MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. – A 59-building office/R&D portfolio that spans throughout Silicon Valley has received a $300-million loan. The portfolio contains three business parks and 38 stand-alone office buildings for a total of 2.4 million square feet. The properties are located in Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, San Jose and Milpitas. The portfolio is more than 80 percent leased to tenants like Apple, SanDisk, the McGraw-Hill Company, Intel and Netflix. The properties have been institutionally maintained and most are well positioned to serve as corporate headquarters.The 4 percent, floating-rate loan was arranged by HFF’s Eric Tupler, Bruce Ganong, Chris Gandy, Leon McBroom and Ed Brown who worked on behalf of a joint venture between two global investment managers. The loan was placed with Blackstone Mortgage Trust. Proceeds were used to refinance existing debt.
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