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Buckhead Office Tower Trades for $205M

Global investment firm KKR & Co. acquired the majority stake in Salesforce tower, a 34-story, 631,00-square-foot office tower in Atlanta’s Buckhead submarket for $205 million. The building, which is located at 950 East Paces Ferry Rd., was built in 1986 and was previously known as Atlanta Plaza.

KKR will enter into a joint venture with current landlord, Banyan Street Capital. The deal is valued at $324-per-foot. As part of the deal, KKR will assume a majority ownership position in the partnership, replacing Oaktree Capital Management, the previous JV partner with Banyan street. Justin Parsonnet, Will Yowell, Jay O’Meara and Ryan Reethof of CBRE represented Oaktree in the transaction.

KKR and Banyan Street Capital plan an additional $5 million in capital improvements to the tower, including upgrades to the fitness center, outdoor plaza and retail concourse. A team of Chris Port, Nicole Goldsmith and Kyle Kenyon of CBRE have been tapped to handle leasing at the tower. Banyan Street Capital will manage the property.

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About David Cohen

David Cohen is Southeast Editorial Director at Connect Commercial Real Estate. David is a media veteran with more than 10 years of experience in journalism, copywriting and communications across a variety of roles. He is responsible for covering commercial real estate news and trends in the Southeast, Florida, Washington D.C. and Boston at Connect CRE as well as specializing in the Student Housing sector. Prior to joining Connect, David was the editor of Northeast Real Estate Business magazine and Student Housing Business magazine at France Media as well as spending time freelancing for ESPN and the Associated Press in the fast-paced field of live sports event production. He is also an owner and investor in multifamily real estate in Atlanta, GA. David currently resides in Atlanta and graduated from the College of Communication & Information at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

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