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Rock Creek Delivers Two Life Sciences Facilities in Germantown, Maryland

by John Nelson January 30, 2024

GERMANTOWN, MD. — Bethesda, Md.-based Rock Creek Property Group has delivered two life science facilities at 20430 and 20440 Century Blvd. in Germantown, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Situated off I-270 in Rock Creek’s Precision Labs campus, the former office buildings span 32,000 and 52,000 square feet, respectively. Architectural firm Ware Malcomb designed the office-to-life sciences conversion project, which involved upgrading the buildings’ electrical, mechanical and wastewater infrastructure. The single-story facility at 20430 Century Blvd. features move-in ready space suitable for a single headquarters and includes offices and flexible space for laboratory, research-and-development and cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practice) manufacturing. The two-story facility at 20440 Century Blvd. features six wet laboratory suites.

January 30, 2024

Development Industrial Maryland Office Southeast

St. John, Greenebaum to Develop 70,000 SF Industrial Project in Fulton, Maryland

by John Nelson January 30, 2024

FULTON, MD. — A joint venture between St. John Properties Inc. and Greenebaum Enterprises has purchased a 12.5-acre site within Montpelier Research Park, a business park in the Baltimore-Washington submarket of Howard County. The duo plan to develop two single-story, flex industrial facilities on the site spanning 70,000 square feet combined. Located adjacent to Maple Lawn and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Fulton, the acquired site currently features a 32,488-square-foot office building that the new ownership is marketing for lease. Abby Glassberg and Don Schline of KLNB represented the seller in the land transaction. St. John and Greenebaum estimate they’ll deliver the two industrial facilities in 2026.

January 30, 2024

Development Office Oklahoma Texas

BancFirst Completes Renovation of 507,038 SF Office Building in Oklahoma City

by Taylor Williams January 30, 2024

OKLAHOMA CITY — BancFirst has completed the renovation of its namesake tower in downtown Oklahoma City. Located at 1000 N. Broadway, BancFirst Tower is a 36-story, 507,038-square-foot building that was originally constructed in 1971. Renovations included modernizing the exterior public plaza and amenity spaces, including the lobby and underground concourse. Bockus Payne served as the architect of the project, which began in 2020. Other project partners included Wallace Engineering, Alvine Engineering and Smith Roberts Baldischwiler.

January 30, 2024

Leasing Activity Office Texas

The Cannon to Open 21,960 SF Coworking Space in Houston’s Memorial City District

by Taylor Williams January 30, 2024

HOUSTON — Coworking and flexible workspace provider The Cannon will open a 21,960-square-foot space in Houston’s 265-acre Memorial City District. The space will span a full floor within Two Memorial City Plaza, which is part MetroNational’s three-building complex that recently received $30 million in capital improvements. Slated to open this spring, the space will feature 38 private offices and will be able to support more than 60 members.

January 30, 2024

Leasing Activity Massachusetts Northeast Office

M&T Bank Signs 39,000 SF Office Lease at Winthrop Center in Downtown Boston

by Taylor Williams January 30, 2024

BOSTON — M&T Bank has signed a 39,000-square-foot office lease at Winthrop Center, an 812,000-square-foot mixed-use complex in downtown Boston. George O’Connor and Thomas Ashe of Cushman & Wakefield represented M&T Bank, which plans to move in this fall, in the lease negotiations. CBRE represented the landlord, New York City-based Millennium Partners. Other tenants at Winthrop Center include Deloitte, McKinsey & Company and ECG Management Consultants.

January 30, 2024

California Industrial Market Reports Office Western Western Market Reports

Orange County’s Industrial Market Thrives, but Office Market Struggles

by Jeff Shaw January 30, 2024

— By Robert Ritschel and Andrew Herron, Senior Vice Presidents, The Saywitz Company — The industrial sector for Orange County commercial real estate continues to be one of the strongest in the country. Vacancy rates in Orange County for industrial space remain at approximately 2 percent. What this means for tenants out in the marketplace is a continued struggle to find viable space. When combining limited availability with the fact that some of the buildings are older or obsolete, or may have lower ceiling height or reduced power, this makes the challenge even more difficult. With that said, we have seen the sales prices for industrial space level off and we have also now, for the first time in the past several years, begun to see landlords offer free rent and move-in concessions, and come off of their asking prices. The days of five or 10 different tenants looking at one available space in the marketplace seem to be over, and those with good credit looking to sign long-term leases clearly stand out from the mom-and-pop operator that may be looking to sign a short-term lease. Landlords on the industrial side appear to be much more conscious of the changing …

January 30, 2024

Acquisitions Content Partner Development Features Industrial Lee & Associates Loans Midwest Multifamily Northeast Office Retail Southeast Texas Western

Property Owners Recalibrate Expectations Following Financing Challenge, Shifting Vacancy Rates

by Sarah Daniels January 30, 2024

High costs, modulating occupancies and a lack of financing options reshaped the industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors in the fourth quarter of 2023, signaling the determining factors for 2024, according to Lee & Associates’ 2023 Q4 North America Market Report. The industrial sector saw stabilizing tenant demand — the number of new buildings delivered increased in the fourth quarter, while new construction starts slowed. Meanwhile, the office sector’s struggles deepened as more than half of the office leases signed pre-2020 approach their expiration by 2026. With low-rate loans maturing into a high-rate environment, the factors troubling the office sector seem insurmountable in this decade. In the retail market, low vacancies did not lead to booming construction in that sector in the last quarter of 2023 — financing costs plus land and labor costs have hampered new development in spite of high demand. Finally, the health of multifamily markets is tied closely to geography. Sun Belt multifamily properties and their Midwest and Northeastern market counterparts are seeing reversals from the multifamily trends of 2021: formerly fast-growing Sun Belt markets are experiencing slowed rent growth or rent decline, while rent growth for slower-growing, major North and Midwestern metros has grown steadily. Lee & Associates …

January 30, 2024

Development Georgia Mixed-Use Multifamily Office Southeast

Alliance Residential Opens Broadstone Peachtree Corners Mixed-Use Community in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson January 29, 2024

PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA. — Alliance Residential Co. has opened Broadstone Peachtree Corners, a mixed-use community located at 5672 Peachtree Parkway in Peachtree Corners, roughly 20 miles outside of downtown Atlanta in Gwinnett County. Situated on 9.2 acres, the property features a five-story residential building with apartments in studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. The property also features 7,760 square feet of furnished for-rent office space located on the second floor of Broadstone Peachtree Corner’s amenity building. Alliance Residential is branding the office space as Second Story, A Private Office Collective. The space features offices ranging from 90 to 250 square feet, as well as two reservable conference rooms, a coworking lounge with an adjoining private outdoor terrace, a community kitchen and access to on-property electric vehicle charging stations. Amenities at the residential community include a pool, fitness center, game lounge, pet spa and dog run, clubroom, landscaped courtyard, grilling station and a fire pit. Rental rates begin at $1,549 per month for a studio apartment, according to the property website.

January 29, 2024

Acquisitions Office Texas

JLL Arranges Sale of 117,261 SF Office Building in West Houston

by Taylor Williams January 26, 2024

HOUSTON — JLL has arranged the sale of The Westchester, a 117,261-square-foot office building in West Houston. The six-story building was constructed in 1999 and was 74 percent leased at the time of sale. Amenities include a conference center, deli, private courtyard and a putting green. Marty Hogan and Rick Goings of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. John Ream led a JLL team that arranged acquisition financing though an undisclosed CMBS lender on behalf of the buyer, Mission Cos.

January 26, 2024

Leasing Activity New York Northeast Office

Mulligan Security Signs 15,788 SF Office Lease Expansion, Renewal in Midtown Manhattan

by Taylor Williams January 26, 2024

NEW YORK CITY — Mulligan Security has signed a 15,788-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion at 7 Penn Plaza in Midtown Manhattan. The private security and fire safety contracting firm now occupies 24,788 square feet across the entire second floor. The renewal term is 12 years. David Hollander and David Katz of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Andrew Wiener, David Turino and Henry Korzec represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, on an internal basis.

January 26, 2024

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