IRVINE, CALIF. — Home-based business company Home Franchise Concepts has leased 38,094 square feet of office space in Irvine. The Class A space will allow the company to expand its Orange County headquarters. The new office is located at 19000 MacArthur Blvd. The company is relocating from 25,000 square feet at 1927 N. Glassell St. in the City of Orange. It will occupy the new office in April 2018. Jason Ward and Greg Brown of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, C.M. Stratplan.
TOTOWA, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of Totowa Commerce Center, a flex industrial park located at the interchange of Interstate 80 and Routes 46 and 23 in Totowa. Mack-Cali Realty sold the property to Heritage Capital Group for $65.5 million. Additionally, Cushman & Wakefield arranged $51.7 million in acquisition financing for the buyer. Natixis Real Estate Capital provided the 10-year, fixed-rate financing. Totowa Commerce Center is a 13-building park totaling 508,028 square feet of flex and industrial space. At the time of sale, the park was 90 percent leased to approximately 48 tenants. Andrew Merin, David Bernhault, Gary Gabriel, Brian Whitmer, Frank DiTommaso and Kyle Schmidt of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Cushman & Wakefield Equity, Debt and Structured Finance’s John Alascio, Sridhar Vankayala and Andre Hass arranged the acquisition financing for Heritage Capital Group.
HOUSTON — HFF has arranged the sale of and acquisition financing for a 162,336-square-foot office building located at 2100 W. Loop S. in Houston’s Galleria neighborhood. The 16-story property was renovated in 2014 and was 88 percent leased at the time of sale. Dan Miller and Martin Hogan of HFF represented the seller, a partnership between California-based Buchanan Street Partners and Minnesota-based CarVal Investors, and procured the buyer, Houston-based Elite Street Capital. Matt Kafka and Michael Johnson of HFF led the debt placement for the borrower, securing a five-year loan through Greystone that carries a fixed 4.25 percent interest rate.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — New York-based investment firm Somera Road Inc. has purchased a 142,000-square-foot, Class B office property located at 4000 S. IH 35 Frontage Road in Austin in an all-cash transaction. The property offers a café and a parking ratio of 7.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet. Beginning in the first quarter of 2018, Somera Road will undertake capital improvements to transform the property into a Class A asset.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Miami-based investment firm Antegrade Holdings has acquired Frisco Market Center, a 20,823-square-foot, three-building retail center located at the corner of Main Street and the Dallas North Tollway in Frisco. The property is shadow-anchored by LA Fitness and Main Event Entertainment. Taylor LeMaster of Inroads Realty represented Antegrade in the acquisition of the center. Tommy Tucker and Tim Axilrod of Shop Cos. represented the seller, Hermansen Land Development Inc. Todd McNeill of Metropolitan Capital Advisors arranged acquisition financing through Regions Bank.
BETHESDA, MD. — The Donohoe Cos. and USAA Real Estate have acquired 7101 Wisconsin Ave., a 230,904-square-foot office building in Bethesda, a suburb of Washington, D.C. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a joint venture between Brandywine Realty Trust and Allstate Investments, and procured the buyers. The Washington Business Journal reports the asset sold for $105.7 million. Situated a quarter-mile from the Bethesda Metrorail Station, 7101 Wisconsin was renovated in 2015 with an updated entrance, new lobby and updated conference facility and common areas. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent leased to tenants including The Donohoe Cos. and Miller & Long Co. Inc.
ATLANTA — Origin Investments has acquired 675 North Highland Avenue, a 125-unit multifamily community located in Atlanta’s Poncey -Highland neighborhood. The sales price was undisclosed, but a source familiar with the transaction says Origin purchased the property for roughly $50.3 million. Atlanta-based Abraham Properties, the property’s developer, sold the property. Christopher Spain and Alex Brown of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the sale, and Mike Ryan and Richard Henry of Cushman & Wakefield arranged acquisition financing on behalf of Origin. The first phase of 675 North Highland was completed in 2016 and features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units that average more than 1,000 square feet. Community amenities include a fitness center, clubroom, package concierge system, pool deck, bocce ball court and grilling stations. The community was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. In addition, the property includes 20,000 square feet of ground floor retail space and an adjacent land site for development. At the time of sale, the retail portion was 82 percent leased to CO Sushi and Noodles, Ganek and Vita-Flo. Origin will break ground on Phase II of the project in early December. JM Wilkerson will serve as the project’s general contractor, and Brock …
CHICAGO — Westmount Realty Capital has acquired a 21-building, 2.3 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in the greater Chicago area. Sixteen of the properties are located in close proximity to Chicago O’Hare International Airport and the Illinois International Port District. The other five are situated north of Chicago from Lake County, Ill., to Kenosha, Wis. The portfolio is currently 82 percent occupied. This acquisition brings Westmount’s Chicago area assets to more than 5 million square feet of industrial space. Including this acquisition, Dallas-based Westmount now has nearly 8 million square feet of industrial space in the Midwest region within its portfolio. To accommodate the company’s growth in the region, Westmount will expand its local property management office into a regional office in Chicago.
MILWAUKEE — Colliers International has brokered the sale of Canal Street Commerce Center in the Menomonee Valley near downtown Milwaukee. The sales price was not disclosed. The 146,532-square-foot infill industrial building is located at 1301 W. Canal St. Milsco Manufacturing and Stamm Technologies recently signed anchor leases, bringing the property to 100 percent occupancy. Other tenants include Prolitec, Pittsburgh Glassworks, Rexnord, Industrial Controls and Bence-Build. A group led by LCM Funds Real Estate LLC acquired the building. Tom Shepherd and Mark Schnoll of Colliers represented the seller, Ziegler/Bence Partners 5 LLC, which developed the property in 2007. The site had previously been part of the Milwaukee stockyards.
LOS ANGELES — Thai Union North America has relocated to a 33,000-square-foot creative office campus in the Los Angeles submarket of El Segundo. The Class A campus is located at 2100, 2120 and 2150 Grand Ave. inside the Campus 2100 building. The new lease by Thai Union brings the campus to 94 percent occupancy. Travers Cresa represented Thai Union. Chris Sinfield and Tom Sheets of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, a joint venture between Rockwood Capital and Marshall Property & Development, in this transaction.
