DALLAS — After 12 years with Marcus & Millichap, a team of commercial real estate agents has started its own firm, the Vitorino Group. The team aims to build on its track record of retail investment sales throughout Texas and the Southwest, but will expand its business model to include all facets of a commercial real estate firm. Jason Vitorino leads the company, which opened Sept. 28. Vitorino Group also includes Jared Aubrey, Michael Austry, Adam Gottschalk, Anthony Pucciarello, Bryce Gissler and James Mangum. The Vitorino Group also employs a transaction coordinator, financial analyst, marketing coordinators and research analysts.
ATLANTA — The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a $101 million, 20-year lease contract to Arlington, Va.-based FD Stonewater to develop a build-to-suit facility in Atlanta for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI Atlanta Field Office will occupy the 151,066-square-foot project. FD Stonewater expects to break ground on the facility in early 2016 and deliver it in 2017. The building is the 14th build-to-suit lease project that FD Stonewater and its affiliates have developed on behalf of the GSA. Powers Brown Architecture is the lead designer for the project, and Harvey Cleary Builders is the general contractor.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Colliers International has arranged an 18,569-square-foot office lease at Gulch Crossing, an office building located at 1033 Demonbreun St. in Nashville. Vickie Saito of Colliers represented the tenant, Industrious NSH Gulch Crossing LLC, in the lease transaction. Industrious is a Chicago-based company that develops working environments with features such as glass-walled offices, coffee bars and relaxation rooms. Industrious has offices in several cities and at each location leases space as a locally established limited liability company. The company has previously developed office space for high-profile tenants such as Pinterest and Instacart. The company plans to be operational at Gulch Crossing by spring 2016.
INDIANAPOLIS — Cushman & Wakefield / Summit Realty Group has arranged the sale of an 113,546-square-foot office portfolio located at 8935 – 9011 N. Meridian St. in Indianapolis. Keystone Realty Group sold Waterplace Park to Evergreen Investment Corp. Alex Cantu and Alison Melton of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller. The property was developed in 1980 and is currently 69 percent leased. Tenants of Waterplace Park include Mid America Clinical Laboratories, Omnisource and GoldPoint Clinical Research.
DETROIT — Lear Corp. has acquired a historic six-story, 35,000-square-foot building located at 119 State St. in Detroit from Bedrock Real Estate Services for an undisclosed price. Lear Corp. has plans to turn the building in Capitol Park into an innovation and design center described as a “think tank.” The building was constructed in 1887 and originally housed Brown Brothers Cigar Manufacturers. Construction will begin soon, and the project is slated for completion in 2016.
LOS GATOS, CALIF. — WealthCap has purchased two newly built office campuses in the Silicon Valley submarket of Los Gatos for an undisclosed sum. The Class A properties are located at 121 and 131 Albright Way. Both buildings are leased to Netflix. They will serve as the global headquarters for the on-demand digital movie and television show streaming company. The acquisition also includes an interest in the surrounding 15-acre campus, including 664 surface parking spaces and shared use of a 930-space structured parking garage. CBRE Global Investors represented WealthCap in the transaction. This is the German-based company’s second acquisition in Silicon Valley over the past 12 months.
DALLAS — Chicago-based healthcare real estate investment company Stage Equity Partners LLC has purchased a 37,000-square-foot, multi-tenant medical office building in Carrollton, a northern suburb of Dallas. The property is Stage Equity’s fourth medical office acquisition in Dallas and its fifth overall in Texas. The single-story, Class A building was acquired in an off-market transaction from the physician owners of OrthoTexas, an orthopedic practice based in Dallas. As part of the transaction, OrthoTexas leased back the majority of the building under a long-term lease. MetroCrest Surgery Center — a joint venture between USPI, Baylor Scott & White Health and Tenet Health — leases the remainder of the building for the operation of an ambulatory surgery center. American Momentum Bank provided financing for the project. The property, located at 4780 North Josey Lane isfully leased. OrthoTexas has 27 physicians and more than 250 employees, and MetroCrest is a prominent surgery center in the region. The property is within 10 minutes of Baylor Carrollton Hospital and Texas Health Resources Presbyterian Plano Hospital.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — bluebird bio Inc. has signed a 10-year lease with Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. to occupy a 253,000-square-foot, build-to-suit property at 60 Binney St. at Alexandria Center at Kendall Square campus in Cambridge. The lease is for the entire 60 Binney Street building except for a ground-floor retail suite. The project is on track to be delivered in late 2016. bluebird bio, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, plans to relocate its headquarters to the new facility, which will also expand its presence in Cambridge. The Alexandria Center at Kendall Square is a fully integrated urban campus featuring 2.3 million rentable square feet of state-of-the-art office/laboratory space and high-quality amenities, including retail and restaurant facilities, a 33,000-square-foot Cambridge Athletic Club and two acres of open space.
SHORT HILLS, N.J. — KMPG, a global accounting firm, has signed a long-term lease for 54,341 square feet of office space at 150 John F. Kennedy Parkway in Short Hills. The 247,476-square-foot property, which is owned by Mack-Cali Realty Corp., recently underwent renovations that included the lobby and an enhanced entryway. Amenities at the property feature lobby-level food service and complimentary Wi-Fi in the café and lobby. With the signing of KPMG, 150 John F. Kennedy Parkway is now 100 percent leased. Jeffrey Babikian, Patrick Murphy and Kenneth Boland of CBRE represented the tenant in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Transwestern has arranged a 26,208-square-foot lease for Noil Petroleum Corp. The office/warehouse building located at 611 – 613 N. Union St. is 58,400 square feet. John Joyce of Transwestern represented the building owner, Gross Props. Noil Petroleum plans to build 15,000 square feet of offices and use the remaining 11,200 square feet for additional vehicle storage. AAA, a client of Noil Petroleum, occupies the building’s remaining 32,000 square feet. The lease brings the building to 100 percent occupancy. Noil Petroleum plans to relocate to the facility on Nov. 1.