PITTSBURGH — Law firm Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has signed an 6,572-square-foot office lease expansion in Pittsburgh. The tenant is expanding its footprint at One PPG Place, a six-building, 1.5 million-square-foot complex located in the downtown area, by about 40 percent for a new footprint of 23,000 square feet. Lesa Nickelson French of Savills and David Koch of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Highwoods Properties owns One PPG Place.
MARIETTA, GA. — TerraCap Management, a Florida-based investment firm, has sold Cobb Corporate Center, a 196,000-square-foot office campus located in Marietta, roughly 20 miles outside of Atlanta. TerraCap acquired the property, which comprises five single-story buildings, in July 2020 and executed 70,000 square feet of leases during the firm’s ownership. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
ALLEN, TEXAS —Locally based developer JaRyCo has broken ground on FarmWORKs One, a 102,000-square-foot office building that is part of Phase I of The Farm, a 135-acre mixed-use project in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Allen. The building will offer various features that promote health and wellness, such as outdoor workspaces with Wi-Fi connectivity on every floor, oversized elevators, additional restrooms on every level and high-efficiency air filtration systems. Avison Young will handle leasing of the building. Delivery is slated for next summer.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Colliers has arranged the sale of a 54,000-square-foot office complex located at 12600 Willow Springs Road in Fort Worth. The site spans 17.2 acres, and construction of the facility was completed in 2022. Cody Payne and Austin Edelmon of Colliers represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity.
NEW YORK CITY — Verci, a social network for New York City residents, has signed a 6,000-square-foot office lease at 394 Broadway in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. Nolan Kagan and Jared Sternberg of The Kaufman Organization represented the tenant, which will occupy the fifth floor as its new headquarters space, in the lease negotiations. Miyad Realty represented the landlord.
CHICAGO — Global financial services firm Raymond James has signed an office lease for nearly two full floors at 120 South Riverside Plaza in Chicago’s West Loop. Ivanhoé Cambridge owns the building, and Hines is the property manager. Raymond James will relocate its regional office operations to the building, which is part of a two-building office complex totaling 1.4 million square feet, in April 2024. Floor plates at the property average 37,000 square feet. Both buildings are currently being repositioned, completion of which is slated for next summer. Renovations include expanded lobbies, a tenant lounge, private outdoor areas and enhanced indoor and outdoor exercise options such as a personal training offering and a pickleball court. The public plazas overlooking the river area also being repositioned with new seating areas and landscaping. Todd Brandon, Steve Schneider, Chip Evans and Presley Norby of Cushman & Wakefield represented Raymond James in the lease. Kelsey Scheive and Kelsey Morgan of CBRE represented ownership.
SAN FRANCISCO — Presidio Bay has purchased 60 Spear Street, an 11-story office building in San Francisco’s South Financial District, for $40.9 million. Erik Hanson and Robert Hielscher of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Originally built in 1967, 60 Spear Street currently offers 157,436 square feet of office space. At the time of sale, the property was 30 percent occupied and is expected to be vacant by summer 2025. Presidio plans to expand the building’s current footprint to a 170,000-square-foot, Class A trophy office building. The redevelopment program also includes adding a spa with cold and warm plunges, saltwater floating pools, steam/sauna rooms, a fitness center, a conference and employee entertainment area, coworking lounges, an integrated café bakery and a rooftop bar and restaurant.
HOUSTON — Locally based developer Hicks Ventures will build Framework @ Block 10, a 200,000-square-foot, mass-timber office building that will be located in Houston’s Katy Freeway East submarket. Gensler designed the six-story project, and Hoar Construction is serving as the general contractor. StructureCraft is the primary engineer, and Transwestern is the leasing agent. Construction, which is expected to last about 18 months, will begin following the execution of the first lease.
SAN FRANCISCO — BH Properties has acquired Anchorage Square, a 322,000-square-foot mixed-use property located in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. The seller and price were not disclosed. Built in 1974 and situated on 2.6 acres, the development features 63,000 square feet of retail space, as well as a 128-room hotel, 28,000 square feet of office space and a 685-space parking garage. The buyer plans to implement an extensive capital improvement program, which will include upgraded façades, landscaping, lighting, signage, wayfinding and tenant and common areas. The firm will also explore alternative uses for the office space such as restaurant and entertainment options. Eastdil Secured brokered the transaction, and Laura Barr of CBRE will lead the repositioning and leasing efforts at the property.
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Glenstar Properties has executed 12 office leases totaling 154,000 square feet at its Schaumburg Corporate Center in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg. The lease signings include 89,000 square feet of new leases and 65,000 square feet of renewals. Schaumburg Corporate Center is a three-building office complex totaling 1 million square feet. Among the leases was global banking firm Citigroup’s new lease for 49,400 square feet across two floors. Citigroup will relocate from its current Northwest suburban office location in January. Additionally, an unnamed data analytics company signed a lease for 24,700 square feet and will relocate its 125 employees in November. The 10 additional lease signings were for spaces ranging in size from 834 to 27,000 square feet. Bill Saviski and Christian Domin of Glenstar represented ownership in the lease with Citigroup, while Gary Fazzio and James Otto of CBRE represented the tenant. On the lease with the data analytics company, Saviski represented ownership, while Fazzio and colleague Paul Diederich represented the tenant. About 76 businesses are located at Schaumburg Corporate Center. Some of the larger tenants include Misumi USA, American Agricultural Insurance Co., Pronto Finance and Munich RE Specialty Group NA Inc. Glenstar completed a $30 …