Office

ZIPCAR RELOCATES 46,000 SF HEADQUARTERS TO BOSTON

by admin August 19, 2013

BOSTON — Cresa Boston has managed the build-out and project management services for Zipcar’s new corporate headquarters in the Fort Point district of south Boston. Zipcar, a vehicle-sharing service that rents cars by the hour, is relocating from a 35,000-square-foot building at 25 First St. in Cambridge, to the 46,000-square-foot, six-story property at 35 Thomson Place. Chris Crooks, Adam Subber and Dan Sullivan of Cresa provided the transaction management services, which included planning, vendor selection, design and construction management. Janet Morra of Margulies Perruzzi Architects led the design team. Wise Construction, led by Tom Healy, provided pre-construction and construction management services. Dan Moody of W.B. Engineers led the engineering services component. Crosspoint Associates Inc. is the property manager of the building.

August 19, 2013

VANTRUST BREAKS GROUND ON 120,000 SF SPEC OFFICE PROPERTY NEAR DALLAS

by admin August 19, 2013

MCKINNEY, TEXAS — VanTrust Real Estate LLC has started construction on a 120,000-square-foot speculative office development in the Craig Ranch mixed-use community of McKinney, a northern suburb of Dallas. The building, designed by architects O’Brien & Associates, is the first phase of a larger planned office park to be known as McKinney Corporate Center. MYCON General Contractors has been awarded the design-build contract for the project. Burson Holman and Shannon Brown of CBRE Dallas will represent owner VanTrust in leasing the building.

August 19, 2013

Midwest Office

CHILDCARE PROVIDER SIGNS 15-YEAR LEASE IN CHICAGO

by admin August 16, 2013

CHICAGO — Children’s Learning Place has signed a 12,260-square-foot lease for first-floor space at 3532 N. Halsted St. in Chicago. The 15-year lease is valued at more than $4.8 million, according to Jameson Commercial LLC, which represented the landlord in the lease transaction. Children’s Learning Place provides early childhood and preschool education for families in its existing locations in Wicker Park, Logan Square and downtown Chicago. This new Lakeview facility, which is slated to open in mid-2014 after a planned remodeling project estimated at more than $1.5 million, will accommodate approximately 140 children. Noah O’Neill of RN Realty represented Children’s Learning Place. Chris Irwin, senior vice president of retail sales & leasing at Jameson Commercial represented the landlord.

August 16, 2013

Midwest Office

WATER TOWER REALTY SECURES FOUR NEW LEASES IN CHICAGO

by admin August 16, 2013

CHICAGO — Water Tower Realty Management has secured four leases at two of its commercial properties in Chicago. Three of the four leases are for office space at 415 N. LaSalle St., a 68,000-square-foot loft building in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Larry Cohn, senior broker, and Lindsay Guhl, broker at @properties Commercial arranged the leases for Water Tower Realty. 1060 Capital Management LLC, an investment management firm, signed a three-year lease for 1,475 square feet of space in the building. David Burkards, senior vice president for MB Real Estate, represented the tenant in the transaction. Bialow Real Estate LLC, a full-service real estate consulting firm, also signed a three-year lease for 1,475 square feet of space. Cohn was the sole broker in the transaction. Hartland Mortgage Centers, a mortgage company with locations throughout the U.S., opened its new Chicago office in the building after signing a three-year lease for 1,400 square feet of space. Cohn was also the sole broker in the transaction. Whitney Abrams Jewelry Inc. signed a three-year lease for 840 square feet of retail space at 1 E. Superior St., in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. The custom jewelry designer moved from its previous location at 9 E. …

August 16, 2013

Office Texas

CBRE SECURES $8M IN FINANCING FOR IRVING OFFICE BUILDING

by admin August 16, 2013

IRVING, TEXAS — The Debt and Equity Finance Group of CBRE Capital Markets has secured $8 million in financing for 1212 Corporate Drive in Irving, a multi-tenant office asset of Libitzky Holdings LP. The 124,128 square-foot property, located in the Las Colinas neighborhood, was built in 1982 and renovated in 2008 and 2009. Libitzky has owned the building since 2011. Greg Greene, Matt Ballard and Patrick Benoist of CBRE’s Dallas office arranged the terms of the 10-year, fixed-rate loan.

August 16, 2013

Office Western

LOS ANGELES OFFICE BUILDING SELLS FOR $2M

by admin August 15, 2013

LOS ANGELES – A 14,655-square-foot office building in Los Angeles has sold to Park View Dream LLC for $2 million. It is located at 2351 West 3rd Street. The buyer plans to relocate its real estate investment and management business to the building. It will lease out the remaining space. The seller, Building Industry Credit Association, was represented by David Fults and Brian McLoughlin of Voit Real Estate Services’ Los Angeles office.

August 15, 2013

Office Texas

HOUSTON’S TOWN CENTRE ONE TO BREAK GROUND IN SEPTEMBER

by admin August 15, 2013

HOUSTON — Developer Moody Rambin plans to break ground this September on Town Centre One, a 270,000-square-foot office building in Houston’s Town & Country Village development. Designed by Kirksey Architecture, the complex will also include a second office building of 100,000 square feet known as Town Centre Two, an eight-level parking garage and a 20,000-square-foot community theater. The location just east of Houston’s Energy Corridor will provide both views of downtown and pedestrian access from the adjacent CityCentre mixed-use development. The projected construction completion date is December 2014.

August 15, 2013

Office Western

LOS ANGELES OFFICE BUILDING SELLS FOR $2M

by admin August 15, 2013

August 15, 2013

Office Western

SACRAMENTO OFFICE BUILDING SELLS FOR $29.4M

by admin August 14, 2013

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – A 170,000-square-foot office building in downtown Sacramento has sold to an institutional investor for $29.4 million. The acquisition was made as an investment through a separate account managed by CenterSquare Investment Management, the real estate manager for BNY Mellon. The Class A building is located at 770 L Street. The seller was 770 L Street Investment Group Inc.

August 14, 2013

Office Western

SOUTH TEMPLE TOWER IN SALT LAKE CITY CHANGES HANDS

by admin August 14, 2013

SALT LAKE CITY — South Temple Tower, a 216,976-square-foot, high-rise tower in Salt Lake City, has sold to Maier Siebel Baber (MSB) for an undisclosed sum. The tower is located at 136 East South Temple in the city’s Central Business District. MSB plans to retrofit, renovate and refurbish the office building. These improvements will be carried out by Architecture Design. The seller was represented by Craig Thomas, Eric Gustafson and Eric Smith of CBRE’s Salt Lake City office. CBRE will continue to manage and lease the asset.

August 14, 2013

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