{"id":1004181453,"date":"2017-06-23T01:12:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T09:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004181453"},"modified":"2022-12-08T11:49:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T19:49:12","slug":"houston-office-tower-lands-164m-refi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/houston-office-tower-lands-164m-refi\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Office Tower Lands $164M Refi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Timea Papp<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004181454\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/717.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004181454\" data-attachment-id=\"1004181454\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/houston-office-tower-lands-164m-refi\/attachment\/717\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/717.png\" data-orig-size=\"952,811\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"717 Texas\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;717 Texas&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/717.png?w=952\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1004181454 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/717.png\" alt=\"717 Texas\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/717.png 952w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/717.png?resize=300,256 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/717.png?resize=768,654 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004181454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">717 Texas<\/p><\/div>\n<p>JLL secured $163.5 million to refinance 717 Texas, a Class A, 696,000-square-foot office tower in downtown Houston. The property was the first high-rise office building in Texas to earn LEED Platinum certification.<\/p>\n<p>Located at 717 Texas Ave., the 33-story asset was completed in 2003. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hff-arranges-65m-financing-for-citycentre\/\">debt placement team<\/a> worked on behalf of the joint venture ownership, Hines and Prime Asset Management, to secure the mortgage originated by Goldman Sachs.\u00a0Executive Managing Director Tom Melody and Senior Vice President John Ream led JLL\u2019s capital markets team.<\/p>\n<p>The loan includes a facility allowing ownership to draw additional funds to lease the currently vacant space in the building. According to Yardi Matrix, the refinancing replaces a previous $160 million loan scheduled to mature in July 2017.<\/p>\n<h2>Energy Efficient Spaces<\/h2>\n<p>Designed by Hellmuth, Obata &amp; Kassabaum, the property features energy efficient and environmentally friendly office space. 717 Texas has been fully leased for more than a decade, with a tenant recently vacating approximately 50 percent of the building. Situated in the city\u2019s theater district, the asset features notable tenants including Calpine, Jones Day and Freeport-McMoRan.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe drop in occupancy did not deter lenders from aggressively pursuing this refinancing opportunity. This is a testament to the quality of this asset and the lenders\u2019 desire to place capital in Houston,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0JLL SVP John Ream said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Hines<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JLL\u2019s Tom Melody and John Ream procured the mortgage on behalf of the joint venture ownership, while Goldman Sachs provided the financing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":1004181454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21825,1589,21742,21747],"tags":[33435,32797,32796,32779,36310],"class_list":["post-1004181453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","category-houston","category-latest","category-office","tag-goldman-sachs","tag-hines","tag-jll","tag-leed","tag-prime-asset-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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