PLANO, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated a 78,705-square-foot sublease at Plano Tower, the former Encana Oil & Gas Inc. regional headquarters located in Legacy Town Center at 5851 Legacy Circle in Plano. Plano-based LegacyTexas Bank will occupy the top three floors of the building. Ben Sumner of Centurion Real Estate Partners represented LegacyTexas Bank. Greg Biggs, Doug Carignan, Torrey Littlejohn and Marc Feldman of JLL represented the sub landlord, Encana. American Realty Capital Properties owns the building. KDC Real Estate Development built the 12-story, 318,582-square-foot Class A property in 2012.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — HFF has brokered the $112 million sale of Broward Financial Center, a 324,429-square-foot, Class A office property in Fort Lauderdale. The property is located at 500 E. Broward Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale’s central business district. AGS Property Corp. purchased the 24-story office building clear and free of existing debt from DRA Advisors LLC. Hermen Rodriguez, Manuel De Zarraga, Ike Ojala and Jorge Portela of HFF represented DRA Advisors in the transaction. Broward Financial Center was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Sun-Sentinel Co., Fox Sports Net Florida Inc., Premiere Beverage Co. LLC, Northwestern Mutual, Morton’s Restaurant Group and Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Additionally, HFF secured $61million in acquisition financing on behalf of AGS Property Corp. Chris Drew and Paul Stasaitis led HFF’s debt placement team to arrange the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Inc.
LOS ANGELES – Vinci Academy has leased 10,127 square feet in Century City. It will occupy the entire third floor of a 46,247-square-foot office building. The four-story building is located at 1940 Century Park East in the Los Angeles submarket. The daycare center will also construct a 4,000-square-foot outdoor play area on the roof of the building’s parking garage, which is connected to the property. Construction is scheduled for completion next March. Vinci was represented by CBRE’s Matt Perlmutter. The landlord is the Gillis Family Partnership.
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — Rubenstein Properties and partner Onyx Equities have executed a 61,676-square-foot lease with Avaya Inc. at 211 Mount Airy Road in Basking Ridge. Affiliates of Rubenstein and Onyx acquired the 305,000-square-foot property from Avaya in 2013 as a sale-leaseback deal. The property features a full cafeteria, state-of-the-art fitness facilities, 127-unit auditorium and an on-site conference center. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented both Avaya and Rubenstein/Onyx.
Colliers, Lee & Associates Broker 51,223 SF Office Lease at 1251 Avenue of the Americas
by Amy Works
NEW YORK CITY — Colliers International and Lee & Associates have brokered a 51,223-square-foot lease at 1251 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP inked a long-term relocation for the space in the 54-story, 2.4 million-square-foot office tower. The law firm plans to occupy the space by year-end 2015 and will occupy the entire 44th floor with additional space on the 41st floor and concourse level. Robert Koslow of Colliers International and Howard Rosen of Lee & Associates co-brokered the lease on behalf of the tenant. Peter Shimkin and David Falk of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the landlord in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Compass Group has renewed its lease for the entire 30th floor at 135 East 57th Street in New York City’s Plaza District. Owned by Cohen Brothers Realty Corp., the 32-story Class A office tower features eight high-speed passenger elevators, indoor garden space, building management and security personnel with 24/7 lobby attendance. Marc Horowitz of Cohen Brothers provided in-house representation for the landlord. David Kaplansky of Colliers International arranged the deal on behalf of the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Swig Equities has completed more than $1.5 million in capital improvements at 825 East Gate Boulevard in Garden City, Long Island. Updates to the 80,000-square-foot office building included renovated lobby and entrance canopy, renovated elevators and mechanicals; upgraded electrical service; backup dual fuel generator; upgraded HVAC systems; new roof; new security and fire/life safety systems; upgraded emergency generator; new outdoor lighting; new signage; new tenant corridors; upgraded bathrooms; and a resurfaced parking area. Property amenities include a café and an on-site building manager. The property is within walking distance of retail and hospitality venues. Current tenants include a variety of law firms, a security consulting company and an insurance brokerage firm, among others. Swig Equities took over management of the property earlier this year.
NEW YORK CITY — JEMB Realty has completed 75,000 square feet in new leasing activity at its office property located at 75 Broad St. in Lower Manhattan. The property is now more than 90 percent occupied. Built in 1927 as the headquarters for ITT Corp., the 33-story building offers flexible floor plates, top-tier amenities, 24-hour security and an in-house management team. JEMB acquired the property in 2000. New tenants include Human Rights First (18,000 square feet), represented by Carri Lyon, Robert Lower and Kevin Daly of Cushman & Wakefield; StellaService (10,000-square-foot expansion), represented by Patrice Meagher of CBRE; Toll Brothers; Sun & Moon Marketing (7,000 square feet), represented by Robert Constable and Willard Overlock of Cushman & Wakefied; Design Quadrant (7,500 square feet), represented by Kenneth Beilin of Beilin Commercial Real Estate; Blue Engine, represented by Jordan Rosenlicht and Lindsay Ornstein of Transwestern; Health Corps, represented by Robert Taylor of SRS Real Estate Partners; Cooper Carry, represented by Carri Lyon of Cushman & Wakefield; and Johnson Gallagher Magliery represented by George Keller and Peter Cento of Cushman & Wakefield. Approximately 60,000 square feet of office space remains available at 75 Broad Street.
LOS GATOS, CALIF. — The Grove, a 485,000-square-foot office campus in Los Gatos that will soon to be home to Netflix’s world headquarters, has received a $100-million construction loan. The Class A campus will be located on Winchester Boulevard, alongside Highway 85, in Silicon Valley. The first phase will contain 242,000 square feet in two office buildings that are pre-leased to Netflix. Construction is already underway, with an anticipated completion date of next May. John Nelson of CBRE’s San Francisco office arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower/developer, a joint venture between Sand Hill Property Company and the Carlyle Group. It was provided by a syndicate of lenders headed up by SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. SunTrust Bank also acted as administrative agent. The interest rate was a variable, LIBOR-based rate.
MILPITAS, CALIF. — Tasman Technology Park, a 610,000-square-foot office and R&D campus in Milpitas, has received an $84-million acquisition loan. The institutional-quality property is located at 1371 McCarthy Blvd., just north of San Jose. The 14-building campus is situated in the center of Silicon Valley’s “Innovation Triangle,” which is home to more than 7,000 technology companies. These include Array Networks, Fire Eye Inc., KLA Tencor, Lifescan, SanDisk and Touchstone Semiconductor. The seven-year, non-recourse, fixed-rate loan was arranged by Brad Zampa, Michael Walker and Megan Woodring of CBRE’s San Francisco office on behalf of the borrower, an entity owned by Lionstone Investments and Orchard Partners. The partial interest-only financing features a rate in the low 4 percent range. It was provided by an East Coast-based life insurance company. The seller, Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, was represented by Russell Ingrum, Joe Moriarty, Sean Sullivan and Tyler Meyerdirk of CBRE Capital Markets’ Institutional Properties team.