LOS ANGELES – Keolis Transit America has renewed its lease at Skyview Center at 6053 W. Century Blvd. The facility serves as the company’s North American headquarters. The public transportation provider was represented by Sean Westgate of Cresa Los Angeles. The landlord, Los Angeles World Airports, was represented by Tom Sheets of Cushman & Wakefield.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – Carter’s has opened a 9,505-square-foot outpost in the Westgate Center in San Jose. The center is located at the northeast corner of Hamilton and Saratoga. It is anchored by Target, Nordstrom Rack, Walmart Neighborhood Market, Nike Factory Store, Old Navy, Burlington Coat Factory, Michaels and Ross. Carter’s was represented by Dawn Greiner and Laura Tinetti of SRS Real Estate Partners. The landlord is Federal Realty Investment Trust.
HOUSTON — HFF has arranged $50 million in financing for 3040 Post Oak Blvd., a 427,486-square-foot, Class A office building in the Lakes on Post Oak complex adjacent to the Galleria in Houston. HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, MetLife Real Estate Investors, to secure the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. HFF previously marketed and closed the sale of this property, which was purchased by the borrower. 3040 Post Oak Blvd. is located at the intersection of Post Oak Boulevard and Hidalgo in Houston’s Galleria/Uptown District. The property is 80 percent leased to 25 tenants including Bechtel Corp., Carriage Services and Wealth Design Group. Wally Reid Tyler Ford and Matthew Putterman led the HFF debt placement team.
PORTLAND, ORE. – The 70-unit Central Eastside Lofts in Portland has sold to an out-of-state private investor participating in a 1031 exchange for $18.9 million. The lofts are located at NE 6th and Couch, near the Burnside Bridgehead. The property also includes 11 retail spaces. The seller was Andrews Management. The transaction was executed by HFO Investment Real Estate.
LOS ANGELES – A three-property multifamily portfolio in Los Angeles has sold to an unnamed buyer for a total of $13.4 million. The communities included in the acquisition are the 34-unit Strohm Apartments in North Hollywood; the 30-unit Ratner Apartments in Sun Valley; and the 21-unit Hollywood Way Apartments in Burbank. Warren Berzack, Stephen Geiger, Jim Fisher and Mike Smith of Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura represented both the buyer and unnamed sellers in this transaction.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. – 7-Eleven has signed a seven-year lease for 146,326 square feet of warehouse and distribution space in the Los Angeles submarket of Santa Fe Springs. The space is located at 12330 Lakeland Road. It will include 35,000 square feet of new cooler space. The convenience store operator was represented by Chuck Wilson and Jon Thys of Colliers International. The landlord, Carson Companies, was represented by CBRE’s Rick McGeagh.
FREMONT, CALIF. – Bayside Technology Park, a 46,944-squre-foot industrial facility in Fremont, has sold to Crest Properties for $5.3 million. The park is located at 46107-46127 Landing Parkway. The unnamed seller was represented by Steve Kapp of Cornish & Carey Newmark Knight Frank and Jim and Craig Kovaleski of Cassidy Turley.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. – A 6,810-square-foot building in Goodyear that is net leased to Romano’s Macaroni Grill has sold to an unnamed buyer for $3 million. The building is located at 1828 North Litchfield Road. The seller, a limited liability company, was represented by Jamie Medress and Mark Ruble of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office.
CHICAGO — Mesa West Capital has provided Sterling Bay $220 million to refinance 1KFulton, a 10-story, 535,000-square-foot office building in Chicago’s West Loop. The property will serve as Google’s new regional headquarters. Other tenants include bicycle gear maker SRAM International Corp. and Venture Capital firm Sandbox Industries. The financing included $35 million of mezzanine debt, which was placed at closing with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing. The building features efficient floor plates up to 71,000 square feet with 11-foot floor-to-ceiling glass and 12-foot slab-to-slab height. Additionally, select property amenities include a subterranean parking garage, fitness center and unmatched rooftop common areas as well as easy access to the newly completed Morgan & Lake CTA stop located one block south of the property. Local development firm Sterling Bay acquired the former Fulton Market Cold Storage warehouse in 2012. The nearly 100-year-old vacant 10-story structure is now a state-of-the-art LEED Gold certified office and retail building. Michael Kavanau, Tim Joyce and Christopher Knight of HFF arranged financing. The building was 88 percent leased at the time of financing.
MOUNT PLEASANT, WIS. — Meridian Design Build has completed construction on a 132,002-square-foot speculative industrial facility in Mount Pleasant. The building, constructed for Land and Lakes Development, includes 10 loading docks, two drive-in doors and 153 parking spaces. The facility, located about one mile east of I-94, is the first to be built in Land and Lakes’ new 60-acre Mount Pleasant Business Park, which has the potential to accommodate up to 800,000 square feet of new construction. Harris Architects provided architectural services and Pinnacle Engineering Group provided civil engineering work for the project.