DENVER-KBS Real Estate Investment Trust IIcontinues its recent surge in high-profile acquisition activitywith the $149-million purchase of a signature, 31-story officetower in the CBD here. And according to a prepared statement,the $265 per square foot of the 561,691-square-foot, class-A towerby the Newport Beach, CA-based REIT constitutes one of Colorado’slargest deals of the year according to total cost.

As GlobeSt.com recently posted, Dallas-basedGranite Properties Inc. put the skyscraper, named Granite Towersituated at 1099 19th St. up for sale in October. Denver-based Cushman& Wakefield of Colorado Inc.’s Tim Richey, Mike Winn and ChadFlynn handled the marketing of the property.

KBS Capital Advisors represented KBS REIT II. The LEED-EBGold-certified building becomes the ninth Colorado property ownedby KBS-affiliated companies, for a total of more than 1 millionsquare feet in the state. In all, KBS-affiliated companies haveadded more than 5.5 million square feet of commercial real estatein 2010.

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