LONGMONT, COLO. — An affiliate of Pacific Acquisitions has purchased the 152,218-square-foot General Electric building in Longmont for $12.5 million. The single-tenant, office/flex facility is located at 1844 Nelson Road. General Electric fully occupies the facility, which was originally built in 1994. CBRE’s Jim Bolt represented the buyer, while the firm’s Tyler Carner, Jeremy Ballenger and Geoff Baukol represented the seller, Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) Private Real Estate has purchased Quarry Oaks I and II, a two-building office complex located at 10900 Stonelake Blvd. in Austin. Principal Real Estate Investors sold the 292,421-square-foot complex for an undisclosed price. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased to tenants including Forepoint, Microsoft Corp. and Microchip Technologies. HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
WESLACO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Weslaco Station, an office building located in Weslaco. U.S. Customs and Border Protection occupies the entire 54,483-square-foot property on a long-term lease through February 2024. Joshua Murphy of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private joint venture, and procured the undisclosed buyer in the deal. The acquisition price was not released.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Holder Properties has begun construction on River Oaks Center, a 106,000-square-foot, Class A office building located on Leeds Avenue off I-526 in North Charleston. The four-story property is Holder’s fifth office development within Charleston’s largest office park, The Executive Park at Faber Place. The project team includes architect Warner Summers and general contractor Harper Corp. River Oaks Center will be ready for new tenants this fall.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA. — NAI/Merin Hunter Codman has brokered the $18.5 million sale of a 10-story office building located at 4400 PGA Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens. Dr. A. John Merola of Jupiter, Fla., purchased the 80,300-square-foot building from Admiralty Acquisition Co. LLC, an entity formed by Ray Celedinas of Celedinas Insurance Group and local investors. The office building was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Pulte Homes, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, GAI Consultants, Celedinas Insurance, A Marsh & McLennan Agency and the Scott Harris law firm. Neil Merin of NAI/Merin Hunter Codman represented the seller, and Summit Commercial Real Estate Group represented the buyer in the transaction.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — CBRE has brokered the $16.7 million sale of 750 Brookfield, a 106,649-square-foot office building located at 750 Brookfield Parkway in Greenville. The office building was 93.5 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ford Motor Credit Co., which occupies nearly 70 percent of the building. Patrick Gildea, Tripp Sellers and Charles Gouch of CBRE represented the seller, Chicago-based J.L. Woode Ltd., in the transaction. CCP Commercial Real Estate was the buyer.
AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Signature Associates has arranged the sale of a 489,000-square-foot, high-tech office building in Auburn Hills. The sales price was not disclosed, but the list price was $25.5 million. The building is located at 3000 University Drive. Bruce A. Morrison and Paul Hoge of Signature Associates represented the landlord, Shamrock Holdings Inc. The buyer was not disclosed.
DETROIT — Microsoft Corp. has unveiled plans to move its Michigan Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) from Southfield to downtown Detroit in early 2018. The company will occupy more than 40,000 square feet in Bedrock’s One Campus Martius building. There are more than 40 MTCs worldwide, which bring together resources to help clients explore their products. Bedrock is the real estate arm of Dan Gilbert’s business portfolio, specializing in acquiring, leasing, financing, developing and managing commercial and residential space. Since its founding in 2011, Bedrock has located more than 160 office and retail tenants to downtown Detroit.
BOSTON — Synergy Investment has completed the disposition of an office and retail building located at 26 West St. in Boston’s Ladder District. Boston-based Eden Properties acquired the property for $21.8 million. Services Employee International Union occupies a portion of the building on a long-term lease. Scott Dragos of Colliers International Boston represented the seller in the deal.
ST. ALBANS CITY, VT. — Nedde Real Estate has arranged the sale of an office building located at 242 S. Main St. in St. Albans City. BAART purchased the 6,000-square-foot Knights of Columbus building from Vermont Club Home Association for an undisclosed price. Grant Butterfield of Nedde Real Estate arranged the transaction.