RESTON, VA. — Rubenstein Partners LP has purchased a 180,000-square-foot office building located at 11493 Sunset Hills Road in Reston, about 20 miles west of Washington, D.C., in northern Virginia. Rubenstein plans to reposition and re-tenant the building and has selected Andy Klaff and Steve Hoffeditz of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank to lease the property. The renovations, which are set to wrap up by the end of 2017, will include fashioning higher ceilings within the floor plates, overhauling the HVAC and building management systems, renovating the lobby and restrooms, upgrading the aesthetic to a more “industrial-loft” design and enhancing the amenity package, including a new fitness center, conference center, food service and an outdoor deck. Built in 1988, the five-story building is the former home of Unisys Corp. and is situated within walking distance to the new Wiehle-Reston East Station on the Metrorail’s Silver Line, as well as a Whole Foods Market, Reston Station and Reston Town Center.
LOS ANGELES — Mani Brothers Real Estate Group has purchased The Landing at Playa Vista, a 100,756-square-foot office building in the Los Angeles submarket of Playa Vista, for $80 million. The Class A property is located at 12655 Jefferson Blvd. The six-story property was originally built in 1985. It was recently redeveloped into a creative office space. The Landing underwent extensive upgrades, including exposed ceilings, open floor plans, multiple outdoor decks, and the conversion of an internal stairwell and a portion of the underground parking garage into office space. The building was fully pre-leased prior to the renovation’s completion. WeWork signed a deal for 78,000 square feet, which takes up most of the building’s space. Media and communication firm Dentsu Aegis Network leased the remainder of the property. Madison Partners’ Bob Safai represented Mani, while the seller, Hudson Pacific Properties, represented itself in this transaction.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — A joint venture between PMRG and Mariner Real Estate Management has purchased Torrance Technology Campus, a 573,167-square-foot office campus, for an undisclosed sum. The five-building campus is located at 3100 Lomita Blvd. in Torrance. The property is currently 70 percent leased by L-3 Communications and Torrance Memorial Medical Center. Oliver Fleener of PMRG will handle leasing at the property, while the firm’s James Bowers will handle property management. Newmark Knight Grubb Frank represented the seller, an institutional investor, in this transaction.
FREEHOLD, N.J. — Deerwood Real Estate Capital has closed a $12.4 million non-recourse acquisition loan with a national bridge lender and a $6.6 million refinancing with a local bank for two properties in Freehold. The properties include a 200,000-square-foot multi-tenant office park and a 60,000-square-foot multi-tenant office building. The proceeds of the refinance were used for the acquisition. Yaakov Leiser of Deerwood negotiated the loans for the undisclosed borrower.
HOUSTON — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a medical office building located at 150 FM 1959 in Houston. WHGS Holdings Co., dba Coastal Surgical Group, sold the property for an undisclosed price. Built in 2007, the property features 12,300 square feet of medical office space. Beth Young and Marshall Clinkscales of Colliers represented the seller, while Cameron Crouch of Gulf Coast Properties represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
PLANO, TEXAS — Houston-based Q10 Kinghorn, Driver, Hough & Co. (Q10 KDH) has arranged the $8.4 million cash-out refinancing for Republic Office Building located in Plano. Goldman Sachs provided the funding, which features a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. Travis Fite of Q10 KDH arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Boston-based AEW Capital Management has purchased Carnegie VII and Carnegie Ten, two office buildings located at 5955 and 5605 Carnegie Blvd. in Charlotte’s Southpark office submarket, for $40.2 million. Patrick Gildea, Will Yowell and Jay O’Meara of CBRE represented the sellers, Carnegie Ten LLC, owned by Community Investments Foundation, a supporting organization of Foundation For The Carolinas; and Carnegie VII LLC, in the transaction. The sellers are subsidiaries of Bissell Cos., which developed and managed Carnegie VII and Carnegie Ten. The office properties’ anchor tenants include Citizens Bank, Enpro Industries and Humana Insurance.
DURHAM, N.C. — Gemini Rosemont LLC, a Santa Fe, N.M.-based office real estate investment firm, has purchased SouthCourt, a six-story office building in Durham. The sales price was undisclosed, but the Triangle Business Journal reports that Gemini Rosemont acquired the 131,976-square-foot building for $17.5 million. Torchlight Investors sold the property, which is anchored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina’s headquarters. SouthCourt features ground-floor retail space, a fitness center and a salon, and the property is within walking distance of The Fresh Market, Starbucks Coffee, Super Target and Mi Peru. Scot Humphrey and Ryan Clutter of HFF brokered the transaction. Trinity Partners, under the direction of Gemini Rosemont’s Tine Renee McCall, will handle leasing responsibilities and property management services at SouthCourt.
SAN DIEGO — Swift Real Estate Partners has purchased HP’s 782,211-square-foot San Diego campus for an undisclosed sum. The campus is located at 16399 W. Bernardo Drive in the Rancho Bernardo submarket. The property contains seven office/R&D buildings and one Class A office building. HP has owned and occupied the campus since the first building was constructed in 1970. The information technology company will lease back 79 percent of the campus. CBRE’s Louay Alsadek, Alex Somerville, Hunter Rowe and Brad Black represented HP, while Swift represented itself in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Tishman Speyer has purchased a 1.7-acre creative office campus in downtown Los Angeles’ Arts District for an undisclosed sum. The campus is situated along the Los Angeles River at Bay and Sacramento streets. The site features the 38,000-square-foot world headquarters of transportation technology company Hyperloop One. The campus is near the new SoHo House location, just two blocks from Warner Music Group’s new West Coast headquarters at the Ford Factory. The seller was Lion Real Estate Group and the Borman Group.