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LOS ANGELES — An affiliate of San Francisco-based The Roxborough Group, in partnership with Los Angeles-based The Ruth Group, has completed the disposition of an office tower located at 5901 W. Century Blvd. in Los Angeles’ LAX submarket. A partnership led by North Sea Capital acquired the property for $45 million. Kevin Shannon, Michael Moore, Ken White and Sean Fulp of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction. The 15-story tower features 306,243 square feet of office space along Century Boulevard. At the time of sale, the property was 92 percent leased. Along with recent building systems upgrades, 5901 Century was heavily rebranded and features a newly renovated lobby and common areas, an executive clubhouse, dog park and bicycle-sharing program. The seller acquired the asset in early 2017 and invested in excess of $8 million to renovate and reposition the property.

TUSTIN, CALIF. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the sale of 2642 Michelle Drive at Create Tustin, a creative office building located in Tustin. A joint venture between Harbor Associates and Stockbridge sold the asset to Excelsior Partners for $16.8 million. At the time of sale, the 50,832-square-foot property was fully leased to Avid Bioservices (formerly Peregrine Pharmaceuticals), Advantage Sales & Marketing and GPA Consultants. Built in 1980 and renovated in 2017, the two-story building is situated on 2.8 acres within the Irvine Business Complex. The asset features efficient rectangular floorplates, contemporary interior finishes and modern creative office build-outs, as well as approximately 200 parking spaces. Sean Fulp, Ryan Plummer, Mark Schuessler, Paul Jones, Blake Bokosky and Brandon White of NKF represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction.