KKR, Banyan Street Capital Acquire Office Tower in Buckhead for $205M

ATLANTA — KKR and Banyan Street Capital have acquired Salesforce Tower, a 34-story, 631,808-square-foot office tower in Atlanta’s Buckhead district, for $205 million. Banyan Street partnered with the previous owner, Oaktree Capital Management LP, to invest $14 million in renovations to the tower. The new owners are planning to invest an additional $5 million in renovations. Major tenants include the regional hub for Salesforce and the corporate headquarters for RentPath and Rubicon Global. Salesforce Tower sits directly on the MARTA line and interstate system. Justin Parsonnet, Will Yowell, Jay O’Meara and Ryan Reeth of CBRE represented thew sellers in the transaction. Chris Port, Nicole Goldsmith and Kyle Kenyon of CBRE have been retained to lease the tower. Banyan Street Capital will manage the property directly.