Property Type

Boeing Employee Credit Union Purchases Buildings at Gateway Corporate Center in Tukwila

by Nellie Day January 12, 2017

TUKWILA, WASH. — Boeing Employee Credit Union (BECU) has purchased eight buildings at the Gateway Corporate Center office and industrial park in Tukwila for an undisclosed sum. The 11-building center is situated at a junction between State Route 599 and Interstate 5 in the Seattle submarket. BECU previously owned two buildings at Gateway Corporate Center. The credit union built its corporate headquarters at the center in 1990. The new purchase has allowed BECU to increase its holdings in the office park to 589,000 square feet. Bill Frame and Richard Davidson of Kidder Mathews represented BECU. The firm’s Andy Miller and Matt Wood also represented the seller, a global investment manager, in this transaction.

January 12, 2017

Multifamily Washington Western

Apartment Building Near Reno Sells for $15.5M

by Nellie Day January 12, 2017

SPARKS, NEV. — A San Francisco Bay Area-based private investor has acquired a 230-unit apartment building in the Reno submarket of Sparks for $15.5 million. The community, known as 1100 Place Apartments, is located at 1100 15th St. The asset underwent major renovations in 2015 that included new siding, exterior painting, enclosed carports, new asphalt, new landings, landscaping and signage. The community is now 96 percent occupied. Kenneth Blomsterberg, Ryan Rife and Benjamin Nelson of Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer and seller, a special servicer, in this transaction.

January 12, 2017

California Office Western

Shopoff Acquires Office Building in Newport Beach for $15.4M

by Nellie Day January 12, 2017

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Shopoff Realty Investments has purchased a 44,434-square-foot office building in Newport Beach for $15.4 million. The three-story building is located at 4440 Von Karman Ave. The space was 56 percent occupied by tenants like CommerceWest Bank, DynTek and Johnson Attorneys Group. The asset was purchased through a co-investment structure.

January 12, 2017

California Industrial Western

RAF Pacifica Buys San Diego Manufacturing, Distribution Center for $3.7M

by Nellie Day January 12, 2017

SAN DIEGO — RAF Pacifica Group has purchased a 31,246-square-foot manufacturing and distribution center in the San Diego submarket of San Marcos for $3.7 million. The center is located at 1880 Diamond St. Known as La Costa Meadows, the facility features office space and HVAC production areas, as well as dock- and grade-level loading and 26-foot-clear heights. Isaac Little, Marko Dragovic and Chuck Hardy of Lee & Associates represented both the buyer and the seller, DonMar LLC, in this transaction.

January 12, 2017

California Office Western

Belvedere Place Office Building in Marin County Changes Hands

by Nellie Day January 12, 2017

MILL VALLEY, CALIF. — A partnership between ScanlanKemperBard and Angelo, Gordon & Co. has acquired the 103,000-square-foot Belvedere Place office building in the Marin County city of Mill Valley for an undisclosed sum. The Class A office building is located at 1 and 2 Belvedere Place, about 14 miles north of San Francisco. It was built in 2000. The partnership plans to update the building’s exterior and landscaping. It will also add a gym with showers, as well as lockers, bike lockers and bike storage. Belvedere Place was 60 percent leased at the time of sale. Notable tenants linclude UBS and Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Haden Ongaro, Mac Cranford and Mark Carrington of Newmark Cornish & Carey represented both the buyer and the seller, Bently Holdings, in this transaction. The team is also serving as the property’s leasing agents.

January 12, 2017

Massachusetts Northeast Office Top Stories

Mori Trust Acquires 10 St. James and 75 Arlington Office Buildings in Boston for $673M

by Katie Sloan January 12, 2017

BOSTON — Tokyo-based Mori Trust Co. Ltd. has acquired 10 St. James and 75 Arlington, a two-building office property totaling 824,772 square feet in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, for $673 million. The LEED Silver-certified portfolio features an enclosed-glass galleria joining the lobbies of both buildings, on-site dining and a 400-space underground parking garage. The property was acquired from Liberty Mutual Insurance, and is home to the company’s Boston headquarters. Liberty Mutual has already moved many of its workers from the two connected buildings to a $300 million tower built at 157 Berkeley St. in 2013, according to reports by The Boston Globe. The company plans to continue to lease space at 10 St. James and 75 Arlington. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, Alex Foshay, William Anderson and David Martel of NGKF Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction. John Butterworth, Tim Howe and Andrea DeSimone of CBRE’s New England office are in charge of leasing for the property. An agreement to continue their services has yet to be announced. Mori Trust Co. established its U.S. subsidiary, Mori America LLC, in November 2016. This acquisition is Mori Trust’s first in the United States. Mori Trust is a developer, owner and manager …

January 12, 2017

Market Reports Midwest Midwest Market Reports Missouri Multifamily Office

Office, Multifamily Sectors Lead Expansive Growth in Clayton Submarket of St. Louis

by Kristin Harlow January 12, 2017

An influx of new workers and residents is expected in the Clayton submarket of St. Louis thanks to more than $630 million in office, residential and mixed-use development that is in the planning stages or currently under way. Health insurer Centene Corp. has announced that it will build a new 16-acre, $450 million campus expansion on the east edge of downtown Clayton at Hanley Road, Forsyth Boulevard and Carondelet Plaza. The project, set to break ground early this year, stands to effectively shift the center of Clayton while adding a mixed-use, Class A office-anchored business and lifestyle development to the submarket. Delivery of the 500,000-square-foot Phase I tower is set for late 2019. At the opposite end of the submarket, Koman Group expects to break ground on its proposed 330,000-square-foot, 14-story office and retail project, situated at the corner of Forsyth and Brentwood boulevards. Just across the street is another $68 million, 233,000-square-foot office project likely to begin in 2018. Proposed by Jared Novelly and Apogee Associates, the project would bring the total proposed office development to a robust 1 million square feet of new Class A space in downtown Clayton. As the premier office submarket in St. Louis, Clayton …

January 12, 2017

California Multifamily Student Housing Western

Hensel Phelps, Mithun to Build $142M Phase II of Student Housing Project at UC San Diego

by Nellie Day January 11, 2017

SAN DIEGO — The University of California, San Diego has selected a partnership between contracting firm Hensel Phelps and design firm Mithun to build Phase II of its East Campus graduate student housing project. Phase II, to be named Nuevo West, will consist of two buildings totaling 442,000 square feet. The $142 million development will offer 880 beds, 1,350 parking stalls, outdoor gathering space, a market, café and social amenity space. Eighty of the beds at Nuevo West will be reserved for families and patients undergoing medical treatments at the adjacent UCSD medical center. Phase II will be located adjacent to the first phase of the project, Mesa Nueva, a $208.6 million development consisting of 1,355 beds for graduate and professional students. Phase I of the project is under construction now, with an anticipated opening in 2017. Phase II is slated for completion in 2019 .

January 11, 2017

Multifamily Utah Western

Cobblegate Apartments in Sandy Sells for $93.8M

by Nellie Day January 11, 2017

SANDY, UTAH — Col Rich has acquired the 416-unit Cobblegate Apartments in Sandy for $93.8 million. The community is located at 910 E. 9000 South. Cobblegate Apartments is situated near Dimple Dell Regional Park, the Jordan Commons Megaplex Theatres and South Towne Center, a 1,300,000-square-foot shopping mall. Community amenities include underground parking, attached and detached garages and carports, a swimming pool, hot tub, large fitness center, playground, and clubhouse. Daniel Shin and Brock Zylstra of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local developer, in this trasnsaction.

January 11, 2017

Loans Office Washington Western

Greenbridge Obtains $73M Loan for Creative Office Conversion in Seattle

by Nellie Day January 11, 2017

SEATTLE — Greenbridge Investment Partners has obtained a $73 million loan for the conversion, renovation and stabilization of the Seattle Design Center. The two-building center is situated in the Georgetown submarket of Seattle. Greenbridge has divided and rebranded the asset to include the 157,000-square-foot Seattle Design Center and the 280,000-square-foot Georgetown Squared (G2). Greenbridge purchased the asset in 2015 for $24.9 million. The center was 43 percent occupied at the time. Greenbridge renovated the Seattle Design Center building and consolidated its showroom/design tenants into one building. The firm is now turning its attention to the repositioning of the G2 building, which will be converted from showroom space into creative office. The G2 office building will offer 60,000-square-foot floorplates, exposed ceilings and concrete floors, glass walls for natural light, and unobstructed views of downtown Seattle and Mt. Rainier. It will also include full-service amenities like an upscale fitness center and conference center. The non-recourse bridge loan closed at 59.7 percent loan-to-value for a 24-month term with one 12-month extension option. An initial $49 million was funded at closing, with an additional $24 million that will pay for G2’s renovation, construction, tenant improvements and leasing commissions. Steve Bram of George Smith Partners …

January 11, 2017

Newer Posts

Older Posts