DALLAS — Law firm Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has leased 30,073 square feet at 2100 Ross Ave. in Dallas. Randy Cooper, Craig Wilson, Frank McCafferty and Jonathan Larsen of Cassidy Turley represented the law firm. The property is owned by Atlanta-based Cousins Properties. Cynthia Cowen and William Brokaw of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord. The building consists of 33 stories and includes a conference center that seats 175, cafes, a fitness center and sky bridge pedestrian system.
AUSTIN — Cousins Properties Inc. is set to begin construction on Research Park V in Austin. The 173,000-square-foot office development is the last in a five-building complex Cousins is developing. Construction is projected to start later this year and be completed in the fourth quarter of 2015. Cousins anticipates the total development cost for Research Park V will be $44 million.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Encore Retail LLC, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Encore Enterprises Inc., has acquired land to develop a 20-acre Class A neighborhood retail development in the master-planned community of Craig Ranch. The development is part of a 2,200-acre business, retail and residential community which will be located near the city limit lines of McKinney and Frisco. The project will be known as Marketplace at Craig Ranch and will be anchored by a grocer with inline retail space as well as five outparcel pad sites along Custer and Stacy roads.
MIAMI — A fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors has acquired Airport Corporate Center, a 45-acre, 11-building office park located adjacent to Miami International Airport. The campus is located at 7200-7665 Corporate Center Drive and includes more than 1 million square feet of space, which was 78.6 percent leased at the time of sale. CBRE Global Investors plans to upgrade the campus with the firm’s 5-Star Worldwide service and amenity program, including the addition of conference centers and a fitness center. The buyer is also planning to renovate building interiors and exteriors and upgrade the property’s landscaping.
FORT WORTH — HFF has arranged the sale and financing for Summit Office Park, a two-building, 242,482-square-foot, Class A office complex in Fort Worth. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Prescott Group. Pennybacker Capital purchased the asset and HFF secured acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer. ViewPoint Bank provided the seven-year loan. Summit Office Park is located near I-30, just west of downtown Fort Worth. The eight-story buildings, located at 1200 and 1300 Summit Ave., are 95 percent leased and span 120,396 square feet and 122,086 square feet, respectively. Travis Anderson and Steve Heldenfels led HFF’s debt placement team.
HADDON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — CBRE Inc. has brokered the sale of the Wells Fargo Building, located at 600 W. Cuthbert Blvd. in Haddon Township. National Financial Realty – East Coast Portfolio LLC sold the property for $2.98 million. The 75,937-square-foot office building was constructed in two phases. A two-story bank branch was completed in 1965, and a six-story attached office building was completed in 1976. Wells Fargo is the sole tenant. Wells Fargo vacated the two-story bank branch property, which is currently available for lease. Jim Pasquarella and Bill Tourtellotte of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN PEDRO, CALIF. – Regus has leased more than 15,000 square feet at Topaz in Downtown San Pedro. The Class A office tower is located at 222 West Sixth Street. The flexible workplaces provider will use this space as an expansion of its South Bay operations, which serve Long Beach, Palos Verdes and the 190th Street Corridor. Regus represented itself in this transaction, while the landlord, Jupiter Holdings, was represented by CBRE’s Tim Vaughan, Dave Smith and Mike Harry.
IRVINE, CALIF. – Citadel Servicing Corporation has leased 14,588 square feet at the Irvine Spectrum Office Plaza. The plaza is located at 15707 Rockfield in Irvine. It is currently 58 percent leased. This renewal and expansion nearly tripled Citadel’s original space at this location. The new lease runs through 2018. The non-qualified mortgage products provider was represented by Oliver Fleener of PM Realty Group. The landlord, PRES Companies, was represented by its own Adam Espinoza.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. – Radiology Partners has leased 12,443 square feet of office space in El Segundo. The space is located at 2101 El Segundo Blvd. It was previously occupied by Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems. The integrated radiology practice management company plans to occupy the space next month. It is expanding from its 5,000-square-foot space, which is also in El Segundo. Radiology Partners was represented by Jacob Bobek of Avison Young’s Downtown Los Angeles office. The landlord, Bixby Land Company, was represented by CBRE.
ANDOVER, MASS. — A joint venture between KS Partners and Oaktree Capital Management has acquired Brickstone Square, a three-building office park located in Andover. Originally constructed between 1919 and 1934 as the world headquarters for American Woolen Company, the three buildings are located at 100, 200 and 300 Brickstone Square and total more than 1 million square feet. In 1986, the property was renovated and converted into office space. On-site amenities include a full-service cafeteria, fitness center, on-site daycare center, convenience store and more than 3,000 parking spaces. Kerry Olson Hawkins, Jason Levendusky and Jake Borden of CBRE/New England have been selected to lease the property.