Office

Wewatta & Wynkoop Refinance Two Denver Office Buildings for $74M

Wewatta & Wynkoop, a GE Asset Management and Crestone Partners managed entity, has secured a $74 million loan to refinance 1400 Wewatta and 1401 Wynkoop, two Class A contiguous office buildings totaling approximately 300,000 square feet in downtown Denver.

KBS REIT III Buys Downtown Minneapolis Office Building for $118M

KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III has acquired the RBC Plaza, a 678,045-square-foot, mixed-use office building in downtown Minneapolis, from Brookfield Office Properties for $118 million.

Coldwell Banker Commercial to Represent 1.8 MSF SLC TOD Vista Station

Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT’s Salt Lake office will represent Vista Station, a new 100-plus acre development located in Draper, Utah.

Plum Creek-Rockefeller JV Envisions Inland Ports, Manufacturing, Office Uses for 4,700 Acres

Plum Creek Timber Co., of Seattle, and New York’s Rockefeller Group have signed a memorandum of understanding “to evaluate and pursue joint venture development projects” on 4,722 acres of land in the U.S. Southeast. The tracts are intended for commercial development, including manufacturing and distribution facilities, as well as inland ports and office buildings.

KBS Realty Advisors Acquires Top Raleigh Office Tower for $98.4M

KBS Realty Advisors acquired Captrust Tower, a prestigious, 300,389-square-foot office and retail building in the North Hills area of Raleigh, N.C., for a reported $98.4 million.

MEPT Obtains $105M Mortgage for Chicago’s 200 W. Madison

More than a year after paying $217.5 million in cash for 200 W. Madison, a Class A office tower in Chicago’s West Loop, Multi-Employer Property Trust has taken out a $105 million mortgage on the 928,040-square-foot property.

Google to Develop New HQ in London’s King’s Cross

Tech giant Google is looking to cement its position in the European market, particularly the hot London business world, by announcing that the company is looking to develop a brand new European HQ.

RXR Signs NNN Lease for Manhattan’s 75 Rockefeller Plaza

Big plans are in the works for 75 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, now that owner 75 Plaza has turned over a leasehold interest to RXR Realty under a 99-year, triple-net-lease agreement, the financial terms of which have not been disclosed.

TCC, Principal to Develop New 456 KSF BTS in Houston

Leading independent energy company Noble Energy has hired the joint venture of Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors to develop Noble Energy Center Two, a 456,000-square-foot office building located in Houston’s Northwest submarket.

Digital Realty Acquires Three-Property Data Center Portfolio in Paris for $80M

Digital Realty Trust has acquired a three-property data center portfolio in the Paris area for $80 million. The seller was Bouygues Telecom, France’s third largest telecommunications operator.