KBS buys QBE campus in Bellevue’s Overlake area

KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, a public non-traded REIT based in Newport Beach, Calif., has purchased the QBE/Corporate Campus, formerly Unigard Park, for $78.7 million.

KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, a public non-traded REIT based in Newport Beach, Calif., has purchased the QBE/Corporate Campus, formerly Unigard Park, for $78.7 million.

The seller, QBE North America, is part of QBE Insurance Group Limited, one of the top 20 insurers and reinsurers worldwide.

The nine-building Campus sits on 46 acres and totals 326,384 rentable square feet, 62 percent of which is currently occupied. The seller will remain a tenant in the property, occupying a full building of 67,378 square feet.

ADVERTISEMENT
0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 0%
Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts
00:00
00:00
00:00
 

“Investor interest in this prime corporate campus was intense, as evidenced by the fact that we brought this property to market just two months ago,” said Ann Chamberlin, a managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle. “KBS will now be able to significantly enhance the value of this property through strategic lease-up of the remaining vacancy in one of the strongest markets in the nation.”