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Kennedy Wilson, Takenaka JV Acquire Iconic Union Bank Tower, Historic Retail Branch for $135M

Beverly Hills, CA-based Kennedy Wilson acquired 400/430 California Street in San Francisco in a joint-venture with Japan’s Takenaka Corp. for $135 million. The 247,000-square-foot North Financial District office asset and 27,000-square-foot historic bank branch was sold by Union Bank.

The property is 100% occupied by MUFG Union Bank, which plans to leaseback the property before vacating the tower in stages over the next two years and the bank branch after four years. The property will subsequently undergo a complete interior renovation.

The transaction marks the first joint-venture between the two firms, though Kennedy Wilson sold an office building in Los Angeles on behalf of Takenaka in 1996.

James Andrew International advised the Takenaka Corp. on the transaction. CBRE’s Russell Ingrum, Sean Sullivan, Tyler Meyerdirk, and Seth McKinnon had been engaged by the bank to handle the asset sale.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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