BOSTON — Following a long-term ground lease with the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), The Davis Companies (TDC) plans to significantly update 88 Black Falcon Avenue in Boston’s Seaport District. The property, which consists of two three-story interconnected buildings totaling 376,000 square feet, is located within the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park, which is also home to Cruiseport Boston and the 1.4 million-square-foot Innovation and Design Building. The location offers views of the Boston Harbor as well as direct access to Route 93 and the Massachusetts Turnpike, 550 onsite parking spaces, and its own Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Silver Line Stop. The buildings at 88 Black Falcon Ave. feature ceiling heights ranging from 14 to 20 feet, as well as efficient office and industrial/R&D infrastructure. Optimus Ride Inc., which develops autonomous vehicle technologies, occupies 19,000 square feet on the building’s first floor. As part of the property’s redevelopment, TDC will improve a portion of the Boston Harborwalk, a public promenade that follows the edge of piers, wharves, beaches, and the shoreline around the Harbor. Completion is scheduled for second quarter 2018. “We are undertaking a thorough re-envisioning of this highly flexible, high-quality historic asset as a premier mixed-use development that …
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Hudson Pacific Properties has sold a 50,687-square-foot office building in Santa Monica for $35 million. The sale included the redeveloped property and related development land. The firm will use the net proceeds from the sale toward its pending acquisition of Hollywood Center Studios, which is expected to close on May 1.
Parsippany, N.J. — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) arranged the sale of 1 Gatehall Drive, a 114,000-square-foot, four-story, Class A office building in Parsippany, to Lincoln Property Company. HFF represented the seller in the transaction. The property was 63 percent leased at the time of sale; tenants include software, consulting, communications, staffing and foodservice companies. The property is situated along Route 202, in close proximity to Route 10 and Interstates 287 and 80. The HFF investment sales team representing the seller was led by Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Stephen Simonelli and Michael Oliver.
LOS ANGELES — Somerset West Partners LLC has acquired Woodland Hills Corporate Center, a 230,833-square-foot office campus in Los Angeles, for an undisclosed sum. The property is located at 21021-21031 Ventura Blvd. in the Woodland Hills submarket. It is 85 percent leased to more than 60 tenants. CBRE’s Sean Sullivan, Todd Tydlaska and Michael Longo represented both the buyer and seller in this transaction.
WESTMINSTER, COLO. — A private investor has acquired a 16-unit apartment community in Westminster for $2.3 million. The community is located at 7461 Quitman St. The property contains two buildings with two-bedroom residences. Sevak Keshishian and Lance Krachey of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — The first location of Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville restaurant has opened its doors at Universal CityWalk. The more than 20-year-old Universal CityWalk, located in Hollywood, recently invested in an extensive revitalization. Enhancements currently underway include new restaurants, shopping experiences and design features to its multi-million dollar Universal Cinema renovation. This undertaking coincides with Universal Studios Hollywood’s recent transformation in which 75 percent of the theme park was reimagined. Margaritaville launched its first restaurant location in Key West, Fla., in 1987. Today, the company features nine resorts/hotels across the Southeast and Caribbean and eight additional locations in development; four gaming locations; and more than 60 food and beverage locations including concepts such as Margaritaville Restaurant, JWB Prime Steak and Seafood, 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar & Grill and LandShark Bar & Grill, among others.
LA PORTE. TEXAS — Hines, a global real estate investment firm, has acquired Underwood Distribution Center, a Class A, 2.2 million-square-foot industrial park located at 359 Old Underwood Road in La Porte, approximately 12 miles east of Port Houston. The center consists of five buildings that are 100 percent leased, as well as three development parcels. Hines’ first addition to the property will be a 167,000-square-foot distribution building, which is slated for delivery in the fourth quarter of this year.
DALLAS — Greysteel, an investments services firm, has brokered the sale of Royal Lane Apartments, a 172-unit multifamily complex in north Dallas. Located at 2825 Royal Lane near Interstate 635 and the Royal Lane DART station, the property features a courtyard, picnic area and on-site laundry services. Boyan Radic, Doug Banerjee, Andrew Mueller and Andrew Hanson of Greysteel represented the seller in the transaction. Other terms of the sale were not released.
SAN ANTONIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Alcove at Alamo Heights, a 107-unit multifamily community located at 6419 N. Vandiver Road within a few miles of San Antonio’s CBD. Units at the property, which includes a resort-style pool with cabanas and poolside grills, average 923 square feet each. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile and Jordan Featherstone of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Stillwater Capital, in the transaction, and procured the undisclosed buyer.
MESQUITE, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has negotiated a 199,750-square-foot industrial lease renewal and expansion at 1201 Big Town Blvd. in the east Dallas suburb of Mesquite on behalf of CHEP USA, an Atlanta-based logistics solutions company. Cannon Green, Matt Dornak and Ryan Wolcott of Stream Realty represented the landlord, Huntington Industrial Partners, in the lease transaction. Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the deal.