Property Type

HFF Arranges Sale of BBVA Compass Plaza in Houston’s Galleria Area

by Haisten Willis November 10, 2015

HOUSTON — HFF has arranged the sale of BBVA Compass Plaza, a Class A office building totaling 326,200 square feet in Houston. BBVA Compass Plaza is the first office building to be delivered to the Galleria area in nearly three decades. HFF marketed the asset on behalf of the seller, a joint venture partnership between Stream Realty Partners, TRC Capital Partners (formerly The Redstone Cos.) and an institutional client of L&B Realty Advisors. Masaveu Post Oak Houston Delaware LLC purchased BBVA Compass Plaza for an undisclosed amount. Completed in 2013, BBVA Compass Plaza is a LEED Gold-certified, 22-story building that is 83 percent leased. BBVA Compass Bank occupies 58 percent of the net rentable area, and the remaining tenants are a mix of national and international firms. The recently completed property features a 1,144-space parking garage, a full retail bank branch, fitness center and two restaurants: Caracol and Oka Sushi. BBVA Compass Plaza is situated in Houston’s Galleria submarket with access to Loop 610, I-10, Highway 59 and Westpark Tollway. Scott Galloway, Dan Miller, Matt Kafka, Colby Mueck and Trent Agnew led the HFF investment sales team.

November 10, 2015

Paradigm Tax Group Relocates Headquarters to Dallas

by Haisten Willis November 10, 2015

DALLAS — Paradigm Tax Group has relocated its headquarters to Dallas and added a new CEO. Paradigm provides property tax consulting services for commercial property owners and has more than 30 regional offices across the U.S. Paradigm will retain its presence in its former headquarters in the Phoenix area. Steve Stubitz will remain chairman of the company but step down from his interim CEO role to welcome Mark Wanic as CEO. Stubitz held the position following the retirement of Paradigm’s prior CEO Bob Dunlap. Wanic comes to Paradigm after holding a variety of executive positions at Cushman & Wakefield. Wanic is the latest addition to a new management team, which includes new CFO Francoise Mattice, who joined Paradigm in March. Paradigm helps clients identify potential tax-saving opportunities.

November 10, 2015

Office Texas

GuideIT Expands to Over 17,000 SF at Plano Tower in Metro Dallas

by Haisten Willis November 10, 2015

PLANO, TEXAS — Boxer Property has concluded long-term lease negotiations on a 17,000-square-foot lease with GuideIT, a Perot company. GuideIT has been a tenant of Boxer in the Plano Tower building since early 2013. Plano Tower is located at 101 E. Park Blvd. and is owned and managed by Boxer Property. Mark Dowdle, of Boxer Property’s Dallas office, negotiated the agreement on behalf of Boxer, and Louis Pascuzzi of Jackson Cooksey represented GuideIT. Plano Tower includes 13 stories with a total of 225,445 square feet of office space for rent. The Class A building features a mirrored glass exterior, surface and covered parking, an upgraded lobby, granite floors, elevator service, on-site banking services and drop boxes.

November 10, 2015

Hospitality New Jersey Northeast

Mack-Cali’s Roseland to Develop Dual-Branded Marriott Hotels at Port Imperial in New Jersey

by Amy Works November 10, 2015

WEEHAWKEN, N.J. — Roseland, a subsidiary of Mack-Cali Realty Corp., is developing two dual-branded Marriott hotels at Port Imperial, the company’s $3 billion mixed-use, master-planned waterfront development in Weehawken. Roseland and its partner, XSS Hotels, secured approximately $94 million in financing for a syndicated construction loan led by Fifth Third Bank, with additional syndicated lending institutions, including Santandar and Investors Savings Bank. Featuring a 210-key Renaissance hotel and a 154-key Residence Inn, the project will feature meeting and function space for 450 guests and a 15,000-square-foot deck off the sixth floor sky lobby offering views of Manhattan. The two hotels will be built on top of the 850-space Port Imperial parking garage with 17,000 square feet of ground-level retail space next to the New York Waterway ferry terminal. Expected to create more than 100 permanent full-time jobs, the hotels are slated for completion by the end of 2017.

November 10, 2015

Multifamily Seniors Housing Texas

$72M Expansion Project Begins on The Buckingham in Houston

by Haisten Willis November 10, 2015

HOUSTON — Construction has begun on 183 new residences at The Buckingham, a seniors housing community in Houston. Once completed, the $72 million construction project will add 80 new jobs to the local economy and provide living for nearly 200 additional residents. Located at 8580 Woodway Drive, The Buckingham currently includes 205 independent living residences, 43 private assisted living apartments, 16 private memory support apartments and 60 private skilled nursing suites. Six additional acres were acquired to accommodate the project, which will add 106 independent living apartment homes, 27 assisted living suites, 18 memory care residences, 32 private skilled nursing rooms, additional underground parking and more surface level spaces. The new independent living apartment homes will be offered in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans.

November 10, 2015

Healthcare Northeast Office Pennsylvania

Duke Realty to Develop 100,300 SF MOB Near Philadelphia

by Amy Works November 10, 2015

BRYN MAWR, PA. — Duke Realty plans to develop a 100,300-square-foot medical office building (MOB) for Main Line Health at its Bryn Mawr Hospital campus. Located at 130 Bryn Mawr Ave. in Bryn Mawr, the four-story building is estimated to cost $35 million. The property will house a 24,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center, 13,000 square feet of primary care services and 10,000 square feet of auxiliary space to meet Main Line’s future needs. Development will begin in February 2016, and completion is slated for February 2017. The building will be owned by Duke Realty Bryn Mawr Development LLC. The Philadelphia office of Francis Cauffman is serving as architect and Health Sciences Construction Group is serving as general contractor for the project.

November 10, 2015

Office Texas

Bracewell & Giuliani Renews 189,061 SF Lease at Pennzoil Place in Houston

by Haisten Willis November 10, 2015

HOUSTON — Bracewell & Giuliani LLP has signed a 189,061-square-foot, long-term lease renewal at Pennzoil Place, located at 711 Louisiana St. in Houston. David Lee, Doug Little and Ben Quinton of Transwestern’s Houston headquarters negotiated the deal on behalf of the building owner, Metropolis Investment Holdings Inc. Bracewell & Giuliani is an international law firm with 450 lawyers in Texas, New York, Washington, D.C., Connecticut, Seattle, Dubai and London, serving Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions, leading private investment funds, governmental entities and individuals concentrated in the energy, technology and financial services sectors worldwide. Tim Relyea and Brooke Wommack of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.

November 10, 2015

Multifamily New York Northeast

Bottom Line Construction Breaks Ground for Residential Building in West Harlem

by Amy Works November 10, 2015

NEW YORK CITY — Bottom Line Construction & Development LLC has broken ground for Baldwin Park, a boutique residential building at 306 W. 148th St. in West Harlem. The six-story property will feature six floor-through condominiums featuring two bedrooms, two baths, balconies and stainless steel appliances, as well as a rooftop deck. APEX Building Group is serving as general contractor, while financing was provided by 100 Miles Fund managed by Procida Funding & Advisors. The property is slated for a summer 2017 occupancy.

November 10, 2015

Northeast Pennsylvania Retail

Colliers Brokers $4.4M Sale of Shopping Center in Hanover, Pa.

by Amy Works November 10, 2015

HANOVER, PA — Colliers International’s Harrisburg, Pa., office has brokered the sale of Centennial Commons Shopping Center in Hanover. Located at 3744-80 Centennial Road, the 48,220-square-foot property sold for $4.4 million. The property is occupied by Food Lion, Dollar General and Subway. William Aiello, George Lulos and Larry Kostelac of Colliers represented the seller, Conewago Contractors Inc., in the transaction. The buyer was Becrett LLC.

November 10, 2015

Affordable Housing Loans Multifamily Southeast Tennessee

Greystone Closes $88.6M Affordable Housing Financing in Tennessee

by John Nelson November 10, 2015

NEW YORK — Greystone has closed an $88.6 million multifamily transaction for the acquisition and rehabilitation of 20 aged apartment communities totaling 793 residences in Tennessee. Greystone arranged the transaction on behalf of the owner and operator, The Hallmark Cos. Inc. Greystone worked closely with the Tennessee Housing Development Agency, as well as the USDA’s Rural Housing Service National Office and Tennessee State Office. The financing, which combined both public and private funding, included $28 million in tax-exempt bonds issued by The Health, Educational and Housing Facilities Board of Sevier County, Tennessee. Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc. facilitated the bond issuance. Other capital sources included more than $16 million of Low Income Housing Tax Credits, the assumption of $21.8 million of original USDA Section 515 debt, $21.9 million of senior debt and $830,000 in additional funds.

November 10, 2015

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