HOUSTON — BNY Mellon has signed a 26,849-square-foot office lease in downtown Houston. The bank is taking space at 811 Main, a 974,884-square-foot office building. Eric Anderson and John Heard of Transwestern represented the landlord, Atlanta-based Invesco Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. David Bale and Cody Little of JLL represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Perplexity has signed an office lease expansion in Manhattan’s Union Square area. The AI platform now occupies 22,000 square feet across two full floors within the adjoining buildings at 841-853 Broadway. Andrew Wiener, Robert Fisher and Henry Korzec represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Marcella LaHara, Derek Feinman and Adam Spector of Newmark represented Perplexity.
AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Beacon Group has purchased 4,665 square feet of office space at Building E, Units 117 and 119 within Coronado Professional Plaza, located at 3400 N. Dysart Road in Avondale. Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center sold the space for $2 million. Kameron Norwood of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the buyer, while Joel Moyes of Red Brick Realty represented the seller in the deal.
CHICAGO — FTK Capital has selected Stream Realty Partners to oversee the leasing and property management of 111 W Jackson, a 25-story, 567,531-square-foot office tower located at 111 W. Jackson Blvd. in Chicago’s Central Loop. Ownership is undertaking a strategic reinvestment program to enhance the asset. OTJ Architects is collaborating on the planned improvements, which include updates to the lobby and common areas, expanded amenities and the addition of new spec suites. Plans call for 50,000 square feet of pre-built suites, with an initial 25,000 square feet expected to be completed by late 2026. Matt Lerner and Erica Marshall of Stream will lead leasing, while Charlie Andersen and Jen Bilinski of Stream will oversee property management.
WINTER GARDEN, FLA. — Orlando-based Foundry Commercial has brokered the $24.5 million sale of The Exchange, a mixed-use building located at 270 W. Plant St. in downtown Winter Garden, a suburb of Orlando. Delivered in 2021, the 42,800-square-foot property was fully leased to office tenants and retailers at the time of sale. The buyer is James Larweth, a private investor who has actively acquired assets in downtown Winter Garden. Chris DeMartino, Rick Helton, Dale Peterson, Joe Chick and Christine Mansour of Foundry represented the seller, the Keating family, in the transaction. Jay Strates of The Strates Group was the previous leasing agent for The Exchange and assisted the Foundry team in the sale.
HOUSTON — Seyfarth Shaw has signed a 40,487-square-foot office lease in downtown Houston. The law firm is taking space at 811 Main, a 974,884-square-foot office building. Eric Anderson and John Heard of Transwestern represented the landlord, Atlanta-based Invesco Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. Melissa Copley and Joshua Brown of Newmark represented the tenant.
WILMINGTON, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Atlantic Capital Partners has arranged the $10 million sale of two office buildings totaling 61,888 square feet in Wilmington, a northern suburb of Boston. The buildings at 226 and 230 Lowell St. total 40,899 and 20,989 square feet, respectively, and can also support additional uses. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Danielle Turpin and John Dixon of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
GOLDEN, COLO. — Colorado School of Mines has purchased a R&D and laboratory facility located at 16194 W. 45th Drive in Golden. J&N Real Estate Co. sold the asset for $5.8 million. Colorado School of Mines acquired the 50,646-square-foot property as part of its continued expansion to support research, innovation and academic growth in Jefferson County, Colo. Tanner Digby of Digby Commercial Advisors represented the seller, while Kurt Liss of JLL represented the buyer in the deal.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — nbkc bank has acquired a new headquarters building at 7400 W. 110th St. in Overland Park. The new headquarters will accommodate the majority of nbkc’s Kansas City-based employees and include a bank branch. The bank anticipates relocating staff to the building in 2027. nbkc has been headquartered at 8320 Ward Parkway in Kansas City since 2017. The new building in Overland Park is roughly 127,000 square feet. The bank will lease space to third-party tenants. Renovations are expected to commence soon and be substantially completed by the time nbkc employees move in.
CHICAGO — JLL has opened its new office at O’Hare Plaza, a Class A office complex located at 8755 W. Higgins Road near the Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The brokerage giant says that the new office uses a more efficient footprint that emphasizes amenity-rich design, communal workspaces and flexibility. The 5,748-square-foot space features city views, breakout areas, upgraded conference facilities and access to shared building amenities, including a tenant lounge with a restaurant/bar and outdoor spaces. “This move is a tangible example of what we recommend to clients: create a workplace that earns the commute through experience, flexibility and thoughtful design,” says Marcellus Parker, head of corporate real estate, Americas, at JLL. Sustainability and employee well-being were core considerations throughout the design and build-out. The office features LED lighting, occupancy sensors and daylight sensors in open office areas, indoor air quality sensors and biophilic elements such as planters. The layout prioritizes access to natural light, with shared spaces such as the open office, meeting rooms and collaboration areas located along the window line. Height-adjustable desks and a range of meeting and collaboration settings support different work styles, while high-performance acoustic glass and sound-mitigating phone booths provide privacy. Open office workstations …
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