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Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) has completed the $37.95 million sale of Mission Square, a fully occupied, six-story, 127,533-square-foot, Class A office building in Riverside, California.
Senior Managing Directors John Daciolas and John Ewart from NGKF’s Ontario office completed the transaction on behalf of seller, NNN Mission Square, LLC. The office building was sold to City of Riverside.
Located at 3750 University Avenue, the property is situated on 2.49 acres, includes an attached parking garage and is one of Downtown Riverside’s prime office properties. The City of Riverside’s Public Utility Division has been a tenant at the property since August 2011, occupying 70,281 square feet of space.
“The city’s purchase of this asset made economic sense to become an owner-user,” said Daciolas. “This transaction not only benefitted the buyer, but the seller as well, which was a tenant-in-common group comprising dozens of partners. The group, which acquired the building in 2006, was able to take advantage of the upswing in market conditions over the past couple of years and realized a reasonable return on its investment.”
The City of Riverside’s downtown market is the tightest market in the Inland Empire region with rents well above the regional averages. The city’s vacancy rate is also well below that of the region due to the high demand for office space for city, county and supporting services.
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