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RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Celestica, a Canadian electronics manufacturer, has unveiled plans for the expansion of its Telecom Parkway campus in Richardson, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. The initiative represents a capital investment of approximately $300 million and is expected to account for the creation of roughly 2,300 new jobs over the next two years in addition to the retention of about 400 existing jobs. Celestica has renewed its office leases at both its existing buildings and has also begun construction on a new, 343,000-square-foot building. Celestica has also entered into a public-private partnership with the City of Richardson, which has approved a $3 million tenant improvement grant to support Celestica’s long-term commitment, capital investment and job creation.

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NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital (MRC) has provided $480 million in financing for an office-to-residential conversion project in Midtown Manhattan. The project will convert the 27-story, 523,051-square-foot building at 1740 Broadway, which spans nearly a full city block between 55th and 56th streets, into a 420-unit multifamily building with 238 apartments and 182 condos. The converted building will also feature 60,000 square feet of amenities, including a 22,000-square-foot sporting club, a spa with a lap pool, a concealed speakeasy bar in the building’s original bank vault and dedicated lounge and sun deck spaces for residents. Jason Krane, Russ Schildkraut and Simon Ziff of Ackman-Ziff arranged the financing on behalf of the owner, Yellowstone Real Estate Investments. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2029.

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WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $17 million sale of a 129,298-square-foot office building in West Orange, about 20 miles west of New York City. The newly renovated building sits on an 8.7-acre site at 300 Executive Drive and was fully leased at the time of sale. Andrew Schwartz, Jordan Sobel, Andre Balthazard and Dan Bottiglieri of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Triumvirate Realty, in the transaction and procured the buyer, an entity doing business as Executive Drive W Orange LLC. Brian Anderson and Eddie Miro, also with Cushman & Wakefield, arranged acquisition financing for the deal.

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NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Sher Tremonte LLP has signed a 10-year, 26,405-square-foot office lease renewal in Lower Manhattan’s Financial District. The space spans the entire 22nd and 23rd floors of the 410,000-square-foot building at 90 Broad St. Seth Hecht of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Jon Fein of Cushman & Wakefield, along with internal agent Josh Turman, represented the landlord, Princeton International Properties.

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LOS ANGELES — Local fund manager Capital Group has purchased its corporate headquarters, an office tower located at 333 S. Hope St. in downtown Los Angeles, for $210 million. Capital Group has occupied a portion of the 55-story asset since 1978. The company plans to consolidate its three locations into a vertical campus across 19 floors in the building. The tower, which was built in 1974, will remain a multi-tenant building with Capital Group as the largest and anchor tenant. The purchase follows the company’s April announcement of a $70 million per year investment to expand Capital Group’s client-facing capabilities, including the addition of approximately 130 new sales and sales support roles over the next two years. Kevin Bender, Andrew Harper, Matt Astrachan and Joe Messina of JLL represented Capital Group in the deal, while Colliers represented the previous owner, Brookfield, and the special servicer, Mount Street.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Real Capital Solutions (RCS) has acquired 3701 Wayzata Boulevard, a 308,681-square-foot office property in the Urban West End neighborhood of Minneapolis, for $34 million. Situated on 25.8 acres overlooking Brownie and Cedar lakes, the nine-story asset is 99 percent leased and serves as the headquarters location for several companies such as Tactile Medical, SRF Consulting Group, Regis Corp. and MOBE. Originally developed as a corporate headquarters campus for Prudential and later occupied by Target Corp., the property underwent a comprehensive renovation and repositioning in 2019. Amenities today include a fitness center, conference facilities, a golf simulator, onsite café, outdoor gathering spaces, a rooftop patio, bike storage and direct access to regional trail systems.

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DALLAS — JLL has arranged a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of six office buildings totaling 288,217 square feet within the historic Old Parkland campus in Uptown Dallas. The campus was originally built in 1894 as a teaching hospital and has been redeveloped and repositioned over the past 20 or so years. John Rose, Ryan Pollack and Jordan Buck of JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through funds affiliated with Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies. The borrower was not disclosed.

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ATLANTA — Pinnacle Financial Partners (NYSE:PNFP) has announced plans to establish a corporate headquarters at Ten Twenty Spring, a 525,000-square-foot office tower located in Midtown Atlanta. A partnership between locally based Portman and Perform Properties, a portfolio company of Blackstone Real Estate, developed the tower in 2024.  Founded in 2000, Pinnacle offers a range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services. The company merged with Synovus earlier this year. Pinnacle will occupy 165,000 square feet and have building signage at Ten Twenty Spring, which is situated within the Spring Quarter mixed-use district. The company will retain its bank headquarters in downtown Nashville and will relocate an estimated 400 team members to the new Atlanta office. Pinnacle’s existing footprint includes 46 locations in metro Atlanta.  “We’re planting the flag for our new corporate headquarters in a building and neighborhood that match the energy we feel about our future and our opportunity for growth in Atlanta,” says Kevin Blair, president and CEO of Pinnacle. Stream Realty Partners represented the building ownership in the lease negotiations. CBRE represented Pinnacle, which plans to occupy its new space in the second half of 2027. Consulting giant EY also recently signed a lease at Ten …

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RICHARDSON, TEXAS — ANDREW, a hardware manufacturer for the telecommunications industry, has signed a 42,000-square-foot lease in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. The company is relocating from the nearby building at 2601 Telecom Parkway to the flex building at 2920 Telecom Parkway. In addition to office, the company’s new space supports lab, manufacturing and engineering uses. As part of the relocation, ANDREW plans to invest more than $2 million to support tenant improvements and the addition of new furniture, fixtures and equipment at its new Richardson facility.

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CHICAGO — Law firm Sidley Austin LLP has unveiled plans to relocate its Chicago office to 725 Randolph, a new office tower by Related Midwest in the city’s Fulton Market neighborhood. Sidley will serve as the anchor tenant of the 45-story, 1 million-square-foot property at 725 W. Randolph St. Occupancy is slated for late 2030. Todd Lippman led the CBRE team that represented Sidley. The lease square footage was not disclosed, but several media outlets report it to around 500,000 square feet. Sidley currently leases about 544,000 square feet in the 40-story tower at 1 S. Dearborn St. in Chicago’s Loop through 2030. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, 725 Randolph will offer column-free floorplates, unobstructed views of the cityscape, a range of amenities and nearby dining options. Signature amenities will include private terraces offering an outdoor work setting, a destination restaurant and an outdoor sundeck. Related Midwest still needs to complete project financing and receive city council approval, according to local media reports. In its announcement, Sidley says Chicago’s Fulton Market has emerged as a destination for business, innovation and talent and is one of the nation’s fastest growing mixed-use districts. “Chicago has been central to Sidley’s history for more …

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