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EverBank Center Jacksonville Florida

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Colliers International Northeast Florida has arranged a 236,250-square-foot office lease at EverBank Center, a 30-story, 956-201-square-foot office tower in downtown Jacksonville. Chuck Diebel, Preston Phillips and Lisa McLatchey of Colliers International Northeast Florida represented the landlord, Amkin West Bay LLC, in the lease transaction. Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The new lease brings the office tower’s occupancy to more than 90 percent.

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Dadeland @ 9700 Dadeland Florida Eastern National Bank

MIAMI — Avison Young has arranged a new 21,492-square-foot lease for the relocation of Eastern National Bank’s corporate headquarters relocation. The company is moving its footprint from Miami’s Brickell district to Dadeland @ 9700, an 11-story, 67,142-square-foot office building at 9700 S. Dixie Highway. The move brings the office building to 100 percent occupancy. Donna Abood, Joe Abood and Ericka Witkowski of Avison Young represented the landlord, Dadeland Executive Plaza LLC, in the transaction.

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HOUSTON — London Offshore Consultants has leased 8,054 square feet at the Imperial 20 building, which is located at 16800 Imperial Valley Drive in the Greenspoint submarket of Houston. Kurt Kistler of Moody Rambin represented the owner, 16800 Imperial LLC. Chad Beck of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the transaction.

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CHICAGO — Foresite Realty Partners LLC has arranged the lease of a 7,196-square-foot office space in Chicago. Alliance of Chicago Community Health Service, L3C has signed a 10-year, seven-month lease renewal at the space located at 215 West Ohio. The Alliance provides health information technology to support more than 40 non-profit health centers nationally. Foresite Reality Partners represented the landlord. Trevor Marticke of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.

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866-United-Nations-Plaza-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Meadow Partners, through an affiliate, has converted 866 United Nations Plaza, a 471,000-square-foot office building, into a commercial condominium property containing office, retail and garage space. Located at the base of two 32-story residential towers on 48th Street in New York City, the property offers six 78,000-square-foot floors and units ranging in size from less than 1,000 to more than 50,000 square feet. Additionally, units can be combined and demised to accommodate users of varying sizes. Sale prices range from under $1 million to more than $60 million, depending on unit size, view and floor plan. Built in 1965, the property features two lobbies, 24/7 security, 17-foot travertine walls and polished granite floors, six elevators, a separate service entrance with loading dock and oversized freight elevator, and an underground parking garage. Rudder Property Group is marketing the building, which is managed by Jones Lang LaSalle.

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It’s safe to say that the recent drastic drop in oil prices is a hot topic everywhere, and it certainly dominates the discussion in Houston real estate. As we read market predictions of how long it will take for the price of oil to rebound and the impact it will have on the economy, we must try to predict on a micro level what the consequence will be to tenants and landlords. With the price of oil below $50 per barrel and still declining, it is understandable why the uncertainty of the market is causing many tenants to put their space requirements on hold or reconsider their occupancy plans altogether. Despite the Greater Houston Partnership’s projection for 63,000 new jobs to be added in Houston in 2015 and the countless construction cranes that can be seen all over the city, the daily announcements of layoffs, reduced capital expenditure plans and mergers leave considerable room for doubt and uncertainty about the market. Although the Houston economy is more diverse today than it was 30 years ago, a strong correlation between the price of oil and office rental rates remains. The Houston employment and real estate market will, however, benefit from its …

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FREMONT, CALIF. — Healthcare Realty Trust has acquired Civic Center Place, a 110,679-square-foot medical office building in Fremont, for $39.2 million. The center is located at 39141 Civic Center Drive. Civic Center Place was built in 1999. It is situated on 3.9 acres on the east side of the San Francisco Bay. The center was 98 percent leased at the time of closing. It is mostly occupied by healthcare-related tenants, as the center sits adjacent to the Washington Township Hospital Campus and Kaiser Permanente Fremont Medical Center. The facilities are situated along the future “Gateway” to the city’s downtown district. The transaction was executed by Marcus Muirhead, Greg Guglielmino and Steve Gonzalez of the Colliers Muirhead-Guglielmino-Gonzalez Investment Team. The seller was Berkeley Land Company.

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CALABASAS, CALIF. – A 19,000-square-foot office building in the Los Angeles submarket of Calabasas has sold to SDK Properties for $4.4 million. The building is located at 24003 Ventura Blvd. It was 90 percent occupied at the time of closing. SDK Properties was represented by Mitchell Stokes of Madison Partners. The seller was Calabasas Storage LLC.

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VANCOUVER, WASH. – DiscoverOrg has leased 27,043 square feet of office space in Vancouver. The space is located at the 805 Broadway Building in the city’s downtown region. It was formerly occupied by CenturyLink. The sales and marketing intelligence data provider was represented by Rich Sabel and Tim Pfeiffer of Norris & Stevens. The landlord, Schlesinger Companies, was represented by Doug Bartocci and Tamara Fuller of Norris Beggs & Simpson, NAI.

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Connection-Park

DALLAS — Stream Realty Partners has broken ground on the first phase of its latest office development, Connection Park. Situated at the intersection of Freeport Parkway and LBJ Freeway, Connection Park will include at least 301,000 square feet of office space across two buildings. Stream is partnering with Alex Brown Realty on the project. Dallas-based American Bank of Texas is providing construction financing. Located on 18.3 acres of real estate fronting LBJ Freeway, Phase I of the Connection Park campus includes a 3.5-story building and 141,219 square feet of Class A office space. The top floor will feature a patio-ready rooftop, which tenants can convert to an indoor/outdoor cafe or executive amenity. Design firm Powers Brown is the project’s architect and EMJ Corp. is the general contractor for Phase I. Construction on the 160,000-square-foot second phase of Connection Park will begin later this year.

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