NEW YORK CITY — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged $41.6 million in financing for the construction of Kingswood Plaza II, an office and retail development located at 1715 E. 13th St. in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. Jason Cohen, Ari Hirt, Steven Buchwald, Justin Hunt and David Behmoaras of Mission Capital arranged the loan with a foreign bank for the borrower, a joint venture between Infinity Real Estate and The Nightingale Group. The 106,000-square-foot development, which is 56 percent pre-leased to Target and Marshalls, will offer three floors of professional/medical office space in addition to its retail component.
BURBANK, CALIF. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has purchased a 351,301-square-foot office building known as 2300 Empire in Burbank for an undisclosed sum. The Class A building is situated in Burbank’s Media North submarket. It has an adjacent 1,334-stall parking garage. The building’s lobby will be upgraded, and some collaborative outdoor seating areas will be created in the next 12 months, according to the buyer. The office building is within walking distance of a 750,000-square-foot shopping center that features tenants like Target, Lowe’s, Nordstrom Rack and numerous dining options. Lincoln Property Co. will manage the property, while JLL will handle leasing.
RENO, NEV. — McKenzie Properties has broken ground on a 40,000-square-foot speculative office building within the Mountainview Corporate Center in Reno. The Class A building is located at 5520 Kietzke Lane. The four-story structure will feature customized floor plans, with balconies on two of the floors. This will be the first spec office project the company has undertaken since 2008.
NEW YORK CITY — Boston Properties’ consolidated joint venture entity, in which it has 60 percent interest and which owns 767 Fifth Avenue in New York City, has completed the refinancing of approximately $1.6 billion in indebtedness that had been secured by direct and indirect interests in 767 Fifth Avenue. The new mortgage financing has a principal amount of $2.3 billion, has a fixed interest rate and matures in 2027. The loan requires interest-only payments during the 10-year term, with the entire principal amount due at maturity.
FRIDLEY, MINN. — CBRE has brokered the sale of River Road Business Center I-IV in Fridley, about 10 miles north of Minneapolis, for $18.9 million. The office portfolio consists of four buildings and 270,000 square feet. The portfolio was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale by manufacturing, services, healthcare, wholesale products and technology tenants. Constructed between 1986 and 1988, the buildings feature 14-foot clear heights, 28 loading docks and 29 drive-in doors to accommodate a wide variety of users. Q.T. Holdings LLC purchased the portfolio. Judd Welliver, Ryan Watts, Sonja Dusil and Tom Holtz of CBRE represented the seller, Hoyt Properties Inc.
HERNDON, VA. — A new forecast released by the NAIOP Research Foundation calls for approximately 39.7 million square feet of net absorption of office space in 2017. That is about 10 million square feet per quarter — similar to the 41.4 million square feet absorbed in 2016. Greater than expected hiring in the office-using sectors of the economy led to 14.8 million square feet of positive net absorption in the fourth quarter of 2016, well above the 7.8 million square feet that had been projected. The annualized growth rate in office-using jobs was 2.52 percent in the first quarter of 2017, compared with 1.58 percent growth in overall nonfarm payroll employment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. If growth in office-using employment continues at such a pace, the need for office space will expand rapidly and thus cause actual absorption to come in near or above the 39.7 million square feet of total absorption projected for all of 2017. However, prior experience suggests that growth in the number of office-using jobs will likely decelerate as it moves closer to the overall employment growth average over the long term, according to NAIOP. The forecast is also driven, in part, by …
CHICAGO — CA Ventures has agreed to buy two State Street office buildings in Chicago and redevelop the properties into apartment units as part of a $141 million residential and retail project. Located at 202 and 220 S. State St. and currently owned by the federal government, the vacant buildings were made available through a request for proposals process. The plan calls for the 22-story Consumers Building, designed by Jenny, Mundie & Jensen and completed in 1913, to be rehabilitated as 270 micro-apartments. The 16-story Century Building, designed by Holabird & Roche and completed in 1915, would be rehabilitated and expanded as 159 studio and one-bedroom apartments. The current building at 212 S. State St. would be demolished, and a 15-story structure built in its place. CA Ventures’ proposal to acquire the buildings for $10.4 million involves a simultaneous, three-way transaction involving the General Services Administration (GSA) and the City of Chicago. The offer price and sale terms, expected to be finalized this summer, require review and approval by the GSA and Chicago City Council.
CARMEL, IND. — CBRE has arranged the sale of One & Two Penn Mark office buildings in Carmel, about 20 miles north of Indianapolis. The sales price was not disclosed. Together, the two office buildings combine for 13 floors and 243,271 square feet of Class A office space. Amenities include an exercise facility, tenant lounge, conference center and an outdoor amenity area with shaded seating. Dan Richardson of CBRE represented the seller, TNHYIF REIV Sierra LLC. Omaha-based Metonic Real Estate Solutions was the buyer.
WHIPPANY, N.J. — Barclays Capital, an anchor tenant, has acquired The Crossings at Jefferson Park, an 525,000-square-foot office property located at 115 S. Jefferson Road in Whippany. Vision Real Estate Partners and Rubenstein Partners sold the office campus for $69 million. The seller recently completed a revitalization and rebranding of the 65-acre campus, with the redesign focused on promoting health, wellness and sustainability. The campus features gourmet food services with indoor and open-air seating, a multi-function business lounge with casual seating and WiFi, and a 2,300-square-foot health and wellness center with state-of-the-art equipment, free weights and locker rooms with showers. Arthur J. Gallagher, PSKW, WithumSmith+Brown, JP Morgan Chase and Lord Abbett are tenants at the three-building campus.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — The Connection Inc. has signed a lease for 13,000 square feet of office space at 900 Chapel St. in New Haven. The private, non-profit human service and community development agency will occupy the full penthouse floor at the 142,439-square-foot office tower. Jeffrey Williams and Hollis Pugh of Colliers International Group represented the tenant, while John Keogh of Dow Condon dba Colliers International represented the landlord, PMC Property Group, in the deal.