Commercial Real Estate : A weekly look at office and industrial real estate in the county. : FOCUS: TRANSAMERICA BUILDING

The 11-story Transamerica building, located within Koll Center Irvine, recently received the “1989 Office Building of the Year” award from the Orange County chapter of the Building Owners & Managers Assn. The building was designed by Gensler & Associates and completed in 1985. A twin to the office tower, a joint venture of the Koll Co. and the Zenitaka Corp. of Osaka, Japan, is under construction on an adjacent site. FACTS AND FIGURES Address: 18201 Von Karman Ave., Irvine Owner: Koll Transamerica 2 Architect: Gensler & Associates General Contractor: Koll Construction Number of floors: 11 Square feet: 219,678 Use: Office Date completed: 1985 Percentage of building leased: 96% MAJOR TENANTS Fred S. James & Co.: 40,876 Square feet Colonial Penn Life Insurance: 25,209 Square feet Textron Financial Corp.: 15,367 Square feet Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance: 14,463 Square feet Source: Koll Co. and LaBossiere and Associates