SPOKANE, WASH. — Premier Business Centers has opened a new location in Spokane. The flexible workspace operator is located at 707 W. Main Ave. within the Central Business District. It is situated within the historic Crescent Building.
DALLAS — Churchill Capital Co. has arranged a $42.8 million loan for the refinancing of Browning Place at Mercer Crossing, a three-building, 442,639-square-foot office property in Dallas. Located at 1603, 1605 and 1607 LBJ Freeway, the property includes two interconnected eight-story towers, a two-story annex building and a four-story parking deck. Duke Stone and Steve Forson of Churchill arranged the non-recourse, fixed-rate loan through JPMorgan Chase on behalf of the borrower, Transcontinental Realty Investors Inc.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citizens Bank has led the financing on two deals in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area with The JBG Cos. totaling $90 million. The financing included the $49 million refinancing of Georgetown Center, two office buildings at 2115 and 2121 Wisconsin Ave. in D.C.’s Georgetown district, and a $41 million loan to finance the Old Centerville, a 171,631-square-foot, H-Mart-anchored shopping center on Braddock Road in Centerville, Va. Citizens was the administrative agent and sole lead arranger for both transactions.
Memphis may be known for its industrial market, but there are several interesting stories unfolding in the Memphis office market as well. Investors, both local and national, have found opportunities in an office market that can relate to the phrase, “slow and steady wins the race.” The Memphis office market consists of just over 52 million square feet, with nearly 60 percent of that in the Downtown, East and 385 Corridor submarkets and more than 85 percent of the Class A space located in those same submarkets. The Memphis metro ended 2016 with overall vacancy rates of 10.5 percent. Those rates have remained in the 10.5 to 10.9 percent range for the last two years. Class A vacancy has been on a slow and steady decline, falling from 10.2 percent at the end of 2014 to 7.9 percent at the end of 2016, its lowest level in more than a decade. This has prompted Class B owners to make investments in their properties, like the $7 million capital investment by Clark Tower, located in the East Memphis submarket, to upgrade mechanical systems and common areas. Rates, too, have been relatively steady for the last decade. At $17.07 per square foot …
Meridian Capital Group Arranges $21M Acquisition Financing for Office Property in Syracuse, New York
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $19 million in acquisition financing and $2 million for the repositioning of One Lincoln Center, an office property in Syracuse. The financing was arranged on behalf of Asher Zamir of Zamir Equities. Meridian’s Steven Edelstein, Steven Adler and Luke Hingson negotiated the loan, which was provided by a debt fund. One Lincoln Center is a 19-story, 305,594-square-foot office tower anchored by JPMorgan Chase, Bond, Schoeneck & King, CadaretGrant, Arcadis, and Earthlink. Located at 110 W. Fayette St., the property is adjacent to the intersection of I-81 and I-690.
BOSTON — HFF has secured the $8.9 million sale of Newmarket Center, a 55,000-square-foot office building located at 67 Kemble St. in Boston’s Roxbury submarket. HFF arranged the sale on behalf of the seller, DDJB Real Estate Holdings, and procured the buyer, The Winhall Cos., on an off-market basis. Urban Core Development redeveloped the property and served as its manager. Newmarket Center was originally built in the 1880s to house one of the area’s blacksmith shops, which operated until the 1930s. After sitting vacant, the building was again occupied in the 1940s by Newmarket Wool and operated as a wool storage and sorting warehouse for roughly 50 years. The building then ended up vacant during the late 1990s. Urban Core Development redeveloped the former warehouse into a loft-style office building in 2014 and 2015. Ben Sayles and Adam Dunn led the HFF investment sales team representing the seller.
REVERE, MASS. — NAI Hunneman has brokered the $6.3 million sale of 777 N. Shore Road, a 31,950-square-foot office/warehouse building located on Route 1A in Revere. The location will be the new headquarters location for AmQuip, a crane rental company. NAI Hunneman’s Trey Agnew represented the landlord, N.S. Realty Trust, while Steve Clancy of CBRE represented the buyer, Alterra LLC. The property includes a one- and two-story office and warehouse building, with the office component accounting for 25 percent. The warehouse component features 23-foot clear heights and 10 overhead doors.
BROOKFIELD, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Executive III office property in Brookfield for $3.3 million. The 55,863-square-foot, multi-tenant building is located at 125 N. Executive Drive adjacent to Brookfield Square Mall. Joe Powers and Frank Roti of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a loan servicer. The team also procured the buyer, a private investor based in Illinois.
Despite waves of new development and rebounding oil prices, the Fort Worth office market hasn’t changed. It reflects the city’s lifestyle and attitude — stable and patient — and optimistic as to what the future holds. As businesses come and go and vacancy rates fluctuate, the Fort Worth office market views the long-term potential of its investments and confidently forges ahead. Go West Much of the new development we are seeing is southwest of downtown. The West Southwest submarket accounts for 62 percent of the construction begun or underway in 2016, with The Offices at Clearfork accounts for 330,000 of the 734,000 square feet built after 2016. The new vision for the master-planned, 270-acre Clearfork development includes 2,500 apartment units, two million square feet of office space, and 1.2 million square feet of retail space anchored by Nieman Marcus. Fort Worth’s CBD is adding its first new building since Sundance Square, which was built in 2014. The property at 640 Taylor St. will add 280,000 square feet and will be 51.5 percent leased upon completion. Its owner, Jetta Operating Co. Inc., and namesake, Frost National Bank, will occupy 140,000 square feet. Effects of Westward Migration The Offices at Clearfork and …
WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — A joint venture between PCCP and Align Real Estate has purchased a two-building, 236,122-square-foot office property in Walnut Creek for an undisclosed sum. The property is located at 100 and 200 Pringle Ave. It is 96 percent leased. On-site amenities include a conference room, bike storage with lockers and bike pump, electric vehicle charging stations, four on‐demand Zip Car vehicles and an on‐site deli. The JV plans to enhance street frontage and offer outdoor amenities on the third-floor deck.