OKLAHOMA CITY — Fort Worth-based Woodside Capital Group has begun a $6 million renovation project at LakePointe Towers, a two-building office complex in Oklahoma City. The assets feature nearly 100,000 square feet available for lease. Woodside, which acquired the properties in fall 2018, has already completed upgrades to the parking areas, as well as added new paint, roofs and building chillers. Ongoing improvements include updates to the lobbies, restrooms, signage and landscaping. CBRE will market LakePointe Towers for Woodside following completion of the project.
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HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged a 19,260-square-foot industrial lease for Alpha Insulation & Waterproofing, a provider of select construction services, at 14820 Tomball Parkway in Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the newly constructed property spans 54,738 square feet of divisible space. Darren O’Conor and Jake Wilkinson of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
DALLAS — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated a 10,365-square-foot office lease for Kansas City-based law firm Lathrop Gage at Rosewood Court in the Uptown area of Dallas. The new office is the firm’s 10th in the country. Garrison Efird and Paxton Cooksey of NKF represented Lathrop Gage in the lease negotiations. David Zimmer and Scott Bluhm of Newmark Grubb Zimmer, an affiliate office of NKF, also worked on the deal. Haley Collard and Joe Dunne represented the landlord, Rosewood Property Co., on an internal basis.
BOSTON — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, a publicly traded real estate investment trust (NYSE: PEB), has sold the 112-room Onyx hotel located at 155 Portland St. near downtown Boston for $58.3 million. The buyer was not disclosed, but the sales price represents a capitalization rate of 5.9 percent. Pebblebrook will use proceeds from the sale for general business purposes, including paying off existing debt. The Onyx Hotel offers guests amenities such as a 24-hour fitness center, bike rental services, spa products and services that are delivered directly to guestrooms.
LANCASTER, PA. — HFF has negotiated the sale of Chelsea Square, a 96,455-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Lancaster, located roughly midway between Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Regional grocer Weis serves as the anchor tenant alongside Talbots, Jos. A. Bank, M&T, Domino’s Pizza and Great Clips. Built on 10.6 acres, the property is located along the Manheim Pike, a retail corridor with a daily traffic count of approximately 46,000 vehicles. Chris Munley and Carl Fiebig of HFF represented the seller, Boston-based Beacon Communities, in the transaction. The buyer was Pennsylvania-based Goodman Properties. The sales price was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the $9.6 million sale of a 54-unit multifamily building in The Bronx. The five-story property, which was originally built in 1925, is located at 2474 Valentine Ave. in the Fordham Heights neighborhood. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. The deal closed at a capitalization rate of 5.5 percent. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood handled the transaction on behalf of both parties.
NEW YORK CITY — A public-private partnership between The Community Preservation Corp. (CPC), Project FIND, the Joint Ownership Entity New York City (JOE NYC) and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has received $6 million in financing for the renovation of Hargrave House. The 113-unit property is an affordable seniors housing community that is located at 111 W. 71st St. Project FIND, a nonprofit that supports low-income seniors, and JOE NYC, a nonprofit that supports affordable housing developers in the city, are the primary sponsors behind the project. The renovation work will upgrade the building’s elevators, energy systems, lobby and façade. Hargrave House was originally built in 1913 as a Renaissance hotel until it was converted into a residential use in the mid-1900s. An additional $3.5 million renovation plan was executed in 2001.
NEW YORK CITY — Colliers International’s project management team has completed a 12,000-square-foot, build-to-suit office project at One Penn Plaza in Manhattan for Dimension Data, a South Africa-based IT firm. Designed by Gensler, the office space features adjustable desks, shared employee workspaces, expansive views and access to an abundance of natural light. Dimension Data will occupy the 18th floor of the 57-story Penn Plaza, which spans approximately 2.7 million square feet. Vornado Realty Trust owns the building, which was originally built in 1972 and renovated in 1995.
OAKLAND, CALIF. — HFF has secured $93 million in acquisition financing for 1333 Broadway, a Class A office building in Oakland. Jordan Angel and Mark Root of HFF arranged the floating-rate acquisition loan through an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management for the borrower, Swift Real Estate Partners. At the time of sale, the 253,393-square-foot office building was 95 percent leased. Major tenants includes Delta Dental and Teecom. Jacobus Machalow of Orrick provided legal representation for Swift Real Estate Partners. Additional terms of the acquisition were not released.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Sunrise Luxury Living has completed the sale of The CORE, a newly built Class A multifamily property in Scottsdale. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 282-unit asset for $80.4 million. Situated on 4.5 acres at 15333 N. Hayden Road, the property features a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts with nine-foot ceilings, quartz countertops, Whirlpool stainless steel appliances and gas cooktops. Community amenities include a rooftop pool, modern fitness center with yoga/spin room, electric vehicle charging stations and a package locker system. The seller, who owned the land since 2015, completed construction The CORE in 2018. Tyler Anderson, Sean Cunningham, Asher Gunter and Matt Pesch of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.