Top 2019 office transactions nationwide include 2 from Houston

Two local commercial real estate deals were among the top U.S. office deals of 2019, according to a recent report released by Santa Barbara, California-based CommercialCafe.

The report highlighted the transaction led by New York-based private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP and Houston-based real estate firm Hines to buy JPMorgan Chase Tower and the adjacent Chase Center building. The $627 million transaction, which closed in June, gave Cerberus and Hines ownership of the 2.1 million-square-foot…