Office

Belvedere Place Office Building in Marin County Changes Hands

by Nellie Day January 12, 2017

MILL VALLEY, CALIF. — A partnership between ScanlanKemperBard and Angelo, Gordon & Co. has acquired the 103,000-square-foot Belvedere Place office building in the Marin County city of Mill Valley for an undisclosed sum. The Class A office building is located at 1 and 2 Belvedere Place, about 14 miles north of San Francisco. It was built in 2000. The partnership plans to update the building’s exterior and landscaping. It will also add a gym with showers, as well as lockers, bike lockers and bike storage. Belvedere Place was 60 percent leased at the time of sale. Notable tenants linclude UBS and Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Haden Ongaro, Mac Cranford and Mark Carrington of Newmark Cornish & Carey represented both the buyer and the seller, Bently Holdings, in this transaction. The team is also serving as the property’s leasing agents.

January 12, 2017

Massachusetts Northeast Office Top Stories

Mori Trust Acquires 10 St. James and 75 Arlington Office Buildings in Boston for $673M

by Katie Sloan January 12, 2017

BOSTON — Tokyo-based Mori Trust Co. Ltd. has acquired 10 St. James and 75 Arlington, a two-building office property totaling 824,772 square feet in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, for $673 million. The LEED Silver-certified portfolio features an enclosed-glass galleria joining the lobbies of both buildings, on-site dining and a 400-space underground parking garage. The property was acquired from Liberty Mutual Insurance, and is home to the company’s Boston headquarters. Liberty Mutual has already moved many of its workers from the two connected buildings to a $300 million tower built at 157 Berkeley St. in 2013, according to reports by The Boston Globe. The company plans to continue to lease space at 10 St. James and 75 Arlington. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, Alex Foshay, William Anderson and David Martel of NGKF Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction. John Butterworth, Tim Howe and Andrea DeSimone of CBRE’s New England office are in charge of leasing for the property. An agreement to continue their services has yet to be announced. Mori Trust Co. established its U.S. subsidiary, Mori America LLC, in November 2016. This acquisition is Mori Trust’s first in the United States. Mori Trust is a developer, owner and manager …

January 12, 2017

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Office, Multifamily Sectors Lead Expansive Growth in Clayton Submarket of St. Louis

by Kristin Harlow January 12, 2017

An influx of new workers and residents is expected in the Clayton submarket of St. Louis thanks to more than $630 million in office, residential and mixed-use development that is in the planning stages or currently under way. Health insurer Centene Corp. has announced that it will build a new 16-acre, $450 million campus expansion on the east edge of downtown Clayton at Hanley Road, Forsyth Boulevard and Carondelet Plaza. The project, set to break ground early this year, stands to effectively shift the center of Clayton while adding a mixed-use, Class A office-anchored business and lifestyle development to the submarket. Delivery of the 500,000-square-foot Phase I tower is set for late 2019. At the opposite end of the submarket, Koman Group expects to break ground on its proposed 330,000-square-foot, 14-story office and retail project, situated at the corner of Forsyth and Brentwood boulevards. Just across the street is another $68 million, 233,000-square-foot office project likely to begin in 2018. Proposed by Jared Novelly and Apogee Associates, the project would bring the total proposed office development to a robust 1 million square feet of new Class A space in downtown Clayton. As the premier office submarket in St. Louis, Clayton …

January 12, 2017

Loans Office Washington Western

Greenbridge Obtains $73M Loan for Creative Office Conversion in Seattle

by Nellie Day January 11, 2017

SEATTLE — Greenbridge Investment Partners has obtained a $73 million loan for the conversion, renovation and stabilization of the Seattle Design Center. The two-building center is situated in the Georgetown submarket of Seattle. Greenbridge has divided and rebranded the asset to include the 157,000-square-foot Seattle Design Center and the 280,000-square-foot Georgetown Squared (G2). Greenbridge purchased the asset in 2015 for $24.9 million. The center was 43 percent occupied at the time. Greenbridge renovated the Seattle Design Center building and consolidated its showroom/design tenants into one building. The firm is now turning its attention to the repositioning of the G2 building, which will be converted from showroom space into creative office. The G2 office building will offer 60,000-square-foot floorplates, exposed ceilings and concrete floors, glass walls for natural light, and unobstructed views of downtown Seattle and Mt. Rainier. It will also include full-service amenities like an upscale fitness center and conference center. The non-recourse bridge loan closed at 59.7 percent loan-to-value for a 24-month term with one 12-month extension option. An initial $49 million was funded at closing, with an additional $24 million that will pay for G2’s renovation, construction, tenant improvements and leasing commissions. Steve Bram of George Smith Partners …

January 11, 2017

Office Oregon Western

ARA, Unico Acquire Congress Center Office Tower in Portland

by Nellie Day January 11, 2017

PORTLAND, ORE. — A joint venture between American Realty Advisors (ARA) and Unico Properties LLC has purchased the 23-story Congress Center in Portland for an undisclosed sum. The office tower is located at 1001 S.W. 5th Ave. Congress Center was built in 1980. The JV plans to upgrade the lobby, fitness center and bike parking. It will also add amenities like an outdoor deck to encourage creativity and collaboration among tenants. HFF’s Nick Kucha and Michael Leggett represented the seller. The firm’s Tom Wilson and Erica Christensen assisted the JV in securing a floating-rate acquisition loan through RBC Capital Markets.

January 11, 2017

Office Texas

Salesforce Leases 18,172 SF of Office Space in Dallas

by Amy Works January 11, 2017

DALLAS — Avison Young, in partnership with LiquidSpace, has arranged a lease for office space at The Centrum in Dallas’ Oak Lawn/Turtle Creek submarket for Salesforce. The Fortune 500 company will occupy 18,172 square feet at the office building, which is owned by Quadrant Investment Properties. Charlie Morris of Avison Young brokered the lease transaction.

January 11, 2017

Florida Office Southeast

KPMG to Build $430M Training Campus in Orlando’s Lake Nona Development

by John Nelson January 11, 2017

ORLANDO, FLA. — KPMG LLP, a global tax advisory services firm and one of the Big Four auditing corporations, plans to develop a 55-acre, 800,000-square-foot training and conference complex within Tavistock Group’s Lake Nona, a 14-square-mile master-planned development in Orlando. KPMG didn’t disclose the estimated costs for the new complex, but the Orlando Sentinel reports that the campus will cost roughly $430 million to develop. The facility will feature an “Innovation Center,” as well as 800 guest rooms, fitness and outdoor recreational facilities and multiple food and beverage venues. The facility is expected to serve 50,000 KPMG employees annually, according to the Orlando Sentinel. KPMG expects to create at least 80 positions to work at the facility and that an additional 250 third-party contract operator positions will be created. New York-based Gensler is designing the campus to achieve LEED standards. Construction is expected to kick off this spring and wrap up in late 2019.

January 11, 2017

North Carolina Office Southeast

Dilweg Acquires Two-Building Office Complex in Metro Raleigh for $61M

by John Nelson January 11, 2017

CARY, N.C. — The Dilweg Cos. has purchased Regency Lakeview, a two-building, 376,131-square-foot office complex in Cary, a suburb of Raleigh. Boston-based Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. sold the property to Durham, N.C.-based Dilweg for $61 million. The two five-story, Class A buildings were built in 1985 and 1998 and were fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Dude Solutions, HCL, Global Knowledge and Black & Veatch. Dilweg plans to invest roughly $4 million to upgrade Regency Lakeview’s operating systems, parking, common areas and tenant amenities. Ben Kilgore, Elliott Brewer and Leslie Holmes of CBRE | Raleigh, along with Patrick Gildea, Matt Smith and Leslie Wooten of CBRE Inc., represented Intercontinental in the transaction.

January 11, 2017

Illinois Midwest Office

The Missner Group Acquires 138,000 SF Office Property in Chicago Suburb

by Kristin Harlow January 11, 2017

LAKE FOREST, ILL. — The Missner Group has acquired Cadence at Conway Park in the Chicago suburb of Lake Forest. The sales price was not disclosed. The 138,000-square-foot Class A office building is located at 300 N. Field Drive along I-294. The building was originally constructed in 2007 and was developed by Duke Realty. The property features 34,500-square-foot floor plates with layouts including multiple conference and training spaces, a two-story atrium-style lobby, commercial kitchen, game room and Wi-Fi lounge. The Missner Group purchased the property from Hospira, which was acquired by Pfizer in 2015. Hospira purchased the property for $28.8 million in 2007. Jason Simon and Darryl Silverman of Colliers International will market the property on behalf of The Missner Group. Barry Missner and Ed Adler of The Missner Group led the acquisition for the firm. James Ward, Jonathan Metzl and Adam Showalter of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.

January 11, 2017

Midwest Minnesota Office

Colliers Negotiates Sale of 32,799 SF Office Building in Edina, Minnesota

by Kristin Harlow January 11, 2017

EDINA, MINN. — Colliers International has negotiated the sale of a 32,799-square-foot office and warehouse facility located at 7625 Cahill Road in Edina, a southern suburb of Minneapolis. Apres Party and Tent Rental sold the facility to Buhl Investors LLC. Apres is relocating to a larger facility in Minnetonka. Buhl plans to redevelop the building into mini-storage and construct a second level of space. Nick Leviton and Brian Netz of Colliers represented Apres in the sale, while Brian Pankratz of CBRE represented Buhl. Leviton also assisted Apres with the acquisition of their new facility in Minnetonka.

January 11, 2017

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