SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Irving-based Realty Capital Management has arranged the sale of a 3,351-square-foot office property, located in Miron Grove Office Park at 270 Miron Drive in Southlake. Southlake residents David and Sonja Coffin purchased the property, which will be the new home of David Coffin PLLC, a law firm. The firm will occupy 1,833 square feet of the property and the remaining 1,518 square feet will be occupied by a medical practice. Mark Boone, director of commercial sales and leasing for Realty Capital Management, represented the seller, RCC Miron Office Ltd., in the transaction. Shane Strickland of Glacier Commercial Realty represented the buyer.
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TEMPE, ARIZ. — Tempe Gateway, a 263,936-square-foot, Class A office building, has sold to Parkway Properties for $66.1 million. The property is located at 222 S. Mill Ave. in Tempe. It currently boasts a 74 percent occupancy. Parkway Properties was represented by Jim Fijan of CBRE’s Phoenix office in its unsolicited acquisition offer. The seller was Gateway Tempe LLC, a company formed by Vulcan Inc.
SAN DIEGO — Kimco Realty Corp. has acquired its institutional partner’s 50 percent ownership interest in San Diego’s Santee Trolley Square. The acquisition was based on a gross purchase price of $98 million. The 311,000-square-foot power center is encumbered by a $48.5-million mortgage. It is anchored by T.J.Maxx, PetSmart, Party City, Bed Bath & Beyond, 24 Hour Fitness, Old Navy and a shadow-anchored Target.
SAN DIEGO — A four-story office building has sold to Hammer Commercial Ventures for $5.3 million. It is located at 440 Upas Street. The acquisition also includes two additional land parcels on Upas Street. Brian Mulvaney and Jon Boland of Voit’s San Diego office represented both the buyer and the seller, San Diego Blood Bank, in this transaction. Hammer Commercial Ventures, LLC is an operating member of Balboa Phase I, LLC.
PORTLAND, ORE. – Lot 1 of Riverscape Development, a 1.5-acre parcel on Portland’s riverfront, has sold to Holt Distressed Property Fund for an undisclosed sum. The fund had previously purchased four additional lots in the Riverscape Development during summer 2011. The site is designated for residential mixed-use development.Charlie Kleier, Robert Black and Sierk Braam of NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson represented both the buyer and the unnamed seller in this transaction.
Despite the challenging and uncertain economic climate in New Jersey where the unemployment rate is now at its highest level in three decades and major companies are placing large blocks of space on the market, there is at least one encouraging sign of progress and glimmer of hope. Due to a number of factors, small and mid-sized biotech companies are choosing Central New Jersey — and areas adjacent to the Interstate 287/78 corridor — to base their operations. Several companies have located their headquarters or expanded branch functions in the I-287/78 corridor during 2012. In Bridgewater, Allergan leased 93,000 square feet, Dendreon leased 39,940 square feet, while Aptalis Pharma expanded into a total of 50,000 square feet. In Basking Ridge, Celgene renewed its 90,000-square-foot lease and Ipsen leased 32,500 square feet. Outside the I-287/78 corridor, Watson Pharmaceuticals recently expanded into an additional 32,000 square feet in Parsippany, and leased 32,000 square feet of lab/administrative space in North Brunswick. A recent study from BioNJ, a 300-member organization founded in 1994 that is focused on advancing the growth and prosperity of New Jersey’s biotechnology cluster, reinforces this trend and paints a vivid picture of its impact over the past few years. The …
SEATTLE — Westlake Terry, a 320,399-square-foot, Class A office property in Seattle’s South Lake Unionneighborhood, has sold to Kilroy Realty Corporationfor $170 million. The two-building property is located at 320 Westlake Ave. Northand321 Terry Ave. North. It is fully occupied by tenants like Group Health CooperativeandMicrosoft Corporation. Kilroy was represented by attorneys Peter Roth, Patrick Perry, Michael Cerrina, Julie Hoffman, Hadar Goldstein, Cheryl Prell of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Natsis. The seller, Vulcan Realty, was represented by attorney Joe Delaney at Foster Pepper PLLC. Jones Lang LaSalle acted as Vulcan’s broker.
PHOENIX — Hensley & Company has completed a sale-leaseback on its three refrigerated warehouse and distribution facilities in Arizona. The disposition was completed for $76 million. The facilities contain a total of 577,167 square feet. They are located at 4201 N. 45th Ave. in Phoenix; 2555 N. Nevada Street in Chandler; and 10201 E. Valley Road in Prescott Valley. Hensley & Co. will occupy all three properties, which were purchased by Angelo, Gordon & Co.’s net lease division. Hensley was represented by Chris Toci, Chad Littell and Jim Wilson of Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona in this sale-leaseback transaction.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. – The 206-unit Archstone Long Beach has sold to Western National for $46 million. The community is located at 1613 Ximeno Ave. in Long Beach. Greg Harris, Kevin Green and Joseph Grabiec of Institutional Property Advisors represented both the buyer and the seller, Archstone, in this transaction.
DENVER – The 573-unit Spyglass Hill Apartments in Denver has sold to BMC Investments for $40 million. The community is located at 7100 East Mississippi. BMC plans to invest an additional $1.5 million to upgrade the property. The upgrades are scheduled to begin in February. Spyglass was the final asset to be sold off by Carmel Properties, which recently announced its plans to shed its 28-asset Denver portfolio.