ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF. — Lincoln Property Co. and Alcion Ventures have broken ground on Phase I of FLIGHT at Tustin Legacy, a 38-acre creative office campus located within the master-planned community of Tustin Legacy in Orange County. ACORE Capital and iStar Inc. recently provided the joint venture with $141.6 million in construction financing for the initial phase of the development. Mark Wintner and Doug Bond of HFF secured the three-year loan on behalf of the borrowers. The mixed-use campus, at completion, will include 18 low-rise office buildings, retail and open space for gathering. The first phase of the development will offer 470,000 square feet of office space including a collection of four custom-built, incubator-style buildings dubbed Platform Campus, a 12,000-square-foot food hall and a 7,000-square-foot conference center. Campus amenities will include outdoor meeting spaces and flexible break-out rooms; indoor and outdoor fitness areas; a bike share program; dog walk and walking trails; and electric vehicle charging stations. The 12-vendor food hall, known as Mess Hall Market, will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner and offer a full-service bar. Anchor tenants for the space will be announced this fall, with the completion of Phase I slated for late 2018. The project is …
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NEW YORK CITY — Savanna has purchased a 12-story, 144,500-square-foot office and retail building located at 31 W. 27th St. in Manhattan’s NoMad District for an undisclosed price. Originally constructed in 1910, the building features 11,578-square-foot open floorplates, 12-foot to 16-foot barrel-arched ceilings and abundant natural light. Savanna plans to implement a comprehensive capital improvement plan at the property. The scope of the plan includes renovations of the lobby, building systems, façade, roofs and sidewalk vault, as well as the reposition and renovation of the retail storefront. Will Silverman, Paul Gillen and Daniel Parker of Hodges Ward Elliott represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Aareal Capital Corp., a subsidiary of Germany-based Aareal Bank AG, provided acquisition financing. Lawrence Britvan, Matt Jacobs and Michael Straw, also of Hodges Ward Elliott, arranged the financing for Savanna.
SEATTLE — Vista Investment Group has acquired Seattle Mart, an 82,218-square-foot creative office building in Seattle, for $14.6 million. The building is located at 200 S.W. Michigan St. in the Georgetown neighborhood south of Seattle’s Central Business District. Seattle Mart was built in 1929. It previously served as Boeing’s first headquarters. The space was renovated in 2015. Andy Miller and Evan Lugar of Kidder Mathews represented the seller, Lift Real Estate Partners, in this transaction.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Cohesity has leased about 40,000 square feet of office space at Riverpark Tower II in downtown San Jose. The tower is located at 300 Park Ave. The hyperconverged secondary storage provider is nearly tripling its square footage. It previously leased 14,000 square feet at 471 El Camino Real in Santa Clara. Cohesity is expected to occupy its new space in the fourth quarter of this year after a custom build-out is complete. Joe Brady and Mike Mordaunt of Savills Studley represented the company. Anne Ralston and Phil Mahoney of Newmark Cornish & Carey represented the landlord, Steelwave, in this transaction.
CHICAGO — Free Market Ventures (FMV), in partnership with Second City Real Estate, has acquired a 179,442-square-foot office building in Chicago’s O’Hare submarket. The purchase price was not disclosed. The transit-oriented property is located at 6400 Shafer Court. Built in 1980, the eight-story building was renovated in 1991, 2006 and 2015. The property is currently 88 percent leased to 15 tenants, including Cap Gemini, Seasons Healthcare Management LLC and Haemonetics Corp. FMV plans to perform a series of improvements including a lobby renovation, addition of a fitness center and upgraded common areas. Cushman &Wakefield has been selected as the leasing agent, and Crossroads Partners will handle property management.
It is no secret that Atlanta has been a booming market in the post-recession era. Metro Atlanta added more than 85,000 jobs in 2016, while the unemployment rate has dropped to 4.9 percent, back to a prerecession level (2007). Atlanta has ranked near the top of the largest 10 office markets in annual job growth, outpacing the likes of New York, Los Angles and Chicago. There was 3.3 percent job growth in 2016, outpaced by only one large metropolitan peer, Dallas-Fort Worth. Rent Growth The Atlanta office market has shared this success as rents have continued to climb to record levels and vacancy levels have dropped. Since the end of 2012, overall gross asking rents have risen 22.1 percent, or $4.41 per square foot. Thanks to major relocations by companies such as Honeywell, GE Digital and Synovus, and major expansions by Kaiser Permanente, Sage, Anthem and Kabbage, among others, Atlanta’s overall office vacancy rate has plummeted 540 basis points from the end of 2012 (from 22.3 percent to 16.9 percent in the first quarter of 2017). Construction With market fundamentals in a stronger state than at any other time in recent history, the introduction of new product presents a litmus …
MARIETTA, GA. — A joint venture between Praelium Commercial Real Estate and South Street Partners has acquired Newmarket Business Park, a six-building, 471,486-square-foot office park in Marietta, a suburb of Atlanta. The sales price was not disclosed, but the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports the asset sold for $54 million. The joint venture plans to rebrand the property and market the remaining vacant space to stabilize the asset above 90 percent occupancy. Mark Strauss of Walker & Dunlop arranged acquisition financing through ACORE Capital. Colliers International represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and will handle office leasing and management on behalf of the joint venture. Newmarket Business Park was 85 leased at the time of sale, with The Home Depot occupying 66 percent of the park.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Colliers International has negotiated the sale of 15 Corporate Place South, an office building in Piscataway. 15 Corporate Place LLC acquired the building from Corporate Place Partners for $9.1 million. Built in 1983 and renovated in 2013, the four-story building features 138,266 rentable square feet in 40,000-square-foot floorplates. At the time of sale, the property was 98 percent occupied by 75 tenants. Jacklene Chesler, Matthew Brown and Jack Callahan of Colliers arranged the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has brokered the sale of a mixed-use building located at 87 Luquer St. in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn. An undisclosed buyer acquired the three-story, 6,875-square-foot building for $2.9 million. The property features a certificate of occupancy that allows for semi-industrial on the ground floor, office space on the second floor and residential space on the top floor. The building can also be completely rehabilitated for residential use. Dan Marks and Mike Hernandez of TerraCRG facilitated the sale. The name of the seller was not released.
CHICAGO — Golub & Co., in partnership with Alcion Ventures, has acquired 300 South Wacker, a 536,000-square-foot office property in Chicago. The purchase price was not disclosed. Built in 1971, the 36-story building is located along the Chicago River. The new owners plan to expand on a 2014 renovation of the building with a focus on the lobby, indoor and outdoor common areas and a new tenant amenity lounge. JLL represented the seller, Beacon Partners, in the transaction. Keith Largay of JLL arranged the acquisition financing through Deutsche Bank.