AUSTIN, TEXAS — Endeavor Real Estate Group has broken ground on 5th & Walsh, a 198,000-square-foot office and retail project near downtown Austin. Designed by Studio8 Architects and Lake Flato Architects, the building will consist of four floors of office space, 25,000 square feet of which Endeavor plans to occupy for its new headquarters, and 21,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space on the ground floor. Shell construction is expected to be complete in late 2028.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has selected River Park Plaza in St. Paul for its new headquarters. The organization has signed a lease for 109,228 square feet across three floors plus space in the basement for a total of 124,520 rentable square feet. DNR will be relocating its headquarters from 500 Lafayette Road in St. Paul, where it has been based since 1985. The transaction represents one of the largest office leases completed in the Twin Cities in recent years. SARA Investment Real Estate owns River Park Plaza, which totals 330,000 square feet. Suntide Commercial Realty handles management and leasing for the property. Jeff Hart, Kevin Peck and Jim Kenney of Suntide represented the landlord in the lease with DNR, which expects to take occupancy in June 2027. At that point, the building will be 94 percent occupied.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the auction sale of a 25,274-square-foot office property located at 3621 Fern Valley Road in Louisville. Chewy Inc., the online retailer for pet food and medications, occupies the building on a corporate-guaranteed lease with a little more than three years remaining on the initial term and two five-year renewal options. The property serves as the brand’s national call center and training hub that supports Chewy’s pharmaceuticals business. Daniel Greenamyre of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the Chicago-based seller. Greenamyre worked with Paul Casella and Derek Schuster of Marcus & Millichap’s Auction Services team to execute the online auction. Michael Glass served as Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Kentucky for the deal. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Northwind Group, a Manhattan-based real estate private equity firm and debt fund manager, has provided two loans totaling $427 million for a pair of office-to-residential conversion projects in New York City. In the first deal, Northwind funded a $208 million loan for the partial conversion of 141 Willoughby Street, a 24-story 355,000-square-foot office building in downtown Brooklyn. The borrower, a joint venture between Capstone Equities and BH3 Fund Advisors, plans to redevelop the office space on floors eight through 23 into 239 apartments. Ownership plans to maintain office usage across the first seven floors of 141 Willoughby, which was originally constructed in 2023 but never occupied. Future residents will have access to amenities such as a fitness center, entertainment lounge, coworking space, wellness center, golf simulator, sports court, games room and a children’s playroom, along with landscaped terraces on the 10th and 20th floors and a full-time attended lobby. Lastly, the new ownership of 141 Willoughby, which has rebranded the building as 385 Gold, will maintain separate entrances and exits between the office and residential components. An expected completion date was not announced. “[The building at] 141 Willoughby Street was designed to an institutional standard, …
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) has sold 110 Greene Street, a 223,000-square-foot office building in Lower Manhattan, for $226 million. The 13-story building was originally constructed as two structures by New York City merchant Charles “Broadway” Rouse between 1908 and 1920 and later combined into a single structure that is known locally as The SoHo Building. Tenants include Avoro Capital, Birkenstock and apparel retailer UNTUCKit. Gary Phillips, Will Silverman and Carly Shoulberg of Eastdil Secured Savills advised SL Green on the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — McDermott Will & Schulte has signed a 150,000-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The global law firm will occupy the entirety of floors 31 through 37 at 343 Madison Avenue, a 46-story, 930,000-square-foot building that is currently under construction. The firm’s footprint will encompass some 330 offices and will include an outdoor terrace. Occupancy is slated for fall 2029. BXP, the REIT formerly known as Boston Properties, owns 343 Madison. No third-party brokers were involved in the lease negotiations.
PHOENIX — Foundation 8 has received a $44.5 million loan secured by the office component of 333 N. Central Avenue, a mixed-use tower in downtown Phoenix. Hilco Group Real Estate Capital structured the first mortgage financing to refinance existing acquisition financing and provide additional capital to support leasing costs, tenant improvements, capital improvements and other costs associated with the execution of Foundation 8’s business plan. New York-based Sterling Realty Capital acted as debt placement agent and financing advisor to Foundation 8 in connection with the transaction. Adi Bedi of Sterling Realty Capital led the financing assignment and worked closely with Foundation 8 and the Hilco Global practice throughout the structuring, underwriting and closing process. Built in 2010, the property comprises 246,490 square feet of office space across the top eight floors of the tower, 2,522 square feet of ground-floor retail space, rooftop amenity rights and shared access to the building’s parking structure. A separately owned 242-key Westin Hotel occupies the middle portion of the building. The financing will support the repositioning of the office space from a historically single-tenant corporate headquarters into a multi-tenant office property. Foundation 8 purchased the office component in December 2025. Originally purpose-built for Freeport-McMoRan, the …
MONTGOMERY, OHIO — ClarkDietrich, a manufacturer of cold-formed steel framing, will relocate its corporate headquarters to Montgomery Quarter, which is a public-private partnership between the City of Montgomery and developers Brandicorp and Neyer Properties valued at $350 million. ClarkDietrich is expected to take occupancy in fall 2027. The company has outgrown its currently leased space in West Chester, Ohio. ClarkDietrich will occupy the full second and third floors of a new building within Montgomery Quarter. The lease for 32,500 square feet will account for approximately 70 percent of the building. The new 46,500-square-foot building will be constructed above an existing parking garage at the development. ClarkDietrich’s office will feature a large training and meeting center, an outdoor terrace, an open staircase connecting the second and third floors and abundant natural light. ClarkDietrich will bring approximately 80 employees upon relocation. Upon completion, the new building will join Montgomery Quarter’s mixed-use campus, which will now feature 116,000 square feet of Class A office space, 25,000 square feet of retail/restaurants, 387 luxury apartment units between two phases and a 128-room, high-end hotel. The Gateway Partners Montgomery development team, a partnership between Brandicorp and Neyer Properties, has partnered with Jeffery Andereson Real Estate on …
MIAMI — Blanca Commercial Real Estate has signed 15 leases at Waterford Business District, a 250-acre office campus located adjacent to Miami International Airport. Totaling 117,764 square feet, the transactions include 47,851 square feet of new leases and 69,913 square feet of renewals with tenants across a mix of industries such as life sciences, logistics, insurance, maritime, hospitality, professional services and international business operations. New leases at Waterford Business District include Greenvine Insurance (26,014 square feet); Megalabs USA (9,703 square feet); Fresh Dining Concepts (7,944 square); KOTUG Americas (2,673 square feet); and RPL International Group (1,517 square feet). Recent lease renewals include Regus (24,181 square feet); Estee Lauder Travel Retail Services (10,276 square feet); Victor, Shaw & McCue (8,475 square feet); Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (6,897 square feet); Yamaha Motor Distribution LATAM (5,673 square feet); Globant LLC (3,826 square feet); Jamaica Tourist Board (3,664 square feet); First American Services (2,984 square feet); Rolls-Royce Solutions (2,489 square feet); and CargoBot (1,448 square feet). The tenant reps for these deals included CBRE, State Street Realty, Blanca Commercial Real Estate, Lokation Real Estate, Cresa, JLL, Newmark, Cushman & Wakefield, Vitalis Properties, Easton & Associates, Colliers and Brickss Real Estate Co. A joint venture between Nuveen Real …
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based owner-operator Global Holdings has received a $382.4 million loan for the refinancing of 120 Park Avenue, a 620,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan. Wells Fargo and LBBW co-provided the loan. Bloomberg LP serves as the building’s anchor tenant, occupying roughly 500,000 square feet across 20 stories and recently extending its commitment to the building through 2040. Global Holdings is currently undertaking capital improvements to the building, including a lobby renovation and elevator modernization. The firm also recently completed window upgrades on the fifth and sixth floors.
