Behringer Harvard Acquires Landmark Center Complex in North Dallas; Properties Enjoy Prime Location on Major Thoroughfare.DALLAS -- Behringer Harvard announces its acquisition of Landmark Center
Landmark Center in Boston, Massachusetts is a commercial center situated in an art deco building built in 1929 for Sears, Roebuck and Company. I and II, two commercial office buildings located at 18581 and 18451 Dallas Parkway in Dallas. The two-story buildings, developed in 1998, provide a combined total of 257,427 square feet of rentable space. The properties are 100% leased by CompUSA, a leading supplier of consumer electronics and high-tech entertainment products. "We purchased Landmark Center because its location in the heart of the 'Platinum Corridor' allows us to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the strength in occupancy, absorption and rental rates the area continues to experience," said Robert Behringer, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Behringer Harvard. "This combines with terrific re-tenanting opportunities over the next few years to make it a great purchase for our short-term fund portfolio." Behringer Harvard Short-Term Opportunity Fund I LP, which targets value creation over a three to five year period, also owns seven other properties in the Dallas area, including the Citigroup complex in Irving and the Residences at Hotel Palomar under development at the former Mockingbird mockingbird: see mimic thrush. mockingbird Any of several New World birds of a family (Mimidae) known for their mimicry of birdsong. The common, or northern, mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) can imitate the songs of 20 or more species within 10 Hilton site near Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University, at Dallas, Tex.; United Methodist; coeducational; chartered 1911. The school's facilities include laboratories for electron microscopy and stable isotopes, a museum of paleontology, and a graduate research center. . "The property has a number of positive factors going for it," noted Jon Dooley, senior vice president of real estate at Behringer Harvard. "It has terrific freeway frontage, accessibility and visibility along the Dallas North Tollway The Dallas North Tollway (DNT or simply the Tollway) is a 22 mile (35 km) controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA), which runs from Interstate 35E near downtown Dallas, , the primary north and south traffic artery through the area. Its large floorplates and 1,200 vehicle parking spaces make it efficient for use by a single tenant or multiple tenants. Plus it's close to great retail and executive housing that surrounds the Tollway." Management of the Landmark Center properties has been assigned to Trammell Crow Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TCC TCC The Car Connection (web site) TCC Tidewater Community College TCC Tallahassee Community College TCC Temporary Continuation of Coverage TCC Tucson Convention Center (Tucson, AZ, USA) ). About Behringer Harvard: Behringer Harvard is a national real estate investment sponsor whose family of public and private real estate investment securities is made available through the independent broker dealer community. The company's investment products include non-listed REITs, real estate limited partnerships, 1031 exchange and other real estate investment programs that generally invest in institutional quality commercial real estate. Its finite-life, non-listed funds feature defined holding periods and exit strategies and seek to produce attractive returns for their investors through a balance of current yield and capital appreciation. Behringer Harvard is headquartered in the Dallas suburb of Addison, Texas, and is one of the nation's fastest growing real estate investment firms. For more information, call 866-655-3600 or visit www.bhfunds.com. This release contains forward-looking statements relating to the business and financial outlook of Behringer Harvard Short-Term Opportunity Fund I LP which are based on our current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections and are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on any such statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this release. Such factors include those described in the Risk Factors sections of the prospectus for the recently closed public offering of units of Behringer Harvard Short-Term Opportunity Fund I LP. Forward-looking statements in this document speak only as of the date on which such statements were made and we undertake no obligation to update any such statements that become untrue because of subsequent events. We claim the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. protection for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. |
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