MANCHESTER, N.H. — NAI Norwood Group has brokered the sale of two state-owned land parcels in Manchester. A private investor acquired the properties for $1.2 million. The site at 300 Hanover St. includes a 20,360-square-foot office building and the parcel at 436 Maple St. is currently used as a parking lot. NAI Norwood Group represented the seller, the state of New Hampshire, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between CIM Group, Kushner and LIVWRK has acquired a land parcel at 85 Jay St. in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood from Watchtower Real Estate for an undisclosed price. The partnership plans to develop a mixed-use project on the parcel, which is currently a 135,000-square-foot parking lot. Additional details of the development have not been released. In August, the joint venture acquired a 739,000-square-foot property at 25-30 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn.
SAN DIEGO — Kearny Real Estate Company has purchased the 364,000-square-foot office component of Emerald Plaza in San Diego for $91.7 million. The office component features four hexagonal towers ranging from 20 to 30 stories. Emerald Plaza includes a connected 436-room hotel operated by Westin Hotel, which was not part of the transaction. Emerald Plaza encompasses a full city block at 402 W. Broadway in downtown San Diego. The plaza, which Deutsche Bank has owned since 2005, was 70 percent leased at closing. Local developer and entrepreneur Sandy Sharpery built the property in 1990. HFF’s Ryan Gallagher, Nick Psyllos, Nick Frasco and Michael Leggett represented Deutsche Bank. CBRE’s Ryan Grant, Matt Carlson and Jeff Oesterblad will head up the leasing efforts at Emerald Plaza.
MIAMI — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a relocation and lease expansion for Wells Fargo at Wells Fargo Center in downtown Miami. The long-term, 54,160-square-foot expansion is valued at $32 million and is downtown Miami’s largest office lease in 2016, according to Cushman & Wakefield. Wells Fargo will relocate its personal banking, small business banking, commercial banking and investment advisory services from Southeast Financial Center in downtown Miami in November 2017. The move increases Wells Fargo’s existing footprint at Wells Fargo Center from 96,656 square feet to 150,816 square feet. Built in 2010, Wells Fargo Center is a 47-story, 752,488-square-foot office tower that adjoins the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel and Hotel Beaux Arts. Brian Gale, Andrew Trench, Ryan Holtzman and Jeannette Mendoza of Cushman & Wakefield represented the building owner, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., in the deal. David Preve of JLL represented Wells Fargo.
PORTLAND, ORE. — The Ashforth Co. and an unnamed institutional investor partner have sold Pacwest Center, a 30-story, 545,000-square-foot office tower in Portland’s central business district. The $170 million sale of Pacwest Center is Portland’s largest office transaction in 2016, according to HFF, which represented the seller in the transaction. HFF also procured the buyer, LPC Realty Advisors I LP, on behalf of a pension fund client. LPC Realty Advisors is an investment advisory affiliate of Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co. Completed in 1984, Pacwest Center is located at 1211 S.W. 5th Ave. within the 57-block Transit Mall, which has more than 1 million square feet of development currently underway. The office tower features parking for 413 vehicles through valet and self-parking and is an Energy Star-rated building. The new ownership plans to renovate PacWest Center by modernizing the common spaces, main lobby and shared amenities. The tower was 76 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Merrill Lynch, Markowitz Herbold, Schwabe, Key Bank of Oregon and Perkins & Co. Nick Kucha and Michael Leggett led the HFF investment sales team. Based in Stamford, Conn., The Ashforth Co. owns, develops and invests in assets on the East …
Kansas City’s central business district (CBD) has received a great deal of media attention over the past two years for good reason. With over 3,000 new residential units delivered, the new KC Streetcar and the national trend of Millennials moving to urban areas, there has been plenty of momentum for the area and much discussion of the “live-work-play” environment. After a long period of decline, the urban core of Kansas City is experiencing a powerful revitalization. In all the excitement surrounding the CBD, however, another trend may be getting overlooked. Through the first three quarters of 2016, absorption in the CBD (the Downtown, Crossroads and Crown Center submarkets) was more or less flat after accounting for the conversion of office space to residential use and a unique listing in the Crown Center complex. Meanwhile, the suburban office market posted 580,000 square feet of positive absorption during the same period. Yes, Kansas City is in the process of rediscovering and reinventing the CBD, but the performance of the suburban market remains strong. Construction Boom The first indicator that tenants are still attracted to key suburban submarkets is the number of recent construction projects. Earlier this year, Burns & McDonnell completed a …
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Harbor Associates and the Bascom Group has purchased Conejo Spectrum, a 159,186-square-foot office and flex portfolio in the Los Angeles submarket of Thousand Oaks, for an undisclosed sum. The two-building property is located at 1525 and 1535 Rancho Conejo Blvd. The buyers plan to reposition and lease up the asset through a rebranding and renovation program that includes spec suites, a fresh paint scheme, modern lobbies, drought-tolerant landscaping and signage. Sean Fulp of NGKF represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN MARCOS, CALIF. — Ccare has leased 20,230 square feet of medical office space at Nordahl Medical Centre in the San Diego submarket of San Marcos. The Class A building is located at 838 Nordahl Road. The space will serve as a clinic for Ccare’s oncology and hematology practice. Nordahl Medical Centre was developed by Newport National Corp. JLL’s Paul Braun, Chris Ross and Kelly Moriarty represented the landlord. CBRE’s Lars Eisenhaur and Dan Yeilding represented Ccare.
NEW YORK CITY — ATCO Properties & Management has acquired an office building located at 240-246 W. 35th St. in Manhattan’s Garment District. RPW Group sold the 18-story building for $108 million. Newsday, Jason Wu, Thom Browne, Fidelus Technology, Spanish American Institute and Reem Bridal occupy the 165,000-square-foot building. MetLife provided a mortgage loan for the acquisition of the property. Richard Baxter (now with Colliers International) and Anthony Ledesma of JLL represented the seller in the deal. There were no outside brokers for the buyer.
ATLANTA — Sumitomo Corp. of Americas has closed its $222.5 million purchase of Atlanta Financial Center, a three-building, Class A office asset in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The 914,774-square-foot property is located on Peachtree Road and sits directly atop the Buckhead MARTA station and has the GA 400 highway run directly underneath. Atlanta Financial Center was 85 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as SunTrust Bank and Morris, Manning and Martin. Situated blocks from Lenox Square mall and Phipps Plaza, the property includes a nine-level parking garage with 2,335 parking spaces. Sumitomo Corp. of Americas, a New York-based subsidiary of global Japanese investment firm Sumitomo Corp., plans to upgrade Atlanta Financial Center’s common areas, amenities and building systems and equipment, as well as re-landscape an on-site park. Eastdil Secured brokered the sale.
