COMMONWEALTH BUILDING IN PORTLAND SELLS FOR $41M

PORTLAND, ORE. — An investment fund sponsored by Unico Properties LLC has purchased the Commonwealth Building, a 219,557-square-foot creative office building in Portland, for $41 million. The building is located at 421 SW 6th Ave. It was built in 1947 and renovated from 2008 to 2010. Commonwealth is currently 93.1 percent occupied.

The seller was Commonwealth Acquisition LLC. Unico will continue to manage the building. Buzz Ellis, Michel Seifer and Paige Morgan of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Capital Markets executed the sales transaction. JLL’s Joe Vaughan and Kristin Hammond will continue to oversee its leasing efforts.