MOORESTOWN, N.J. — Newmark has brokered the sale of a 222,888-square-foot office property in Moorestown, located outside of Philadelphia in Southern New Jersey.The sales price was $17.6 million. Moorestown Corporate Center consists of three buildings on a 16.8-acre site. Amenities include a café with an outdoor seating area and a new fitness center. David Dolan, Angelo Brutico and Anne Klein of Newmark represented the seller, local investment firm Keystone, in the transaction. Stephen Comly and Eric DeStefano, also with Newmark, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, regional investment firm Melrose Solomon Enterprises.
PHILADELPHIA — JLL has negotiated a 12-year, 22,230-square-foot office lease at 1735 Market Street, a 1.3 million-square-foot building in downtown Philadelphia. The tenant, law firm Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, will relocate from One Logan Square to the 26th floor of the a 54-story building. Mitch Marcus, Alex Breitmeyer and Jake Marcus of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Tom Weitzel, also with JLL, along with internal agents Keith Cody and Gordon Hough, represented the landlord, New York City-based Silverstein Properties, which owns the property in partnership with Arden Group.
By Ben Azulay, Bradford Allen As summer approaches, I’m noticing Chicago’s downtown buzzing with renewed energy, and new signs that the Loop’s office market is heating up as well. In fact, research by my firm, Bradford Allen, suggests a Chicago office market nearing its bottom and poised for recovery. Improved leasing activity, strategic landlord adaptations and discounted sales are reshaping downtown Chicago’s market, particularly in high-demand submarkets like the West Loop and Fulton Market. Client certainty Office tenants in downtown Chicago are demonstrating increased confidence about their space needs, as reflected in significant expansion deals and long-term commitments. In fact, office expansions drove at least five of the 10 largest leases signed during the first quarter, including Stripe more than doubling its footprint at 350 N. Orleans from 45,000 to 89,000 square feet and Blue Owl’s second expansion at 150 N. Riverside from 27,000 square feet to 54,000 square feet. Large new leases included BP renewing 240,000 square feet at the CME Center, and Goldman Ismail signing a 43,000-square-foot deal at 191 N. Wacker. Leasing volume totaled 1.7 million square feet, up from 1.3 million square feet year-over-year, with the West Loop alone securing 916,760 square feet of leasing activity. …
ADDISON, TEXAS — Asset Living, a provider of third-party property management services, has signed a 13,168-square-foot office lease renewal in the northern Dallas metro of Addison. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 15601 Dallas Parkway was completed in 1999 and totals 289,340 square feet. Dan Boyles, Jeremy Brubaker and Justin Utay of Partners Real Estate represented Asset Living in the lease negotiations. Chris Taylor of Cushman & Wakefield and Trey Smith of CBRE represented the landlord.
BURBANK, CALIF. — Creative Arsenal LLC has completed the sale of an office building, located at 400 S. Victory Blvd. In Burbank, to a private buyer for $5.8 million. The three-story property offers 20,347 square feet of creative office, production and post-production space and immediate access to I-5 and I-134. Gerard Poutier, Mark Shaffer, Anthony DeLorenzo and Dylan Rutigliano of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
ROCHESTER HILLS AND LAKE ORION, MICH. — NAI Farbman has completed the lease-up of a 24,379-square-foot office building at 251 Diversion St. in Rochester Hills. Additionally, the brokerage firm has secured eight new retail leases or renewals at the 50,755-square-foot Orion Marketplace shopping center in Lake Orion. Brandon Ben-Ezra and Gavin Mills of NAI Farbman secured three leases to reach full occupancy at the four-story office building. Signed tenants include Rochester Robotic Therapy, Carnaghi Structural Consulting and Amy Elizabeth Designs. Signed tenants at the shopping center include Soul of India, SSWEET Bakery, D1 Training, Black Cat Beanery, Tropical Smoothie Café, Games 4 Life, Parlor Donuts and New Wave Church. The leases bring the property from 50 percent occupancy to 94 percent leased.
NEW YORK CITY — Tailwind Management has signed a 14,000-square-foot office lease at 299 Park Avenue, a 1.2 million-square-foot building in Midtown Manhattan. The business consulting firm is relocating from 485 Lexington Ave. Greg Taubin of Savills represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. David Falk, Peter Shimkin, Andy Sachs and Eric Cagner of Newmark, along with internal agents Marc Packman and Clark Briffel, represented the landlord, Fisher Brothers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A partnership between Garfield Investments and Broad Creek Capital has acquired a 285,000-square-foot, eight-story office building located at 300 M St. SE in Washington, D.C.’s Navy Yard district. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Bradley Allen of Eastdil brokered the transaction. Situated two blocks from the Navy Yard Metro Station and opposite the Washington Navy Yard, the property was 53 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including defense firms and subcontractors of the U.S. Navy. The office building includes a 7,000-square-foot conference facility, fitness center, 24-hour security and 304 underground parking spaces. Garfield and Broad Creek have selected Greg Tomasso of Avison Young to handle leasing at 300 M.
BALTIMORE — MCB Real Estate has broken ground on a $44 million civic project within Reservoir Square, a $170 million mixed-use development in West Baltimore. The four-story, 63,000-square-foot project is for the new location of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development (MOED) and will comprise advanced career skills-building classrooms, collaborative workspaces and upgraded technology learning labs. The construction timeline was not released. Reservoir Square is located along the 600-850 block of West North Avenue, a site that once housed a blighted mall and public housing. The development is a partnership between MCB, Atapco Properties and MLR Partners. Other partners include the City of Baltimore, the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, the Maryland Economic Development Corp., P3 –Foundation Inc. and the Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of 1054 South De Anza Boulevard, a three-story multi-tenant office property in San Jose. The asset sold for $9.7 million. Yuri Sergunin, Vince Schwab and J.J. Taughinbaugh of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller, while Simon Chen of Buffalo RE represented the undisclosed buyer in the deal. Constructed in 1985 on 1.2 acres, the 31,701-square-foot property features an atrium, elevator access and ample parking. At the time of sale, the building was 75 percent occupied.
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