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Why This California Investor Wants To Snap Up More Real Estate In DSW

California-based real estate investor Buchanan Street Partners intends to keep snapping up properties in major employment hubs in Dallas-Fort Worth as companies continue to relocate and expand in the region. "We are continuing to look for more investments in the Dallas market," Matt Haugen, vice president at Buchanan Street Partners, told the Dallas Business Journal. "People have seen what we have done with our current investments and we are becoming recognized in the marketplace as having an active ownership with very responsive, thoughtful investors."

Expiration Of Wright Amendment Propels Air Traffic

DALLAS—The law expiration is drawing more corporate users seeking proximity to the airport and executive housing communities such as Bluffview and Preston Hollow. According to Buchanan Street Partners, Dallas Love Field experienced an 87% increase in passenger traffic year-over-year in September 2015. This increased activity followed the October 2014 expiration of the Wright Amendment, a 1979 federal law that limited long‑haul flights out of the airport.

Buchanan Street Partners Purchases Two Buildings Adjacent To Dallas Love Field

Acquisition Marks Fourth in Dallas Market; Company Sees Opportunity to Reposition Property Amidst Local Growth Newport Beach, Calif. and Dallas (May 16, 2016) – Buchanan Street Partners announces the acquisition of Bluffview Towers, a 196,356-square-foot office property adjacent to Dallas Love Field Airport. Buchanan Street purchased the two-building property for an undisclosed amount from Commercial Developments International (CDI), marking it the company’s fourth acquisition in the Greater Dallas area in the last 16 months.

Buchanan Street Partners Closes $9.45 Million Loan For Acquisition Of Future Under Armour Offices In Portland, Oregon

Firm Closes Loan in 10 Business Days for Acquisition Portland, Ore. and Newport Beach, Calif. (May 7, 2015) – Buchanan Street Partners, a national real estate investment management firm, has originated a $9.45 million bridge loan to Run Our Dream, LLC for the acquisition of a 68,600‑square-foot building in Portland, Ore. Buchanan Street closed the loan in 10 business days. Run Our Dream required the loan to undertake project designs and to secure approvals to convert the building into creative office space.

Will CMBS Uncertainty Impact Valuations?

NEWPORT BEACH, CA—As the CMBS market continues to slow, how will the capital markets sector be affected? Buchanan Street Partners’ Robert Brunswick weighs in on the subject EXCLUSIVELY with GlobeSt.com. Much has been reported about the CMBS market continuing to slow, plateau, freeze—fill in your own verb. GlobeSt.com spoke exclusively with Robert Brunswick, CEO of Buchanan Street Partners, to get his take on how this trend is affecting the capital-markets sector now and in the future.

The Playbook Is Changing For High-Volatility Loans

Last year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) implemented its Regulatory Capital Rules, a new set of directives intended to address regulatory deficiencies that contributed to the 2008 banking collapse. The regulations impose significant limits on bank acquisition, development and construction (ADC) loans, and create an opportunity for loan originators, specifically nonbank lenders, to expand their ADC offerings. The most notable change requires banks to increase the amount of capital set aside for ADC loans that exceed loan-to-completed value standards or do not comply with minimum real-cash equity investments.

Cadence Capital Investments Picks Up Seven-Parcel Assemblage In Hollywood For New Gelson’s Market

Cadence Capital Investments purchased five buildings on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood with plans to deliver a multi-story building that is pre-leased to upscale regional grocer Gelson’s Market. The purchase was funded with a $12.9 mil loan provided by Buchanan Street Partners. Gelson’s choice for the seven-parcel assemblage was based on the location’s high traffic count, at the intersection of Sunset and Gardner St, plus affluent area demographics. The new store location will be Gelson’s second in Hollywood, following the success of its West Hollywood store. A first quarter 2018 opening is planned.

Buchanan Street Partners Provides $12.9 Million Loan For New Gelson’s Market In Hollywood

Newport Beach, Calif. and Los Angeles (February 17, 2016) – Buchanan Street Partners has provided a $12.9 million loan to Cadence Capital Investments for the purchase of five buildings on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Cadence Capital is in pre-development to deliver a multi-story building that is pre-leased to upscale regional grocer Gelson’s Market.

Buchanan Looks To Secondary Markets For Yield

LOS ANGELES—The investor buys the Gateway Corporate Center in Diamond Bar, saying the market and surrounding markets, like Pomona and West Covina, are “historically very stable.” Buchanan Street Partners has purchased the Gateway Corporate Center in Diamond Bar from Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, an affiliate of an institutional buyer. The sales price was not disclosed, however, sources unrelated to the deal say that the investor purchased the property from $44 million. While this is Buchanan’s first Diamond Bar purchase, it knows the surrounding areas well and was attracted to the purchase for the strong location.

Buchanan Street Partners Acquires Two Buildings In Los Angeles County

Diamond Bar, Calif. and Newport Beach, Calif. (January 25, 2016) – Buchanan Street Partners has purchased Gateway Corporate Center, a two-building, 162,339-square-foot office complex located at 21680 & 21688 Gateway Corporate Center Drive in Diamond Bar, California. The acquisition reflects Buchanan Street’s ongoing investment strategy in the West, where the Newport Beach-based investor is actively buying core-plus and value-add office properties in growing markets.

Paradise Valley Corporate Center Sells For $37.4M

The Paradise Valley Corporate Center, near Cactus Road and Tatum Boulevard, sold for $37.4 million to a California-based real estate investment firm. Cushman & Wakefield’s Executive Director Chris Toci and Director Chad Littell negotiated the sale to Buchanan Street Partners, and no other outside broker was involved.

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