POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an office property located at 604 Laurel Ave. in Point Pleasant Beach. A private investor sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $1.6 million. Provident Bank occupies the 3,000-square-foot building on a net-lease basis. Michael Lombardi and Greg Babaian of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — MDC Realty Advisors has purchased a 23,551-square-foot creative office building in Santa Monica for $30.5 million. The Class A building is located at 1315 Lincoln Blvd. The property is fully leased. It features units with individual patio areas, parking and a first-floor gym. The seller was JOSS Realty Partners.
MINNEAPOLIS — Ackerberg has broken ground on MoZaic East, an eight-story, 193,000-square-foot office and retail project in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. The property, located at 2900 Fremont Ave., will encompass 180,000 square feet of office space and 13,000 square feet of retail space. The project is an expansion of the MoZaic Art Plaza, as MoZaic West was completed in 2012. MoZaic East, slated for completion in the fourth quarter of 2018, will feature bike amenities and rooftop patios. The project team includes Ackerberg as developer, Opus AE Group as architect and The Opus Group as general contractor. First National Bank of Omaha, MidCountry Bank and First Western Bank and Trust are providing project financing.
TROY, MICH. — Farbman Group has unveiled plans to renovate Sheffield Office Park, a three-building, 500,000-square-foot office complex in Troy. The property is located at 3290 W. Big Beaver Road. Renovations will be made to the 3310 building, including an updated lobby space and deli as well as new interior finishings. The exteriors to all three buildings will be refaced and repainted different colors. Renovations were previously made to the 3250 and 3290 buildings.
SAN DIEGO — The Irvine Company has purchased Township 14, a 127,000-square-foot office project in the San Diego submarket of Del Mar Heights, for an undisclosed sum. The two-building asset is situated near Del Mar Highlands Town Center, Highway 56 and Interstates 5 and 805. Township 14 opened on six acres in the 1980s as Del Mar Corporate Plaza. It underwent significant redevelopment in 2014. It was renamed after the plot of land first established in the 1880s that later became known as Del Mar. Amenities include a fitness center, café, regular food trucks and floor-to-ceiling glass for maximum daylight and energy efficiencies that lower costs. Eastdil Secured represented both the buyer and the seller, TH Real Estate, in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — The Luzzatto Company has broken ground on Expo Station, an 80,000-square-foot creative office development in West Los Angeles. The transit-oriented development is located at 12414 Exposition Blvd. near the Metro Expo line’s Expo/Bundy station in Silicon Beach. Expo Station will have three levels of creative office space above a two-level parking structure. The building’s contemporary design will feature a concrete, wood and glass façade, angled roof line and more than 16,000 square feet of outdoor patio areas with seating, bar, barbecue grills and unobstructed ocean and city views. The interior space will offer 16- to 25-foot ceiling heights, operable windows, polished concrete floors and exposed wood trusses. Construction on Expo Station is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2019. The project was designed by HLW International. The general contractor is Essey Construction Co. Rick Buckley of LA Realty Partners will lead leasing efforts.
MORRISVILLE, N.C. — Foundry Commercial, along with capital partner Hart Realty Advisers LLC, has purchased Concourse Lakeside I and II, a two-building office campus in the Raleigh-Durham community of Morrisville, for $24.2 million. Ryan Clutter, Scott Humphrey and Chris Lingerfelt of HFF represented the seller, a partnership between an affiliate of Banyan Street Capital and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. The HFF team also procured the buyer. Foundry and Hart plan on updating the 154,552-square-foot office campus to include base building upgrades and additional amenities. Located within the Research Triangle Park submarket, Concourse Lakeside has direct access to Interstates 40 and 540. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 89 percent leased to tenants including Aetna Life Insurance Co., The Redwoods Group and TransAmerica.
DALLAS — Stream Realty Partners has negotiated two office leases totaling 15,198 square feet at 5050 Quorum Drive in Dallas. Ryan Evanich, Chase Lopez and Jackie Smith of Stream represented the landlord, New York-based DRA Advisors, in its lease negotiations with the new tenants, Josh DeShong Real Estate and law firm Pratt, Aycock & Associates PLLC. The two firms will occupy the sixth floor of the building, which DRA Advisors recently renovated to feature an on-site fitness center, conference center and a tenant lounge.
NEW BRITAIN, CONN. — Inland Real Estate Acquisitions has arranged the sale of two medical office buildings located in New Britain for an undisclosed price. Mark Cosenza and David Neboyskey of Inland Real Estate represented the buyer, an Inland affiliate, in the deal. The properties are a two-story building located at 300 Kensington Ave. and a 62,000-square-foot building at 1 Lake St. Starling Physicians P.C. occupies both properties.
RALEIGH AND DURHAM, N.C. — A joint venture between Starwood Capital Group, Trinity Capital Advisors and Vanderbilt Partners has sold a seven-property office portfolio in Raleigh-Durham to an institutional investor for $105.5 million. The portfolio contains a total of 581,619 square feet within the Perimeter Park business park. The properties are located at 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 2000 and 2250 Perimeter Park and 3800 Paramount Parkway within the Research Triangle Park submarket of Raleigh-Durham. The portfolio is situated near Interstates 540 and 40, with access to Cary, West Raleigh and North Raleigh, as well as access to the Raleigh-Durham International Airport and Research Triangle Park. The portfolio was built in the 1990s and early 2000s. It is approximately 91 percent leased to tenants like QuintilesIMS, AECOM, TrialCard, UNC Physicians Network and Beacon Health Options. “This transaction demonstrates the strong appeal and growing appetite from institutional investors for well-positioned office investment opportunities in Raleigh-Durham and throughout the overall Carolinas market,” says HFF’s Ryan Clutter who, along with Scot Humphrey and Chris Lingerfelt, represented the sellers in this transaction. “Suburban office has proven to be a more challenging asset class to sell in many markets around the country, yet the Carolinas continue …
