July 30, 2018
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Jacksonville, FL – Transwestern today announces it has closed the $24.47 million sale of BB&T Tower, a 285,497-square-foot, 18-story office tower at 200 W. Forsyth St. in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. Transwestern Managing Director John Bell marketed and led the sale of the landmark asset on behalf of the seller, special servicer LNR Partners and John Mitchell, its Asset Manager. The building sold on the Ten-X auction platform to Talara Investment Group LLC.
Since LNR Partners took the title of the iconic downtown Jacksonville office building, Mitchell implemented a successful leasing strategy to preserve occupancy and renew expiring tenants resulting in a solid credit rent roll while managing $3.87 million in key property upgrades to enhance the asset’s value and tenant experience. Included was an elevator modernization program with North Florida’s first state-of-the-art destination dispatch elevators.
“The BB&T Tower listing was a unique opportunity to acquire a trophy landmark with value-add characteristics in that it is 63 percent leased with in-place income, positioned to experience an expedited lease-up with new and committed long-term ownership,” said Bell. “The property offers a prospective anchor tenant signage at the top of one of downtown’s most prominent locations, a rare point of differentiation.”
BB&T Tower underwent an intense bidding process with over 300 confidentiality agreements from capital sources across the country and internationally, underscoring the investment market’s confidence in Jacksonville.
Bell added, “This was the most sought-after office investment in Jacksonville to-date this year.”
Bell has executed real estate transactions in excess of $4 billion across all asset types with a primary focus on the Florida and Southeast U.S. markets. He is an expert in trophy and distressed assets and has a diverse roster of institutional, private, and special servicer clients.
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