Raleigh REIT Closes On $230M Office Tower in Charlotte

A 24-story office building in Charlotte has changed hands.

Downtown Charlotte

Highwoods Properties Inc. acquired 6Hundred at Legacy Union, a 411K SF office tower in Charlotte, from Lincoln Property Co. for $230M, according to Charlotte Business Journal, citing Mecklenburg County property records.

This acquisition, which closed Wednesday, boosts the Raleigh-based REIT’s portfolio at Legacy Union — a multibuilding development — to 1.6M SF of trophy office space.

Earlier this year, Highwoods acquired Legacy Union’s 14-story, 1.1M SF parking garage at 720 S. Church St. for $110M. The garage encompasses 3,057 parking spaces.

Highwoods now has three buildings at Legacy Union and eight overall across Charlotte.

Currently, 6Hundred is 84 percent leased with an average lease term of over 12 years. Tenants include American Express, law firm Robinson Bradshaw and Pike Corp.

With the sale, Highwoods plans to invest $8.5M for both near-term building improvements and leasing capital expenditures to stabilize the property’s occupancy rate.

Under the agreement, Dallas-based Lincoln was reportedly scheduled to receive some $15.7M credited for free rent and other leasing-related expenses it provided before the building shifted ownership.

Highwoods projects to stabilize occupancy at the tower by 2027 and will realize $17.5M to $18.5M in net operating income annually at that point.

The 6Hundred property is connected to the Highwoods-owned Bank of America Tower and SIX50 South Tryon.

Highwoods is a publicly traded REIT that owns, leases and manages properties in several business districts across the Southeast.

Charlotte’s office building market has been “entering a new phase of stability,” according to a recent Colliers market report, with long-term tenant demand rising. As reported by Savills Research, Charlotte leased 1.3M SF of office space in Q3, marking its strongest quarter of leasing volume in five years.

Continue reading this story with a free account

Log in or register
Sign up for more articles like this
Subscribe to Bisnow's Charlotte Newsletters
Related Stories

JVP Development Is Betting $37M Of Its Own Money That Frisco Is Ready For Spec Office

Hedge Fund Bids $88M For Spirit Airlines' Former HQ

Oyster Point's Second Phase Half-Leased As Kilroy Navigates Soft Lab Demand

BXP Closes In On Next D.C. Office Development As It Shrinks Assets

Clarion Under Contract To Sell 18-Story Seaport Office Tower

Oil Company Expands Again At Cash Register Building

BXP's 343 Madison Lands $1.2B Loan, Nears Deal With Equity Partner

D.C. Sues To Block HUD Headquarters Move To Virginia

Ken Griffin Completes Takeover Of Brickell Block, Setting Stage For $2.5B Megaproject

Private Equity Firm Buys Former Texas Instruments Campus For New Headquarters

DFW Office Footprints Likely To Shrink As AI Use Increases And Companies Battle For Talent

Boston Waterfront Property Planned For Hotel Project Put Up For Sale