KKR's fund KKR Real Estate Select Trust has acquired HQ @ First, a 603,000-square-foot office campus in Silicon Valley, from Japanese developer MORI TRUST CO. The property is currently fully leased to an investment-grade tenant. The sales price of the campus was not disclosed.
Located in North San Jose, the property is a trophy asset, featuring 60,000 square-feet in lab space and it has a LEED certification. According to KKR, the property is part of the fund, KREST's single-tenant investment strategy, which targets high-quality properties leased to a single tenant on a long-term basis. With this purchase, KREST has a portfolio totaling more than $1 billion.
In addition to focusing on single-tenant properties, the fund is also targeting assets on the West Coast. In the last 24 months, KKR has acquired $4 billion in properties through its real estate funds, including major purchased in the Bay Area market. In April, KKR purchased The Exchange on 16th, a 750,000-square-foot office complex in San Francisco's Mission Bay submarket, from Kilroy Realty Corp. for slightly more than $1 billion. Longfellow Real Estate Partners, a life science focused real estate developer and manager, will work with KKR to operate the property. KKR made the investment through its core-plus real estate strategy.
Want to continue reading?
Become a Free ALM Digital Reader.
Once you are an ALM Digital Member, you’ll receive:
- Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
*May exclude premium content© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.