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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — A fund sponsored by Shorenstein Properties has purchased U.S. Bank Tower, a 366,000-square-foot office building in Sacramento, for an undisclosed sum. The 25-story tower is located at 621 Capitol Mall. U.S. Bank Tower is situated immediately south of the Golden One Center, which opened in late 2016, and three blocks west of the state capitol. The property also features more than 23,000 square feet of fully occupied retail and restaurant space, including Morton’s the Steakhouse, and a large parking structure that services both the property and the Golden One Center. JLL represented the sellers, David S. Taylor Interests and Britannia Pacific Properties, in this transaction.

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CAMPBELL, CALIF. — Vista Investment Group has acquired Vasona Technology Park, a 314,256-square-foot office campus in the Silicon Valley submarket of Campbell, for $113 million. The campus is situated on an 18.5-acre site bordered by Winchester Boulevard, East Hacienda Avenue and Dell Avenue. Vasona Technology Park is fully leased to tenants like the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and ChargePoint. Vista plans to reposition the older buildings at the park into a more creative office standard, using the expansive campus setting featuring one of the largest contiguous land sites in the area.

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LOS ANGELES — Lendlease has signed an 11-year lease at City National Plaza in downtown Los Angeles. The center is located at 515 S. Flower St. The Australia-based property company sought a prominent and central downtown location that would keep employees connected to the community, with access to a variety of amenities and transportation. The Class A office tower is part of the larger City National Plaza, a 2.6 million-square-foot project spanning the entire city block between Flower, Figueroa streets, Fifth and Sixth streets. City National Plaza contains two office towers, one plaza-level building, and four subterranean levels featuring retail and parking. Notable tenants include City National Corp., Gensler, Paul Hastings LLP, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, Foley & Lardner LLP and Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP. Justin Collins of Cushman & Wakefield represented Lendlease, while the firm’s John Bendetti represented the landlord, CommonWealth, in this transaction.

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HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of 3033 Chimney Rock, an 80,653-square-foot office building located on Houston’s west side. Alex Zylberglait, Keith Lloyd and Chris Jones of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. Lloyd and Jones also secured the buyer, another limited liability company. Other terms of sale were not released.  

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BOSTON — Frazer Capital has completed the sale of a retail and office building located at 41 Winter St. in Boston. Gazit Horizons Inc., a subsidiary of Israel-based Gazit-Globe, has purchased the property for $24.8 million, or $864 per square foot. Located in Boston’s Downtown Crossing district, the property features 28,690 square feet of retail and office space. At the time of sale the property was fully leased. Liberty Travel anchors the building. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Geoffrey Millred, Matthew Pullen, Justin Smith, Paul Penman and Christopher Peterson of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller in deal.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Colliers International has arranged the $18.4 million sale of Axis Office Park, a four-building office portfolio located at 350-352 Halton Road in Greenville. Formerly occupied by Fluor, the buildings total 228,000 square feet. Colliers arranged the transaction on behalf of the buyer, Tempus Real Estate Investments. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed. Taylor Allen and Brantley Anderson of Colliers will handle the property’s leasing assignment, and Brendan Gower of Colliers will provide real estate management services. In addition, LCK will provide project management services for the property.

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NEW YORK CITY — StepStone Group Real Estate, a real estate investment firm, has entered into an agreement to acquire Cleveland, Ohio-based Courtland Partners, a real estate advisors group. The transaction is expected to close by the end of March, subject to customary closing conditions. Following the integration of Courtland, StepStone Real Estate (SRE) will be among the world’s largest and most active real estate solutions providers, managing approximately $100 billion of capital allocations from institutional investors, including more than $2 billion of assets under management and deploying over $10 billion per year to real estate investments through primary fund investments, co-investments, secondaries and recapitalizations. The combined real estate group will have more than 50 professionals working from offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. SRE is part of StepStone Group, a global private markets firm providing customized investment, portfolio monitoring and advisory solutions. StepStone is a global firm with 15 offices in 11 countries around the world, including New York City; Beijing; Dublin, Ireland; Hong Kong; La Jolla, Calif.; London; Luxembourg; Perth; San Francisco; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Seoul, South Korea; Sydney, Australia; Tokyo; Toronto; and Zurich, Switzerland.

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ROANOKE, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has secured a 54,000-square-foot lease for Atlantic Credit & Finance (ACF), a subsidiary of Encore Capital Group, at Franklin Plaza in downtown Roanoke. Located at 111 Franklin Road, the five-story office building is now 88 percent leased. Barry Ward and Price Gutshall of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Roanoke office represented the building owner, Times Equities Inc., in the lease transaction. ACF, a servicer of unsecured, consumer-distressed assets, will occupy two floors at Franklin Plaza. The lease is part of ACF’s plan to invest more than $4 million to expand its operations in Roanoke, relocating from its current location on Orange Avenue. The expansion will create more than 115 new jobs, increasing ACF’s employee base in Roanoke to 359 staffers.

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MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO — Mohr Capital has acquired a 460,000-square-foot net leased office building in Mayfield Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, for $52 million. Rockwell Automation Inc., a provider of industrial automation and information products, fully occupies the property on a triple net lease. The location serves as the second largest employment center for Rockwell, with close to 2,000 employees involved in the company’s architecture and software operating branch. The building was constructed as a build-to-suit for Rockwell in 1995. Rodrigo Godoi of Mohr Capital represented the Dallas-based real estate investment company in the transaction. Normal Rockwell Ohio LLC was the seller.

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