PALO ALTO, CALIF. —TIBCO Software has sold a 292,000-square-foot office/R&D campus in Palo Alto to Morgan Stanley’s Prime Property Fund for a reported $330 million. The campus is located at 3301-3307 Hillview Ave. within the Stanford Research Park. The acquisition was the largest sales transaction in Palo Alto history, according to Cushman & Wakefield, which marketed the property. The infrastructure and business intelligence software provider signed a long-term leaseback agreement with the new owner. The sale transaction was led by Adam Lasoff and Grant Lammersen of the firm’s Northern California Capital Markets team. They were assisted by Michael McMillan.
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LAS VEGAS — Solstar Investments has acquired two Marriott-flagged properties near Las Vegas for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes the 120-room Marriott SpringHill Suites Hotel and the 108-room Marriott TownePlace Suites Hotel in the submarket of Henderson. Both hotels were built in 2009. They will be managed by Twenty Four Seven Hotels. The hotels were purchased from Campbell Lodging, the original owner and developer. Financing was provided by GE Capital Franchise Finance, while Sklar Kirsh served as legal advisors.
MIAMI — RKF has brokered three property sales in Miami’s Design District and Wynwood neighborhoods totaling $86.8 million. Brooklyn-based RedSky Capital purchased the three properties from three separate sellers. Ben Mandell, Drew Schaul and John Ellis of RKF represented RedSky in all three transactions. The assets included a two-story, 19,436-square-foot retail property located at the corner of North Miami Avenue and N.E. 40th Street in the Design District. RedSky purchased the asset from Hardor Corp. for $29.3 million. Hardor Corp. was represented internally in the transaction. The other Design District property was a three-story, 17,391-square-foot retail asset at 35 N.E. 40th St. that RedSky purchased from a limited liability company known as 35 NE 40th Street LLC for $28 million. Oak Tavern, a 140-seat bar and restaurant, currently occupies the space. Fran Clougherty of Douglas Elliman represented the seller in the transaction. Lastly, RedSky purchased Wynwood Block, an enclosed shopping center occupying a full city block at 2621 N.W. 2nd Ave. in Wynwood, for $29.5 million. Gaston Miculitzki of Brightway Properties represented the seller, Wynwood 2621 LLC, in the transaction.
SANTA MARIA, CALIF. – The 128-unit Carmen Apartments in Santa Maria has sold to an unnamed buyer for $15.6 million. The community is located at 201 Carmen Lane. It was built in 1976. Santa Maria is about 30 miles south of San Luis Obispo and about 70 miles north of Santa Barbara. The buyer was represented by Jeff Louks and Matt Ziegler of Marcus & Millichap’s Encino office. Ziegler also represented the unnamed seller.
SAN DIEGO – Poway Valley Center, a 25,754-square-foot retail shopping center in the San Diego submarket of Poway, has sold to Capstone Advisors for $6.2 million. The center is located at the corner of Poway and Community roads. Capstone plans to make capital improvements to the storefronts, landscaping and parking lot, among other things. John Jennings and Rob Ippolito of Cushman and Wakefield represented both Capstone and the unnamed seller in this transaction.
TUCSON, ARIZ. – Shops at Desert Springs, a 20,485-square-foot neighborhood retail center in Tucson, has sold to Bastion Investments for $5.3 million. The center is located at 7250 N. La Cholla Blvd. It is shadowed anchored by Albertsons. Other notable tenants include Christie’s Appliance, Edward Jones, L’Amour Nails, Great Clips, H&R Block, Casey’s Hallmark, Edmund Marquez Insurance, Papa Murphey’s Pizza and the Arizona National Guard. The seller was La Cholla Retail II LLC. The transaction was executed by CBRE’s Pete Villaescusa, Mike Sandahl, Jesse Peron, Wyatt Campbell, Phil Voorhees and Brad Rable.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5.8 million sale of Pine Crest Square, a 40,409-square-foot retail property located at 901-959 E. Cypress Creek Road in Fort Lauderdale. The property’s tenant roster includes Subway, Jiffy Lube and 7-Eleven. Douglas Mandel, Barry Wolfe and Alan Lipsky of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the seller, MPI/Pine Crest Square Inc., an affiliate of Milestone Properties. Greg Matus and Peter Crane of Franklin Street Real Estate Services represented the buyer, Pinecrest AP, a private real estate investor based in the Northeast.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — Patriot Equities has purchased a 600,000-square-foot office campus located at 1110 American Parkway in Allenton for an undisclosed price. Situated on approximately 145 acres, the property include two Class A office buildings connected by a glass atrium. Additionally, the properties have two parking garages and surface parking. There are also approvals in place to construct an additional 400,000 square feet of office space. Patriot Equities purchased the property from LSI Corp., which has retained 110,000 square feet of space on a long-term lease. Additional tenants include Intel Corp. and United Way. Patriot Equities has retained CBRE to provide property management services at the location.
DENVER — Invesco Real Estate has acquired a 306,791-square-foot office building in Denver’s Lower Downtown (LoDo) neighborhood for a reported $170 million. The building is located at 1515 Wynkoop Street. The Class AA asset is fully leased to notable tenants like Maximus, Black Hills Corporation and Polsinelli. It sits adjacent to Union Station, which recently underwent a redevelopment. The building has received LEED-Gold certification. It also received the Most Efficient Building in Denver award in 2013. The seller was American Realty Advisors.
TACOMA, WASH., AND SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Donahue Schriber Realty Group has picked up two retail assets in Washington for a total of $67 million. The buy includes Lakeland Town Center, a 125,142-square-foot neighborhood shopping center in Auburn, a suburb just northeast of Tacoma, and Westgate North, a 128,630-square-foot shopping center in Tacoma. Lakeland Town Center is occupied by notable tenants like Haggen Northwest Fresh, Starbucks, McDonald’s, Subway and Verizon. It is situated along Lake Tapps Parkway. Westgate North is anchored by Safeway and Ace Hardware. Additional tenants like Chase Bank, Round Table Pizza, KeyBank and Anytime Fitness round out the roster. These acquisitions follow on the heels of two additional retail purchases in California. Donahue also recently acquired Village Oaks Shopping Center, a 320,000-square-foot center in San Jose that is anchored by Target and Safeway, and Gilman District, a 91,300-square-foot center in Berkeley that is anchored by Whole Foods Market.