NEW YORK CITY — Broad Street Development and Invesco have completed a $235 million recapitalization of 80 Broad Street, a 423,000-square-foot office tower located in Manhattan’s Financial District. The recapitalization comprises a $102 million first mortgage assumption, plus an additional $30 million mezzanine proceeds from AIG. Broad Street Development formed a joint venture with Atlanta-based Invesco for 80 Broad Street, transferring a controlling stake in the office tower for $235 million, or $550 per square foot. The partnership recapitalized the tower, taking out previous mezzanine lenders RXR Realty and Colony Capital. Adam Spies and Josh King of Cushman & Wakefield represented Broad Street in the recapitalization.
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ROSEMONT, ILL. — Farpoint Development and Greco/DeRosa Investments have unveiled plans to redevelop a 135,000-square-foot loft office building located at 6300 North River Road in Rosemont. The $6 million core/shell renovation of the seven-story building is expected to begin immediately and be completed by mid-2018. The redevelopment of the property will include a fully renovated lobby, replacement of all exterior windows and staining of the exterior brick. The Class A office building will include a new fitness center, yoga room, conference facilities, tenant lounge and food market with outdoor seating. Jason Simon and Jonathon Connor of Colliers International will market the property for lease.
HOUSTON — HFF has brokered the sale of 2400 Augusta Place, a 124,543-square-foot office building located in the West Loop/Galleria area of Houston. The four-story property was 85 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants in the engineering, legal, healthcare and communications industries. Marty Hogan of HFF represented the seller, Houston-based investment firm Interra Capital Group, in the sale. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
ATLANTA — Building and Land Technology (BLT) has sold Concourse Buildings I, II and IV within Concourse Corporate Center, a 63-acre office development located in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. CBRE Global Investors acquired the two eight-story buildings and one four-story building, which encompass nearly half of the 2.2 million-square-foot development. Stamford, Conn.-based BLT originally acquired Concourse Corporate Center in 2015 for nearly $500 million, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, and was seeking offers on the project for as much as $580 million. The final sales price was not disclosed. BLT invested in capital improvements to the buildings including lobby and elevator renovations, new conference facilities and added outdoor amenity areas. BLT will retain ownership of the iconic “King and Queen” towers located within Concourse Corporate Center, with plans to implement additional enhancements. BLT has retained Atlanta-based Regent Partners to lease and manage the Concourse buildings on behalf of BLT.
PLANO, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Brokerage Co. (HSM) has arranged two office leases totaling 4,560 square feet at Hunters’ Glen Office Complex, a 21,250-square-foot office property located at 5509 Pleasant Valley Drive in Plano. The Sentry Marketing Group LLC leased 2,160 square feet and dental practice Hossain Dezham & Associates leased 2,400 square feet. Jim Breitenfeld and Jim Turano of HSM represented the landlord, First Avanti Partners LLC, in the lease negotiations.
Stanton Road Capital, Second City Buy 89,000 SF Office Building in Los Angeles for $35.5M
by Nellie Day
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Stanton Road Capital and Second City has purchased an 89,000-square-foot office property in the Los Angeles submarket of El Segundo for $35.5 million. The building is located at 898 Sepulveda Blvd. The office space is 98 percent leased. The property includes a six-level parking structure that is leased to Central Parking. The building was constructed in 1979 and renovated in 2000. The JV plans to enhance the building, provide creative office space and extend the parking garage’s master lease. NKF’s Kevin Shannon, Ken White and Michael Moore represented the seller, TA Associates, in this transaction. The firm also arranged financing on behalf of the buyer.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Premier Business Centers has opened its third flexible U.S. workspace in the Wilshire/Palm building in Beverly Hills. The company has signed an 8.5-year lease with John Hancock Life Insurance Company to create a new flexible, shared office space center on the building’s fifth floor. The 14,950-square-foot space is located at 9171 Wilshire Blvd. It will occupy the former Rothstein Kass and Company accounting firm space.
BOSTON — Nordblom Co., in partnership with Alcion Ventures, has purchased 135 Morrissey Boulevard, a 700,000-square-foot office building in Boston, for an undisclosed price. The company plans to redevelop the property, which was first constructed in 1958 by The Boston Globe. into an urban innovation campus offering office space for Boston’s businesses to think bigger, act bolder and move the city’s economy forward. The property is in close proximity to MBTA’s Red Line JFK/UMass station and abuts Interstate 93. The name of the seller was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Acadia Realty Trust has completed the disposition of an office and retail building located at 260 E. 161st St. in the Bronx. Jamestown acquired the 276,622-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Originally built in 1930, the property was renovated in 2016 and features 245,470 square feet of office space and 20,572 square feet of retail space. The 10-story property is leased to office tenants, including The City of New York, The Legal Aid Society, and Montefiore Medical Center, as well as retail tenants, Walgreens, Starbucks Coffee and Chipotle Mexican Grill. Michael Tepedino, Andrew Scandalios, Graham Stephens, David Giancola and David Fowler of HFF represented the seller in the deal. Additionally, Christopher Peck and Peter Rotchford of HFF are working on behalf of the buyer to arrange financing for the asset.
COLUMBIA, MD. — Avison Young has arranged the sale of an 84,025-square-foot office building located at 6350 Stevens Forest Road in Columbia, roughly 20 miles southwest of Baltimore. The sales price was not disclosed, but sources familiar with the transaction report the building sold for $10.6 million. Chip Ryan, Jim Kornick and Bob Wrighton of Avison Young arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, New Boston Fund. Pratt Street Capital acquired the asset. Johns Hopkins Community Physicians anchors the building, which was 77 percent leased at the time of sale. Medical- and healthcare-related tenants occupy 43 percent of the building, which is located roughly three miles from Johns Hopkins Howard County General Hospital and two miles from Columbia Town Center.