NOLA’s Tallest Building One Shell Square Trades in $416 Million Deal

by • June 9, 2015 • Acquisitions, Central Business District, OfficeComments (2)5114

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One Shell Square, the tallest and biggest office building in New Orleans and Louisiana, was acquired by the Los Angeles-based Hertz Investment Group.

Hertz announced yesterday that they purchased the building as part of an approximately $416 million, 5 building deal with Equity Commonwealth.

The deal included office buildings in Birmingham, Ala., Columbia, S.C., and Greensboro, N.C.   In total, Hertz ia acquiring more than 3 million square feet of space.

Hertz now owns over a third of all Class A office space in New Orleans.  In addition to One Shell Square, they own 400 Poydras, the Poydras Center at 650 Poydras St., First Bank and Trust Tower at 909 Poydras St., and the Energy Centre at 1100 Poydras St.

One Shell Square is the largest building in Louisiana with 51-stories and more than 1.25 million square feet. It rises 697 feet in the Central Business District and was completed in 1972.  It was developed by Houston-based Hines Development and designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.  It was the first Southeastern skyscraper to rise higher than 656 feet, it was the tallest building in the Southeastern US at the time of its completion.  Hertz says its over 93% leased.

The seller, CommonWealth REIT, purchased One Shell Square in 2011 for $102 million. 

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2 Responses to NOLA’s Tallest Building One Shell Square Trades in $416 Million Deal

  1. […] The Westpark Office Building near General DeGaulle Drive was sold to locals Thomas Guinan Jr. and Harold Callais II.  The seller was the Hertz Investment Group.  The Los Angeles-based Hertz is one of the largest office players in the New Orleans market, having recently purchased One Shell Square. […]

  2. […] Hertz Investment Group purchased One Shell Square as part of a $416 million deal in 2015. […]

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