OAKLAND, CALIF. – Ellis Partners has acquired 1111 Broadway in downtown Oakland for a reported $158 million. The 24-story, Class A building contains a total of 566,168 square feet inside Oakland City Center. Notable tenants at the building include Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, HTNB, Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP and Tiemstra Law. Oakland City Center was owned by CBRE Investors until it began the disposition of all five assets earlier this year. Eastdil Secured represented both the buyer and the seller in this transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO – A three-property California apartment portfolio has received an $89.1-million refinance. The properties include the 164-unit The Boulders in Walnut Creek; the 100-unit Chesapeake Point in San Mateo; and the 248-unit Los Robles in Thousand Oaks. The loans feature 10-year terms and 30-year amortization schedules. They were arranged by Jeffrey Weidell, Nathan Prouty and Andrew Slaton of NorthMarq Capital’s San Francisco regional office through the firm’s relationship with theGuardian Life Insurance Company of America.
MESA, ARIZ. – A 98-unit apartment building in Mesa has sold to a foreign entity for $4.1 million. The community is located at 5801 East Albany Street across from Dreamland Villa Golf Course. It was built in 1971. Doug Fielding of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office represented both the buyer and the unnamed seller in this transaction.
ATLANTA — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of One and Two Premier Plaza, a two-building, Class A office complex located in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. The buildings total 316,269 square feet. David Meline, Stewart Calhoun, Samir Idris and Casey Masters of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, CenterSquare Investment Management and Ackerman & Co., in the transaction. Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers purchased the office buildings, which were 78 percent leased at the time of sale.
TIFTON, GA. — HFF has arranged the sale of Publix Plaza, a 52,600-square-foot Publix-anchored shopping center in Tifton. Publix Super Markets Inc. purchased the property for approximately $7 million. Brad Peterson and Whitaker Leonhardt of HFF represented the seller, TMall Development LLC, an entity of Atlanta-based RCG Ventures, in the transaction. The property, which was built in 2012, was 98.1 percent occupied at the time of sale.
JACKSON, MISS. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $2.6 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Southbrook Gardens Apartments, a 100-unit affordable housing community in Jackson. Dougherty Mortgage’s Austin, Texas, office arranged the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Daniel Lake Partners LP.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Commerce Tower Group LLC (CTG) has plans to convert Commerce Tower at 911 Main St. in Kansas City to a mixed-use property. The plans call for 160,000 square feet of office space and approximately 265 Class A apartment units that will cost an estimated $70 million. The first floor will be converted to retail space, while offices will remain on floors 2-14 and 24-30. Apartments will be located on floors 15-23.The office space is slated for a summer 2014 completion, with the entire project to be delivered by spring of 2015. Additional amenities include a fitness facility, conference rooms and a rooftop green space and pool. CTG has selected Cassidy Turley to provide project leasing and management services for Commerce Tower at 911 Main St. in Kansas City. The team of Michael Lanning, senior vice president, Thomas Houts, vice president, and Jeffrey Winters, associate vice president, will serve as the leasing agents for the 463,495-square-foot building.
BLUE SPRINGS, MO. — Arbor Commercial Funding LLC has closed an $11.4 million loan for Brookwood Village Townhomes, a 200-unit multifamily property in Blue Springs, an eastern suburb of Kansas City. The 10-year Fannie Mae DUS loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule. The multifamily property includes a community gazebo located in the center of a cul-de-sac.
MORTON GROVE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $7.6 million sale of Lonore Plaza, a 36,505-square-foot retail property located in Morton Grove, about 15 miles northwest of Chicago. Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko, investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap’s Oak Brook office, represented the buyer, an investment company, and the seller, a private investor. Lonore Plaza, located at 7132 Dempster St., was more than 91 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tenants include Bedding Experts, Drycleaning Factory, Subway and Betty’s Bistro.
EDEN PRAIRE, MINN. — DSW Shoe Warehouse has signed a lease for 18,852 square feet at the Eden Prairie Center in suburban Minneapolis. The new DSW will be located at 8251 Flying Cloud Drive in Eden Prairie. DSW is planning a third quarter 2014 opening date.SRS Real Estate Partners' Minneapolis office represented the tenant, DSW Shoe Warehouse, in the transaction. CAPREF Eden Prairie Center LLC represented the landlord.