Saturday, March 21, 2015

HFF secures $260 million refinancing for Santa Monica, CA Class A office complex


The Water Garden Phase I, Santa Monica, CA

Jennifer L. Keller
NEW YORK, NY – HFF announced it has arranged $260 million in refinancing for The Water Garden Phase I, two six-story, Class A, office buildings totaling 673,660 square feet located in the heart of Santa Monica, California.

                HFF placed the 12-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, with New York Life Real Estate Investors. 

                The Water Garden Phase I is part of a larger 1.27 million-square-foot office complex called The Water Garden.

 Designed by McLarand, Vasquez & Partners, Inc., tenants of Phase I include Amazon, Edmonds.com, Group M Worldwide, Sony Computer Entertainment and AMC Networking Entertainment. 

Situated on 9.10 acres at 2425 Olympic Boulevard and 1620 26th Street in Santa Monica, the asset is 14 miles west of downtown Los Angeles in the Westside office market.  In 2016, a light rail station will open catty-corner from the property.

Mike Tepedino
The HFF debt placement team representing the borrower was led by senior managing directors Mike Tepedino and Paul Brindley and director Jennifer Keller.

“The Water Garden has always been one of the top office assets in Los Angeles,” Brindley said.  “Its position as the leading office asset in Santa Monica will be enhanced further by the sponsor’s careful consideration of strategic capital improvements to meet the evolving demands of the creative tenants that call Santa Monica home.

“Furthermore, with the future opening of the Bergamot/26th Street Expo Station across the street, the asset will offer the best combination of institutional ownership, improvements and mass transit options of any major asset in West Los Angeles.” 

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

Olivia Hennessey
Public Relations Coordinator
HFF | 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 700 | Houston, TX 77046
tel 713.852.3403 | fax 713.527.8725 | www.hfflp.com

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