WASHINGTON, D.C. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $95 million sale of 1099 New York Avenue, an 11-story office building located in Washington, D.C. Situated four blocks away from the White House, the property totals 180,878 square feet. The building, which was 95 percent leased to eight tenants at the time of sale, features floor plates averaging 17,500 square feet. A joint venture between affiliates of Quadrangle Development Corp. and FarmView Ventures acquired the property with plans to add a fitness center and reposition the rooftop. Andrew Weir, Jim Meisel, Matt Nicholson, David Baker and Kevin Byrd of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
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SAN ANTONIO — Partners Real Estate has negotiated a 23,880-square-foot office lease in northeast San Antonio. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 11711 IH-35 was built in 1994, renovated in 2009 and spans 186,337 square feet. Dan Gostylo and Steve Garza of Partners represented the tenant, Workforce Solutions, a provider of job-seeking services, in the lease negotiations. Adam Lippstone of Caisson Real Estate Brokerage represented the undisclosed landlord.
NEW YORK CITY — CoreWeave, a provider of cloud infrastructure services, has signed a 17,421-square-foot office lease at 33 Whitehall St. in Manhattan’s Financial District. CoreWeave will occupy the top floor of the 30-story building, which is known locally as Broad Financial Center. Jonathan Cope and Edward Goldman of CBRE represented the landlord, Stawski Partners, in the lease negotiations. Dan Posy and Ian Lipman of JLL represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a 13,671-square-foot office lease at 300 Park Avenue South in Midtown Manhattan. Rockrose Development owns the 14-story building, which was originally constructed in 1910. Josh Kuriloff, Matthias Li, Drew Braver, Remy Liebersohn and Heather Thomas of Cushman & Wakefield, along with internal agent Rob Fink, represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Greg Wang, Christine Colley and Thomas Swartz of JLL represented the tenant, e-commerce firm 1stDibs.
HOUSTON — Houston-based Silver Star Properties REIT has received $135 million in financing to facilitate the liquidation of its 4.2 million-square-foot portfolio of office assets in Texas. Silver Star intends to sell all 27 properties in the portfolio, which includes two industrial assets and one retail asset, and to use the proceeds to exclusively acquire self-storage facilities. The financing consists of a $120 million floating-rate senior loan from New York City-based Benefit Street Partners and a $15 million co-terminus second mortgage loan from California-based boutique lender RWBC. Raymond James Financial advised Silver Star, which has already sold the 139,069-square-foot Bent Treen Green office building in North Dallas, on the transaction.
DALLAS — GSR Andrade Architects has signed a 10,491-square-foot office lease at the historic Oilwell Supply Building in the West End district of Dallas. The five-story, 73,384-square-foot building is located at 2001 N. Lamar St. and was originally constructed in 1923. Nate Hruby and Demian Salmon of Stream Realty Partners represented GSR Andrade, which is relocating from the Exposition Park area, in the lease negotiations. A partnership between The Deal Co. and Scarlet Capital owns the building.
NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has negotiated a seven-year, 7,364-square-foot office lease at 551 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The Feil Organization owns the property, which was originally built in 1927 and is known locally as The Fred F. French Building. Martin Cottingham, Patrick Steffens and Alexis Odgers of Avison Young represented the tenant, BOND Civil & Utility Construction, in the lease negotiations. Andrew Wiener, Kevin Driscoll and Henry Korzec represented Feil on an internal basis.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Shorenstein Properties, an investment firm with offices in San Francisco and New York City, has sold a 248,000-square-foot office building in Austin’s Mueller district. The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) purchased the six-story complex, which is known as The Bravo Building, with plans to relocate its headquarters to the facility. The sale included an 845-space parking garage. TRS sold its former headquarters building at 1000 Red River St. in downtown Austin in fall 2022.
DALLAS — Bradford Cos. has purchased Bent Tree Green, a 139,069-square-foot office building in North Dallas, with plans to invest about $9.6 million in capital improvements. Bent Tree Green is a three-story building that overlooks the 190-acre country club of the same name. Bradford plans to add a fitness center, outdoor tenant lounge, putting green and speculative suites to the property. JLL represented the seller, Silver Star Properties REIT, in the transaction.
DigitalBridge Signs 79,141 SF Corporate Headquarters Lease at Sundy Village in Delray Beach, Florida
by John Nelson
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — DigitalBridge, a digital infrastructure investment firm active in data centers and cell towers, has signed a 79,141-square-foot office lease at Sundy Village, a mixed-use development located at 100 S.E. 1st Ave. in Delray Beach. The South Florida property will serve as the new corporate headquarters for DigitalBridge, which is relocating from nearby Boca Raton. The company plans to move its 300 employees to Sundy Village in the third quarter. The development’s other office tenants will include the developer, Pebb Capital, as well as Vertical Bridge. Joe Freitas and John Criddle of CBRE oversee office leasing at Sundy Village, which also features retail space, structured and subterranean parking and green spaces.