MORRISVILLE, N.C. — TradeMark Properties has brokered the $16.5 million sale of the Concourse Building, a 131,553-square-foot office building located at One Copley Way in Morrisville, roughly 14 miles west of Raleigh. Fred Dickens of TradeMark represented the undisclosed seller in the off-market transaction. The buyer, Virginia Beach-based Continental Capital Partners, has retained TradeMark to lease the Class A property.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged permanent financing for the recapitalization of the DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando Downtown in Orlando. The 342-room hotel is located at 60 S. Ivanhoe Blvd. Tal Bar-Or of Meridian’s New York City office arranged the balance sheet loan on behalf of the borrower, Glenmont Capital Management LLC.
MARIETTA, GA. — GBT Realty Corp. has purchased a 1.7-acre retail site at the intersection of Roswell Road and East Cobb Drive in the East Cobb district of Marietta, a suburb of Atlanta. GBT Realty acquired the site, which currently houses a 10,240-square-foot Chuck E. Cheese’s, from Empress Theatres Inc. for $1.7 million. The site is located across East Cobb Drive from an LA Fitness-anchored shopping center and across Roswell Road from a Dick’s Sporting Goods-anchored shopping center. Other nearby retailers include Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and Target. GBT Realty plans to begin demolition of the Chuck E. Cheese’s this spring.
LOS ANGELES – A pair of multifamily properties in Los Angeles has sold to local investors for a total of $13 million. The acquisition includes the 44-unit Parc Regency Apartments in the Canoga Park submarket and the 23-unit VUE Apartments in Koreatown. The properties are located at 7500 Mason Ave. and 700 S. Berendo Street, respectively. The seller, Mason & Berendo Parc Regency Apartments Associates LLC, was represented by Darin Beebower of Madison Partners.
AURORA, COLO. – The 38,970-square-foot Hancock Park Office Building in Aurora has sold to an unnamed buyer for $2.6 million. The building is located at 15200 East Girard Ave. The seller was represented by Rob Edwards and Tom Ethington of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors.
BEND, ORE. – Ascend Holdings has acquired a 50,000-square-foot, mixed-use property in Bend for $8 million. The property is located at 1133 NW Wall Street. Ascend plans to convert a portion of the building’s second floor office space into residential units. The property’s two buildings house a mix of residential, office, retail and restaurant space. It was 86 percent leased at the time of the sale. The seller, a San Francisco-based investment group, was represented by Ron Ross, Erich Schultz, Terry O’Neil and Jay Lyons of Compass Commercial Real Estate Services.
MESA, ARIZ. – Addictive Desert Designs has signed a three-year lease for two warehouse buildings in Mesa. The property is located at 308 S. Extension Road. It contains a 44,004-square-foot building and a 22,706-square-foot building. The off road truck and SUV design and parts manufacturer will be expanding from its nearby 40,000-square-foot warehouse. Matt McDougall and Matt Fredrick of Lee & Associates represented both Addictive Desert and the landlord, Presson Corp., in this transaction.
EL PASO, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged sale of a four-building, 245,745-square-foot industrial portfolio in El Paso, on behalf of New York-based Sullivan Crosby Trust. Phoenix-based ViaWest Group purchased the portfolio in an off-market transaction for an undisclosed price. Christian Perez Giese, William Caparis, Anthony Mash and Arturo De la Mora of CBRE’s El Paso office represented the seller. The buildings are 50 percent occupied, with short-term tenants bringing it to 75 percent occupancy. According to CBRE Research, the central El Paso submarket is approximately 94.7 percent occupied as of the fourth quarter of 2014. This is the first El Paso-area acquisition for ViaWest Group. A host of rehabilitation projects are slated for the properties, including new roofs, landscaping, fencing and equipment replacement.
PLANO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Village at Los Rios, a 24,805-square-foot retail property located in Plano. Jason Vitorino of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. Vitorino also procured the buyer, a local partnership. Built in 2003, the Kroger shadow-anchored retail property includes two buildings with a pad site for future development. Village at Los Rios is located at 1445 Los Rios Blvd. in Plano, just north of 14th Street. Tenants at the property include State Farm, Check ‘n Go, Cato and Great Clips. At the time of listing, Village at Los Rios was 81 percent occupied.
HOUSTON — Levey Group has arranged an 11,200-square-foot, 10-year lease with PCI Promatec at its Sam Houston Business Park in Houston. PCI Promatec will occupy space located at 8846 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. W. The company specializes in fire stops, penetration seals, fire wrap and rigid fire barriers developed for nuclear, power and chemical processing, as well as heavy industrial applications. Sam Houston Business Park is a Class A, industrial flex, office and distribution business park. The business park includes three tilt wall facilities featuring storefront entrances, generous clear heights and column spacing and dock-high and grade-level loading docks. A fourth 56,000-square-foot building is under construction. Other park tenants include Flotek, Ringers Technologies, Tyndale USA, NDLI Logistics, Westermann BG and Doorscapes Inc. Joseph Smith of CBRE represented Levey Group, and Chris Caudill of NAI Partners represented Promatec in the transaction. With Promatec’s lease, phase I of the development is now fully percent leased.
