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NGKF Capital Markets today announced the sale of international developer Tishman Speyer’s iconic Walnut Creek property, California Plaza - a 10-story, 394,123-square-foot premier asset. Located at 2121 North California Boulevard, California Plaza is adjacent to the Walnut Creek BART station and features direct frontage along Interstate 680.
“Representing the third 100% interest institutional sales transaction in Walnut Creek since 2009, California Plaza lies within one of the highest barrier-to-entry core submarkets in the San Francisco Bay Area,” said Steve Golubchik, co-head of NGKF Capital Markets Northern California who handled the sale together with Breck Lutz, Tim Walling, Grant Lammersen, and Edmund Najera. “No new buildings have been constructed here since 2003 and very few properties trade hands in this highly desirable area. We saw an abundant amount of interest in this asset, even in today’s market, with investors representing both domestic funds as well as European foreign separate accounts and Asian capital.”
California Plaza is just over 85 percent occupied with a diversified tenant base including Yapstone; CSE Insurance Group; Sutter Health; MWH, now part of Stantec; and Konica Minolta, Inc. Featuring a three-story underground garage, state-of-the-art systems, high-end finishes, dramatic views of Mt. Diablo and first-class tenant amenities, California Plaza is a premium corporate destination.
The amenity-rich location is about to become even more attractive to tenants - California Plaza is adjacent to the master-planned Walnut Creek BART Transit Village, a 16-acre transit-oriented mixed-use development district surrounding the Walnut Creek BART station with a 2017 scheduled groundbreaking.
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