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.
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.
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.
CHICAGO — RDG Funds LLC has acquired 156 N. Jefferson Street in Chicago’s West Loop for an undisclosed price. RDG plans to redevelop and restore the 37,172-square-foot historic timber and beam loft office building. Currently vacant, the property is located two blocks from the Ogilvie Transportation Center.
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.
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.
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.
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Podolsky Circle CORFAC International has arranged the sale of 400 Skokie Boulevard in Northbrook, a northern suburb of Chicago, for $20.9 million. Built in 1984 and renovated in 2012, the 195,326-square-foot office building features a café, fitness center, conference center, on-site storage and two balconies. The property is currently 77 percent leased to multiple tenants. Alissa Adler, John Homsher and Paul Tesdal of Podolsky Circle represented the seller, Syndicated Equities. Ameritus Real Estate Investment purchased the asset. Podolsky Circle managed 400 Skokie Boulevard prior to the sale and has been retained by the new owner to continue property management.
INDIANAPOLIS — A partnership between two investment firms, Indianapolis-based Strategic Capital Partners (SCP) and Philadelphia-based Rubenstein Partners LP, has acquired The Precedent Office Park, a 1.1 million-square-foot, Class A office complex in Indianapolis, for $132.7 million. Chicago-based LaSalle Investment Management was the seller. The property is situated on 184 acres at the intersection of Keystone Avenue and East 96th Street, just off Interstate 465 on the city’s north side. It consists of 19 buildings positioned around a 38-acre central lake. The campus is also located near a shopping and dining destination, The Fashion Mall at Keystone. Current amenities include a 6,000-square-foot fitness center, daycare center, bike-sharing program and micro-market vending options in select buildings. The buyers will implement a capital improvement program focused on enhancing the on-site amenities and upgrading the building systems. The improvements will aim to bolster the lake’s role in the amenity package by improving the landscaping and walking paths around it. Other amenity upgrades will include the renovation of the fitness center and the development of a new tenant lounge and cafeteria. “The Precedent’s location and proximity to the Fashion Mall at Keystone and other amenities is why many great local and national companies have chosen …