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SAN JOSE, CALIF. — KBS Capital Advisors has purchased Ten Almaden, a 309,255-square-foot office building in San Jose, for a reported $116.7 million. The Class A office tower is located at its namesake, 10 Almaden Blvd. Ten Almaden is situated near the San Jose Diridon Transit Station, which is serviced by Caltrain, Amtrak, ACE commuter rail, VTA light rail, bus lines and the planned California High-Speed Rail that will connect downtown San Jose to San Francisco and the peninsula. It is also near San Jose’s Norman S. Mineta International Airport, Interstates 280, 680, 880, US 101, and Highways 87 and 17. The LEED-Gold-certified office tower was built in 1988 and renovated in 2010. It features a three-story atrium and lobby, fitness center with outdoor pool, sauna, showers, a six-level parking structure and a café. Ten Almaden is currently 89 percent leased. Notable tenants include Citibank, Comcast, Robert Half International, Rosetta Marketing Group and Turner Construction Company. The seller, Equity Office Properties, was represented by HFF’s Steven Golubchik, Michael Leggett and John Simerlein.

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UNION CITY, CALIF. — Terreno Realty Corporation has acquired Central Plaza, a 170,129-square-foot industrial complex in the San Francisco Bay Area submarket of Union City, for $23.8 million. Terreno is also under contract to acquire Central Pacific, an adjacent industrial project that is currently under construction, for $37.2 million. The three-building, Class A Central Plaza is located at 33306-33580 Alvarado Niles Road. It recently received an upgrade to its exterior façade, asphalt, roof and HVAC system. Central Plaza is currently 99 percent leased. Notable tenants include Strapack, CoreMark and Phillips Delivery. The four-building, 300,000-square-foot Central Pacific is scheduled for completion next March. The Class A project is being developed by Westcore Properties, which was also the seller of Central Plaza. Kevin Hatcher and Mark Maguire of Colliers International represented both Westcore Properties and Terreno Reality Corporation in these transactions.

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MESA, ARIZ. — NALS Apartment Homes has purchased the 280-unit Waterford at Superstition Springs apartment complex in Mesa for $33 million. The community is located at 7311 East Southern Ave. Waterford is situated less than a mile from Superstition Springs Center, a 1.2-million-square-foot regional shopping mall with more than 150 stores and eateries. Mesa Pavilions, a 720,000-square-foot power center, also sits directly across the street from this community. Common-area amenities at Waterford include a resort-style swimming pool with spa, a leasing office, 24-hour fitness center, a clubhouse with resident lounge and Wi-Fi, an executive business center and conference room, 80 detached garages, 30 detached storage units, a car care center, and a courtyard space with a playground, volleyball court and barbecue grills. The seller, Waterford at Superstition Springs LLC, was represented by Steve Gebing of IPA and Cliff David of Marcus & Millichap.

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MALVERN, PA. —Hayden Maguire Real Estate Fund has made its second acquisition. The fund acquired a 151,447-square-foot office building, located at 1200 Atwater Dr. in Malvern, for $23 million. The property features modern architectural design, light-filled lobbies under glass canopies and an on-site café. The property is situated on 388 acres surrounding an 80-acre spring-fed lake. Hayden Maguire Real Estate Investments and Maguire Investment Management are partners of the fund.

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Riverplace Tower

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners has acquired Riverplace Tower, a Class A, 28-story office building in Jacksonville’s central business district. The 425,223-square-foot tower is located at 1301 Riverplace Blvd. The property was built in 1967 and renovated in 1994 and 2005. Gate Riverplace Co., a subsidiary of Gate Petroleum, sold the office tower to Lingerfelt CommonWealth. Riverplace Tower’s tenant roster includes Rogers Towers PA, Rayonier Inc., Adecco USA and ClubCorp USA Inc. The buyer has selected a property management affiliate, CommonWealth Partners, to manage the property. JLL will handle leasing the property.

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SAN ANTONIO — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of a 194-room Holiday Inn San Antonio NW SeaWorld located in San Antonio. Pacifica Cos., a San Diego-based investment firm, was the buyer. Mike Armstrong and Hank Wolpert of HREC represented the seller, a private equity fund, in the transaction. The hotel opened in 2009 as the first LEED-certified hotel in Texas. It is the preferred hotel of the 250-acre SeaWorld San Antonio, the world’s largest marine life theme park.

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HOUSTON — Rosemont Realty LLC has acquired Kirkwood Tower in Houston. The 15-story tower located at 11757 Katy Freeway includes 285,682 rentable square feet of Class A office space. The acquisition brings Rosemont’s total square footage in metro Houston to nearly 2.5 million square feet. The company also owns the adjacent Kirkwood Atrium II property. Rosemont purchased the office building in a joint venture with new Rosemont investor Central Properties. A joint venture between Denver-based Amstar and Dallas-based Frontier Equity was the seller. The building was constructed in 1984, with major capital improvements made between 2008 and 2013. Tenants include Texon LP, Skyline Executive Suites Ltd., KCA Deutag LLC, First Solar Inc., Greene’s Energy Group LLC and Mac Haik Holding Co.

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NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an Upper West Side portfolio, a six-building mixed-use portfolio located in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The portfolio features 152 multifamily units, 7,900 square feet of retail space and 62,655 square feet of air rights for future development. A private investor acquired the portfolio for $80.75 million, or approximately $515,000 per unit. The properties are 500 Cathedral Parkway, 3143 Broadway, 3147 Broadway, 3149 Broadway, 111 West 104th St. and 242 West 109th St. This is the first time the properties have changed hands in 30 years. Marco Lala of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the seller and buyer, both private investors, in the transaction.

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Hollieanna and Oakley Center

WINTER PARK, FLA. — Crossman & Co. has brokered the $24.8 million sale of Hollieanna and Oakley Center, a Publix-anchored shopping center in Winter Park, a suburb of Orlando. The 102,000-square-foot center was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Tuesday Morning, AAA, Moe’s Southwest Grill, T-Mobile and Sherwin Williams. Mark Thompson and Leah Harrington of Crossman & Co. represented the seller, a family in Indiana who had owned the center since its original construction in 1953. The property was redeveloped in 2011.

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OAKLAND, CALIF. – The Swig Company has acquired The Wakefield Building, a 57,000-square-foot creative office property in Oakland, for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 416 17th Street. The property was originally developed as a medical office building by Dr. W.H. Wakefield in the 1920s. Notable tenants include Sungevity’s incubator spin-off, SFunCube, as well as First Place for Youth, the American Heart Association, the Rockwood Leadership Institute and the Asian Pacific Education Network. The Swig Company also owns and operates the nearby Kaiser Center on Lake Merritt. The unnamed seller was represented by Seth Siegal and Adam Lasoff of Cushman & Wakefield. The Swig Company’s legal advice was provided by Tony Ratner of Farella Braun + Martell.

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