Monday, June 10, 2013

HFF arranges $49 million acquisition financing for 1700 Broadway in downtown Denver, CO


                
                1700 Broadway in Denver's central business district

Mary Sullivan
DENVER, CO – HFF announced today that it has arranged $49 million in acquisition financing for 1700 Broadway, a 22-story, 394,151-square-foot office building in Denver’s central business district.

                HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, Artis HRA 1700 Broadway, LP, a 50/50 partnership between MDC Realty Advisors USA, Inc. and Artis REIT, to secure the 10-year, 3.11 percent, fixed-rate loan through Principal Real Estate Investors.

 Loan proceeds were used to acquire the property in a sale brokered by HFF’s Mary Sullivan and John Jugl.

                1700 Broadway is located on the western edge of the Uptown submarket in Denver’s central Business District. 

Josh Simon
  The property is one of Denver’s original skyscrapers; completed in 1956 and designed by world-renowned architect I.M. Pei.  Building amenities include a 12-level covered parking garage, a Starbucks and a copy center.

 Additionally, an iconic 150-foot atrium is situated adjacent the property, which includes a sundry shop, food court and a covered outdoor dining facility, which is not part of the collateral. 

The property is 96.5 percent leased to 24 tenants of which Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation is the largest, occupying nearly 173,000 square feet.

Eric Tupler
                The HFF team representing the borrower was led by director Josh Simon and senior managing director Eric Tupler.

                “This transaction is a great example of the importance of having an integrated capital markets effort to benefit and ensure a successful execution,” said HFF senior managing director Mary Sullivan, who represented the seller.

                MDC Realty Advisors USA, Inc. through its U.S. affiliated company Hannay Realty Advisors is a private commercial real estate company that focuses on asset and property management in the United States. 

  Hannay Realty Advisors currently manages approximately 12 million square feet of commercial properties and has offices in Phoenix, Denver, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, Kansas City and Las Vegas.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | One Post Office Square, Suite 3500 | Boston, MA 02109
Main: 617-338-0990 | Direct: 617-848-1572 | Cell: 617-543-4873 | www.hfflp.com


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