BUFFALO GROVE, ILL. — Computer Aided Technology LLC (CATI) has renewed and expanded its lease to 14,000 square feet at the company’s headquarters in Buffalo Grove. This is CATI’s third expansion in the complex located at 165 N. Arlington Heights Road. The product development company previously occupied 9,040 square feet. CATI expects to begin occupying the additional space in May. Jake Ehrenberg and Scott Brandwein of CBRE represented the tenant. Mike Rolfs of Hamilton Partners represented the undisclosed owner.
SAN FRANCISCO — Paramount Group Inc. has received a $975 million loan for the refinancing of One Market Plaza, a property featuring two landmark office towers in San Francisco’s South Financial District. The property consists of 1.6 million square feet of Class A office and retail space. The buildings, originally constructed in 1976, underwent a $25 million lobby and atrium renovation that was completed in 2015. The 43-story Spear Tower and 27-story Steuart Tower are bridged by a six-story office and retail annex. Amenities include two restaurants, subterranean valet parking, on-site banking and dry-cleaning, and 24-hour security. The seven-year loan has a fixed interest rate of 4 percent. The net proceeds from the refinancing were used to repay the existing $873 million loan scheduled to mature in December 2019. Goldman Sachs Mortgage Co., Morgan Stanley Bank, Deutsche Bank AG and Barclays Bank PLC provided the loan. Eastdil Secured LLC arranged the financing. New York City-based Paramount Group is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, manages, acquires and redevelops Class A office properties located in central business district submarkets of New York City, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. — Kristin Hiller
PLAINFIELD, CONN. — Tomasso Group has completed the disposition of Medical Arts Center at The Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute, located at 201 N. Mountain Road in Plainfield. A publicly traded REIT acquired the property for $30.2 million. At the time of sale, the 72,022-square-foot property was 95 percent leased to Hartford Healthcare, Orthopedic Associates of Hartford and a variety of Hartford Healthcare-employed physicians. Ben Appel, Phil Mahler, Evan Kovac and Doug Rodio of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. Tunxis Management Co., an affiliate of Tomasso Group, will continue to manage the property.
WALTHAM, MASS. — Colliers International Boston has arranged the $9 million sale of a two-building office and flex portfolio on behalf of Schernecker Property Services. Boston-based btcRE acquired the portfolio, which includes a 40,000-square-foot office and warehouse building at 179 Bear Hill Road and an 18,000-square-foot flex building at 283 Second Ave. in Waltham. MSPCA, a local non-profit that protects animals, fully occupies the property on Second Avenue. Doug Jacoby, Scott Dragos, Tony Hayes, Tim Mulhall and Dan Hines of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction. Additionally, Tom Welsh, Adam Coppola and John Poole, also of Colliers, arranged $9 million in acquisition and bridge financing for a Massachusetts-based loan fund on behalf of the buyer.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trammell Crow Co., along with joint venture partners Cottonwood Partners and a subsidiary of a private real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital – Real Estate, has signed a long-term lease for nearly 473,000 square feet with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) signed the lease on behalf of the FCC at Sentinel Square III, an 11-story office building that is under construction at 45 L St. N.E. in Washington, D.C.’s NoMa district. The FCC will occupy a portion of the first two floors and the entirety of floors three through 10 by November 2019. The 545,000-square-foot Sentinel Square III is part of the ownership’s 1.3 million-square-foot, mixed-use development. The building is designed to meet Level IV security protocols and LEED Silver standards. Kevin Terry of GSA and the CBRE team of Henry Chapman, Sara Dunstan, Richard Downey and Sarah Maxwell represented the FCC in the lease transaction. The FCC is the first committed tenant at Sentinel Square III.
LANHAM, MD. — A partnership between Chesapeake Real Estate Group and Thompson Creek Window Co. has purchased a six-story, 122,000-square-foot office building located at 4200 Parliament Place in Lanham, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. The partnership acquired the Class A office building and an adjoining land parcel from Mack-Cali Realty Corp. for $6.3 million. The partnership plans to immediately design and permit an additional development on the adjacent land parcel, which can house up to 120,000 square feet of commercial space. Built in 1989, the office building was roughly 33 percent leased at the time of sale. Thompson Creek plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to the property this year, which will increase the occupancy to approximately 48 percent. The company designs, builds and installs replacement windows, doors and siding on existing residential homes throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Christopher Murray of Chesapeake Real Estate Group will be responsible for managing and leasing the project.
ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — A joint venture between Stillwater Investment Group and CrossHarbor Capital Partners has purchased a three-building office campus in Aliso Viejo for $36 million. The campus is located at 26600, 26650 and 26700 Aliso Viejo Parkway. It was built in 1999. The campus totals 161,000 square feet of office space with 2.5 acres of excess land. The site has been the corporate headquarters for QLogic, which Cavium acquired in August 2016. The JV will demolish the campus’ older interior finishes while upgrading all of the common areas. NGKF’s Byron Foss and Greg Tippin represented the seller in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Surgery Partners has opened a 12,000-square-foot surgical facility in Beverly Hills. The new facility is known as Specialty Surgical Center of Beverly Hills. It will specialize in ophthalmology. This is the company’s second surgical center within the Beverly Hills market. Specialty Surgical Center will occupy the ground floor at a multi-tenant medical office that sits adjacent to the Beverly Hills Triangle. Jon Gorczyca and Yarden Drimmer of Cushman & Wakefield represented Surgery Partners.
ELK GROVE, CALIF. — PDM Steel Service Centers has relocated its office from Stockton to nearby Elk Grove. The steel supplier has leased 10,000 square feet at Laguna Gateway. Its new corporate headquarters is located at 9245 Laguna Springs Drive. The new lease brings the 72,000-square-foot building to full occupancy. The landlord is Jackson Properties Incorporated.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — New York Life Real Estate Investors, on behalf of Dividend Capital Diversified Property Fund Inc., has originated a $146.6 million loan for an office building located at 3 Second St. in Jersey City. The floating-rate loan has an initial term of three years with two one-year extensions.