LOS ANGELES – A 19,750-square-foot creative office property in Los Angeles has sold to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, College of the Performing Arts (AMDA) for $10 million. The building is located at 1641 Ivar in Hollywood. The space used to host the Bob Hope USO Special. The seller, boutique production firm Hello and Company, was represented by Martin McDermott of Avison Young. The firm will occupy the entire space. AMDA was represented by Christopher Bonbright, John Tronson and David Landau of the same firm. AMDA’s financing was also arranged by the firm’s Nick Roussos.
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PLANO, TEXAS — Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America has opened a new facility in Plano, just north of Dallas. The office is located at 5850 Granite Pkwy. The facility will serve as Guardian’s Absence and Disability Management Solutions Center. Guardian is a mutual insurer founded in 1860 providing coverage to employees at more than 115,000 companies.
DALLAS — Studio 6 Fitness is opening its second Dallas location at The Shops at Park Lane. The 2,700-square-foot gym will open later this month at 8180 Park Lane, Suite 343. Tom Metcalfe of Metcalfe Real Estate represented Studio 6 in the transaction. Amanda Gross and Ashley O’Malley of UCR represented The Shops at Park Lane. The property includes more than 5,000 parking spaces and is located near a Dallas Area Rapid Transit line.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Reiger Apartments, an 18-unit apartment property in Dallas. Robert Denninger of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Denninger also represented the buyer, an individual/personal trust. Reiger Apartments is located at 5414 and 5418 Reiger Ave. in Dallas. The complex was built in 1972 and consists of two two-story buildings with 18 two-bedroom, one-bath units of approximately 800 square feet.
UNION CITY, GA. — USAA Real Estate Co. has acquired the I-85 Distribution Center, a 744,000-square-foot warehouse in Union City within the South Atlanta industrial submarket. The property is located within a half mile of I-85 and nine miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Panattoni Development Co. developed the property in 2006 with 32-foot clear heights, ESFR fire sprinklers, 60-foot deep speed bays, 185-foot truck court and trailer and automobile parking. Sean Boswell and Scott Plomgren of Colliers International’s Atlanta office are coordinating the leasing of the property, which has 517,000 square feet of vacancy.
SLIDELL, LA. — HFF has arranged the $14.6 million sale of Stirling Slidell Centre, a 139,460-square-foot retail center in the New Orleans suburb of Slidell. Retail Centers of America purchased the asset from LaSalle Investment Management. The property is located on the northwest corner of Interstate 12 and Airport Road. The property’s tenant roster includes David’s Bridal, Ross Dress for Less, PetSmart, Men’s Wearhouse, Shoe Carnival, Party City, AT&T and Dickey’s Barbeque Pit. Jim Batjer, Jim Hamilton and Richard Reid of HFF led the sales team that represented LaSalle.
HOLIDAY, FLA. — Franklin Street Real Estate Services has brokered the $12.3 million sale of Park at Barrington, a 244-unit multifamily community in the Tampa Bay area. Built in 1972 and renovated in 2007, the property is located at 4348 Plaza Drive in Holiday. The community’s amenity package includes a fitness center, three pools, gates, clubhouse, laundry facility and a dog park. Darron Kattan, Robert Goldfinger, Kevin Kelleher and Zach Ames of Franklin Street represented the seller, a local investor, in the transaction. The buyer was also a local investor.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of Hyatt Place Nashville Airport Hotel in Nashville. Greenwood Hospitality Group is managing the 83-room hotel on behalf of the new owner. The hotel is located across from the Nashville International Airport and eight miles east of downtown Nashville. Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Vision Hospitality Group developed the hotel in 2000 and later converted the property to a Hyatt Place in 2007. Barry Swanson and Scott Stephens of HREC represented the seller in the transaction.
ATLANTA — CBRE Global Investors has inked leases with two new office tenants at 201 17th St., a 17-story, 350,000-square-foot office building in Atlantic Station in Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood. YuMe Inc., a digital video brand advertiser, has leased 1,071 square feet and moved into its space in late August. Emery Cresswell of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Acclaro, a marketing and advertising firm, leased 2,042 square feet and also moved into its space in August. Leigh Cofer of CBRE Inc. represented the tenant. Jeff Keppen and Nicole Goldsmith of CBRE represented CBRE Global Investors in both lease deals. Including these two transactions, there has been 15,386 square feet of leasing at 201 17th St. year-to-date.
NEW YORK — Massey Knakal Realty Services has arranged the sale and financing of a portfolio of residential condominium units within The Corinthian building. The property is located at 645 First Ave. in Manhattan’s Murray Hill neighborhood. The units were sold in an all-cash transaction valued at $147 million. Massey Knakal Capital Services arranged the acquisition and construction financing with a commitment amount of $125 million, with an initial funding of $115 million. The portfolio consists of 144 residential condominium units within a 57-story building, with an aggregate unit size of approximately 150,747 square feet. The property includes studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The sale price equates to approximately $975 per square foot.