Saturday, December 20, 2014

HFF closes sale of and secures $30.8 million financing for Class A office building in Houston’s Energy Corridor

  
Kirkwood Tower, 11757 Katy Freeway, Energy Corridor Submarket, Houston, TX


Susan Hill
HOUSTON, TX – HFF announced it closed the sale of and secured $30.8 million in acquisition financing for Kirkwood Tower, a 285,682-square-foot, Class A office building in the Energy Corridor submarket in Houston, Texas.

               HFF marketed the property on behalf of co-owners Frontier Equity and Amstar.  Rosemont Realty, LLC purchased the property free and clear of debt.

  HFF also secured a 10-year, fixed-rate acquisition financing on behalf of the new owner through Voya Investment Management. 

  Additionally, HFF closed the sale of this property and assisted in securing joint venture equity for Frontier in 2012.

               Kirkwood Tower is situated on 2.584 acres at 11757 Katy Freeway, west of Beltway 8 between the Kirkwood and Dairy Ashford exits in the Energy Corridor submarket of Houston. 


Robert Williamson
Renovated in 2013, the 15-floor office tower has undergone significant capital improvements that have earned it the Energy Star rating multiple years as well as The Building of the Year (TOBY) award in 2008.

 The property includes a six-level parking garage, fitness center on top of the building and 10-story glass enclosed atrium.  Currently 92 percent leased, tenants include the original building developer, Mac Haik Enterprises; Preferred Bank and Skyline Executive Suites.

               The HFF investments sales team representing the seller was led by senior managing directors H. Dan Miller and Robert Williamson, director Martin Hogan and real estate analyst Wesley Hightower.

               The HFF debt placement team representing the buyer was led by senior managing director Susan Hill and real estate analysts Michael Johnson and Dustin Selzer.  Additionally, director Cameron Cureton led the 2012 equity transaction.

Wesley Hightower
               Kevin Brands, managing partner of the Office Division for Frontier Equity, acquired Kirkwood Tower in his first partnership with Amstar Group after operating in Houston for many years as a partner with CMD Realty Investors.

  Frontier Equity is an operating investment company based in Dallas, Texas, with a value-add focus to invest in office and industrial assets with institutional scale.              

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
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