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Libertas Lands Acquisition Financing for Portland Property

JLL Capital Markets secured $41.39 million in financing for Harrison Square, a 187,000-square-foot office building in Portland’s South Central Business District. The borrower was Portland-based Libertas Companies.

The six-year, floating-rate loan was placed with a national money-center bank. Loan proceeds were used to acquire the office building and provide a portion of future leasing costs.

Harrison Square is located at 1800 SW 1st Ave. in the Southern End Innovation District, surrounded by major employers such as Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland State University, Under Armour, Jacobs Engineering and Cambria. Recently renovated in 2019, the 93%-leased property comprises two, six-story buildings connected on each level via a sky bridge, and a 265-space, below-grade parking garage.

JLL’s Zachary Kersten and Casey Davidson represented the borrower.

Kersten says, “Harrison Square presents tenants a great opportunity to be positioned in a transit-oriented location with ample parking, quick access to the close-in Eastside and the overall Greater Portland freeway network.”

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About Dennis Kaiser

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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