sales_and_leases

Rockwood Capital Buys Playa Jefferson Office Campus in Los Angeles for $165M

by Nellie Day July 22, 2016

LOS ANGELES — Rockwood Capital has acquired Playa Jefferson, an 11-acre creative office campus in the Playa Vista submarket of Los Angeles, for a reported $165 million. The campus is located at 12777 W. Jefferson Blvd. Playa Jefferson contains four buildings that total 200,000 square feet. A fifth building containing 55,000 square feet is slated for construction later this year. The campus serves as the Los Angeles headquarters for Facebook. It is also home to Arup engineering firm, Omnicom advertising agency and R/GA Regus flexible workspace provider. The seller, Vantage Property Investors, transformed the ‘70s-era property into its current creative iteration. The campus is 93 percent leased.

July 22, 2016

California Industrial Western

BC 2 Environmental Leases Industrial Space in Orange

by Nellie Day July 22, 2016

ORANGE, CALIF. — BC 2 Environmental has leased 34,215 square feet of industrial manufacturing facilities in Orange. The leased space includes 3,600 of office space. The environmental and geotechnical drilling services provider signed two five-year leases for 1150 & 1250 W. Trenton Ave. The leases are valued at $2.1 million. Bryan Miller and Jim Snyder represented the landlord, Sukut Real Properties, in these transactions.

July 22, 2016

Georgia Mixed-Use Multifamily Southeast

Carroll Organization, Bluerock REIT Buy Apartment Community in Atlanta’s West Midtown for $74.5M

by John Nelson July 22, 2016

ATLANTA — A joint venture between Carroll Organization and Bluerock Residential Growth REIT (BRG) has purchased Tenside Apartments, a mixed-use apartment complex in Atlanta’s West Midtown district, for $74.5 million. Built in 2008, the Class A community features 336 residences averaging 900 square feet, nearly 40,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a seven-level parking garage. The joint venture financed its acquisition using a $52 million Fannie Mae loan and an equity investment totaling $22 million from BRG, which will have a 90 percent ownership stake in the project. Carroll Organization purchased its 10 percent stake in Tenside through its newest investment vehicle, Carroll Multifamily Real Estate Fund IV LP. Carroll’s management division, Carroll Management Group, will manage Tenside, which will be rebranded as Arium Westside. The asset is situated near Georgia Tech and Georgia State University, as well as major employers such as Turner Broadcasting, Coca-Cola and SunTrust Bank.

July 22, 2016

New Jersey Northeast Office

Mack-Cali Realty Sells Three-Building Office Portfolio in Parsippany for $15M

by Amy Works July 22, 2016

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Mack-Cali Realty Corp. has completed the sale of three office buildings located at 4, 5 and 6 Century Drive within Mack-Cali Business Campus in Parsippany. A partnership between Bergman Real Estate Group and Time Equities Inc. acquired the properties, which total 280,000 square feet, for $15 million. Built in 1981, the campus features a full-service cafeteria, excess parking and a courtyard with a fountain and picnic areas. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Stephen Simonelli and Marc Duval of HFF represented the seller, while Michael Bergman and Michael Difede of Bergman Real Estate Group, along with Aaron Medeiros of Time Equities, represented the buyer in the transaction.

July 22, 2016

California Retail Western

Hanley Investment Group Arranges $3.2M Sale of Starbucks-Anchored Pad Building in Chino

by Nellie Day July 21, 2016

CHINO, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $3.2 million sale of a 3,900-square-foot, multi-tenant pad building located at Stater Bros. Plaza in Chino. Starbucks Coffee anchors the property, which is located at 7055 Schaefer Ave. The site contained one vacant unit at the time of sale. Ed Hanley and Bill Asher represented the seller, Euclid Pad II LLC, and Michelle Chen of RE/MAX Premier Properties represented the buyer, a Southern California-based private investor, in the transaction.

July 21, 2016

Office Oklahoma Texas

CBRE Brokers Sale of Office Building in Tulsa

by Haisten Willis July 21, 2016

TULSA, OKLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of 21 Lewis Plaza, a 58,934-square-foot office building in Tulsa. 21 LP LLC purchased the asset from Acron 21 Lewis Plaza LP for an undisclosed price. Mary Martin and Leslie Kirkpatrick of CBRE’s Tulsa office represented the seller. Kelly McKoy with McKoy Co. in Tulsa represented the buyer. Tulsa Retina Consultants PLLC will be occupying the entire second floor of 21 Lewis Plaza. The building is located at 2424 E. 21st St. near its intersection with South Lewis Avenue. 21 Lewis Plaza was 70 percent occupied at the time of sale to tenants including Oklahoma National Bank, G4s Secure Solutions Inc., River Parks Authority and Gilbert Audiology & Hearing.

July 21, 2016

District of Columbia Hospitality Southeast

Thor Equities Buys 10-Story Hotel in Georgetown for $53.4M

by John Nelson July 21, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thor Equities has purchased a 10-story, 125,000-square-foot building at 3000 M St. in Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown district for $53.5 million. The property is surrounded by restaurants and bars in close proximity to Georgetown University and the main commercial intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street. Thor plans to convert the former Lantham Hotel into a boutique hotel with up to 100 rooms, an upscale restaurant, food and beverage options and 27,000 square feet of retail space on the ground, lower and second levels of the property.

July 21, 2016

Industrial New York Northeast Top Stories

GFI Brokers $195M Sale of 656,000 SF Warehouse in Queens

by John Nelson July 21, 2016

NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services LLC has arranged the $195 million sale of 23-02 49th Ave., a seven-story, 656,000-square-foot warehouse in the Long Island City section of Queens. The property is fully occupied by three tenants whose leases are expiring in 2020: the New York City Housing Authority, Eagle Transfer Co. and Mayo Studios. The undisclosed buyers plan on converting the building into office space upon the termination of the current leases. According to Crain’s New York, the buyers are Westbrook Partners, a privately owned real estate investment management firm, and investor Andrew Chung, a former executive with the Carlyle Group. Crain’s reports the sellers are Ruby Schron and the Fruchthandler family. “Long Island City office is booming, and industrial conversion is bringing many new office properties to market,” says Yisroel Pershin, director of GFI Realty. “Once the property is converted to office use, the buyers anticipate strong leasing activity because of the unmet demand for creative office facilities and the ability to offer space at a 50 percent discount to Manhattan rates.” Pershin and Yosef Katz of GFI Realty brokered the sale of the warehouse, which traded at a capitalization rate below 3 percent. “The extremely low …

July 21, 2016

Arizona Retail Western

Marcus & Millichap Arranges $3.4M Sale of Raising Cane’s in Arizona

by Nellie Day July 20, 2016

CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.4 million sale of a 3,616-square-foot, net-leased property occupied by Raising Cane’s in Casa Grande. Jamie Medress and Mark Ruble of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed developer, and secured and represented the buyer, an undisclosed limited liability company, in the transaction.

July 20, 2016

Midwest Missouri Multifamily

Aragon Holdings Acquires 480-Unit Apartment Complex in St. Louis

by Christina Cannon July 20, 2016

ST. LOUIS — Aragon Holdings LLC has acquired a 480-unit apartment property in St. Louis for an undisclosed price. A joint venture between Covenant Capital Group and Bell Partners Inc. sold the asset. Oxford Hills Apartments is situated on 26.3 acres at 10304 Oxford Hill Drive. Amenities at the complex include an outdoor swimming pool with sundeck, indoor swimming pool, fitness center, tennis courts, clubhouse with cyber café, dog park, playground and detached garages. Oxford Hills Apartments has 36 residential buildings, which feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units that average 953 square feet. Sean Fogarty, Marty O’Connell and Wick Kirby of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. According to the St. Louis Business Journal, Oxford Hills Apartments has an appraised value of $7 million and was last sold in 2007 for $34.5 million.

July 20, 2016

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