STOCKBRIDGE, GA. — A joint venture between Strategic Capital Partners LLC and Atlanta-based Kodiak Ventures has acquired South 75 Center, which includes two flex office buildings, in Stockbridge for an undisclosed price. It is 84 percent occupied and was purchased from the lender, which foreclosed on the property in 2011. The strategy is to stabilize the property at 90 percent occupancy as well as renew the largest tenant, which expires in 2017. Third-party medical suppliers and distributors occupy much of the nearby office space due to the proximity of Henry Medical Center, a 215-bed hospital.
WOODSTOCK, GA. — The LaSalle Group is planning a nearly 28,000-square-foot, $9.8 million memory care community called Autumn Leaves of Towne Lake and located at 1962 Eagle Dr. in Woodstock. It will be the second Autumn Leaves memory care community in metro Atlanta, and it will exclusively care for residents with Alzheimer’s, dementia and memory impairment. Autumn Leaves of Towne Lake is expected to open in fourth quarter of 2013.
STOCKBRIDGE, GA. — Ackerman Medical, a division of Atlanta-based Ackerman & Co., has broken ground on its newest medical office building, the 60,000-square-foot Piedmont Physician Center in Stockbridge. The $11 million, three-story Class A building will be located at the entrance of Piedmont Henry Hospital at the intersection of Eagle’s Landing Parkway and Rock Quarry Road. It is set to open in October 2013 and is 60 percent leased. Piedmont Healthcare has taken 15,000 square feet on the second floor and OrthoAtlanta has secured the entire third floor. Henry Physician Center is being privately developed and is owned by a venture of Ackerman Medical, Commercial Assets Group and local physicians on long-term ground leases. John Willig of Ackerman Medical and Mike Tallant of Commercial Assets Group are leasing the property.
FRISCO — Alliance Architects has completed interior design services for 63,269 square feet of office space at 5300 Town & Country Blvd. in Frisco for Comstock Resources, which occupies three floors of the office building. The redesign included a new internal grand stair that connects all three floors, updated elevator lobby, new catering/serving kitchen, revisions to the storage area, renovations of offices, new breakroom with patio access, remodeled board room and the addition of an executive coffee bar. Highland Builders was the general contractor, Facilities Management and Construction provided construction management services, Brockette Davis Drake provided structural engineering services and Dale Caffey & Associates provided MEP engineering services.
HOUSTON — Ken Stockton, a longtime leader with NorthMarq Capital, passed away in Houston on Thursday, June 28, at the age of 68. Stockton was one of the founding members of Houston mortgage banking company Stockton, Luedemann & French, which later became Stockton, Luedemann, French, Jackson and West, and was acquired by NorthMarq in 1998. “Ken accomplished many things over his short time with us,” says Ed Padilla, CEO of NorthMarq Capital. One that will live with many of us was his impact on the growth and development of our great company, NorthMarq Capital. We are forever grateful for his counsel, leadership and contributions.” Stockton, Bill Luedemann, Kerry French, Dan West and John Burke founded their firm in 1985 after careers with another mortgage banking firm in Houston. SLFJ&W was the first of 13 acquisitions that NorthMarq made between 1998 and 2005, resulting in doubling of the offices and increasing the number of employees from 130 in 1998 to 360 in 2005. “Ken, Kerry, John, and I worked together for more than 30 years,” says Luedemann. We will miss his wisdom, his counsel, and his sense of humor.” “I had the privilege and pleasure of knowing and working with Ken …
SAN DIEGO – DivcoWest and Stockbridge Capital Group have formed a joint venture to purchase the Genesee Executive Plaza, a 159,425-square-foot, Class A commercial and medical office complex in San Diego, for an undisclosed sum. Genesee Executive Plaza was built in 1984 and resides within San Diego’s University Town Center submarket. It recently received $1.2 million in capital improvements. The plaza is currently 69 percent leased, and has been approved for an additional 22,500 square feet of medical office space. The property was marketed by Fred B. Cordova, Mark A. McEwen, Tom Mercer, Paul Braun, Chris Ross and Ryan Eddy of Colliers International.
WOODWAY — Haggard & Stocking Associates, Inc. (H&S) has opened an approximately 20,000-square-foot warehouse facility in Woodway, which cost approximately $1 million to construct. H&S serves the industrial marketplace, including the airline, rail, aerospace and automotive industries. H&S previously had a facility that was approximately 5,000 square feet located at 7201 Santos Cir.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – Harvest Properties and its partner, Stockbridge Real Estate, have purchased Central Park Plaza in Silicon Valley for an undisclosed sum. The recently renovated campus includes six, two-story Class A office buildings that total 300,954 square feet. HFF's Michael Leggett, Gerry Rohm, David Karol and Steve Golubchik participated in this transaction. Harvest Properties, which has managed Central Park Plaza since 2006, will continue to manage the property.
AVON, MASS. — Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman has arranged a $7.85 million fixed-rate mortgage on behalf of a joint venture between Condyne and The Davis Cos. for the acquisition of a 248,000-square-foot industrial warehouse and distribution facility located at 80 Stockwell Dr. in Avon. Richard Swartz and Jay Wagner of the firm’s Boston office secured financing for the property through Brookline Bank.
FORT WORTH — John Burke of NorthMarq Capital's Houston office has arranged first mortgage financing of $6.5 million for Stockyards Center, a 102,910-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center located at 201 N.E. 28th St. in Fort Worth. A long-term, fixed-rate loan was arranged for the borrower, Houston-based United Equities, through NorthMarq's correspondent relationship with Aetna.