Office

Chatham Investment Sells 66,825 SF Office Building in Metro Boston for $13.9M

by Amy Works January 24, 2018

NEWTON, MASS. — Chatham Investment has completed the disposition of an office building located at 29 Crafts St. in Newton. Capasso Realty acquired the property for $13.9 million. Anchored by W.T. Rich Co., Steward Health Care System and Capital Advisors Group, the five-story property features 66,825 square feet of office space and 190 on-site parking spaces. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pulled, Samantha Hallowell, Christian Brannelly and Drew Nelson of NKF represented the seller in the deal.

January 24, 2018

Northeast Office Pennsylvania

CBRE Arranges $12.5M Sale of Office Plaza in West Chester, Pennsylvania

by Amy Works January 24, 2018

WEST CHESTER, PA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of West Chester Office Plaza, a five-building office portfolio located at 790 E. Market St. in West Chester. High Associates sold the complex to Maguire Hayden Real Estate Co. for $12.5 million. Situated on 8.3 acres, the 116,621-square-foot complex is currently 90 percent occupied by 48 tenants, including American Precision Industries, ESCFederal, Women’s Health Care Group of PA and BackOffice Thinking and Kinetic Prosthetics. Stephen Marzullo and Adam Silverman of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.

January 24, 2018

California Office Western

Positive Investments Acquires Towne Centre Office Building in Arcadia for $25.6M

by Nellie Day January 24, 2018

ARCADIA, CALIF. — Positive Investments has acquired Towne Centre Office Building, an 83,250-square-foot office building in Arcadia, for $25.6 million. The eight-story building is located at 150 N. Santa Anita Ave. The asset is 97 percent leased. Bank of America anchors the property, which was built in 1972. Mark Evanoff and Andrew Berk of Avison Young represented the seller, a San Francisco-based family trust, in this transaction. The buyer represented itself.

January 24, 2018

California Office Western

MedImpact Begins Construction of Second San Diego Headquarters Building

by Nellie Day January 24, 2018

SAN DIEGO — MedImpact has announced plans to expand in San Diego. The pharmacy benefit manager has started construction of its second corporate headquarters campus building in the Scripps Ranch submarket. The 158,000-square-foot building will be located at 10159 Scripps Gateway Court. It is an extension of MedImpact’s existing corporate headquarters building. Watermark Building 2 will include a large outdoor courtyard for casual meetings, social gatherings and exercise. A pedestrian bridge will connect the two buildings in the outdoor courtyard. Completion is scheduled for December 2018. Sudberry Properties is the development and construction manager for MedImpact.

January 24, 2018

Illinois Midwest Office Top Stories

Equity Commonwealth to Sell 2.4 MSF Office Portfolio in Chicago, Philadelphia for $670M

by Nellie Day January 24, 2018

CHICAGO and PHILADELPHIA — Equity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC) has agreed to sell a two-property office portfolio for $670 million. The properties feature a total of 2.4 million square feet and are located in Chicago and Philadelphia. One of the properties included in the transaction is a 1.5 million-square-foot office building located at 600 W. Chicago Ave. in Chicago. Sterling Bay acquired the property for $510 million. The space serves as the headquarters for Groupon. It formerly served as a Montgomery Ward catalog warehouse. The sale marks a full departure from the Chicago office market for Sam Zell, chairman of Equity Commonwealth. Equity Commonwealth also sold an 826,000-square-foot property at 1600 Market St. in Philadelphia for $160 million. The 40-story building was built in 1983 just a block away from City Hall. The asset is 84 percent leased. The buyer was not disclosed. Equity Commonwealth sold off a bundle of assets in the last quarter of 2017. This included a two-property, 15-building office portfolio in Moon Township and Pittsburgh, Pa., for $71 million; a 131,000-square-foot office building at 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway in Ann Arbor, Mich., for $24.9 million; a 175,000-square-foot industrial property in North Haven, Conn., for $10.5 million; and a …

January 24, 2018

Office Texas

Defense Contractor to Relocate to 104,000 SF Office Space in Plano

by Taylor Williams January 23, 2018

PLANO, TEXAS — General Dynamics Mission Systems Inc., a Virginia-based defense contractor, will relocate from Richardson to a 104,000-square-foot office space located at 1000 Klein Road in Plano. The City of Plano provided an economic grant for the move, which is expected to bring an additional 280 jobs to Plano, according to the agenda from the Plano City Council’s most recent meeting. The deal calls for 250 of those jobs to be operational by the end of May.

January 23, 2018

Office Texas

Energy Firm Renews 353,944 SF Office Lease at Williams Tower in Houston

by Taylor Williams January 23, 2018

HOUSTON — Williams, a Tulsa-based natural gas infrastructure operator, has renewed its 353,944-square-foot office lease at its namesake tower in Houston’s Galleria neighborhood. The company currently has about 700 employees in the 1.5 million-square-foot building, which was developed by Hines in the early 1980s. Ronnie Deyo and Beau Bellow of JLL represented Williams in the lease negotiations. Dave Hanusa, Bonnie Kelley-Dienna and Jason Presley of CBRE represented the landlord, Invesco Real Estate. Following this renewal, the tower is 92 percent leased.

January 23, 2018

Loans New York Northeast Office

HFF Secures $12.5M in Refinancing for Office Building in Manhattan

by Amy Works January 23, 2018

NEW YORK CITY — HFF has arranged $12.5 million in refinancing for 135 Bowery, a boutique creative office building in Manhattan’s Midtown South technology corridor. The borrower is a joint venture between Caspi Development and RWN Real Estate Partners. Steven Klein and Alex Staikos of HFF secured the five-year, fixed-rate loan through BBVA Compass Bank. Loan proceeds were used to refinance a construction loan on the property. Originally built in 1900 and redeveloped in 2016, the eight-story, 21,308-square-foot building features a ground-floor retail space occupied by a high-end restaurant, and full-floor loft office units above. The office spaces feature collaborative open floor plates, 10-foot ceilings, reclaimed wood details, custom kitchenettes, conference rooms and two suites that offer private terraces with city views. The property is fully occupied by tenants, including lola/VFX, Bullish, Tradewind, breather, Martin Lui & Associates, Minds+Assembly and RTS Ventures.

January 23, 2018

Loans Midwest Office Ohio

KeyBank Provides $237.1M Acquisition Financing for Office Portfolio in Eight States

by Kristin Harlow January 23, 2018

CLEVELAND — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $237.1 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a 12-property office portfolio located throughout eight states. The Class A and B properties are located in Arizona, Illinois, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and Tennessee. The portfolio, which is 71 percent leased, includes nine multi-tenant buildings and three single-tenant buildings totaling more than 2.2 million square feet. Alex Buecking, Devin Jolley and Josh Berde of Key arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Bridge Investment Group Partners.

January 23, 2018

North Carolina Office Southeast

HFF Brokers $55.6M Sale of Two-Building Office Park in Triangle

by Camren Skelton January 23, 2018

DURHAM, N.C. — HFF has arranged the $55.6 million sale of Palladian Corporate Center, a two-building, 201,008-square-foot office complex in Durham. Ryan Clutter, Scot Humphrey and Chris Lingerfelt of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, an institutional owner advised by Clarion Partners LLC. An affiliate of Innovatus acquired the asset. In addition, Brent Bowman of HFF arranged acquisition financing for the asset through Citizens Bank on behalf of the new owner. Palladian Corporate Center is located at 200 and 240 Leigh Farm Road, adjacent to Interstate 40, along the Highway 54 corridor. Constructed in 2005 and 2007, the four-story buildings feature landscaped exteriors, brick and glass façades, weekly scheduled food trucks and adjacent walking trails. Palladian Corporate Center is home to tenants including Northwestern Mutual, Eco-Site LLC and AICPA’s corporate headquarters. At the time of sale, the property was 98.4 percent leased.

January 23, 2018

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