A pair of three-story office buildings in Playa Vista sold this month in an off-market deal for $48.5 million.

West Hollywood investor Mani Brothers Real Estate Group bought the connected properties at 12555 Jefferson Blvd. on March 17 from downtown L.A. real estate firm Ocean West Capital Partners. Mani Brothers paid $543 a square foot for the combined 89,365-square-foot Class A office buildings.

Bob Safai and Matt Case of Madison Partners represented both the buyer and the seller.

Safai said Mani was interested in the Playa Vista market as a magnet for tech companies, and plans to renovate the property’s common areas and exterior.

Safai, along with Madison’s Bob Pearson and Joe King, will handle leasing for the property, which is 62 percent leased by tenants that include Starkey Hearing Foundation and advertising company TBWA Chiat Day.

Ocean West purchased the property in May 2013 for $27 million and did not plan on selling the property when it received the buyer’s offer, Safai said.

“This is just another case which proves the Playa Vista market is here to stay, that it’s a burgeoning tech hub and is a solid investment in the future” said Safai.

The deal’s valuation falls in the middle of recent investment sales in the Playa Vista submarket.

Last month, the Reserve, a nearly 400,000-square-foot creative office campus in Playa Vista, sold to Atlanta real estate fund Invesco for $316 million, or $790 a square foot. Late last year, West L.A. real estate investment trust Hudson Pacific Properties Inc. paid $38 million, or nearly $373 a square foot, for the 102,000-square-foot Marina Corporate Center at 12655 W. Jefferson.