REDMOND, WASH. — Equus Capital Partners has purchased Quadrant Willows B and D, a two-building office portfolio in Redmond, for $22.3 million. The Class B buildings are situated along Willows Road at the west end of the Redmond Valley. Notable employers in the area include Microsoft’s world headquarters and Nintendo USA’s headquarters. Equus purchased Quadrant Willows C and E in March 2016. The firm plans to make significant upgrades to all four buildings. The acquisition was made on behalf of Equus Investment Partnership X L.P. CBRE’s Scott Davis, Tom Pehl and Lou Senini represented the seller, Menlo Equities, in this transaction.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Second City Real Estate has acquired a 72,572-square-foot office building in Portland’s Lloyd District for $14.5 million. The building, known as 1500 Plaza, is located at 1500 N.E. Irving St. It was built in 1964 and designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The property is currently 95 percent leased. More than one quarter of the space has already been converted into modern, creative workspace. JLL’s Paige Morgan and Buzz Ellis executed the sale. The seller was Swift Real Estate Partners.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Avison Young has brokered the $57 million sale of Milton Park, a two-building office campus spanning 320,000 square feet in Alpharetta. Matt Tritschler of Avison Young represented the buyer, Adventus Realty Trust, in the transaction. The seller and sales price were undisclosed, but the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that a venture between Talcott Realty Investors LLC and Greenstone Properties were represented by CBRE and sold the assets for $57 million. Milton Park is situated off North Point Parkway near North Point Mall and Avalon. The two six-story buildings were 88 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Landis+Gyr, Pegasystems and Schneider Electric.
COLUMBIA, MD. — The Howard Hughes Corp. has acquired two office buildings in downtown Columbia for a combined $38.8 million. The firm purchased The American City Building, which is adjacent to a Whole Foods Market on Little Patuxent Parkway, for $16.5 million and One Mall North, a fully leased, four-story office building, for $22.3 million. Both purchases were underwritten in view of their future development potential. Howard Hughes plans to demolish the mostly vacant American City Building to make way for a mixed-use development with multifamily, retail and restaurant components. The company hasn’t unveiled plans for One Mall North, but the site is zoned for retail, office or multifamily use of up to nine stories. The redevelopment opportunity for these sites will aid in the city’s goal to revamp downtown Columbia. The Howard County government recently approved a $90 million tax increment financing (TIF) to fund public infrastructure improvements and a new parking garage in downtown Columbia’s Merriweather District, a 5 million-square-foot mixed-use development. Currently downtown Columbia has nearly 14 million square feet of vertical entitlements, including the Merriweather District.
HOUSTON — Colliers International has arranged the sale of an office and warehouse building located within Park 10 at 16337 Park Row in Houston. Plano Vistas Ltd. sold the 41,170-square-foot property to 16337 Park Row LLC for an undisclosed price. Marshall Clinkscales of Colliers International represented the seller, while Marc Drumwright of Southwest Realty Advisors represented the buyer in the deal. Tom Hamilton of Alamo Title Co. handled the closing.
NEWARK, N.J. — LNR Property, a subsidiary of Starwood Property Trust Inc., has completed the sale of 33 Washington Street, an iconic office tower located in downtown Newark. Berger Organization acquired the 450,000-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Situated on 1.6 acres, the 18-story property features a fitness center, shared conference rooms, on-site parking, a lobby and views of the Manhattan skyline. Audible and DHL, among other tenants, occupy the multi-tenant building. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Stephen Simonelli and Michael Oliver of HFF represented the seller in the deal.
HANOVER, N.J. — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged a $24 million bridge loan for the refinancing of 10 Park Avenue, a vacant office building located in Hanover. The borrower was Ravine Development Co. Built in 2001, the 154,776-square-foot Class A office building features a 376-person full-service cafeteria, fitness center and multi-media room. The property housed Metropolitan Life’s international fixed-income investment division for 13.5 years until the tenant move to MetLife’s new global headquarters at the end of October 2016. James Gunning, Donna Falzarano and Stephen Joseph of CBRE secured the loan, which was provided by The Provident Bank of New Jersey.
NEW YORK CITY — Savanna, in a joint venture with Hornig Capital Partners, has completed a $12 million capital improvement project at The Bruckner Building in the South Bronx neighborhood of Mott Haven. Located at 2417 Third Ave., the eight-story property features 172,000 square feet of office and light industrial space. With completion of the improvements, the building now offers commercial space for tenants as small as 1,000 square feet to as large as 21,000 square feet. Additionally, the property offers three billboard signage opportunities.
SAN FRANCISCO — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a portfolio of Sleepy Hollow Investment Co. office properties for $130 million. The portfolio consists of multi-tenant office buildings located in several markets throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The portfolio was sold in components to five buyers that included Eagle Canyon Capital, Square I, STG Group, James Lindsey and Long Market Property Partners. Totaling 661,319 square feet, the portfolio spans 10 properties comprising 14 office buildings located on over 32 acres. The assets are located in Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Orinda, San Ramon, Dublin, Santa Rosa and Santa Clara, all in the East Bay, Silicon Valley and North Bay regions. The full list of properties was not disclosed, but two Class A office buildings in the portfolio are The Terraces in Pleasant Hill and Riviera Plaza in Walnut Creek. The portfolio is currently 92 percent occupied by 132 tenants. Eric Fox, Michael Speers and Steve Hermann of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller. Whiff Collins of Cushman & Wakefield provided local market advisory services. Pleasant Hill-based Sleepy Hollow Investment Co. invests in and manages commercial property throughout the Bay Area. — Kristin Hiller
STAFFORD, TEXAS — LandPark Advisors has brokered the acquisition of an office building located at 12603 Southwest Freeway in Stafford. Stone Mountain Properties acquired the 143,211-square-foot building for an undisclosed price. Constructed in 1981 and renovated in 2015, the property is a Class B, six-story building that has received $1.5 million in capital improvements since 2013. Bill McGrath and Peter Wall of LandPark Advisors represented the buyer in the deal. The name of the seller was not released.