Wells Closes 3 Office Buys at Year-end

The Atlanta REIT capped off 2003 with three office building acquisitions totaling nearly $300 million. From Prudential, Wells bought the Bank of America Building in Orange County, Calif., for $94 million and the Independence Blue Cross building in Philade

January 5, 2004

By Susanna Potter, Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Writer

Wells Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. has purchased the Bank of America office building in Orange County, Calif., for $94 million, or about $147/sf – one of three office acquisitions totaling nearly $300 million that the Atlanta-based REIT closed in December.

The Bank of America Building is at 275 Valencia Ave. in Brea, Calif. Built in 1983, the three-story, 638,000-square-foot office building is fully occupied by Bank of America. The current annual base rent payable under the net lease, which runs through 2009, is about $7.6 million.

Wells has the option to extend the lease for an additional three years, while Bank of...

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CMBS DELINQUENCY VOLUME

CMBS SPECIAL SERVICING VOLUME

Top Bookrunners Domestic, Private-Label CMBS - 2017
Investment Bank	#Deals	Vol$mln	MktShr%
Goldman Sachs	17.59	11,819.34	13.68
JPMorgan Securities	14.52	10,968.11	12.70
Citigroup	12.04	10,012.71	11.59
Wells Fargo Securities	14.02	9,936.06	11.50
Deutsche Bank	12.55	9,879.74	11.44

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CMBS 2.0 Spreads

Top CMBS Loan Contributors - 2017
Lender	#Loans	Vol$mln	MktShr%
Goldman Sachs	146.89	11,719.34	13.63
JPMorgan Chase Bank	117.68	10,114.14	11.76
Deutsche Bank	198.48	9,689.97	11.27
Morgan Stanley	166.18	8,539.78	9.93
Citigroup	199.05	8,088.24	9.41

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