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NGKF Capital Markets has completed the $268.9 million sale of Urban Union, a newly developed 290,647-square-foot, Class A office property in Seattle, WA. The 12-story property is fully occupied and was delivered in 2016 by developer Schnitzer West. The asset sold for approximately $925 per square foot, which represents the highest price per square foot ever paid for an office property in the Seattle region.
Kevin Shannon, Ken White, and Michael Moll of NGKF Capital Markets represented the seller, Schnitzer West. The buyer was a joint venture between RFR Holding and Tristar Capital.
“Urban Union is a high quality, amenitized office asset located within the South Lake Union neighborhood, one of the nation’s top performing urban office submarkets,” said NGKF’s President of West Coast Capital Markets, Kevin Shannon. “This asset offered the buyer a secure credit investment opportunity with income growth.”
Located at 501 Fairview Avenue N., the asset is LEED Gold certified. It includes amenity features such as Schnitzer West’s signature “Great Room” concept, which is wrapped with a stunning two-story sculptural wood wall and an iconic glass blue cube that warms the entry; The Lookout, an outdoor deck and rooftop lounge area offering views of downtown Seattle and the Space Needle; a bike storage center; and 6,573 square feet of ground floor retail space.
Urban Union is located within the heart of Seattle’s South Lake Urban submarket and is adjacent to Amazon’s six-million-square-foot headquarters. It is also within one block of Google’s 600,000-square-foot campus development project; is centrally located just one block from Interstate 5; and is within walking distance to multiple modes of public transit.
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