METAIRIE, LA. — Stirling Properties has brokered the sale of The Executive Office Tower, a 184,608-square-foot office building located at 3500 N. Causeway Blvd. in Metairie, roughly eight miles northwest of New Orleans. Roger Bajon of Stirling Properties arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. A Dallas-based investor acquired the 14-story building for an undisclosed price. The Executive Office Tower is home to tenants such as Keystone Engineering.
PORTLAND, ORE. — NKF Capital Markets has arranged the sale of the historic Towne Storage, an office property located in Portland’s Central Eastside submarket. CBRE Global Investors acquired the 100,022-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Autodesk Inc., an investment-grade credit tenant, occupies property. Nick Kucha and James Childress of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller, Westport Capital Partners.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. — Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura has arranged the sale of an office building located at 31248 Oak Crest Drive in Westlake Village in metro Los Angeles. K-Swiss, an athletic footwear maker, sold the property to Selleck Development Group for $11 million. The 53,133-square-foot building was constructed as a build-to-suit for K-Swiss and the company occupied the property from 1999 until it relocated to downtown Los Angeles. Joe Jusko of Lee & Associates represented the seller, while Mike Tingus and Grant Fulkerson of Lee & Associates represented the seller.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Franklin Partners, in a joint venture with Bixby Bridge Capital, has purchased the former OfficeMax headquarters at 263 Shuman Blvd. in Naperville with plans to redevelop the property. The 350,000-square-foot vacant office building will be transformed into a multi-tenant building. The main entrance and atrium will be redesigned with a grand staircase. A lower level will feature baristas, a market-style deli, fitness center, co-working lounges and other amenities. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year with completion slated for early 2019. Wright Heerema Architects is the project architect. Francis Prock and David Florent of Colliers International will market the renovated property for lease.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – Invesco Real Estate, on behalf of an institutional client, has acquired the Quad, a life science campus located in Cambridge. The Davis Cos. sold the property for an undisclosed price. Totaling 199,487 square feet, the campus comprises four buildings: 75 Moulton St., 10 Wilson Ave., 40 Smith Place and 75 Smith Place. The Davis Cos. will continue to manage the asset and oversee its redevelopment. Coleman Benedict, Christopher Phaneuf, Ben Sayles and Kerry Hawkins of HFF represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY – Media iQ Digital, a global analytics and technology company, has leased more than 23,000 square feet comprising the entire 25th and 26th floors of 261 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The company is nearly tripling its space by relocating from 8,013 square feet at 853 Broadway. The lease brings the 405,000-square-foot building to more than 87 percent occupancy. Other tenants at the building include Himatsingka USA, Richloom Fabrics Group, Dan Klores Communications and Tumi Inc. The Feil Organization owns the property. The asking price for the 10-year lease was $85 per square foot.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Mercer Street Partners has acquired Corporate Center V, a 71,000-square-foot office building in Virginia Beach, for $9.9 million. Amerigroup Corp., a health insurance provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Anthem Inc., is headquartered at the building. Canal Capital Management arranged the transaction on behalf of Mercer Street Partners. Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the undisclosed seller. Located at 4425 Corporation Lane within Corporate Center office park, the building is located within walking distance to Pembroke Mall and Town Center of Virginia Beach. The $608 million Town Center is home to more than 800,000 square feet of office space, 19 restaurants, apartment units, hotel rooms and more than 30 shopping and entertainment venues.
DALY CITY, CALIF. — Harvest Properties and an affiliate of New York City-based Cerberus Capital Management LP have purchased DC Station, a nine-story office building in Daly City, about seven miles southwest of San Francisco. The purchase price and seller were not disclosed, but the San Francisco Business Times reports the partnership purchased the Class A asset from Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management for $114.5 million. “Both Cerberus and Harvest see this as an opportunity to acquire a high-quality property at a compelling price and, ultimately, add value through thoughtful leasing activity as we capitalize on the changing demand drivers in the area,” says John Winther, managing partner at Harvest Properties, a real estate investment and management firm based in the Bay Area. The 383,000-square-foot, LEED Silver-certified building is anchored by the global headquarters of Genesys, a tech firm that sells businesses both cloud-based and onsite software for customer experience and call center solutions. According to Harvest Properties, the previous owner was marketing DC Station for sale as part of a mixed-use investment that included adjacent retail space and the Century 20 Daly City movie theater, but Harvest proposed separating the office building from the investment package and ultimately won …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Brandywine Realty Trust, a Philadelphia-based REIT, has signed a development agreement to develop a 250,000-square-foot office building at the Garza Ranch mixed-use development in Austin. A timeline for construction has not yet been established. At full build-out, Garza Ranch will consist of 400,000 square feet of office space, 370 multifamily units and a 140-room Aloft hotel, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — SVN Alliance has arranged the $11.5 million sale of a four-building office portfolio in Daytona Beach. Chris Butera, Carl Lentz IV, John Trost and Tim Davis of SVN Alliance arranged the transaction on behalf of the buyer, an undisclosed private investor, and the seller, Consolidated Tomoka Land Co. The portfolio included the two-story Concierge building located at the northeast corner of LPGA Boulevard and Williamson Boulevard, two buildings within Mason Commerce Center and a building within Williamson Business Park. Consolidated Tomoka developed the buildings between 2008 and 2014. The portfolio was fully leased at the time of sale.
