Satterfield & Pontikes Sells HQ to Seligman

HOUSTON-A little less than two years after completing its 64,750-sf headquarters, Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc. has sold the LEED Gold building to Seligman & Associates in San Francisco in an off-market transaction. Similar buildings have traded for $150 per sf to $175 per sf.

The construction firm will continue to occupy about 20,000 sf in a long-term lease with the new owner. Superior Energy Services, Link Project Services Inc. and Frac Tech Services Ltd. lease the remainder of the building at 11000 Equity Dr., which is situated in the 150-acre Westway Park in northwest Houston.

“This was a speculative building from the start,” says John Marshall, Satterfield & Pontikes’ vice president. “We needed the room, certainly, for our own business and headquarters.” The building also provided a good hands-on laboratory to see how sustainability could work in an office environment. “It was a perfect situation to see if a building like that was all we thought it could be,” he explains. “It was also an attractive building for potential owners to come and take a look at.” Harris Central Appraisal District has the asset and four-acre tract assessed at $9.6 million.