot office lease renewal on behalf of law firm Porter Hodges LLP at 1000 Main St. in downtown Houston. Charles Gordon, Brandon Clarke, Paul Penland and Ryan Roth of CBRE represented Porter Hodges in the lease negotiations. Wade Bowlin of PM Realty Group represented the landlord, 1000 Main LLC. Other tenants housed in the 837,161-square-foot building include Shell, UBS and Sanchez Energy.

August 22, 2017

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Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $400 Million Financing for 1.1 MSF Office Building In NYC

by Jaime Lackey August 21, 2017

NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield served as the exclusive advisor to Trinity Wall Street in arranging $400 million of acquisition financing secured by 375 Hudson Street in Manhattan. The senior mortgage financing was provided by affiliates of Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company. The 19-story Class A office and retail property was constructed in 1987; it contains nearly 1.1 million square feet of rentable area including 17 floors of office space, prime ground-floor retail space, a gym and rooftop outdoor running track, 46,000 square feet of storage space as well as a two-level, 100-space parking garage. The property’s office space is fully leased, anchored by Saatchi & Saatchi, which occupies more than 62 percent of the space. Steve Kohn, John Alascio, Alex Hernandez, Chris Moyer and Alex Lapidus of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt and Structured Finance team represented Trinity Wall Street.

August 21, 2017

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KeyBank Provides $49.3M Acquisition Loan for Pennsylvania Office Complex

by Jaime Lackey August 21, 2017

MALVERN, PA. — KeyBank has provided a $49.3 million CMBS first-mortgage loan for the acquisition of Great Valley Commerce Center, a Class A office property in Malvern. The two-building property totals 356,223 square feet. The buildings were constructed in 1968 and 1975 and were renovated in 2010 and 2011. Current tenants include DaVita, Unisys Corp. and HERE Holding. John Christen of KeyBank arranged the 10-year loan, which has an amortization schedule of 30 years. KeyBank will also originate a $5 million mezzanine loan with a 10-year interest-only period.

August 21, 2017

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OliverMcMillan to Develop 330,000 SF Office Tower in Atlanta’s Buckhead District

by Camren Skelton August 17, 2017

ATLANTA — San Diego-based OliverMcMillan has unveiled plans to build The Office Buckhead Atlanta, a 17-story, 330,000-square-foot office tower located at 300 E. Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. Designed by San Francisco-based architect Gensler, the Class A building will feature 30,000 square feet of ground-level retail and restaurants. The office tower will be situated adjacent to The Shops Buckhead Atlanta, which OliverMcMillan developed in 2014. Construction will begin with the demolition of the former HiFi Buys building at Peachtree Street and Boiling Way, with completion slated for early 2020. Deming Fish and Scott O’Halloran of Colliers International will handle the building’s leasing assignment.

August 17, 2017

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Aries/Conlon Capital Arranges $31.5M Refinancing Loan for Office Property in Buffalo Grove, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow August 17, 2017

BUFFALO GROVE, ILL. — Aries/Conlon Capital has arranged a $31.5 million loan for the refinancing of Riverwalk Phase II in Buffalo Grove, a northern suburb of Chicago. The 258,995-square-foot office property, located at 2100 E. Lake Cook Road, serves as the corporate headquarters for CVS Caremark. The Class A building is 75 percent leased, with PrimeSource Healthcare serving as the other anchor tenant. Amenities include a fitness center, conference room and deli. Accesso Partners was the borrower.

August 17, 2017

Michigan Midwest Office

L. Mason Capitani Negotiates Five Leases at Office Building in Troy, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow August 17, 2017

TROY, MICH. — L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International has negotiated five new office leases totaling 21,000 square feet at Wilshire Plaza, located at 901 Wilshire Drive in Troy. The new tenants include NB Coatings, Caliber Home Loans, Keller Williams, Dearborn Holding Co. and Avera Health. Mason L. Capitani negotiated the lease transactions on behalf of the landlord, Summit Wilshire LLC.

August 17, 2017

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Durst Organization Secures $1B Financing Package for Manhattan Office Portfolio

by John Nelson August 17, 2017

NEW YORK CITY — The Durst Organization, a New York-based owner and operator of Manhattan office and residential assets, has closed a financing package totaling $1 billion from multiple lenders for several of its office assets. The financing included a $600 million loan for five office buildings and a $400 million credit line. The five assets involved in the debt include 655 Third Ave., 675 Third Ave., 825 Third Ave., 114 West 47th St. and 205 E. 42nd St. Citi Private Bank was the lead lender for the financing, contributing $650 million. As part of the package, JPMorgan Chase, TD Bank, and Bank of New York Mellon each provided $100 million, and City National Bank provided $50 million. Durst will use the loan to refinance its existing debt into a first mortgage debt, and the company will use the credit facility to finance future acquisitions. Dennis Hellman of Rosenberg & Estis PC, New York’s largest real estate law firm, represented The Durst Organization in the financing deal, with assistance from colleagues Kamilla Bogdanov and Daniel Grobman. Chatham Financial also advised Durst in connection with the financing, while Herrick Feinstein represented Citi Private Bank. “The structure of this financing is similar …

August 17, 2017

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Cleveland Office Market Sees String of New Projects

by Kristin Harlow August 17, 2017

Cleveland’s central business district (CBD) continues to make headlines as events like the Republican National Convention, the 2016 and 2017 NBA Championships and the 2016 World Series earned national attention. Within the office market, trends such as “flight to quality” and office-to-residential conversions, which are driven by a hot apartment market, have reduced surplus supply and lowered vacancies. This has shaped metrics positively, and has put Cleveland in a position of strength for the upcoming years. The news of the year has been the purchase of Key Tower by Millennia Cos., a local real estate developer known mostly for multifamily. The company moved its headquarters from a property in Valley View to two entire floors spanning approximately 40,000 square feet in Cleveland’s signature office tower. Almost immediately after, Forest City announced its headquarters move from the historic Terminal Tower to the Key Tower, backfilling almost 150,000 square feet of space that KeyCorp gave back in a downsizing strategy. By the first quarter of 2018, Key Tower will benefit from lobby and building amenity upgrades, and should see a vacancy rate of less than 10 percent. Another story on the horizon is the potential move of Medical Mutual of Ohio, now …

August 17, 2017

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