TROY, MICH. — L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International has relocated its headquarters from 2301 W. Big Beaver Road to 1111 W. Long Lake Road in Troy. The new headquarters also houses sister company Liberty Property & Asset Management. The two-floor office features open meeting areas, conference rooms, workstations and ample natural light. The space also includes Liberty’s construction and design center, which provides property owners and tenants the opportunity to select and approve plans, specifications and finishes for projects.
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KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Kalamazoo Child and Family Counseling PLLC is opening a second location in West Michigan at The Atriums Office Park in Kalamazoo. The property is located at 4341 S. Westnedge Ave. Kalamazoo Child and Family Counseling is a mental health clinic dedicated to serving children and teens that have anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, grief and loss or disruptive behaviors. The practice’s primary office is in Portage. The new location will provide all the same services as the Portage location and is slated to open in November. Kara Schroer of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan represented both the undisclosed landlord and the tenant in the lease.
DOWNEY, CALIF. — PSRS has arranged $6.9 million in refinancing for a multi-tenant office building in Downey. Constructed in 1969, the six-story property features 65,481 square feet of space. Grady Seldin of PSRS secured the fixed-rate, cash-out, non-recourse loan with a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization through one of PSRS’ correspondent life insurance companies.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Colliers has arranged the $13.2 million sale of Westminster Corporate Center, a 158,583-square-foot office campus in the Northern New Jersey community of Florham Park. The campus, which was 57 percent leased at the time of sale, comprises two three-story buildings on a 15.3-acre site. Jacklene Chesler, Patrick Norris and Joe Lane of Colliers brokered the deal. The buyer, Pentaurus, plans to implement a value-add program that will upgrade the lobby and existing fitness facilities, as well as add pickleball and basketball courts.
ROSEMONT, ILL. — Colliers has brokered the $13 million sale of Rosemont Corporate Center in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont. Jon Connor and Francis Prock of Colliers represented the seller, KORE Investments. The Village of Rosemont purchased the 121,000-square-foot office building with plans to renovate it before moving municipal employees to the property in 2023. KORE acquired the building in 2021 from the original developer, Ryan Cos., for $6.5 million. Mark Offit of Braden Real Estate represented the Village of Rosemont.
PHOENIX — Tortosa LLC has completed the disposition of The Strip, a two-story retail and office building in Phoenix, to 4700 Alliance LLC, a Seattle-based investment company, for $4.4 million. Located at 4700 N. 12th St., the multi-tenant property was fully leased at the time of sale. The ground-floor space consists of retail tenants, including a craft beer and wine bar/restaurant, a craft coffee shop, a wine shop and café, a locally famous cake bakery and a soon-to-be completed speakeasy bar and co-working lounge. The second floor includes a salon, two architectural firms, a fitness tech company and headquarters for a restaurant group. Eric Wichterman, Mike Coover, Steve Lindley and Alexandra Loye of Cushman & Wakefield’s private capital and capital markets teams in Phoenix represented the seller in the transaction.
IRVING, TEXAS — Engineering firm Kimley-Horn has signed a 25,767-square-foot office lease at Mandalay Tower 2, a 16-story building within Irving’s Las Colinas district. Rodney Helm, Zach Bean and Chris Taylor of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Parmenter Realty Partners, in the lease negotiations. Kimley-Horn plans to move into Mandalay Tower 2, which offers a restaurant, fitness center, sundry shop and conference facilities, in May 2023.
DRIPPING SPRINGS, TEXAS — Avison Young has brokered the sale of a 19,472-square-foot office building in the western Austin suburb of Dripping Springs. Giovanni Palavicini of Avison Young represented the buyer, locally based coworking concept FUSE Workspace, in the transaction. Dan Lewis and David Alsmeyer of TIG Real Estate Solutions represented the seller, private developer Steve Herren. FUSE Workspace also plans to occupy the building and is targeting a first-quarter 2023 opening.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $11 million sale of Acme Hall, a historic building located at 435 Ninth Street in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. The four-story, 20,303-square-foot building was originally constructed in 1890 and houses office and retail space. Dan O’Brien, Jonathan Squires, Caroline Hodes and Josh Neustadter of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
By Charlie Farra, Senior Managing Director, Newmark The Puget Sound office market has fared better than many peer metro areas during the pandemic. While the market remains tenuous in the region, local office fundamentals have improved to date in 2022. A consistent through the chaos is a flight to quality. If employers expect a return to office, they are being tasked with creating a physical environment that is far more favorable than a home office or local coffee shop. We are referring to this as “commute-worthy real estate.” Energy, collaboration, amenities, views, natural light and safety are some of the main points of focus and, due to current economic conditions, the ability to find such space at discounted pricing is within reason. New office leases are trending toward 75 percent of their pre-pandemic footprint as companies consider how and where to operate their businesses going forward. Professional service companies currently account for the most demand and are in the office more frequently than the technology sector. In tech cities like Seattle, this is a seismic shift from the previous decade, which saw skylines transform from the expansions of Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Google. Many companies returning to the office are utilizing a hybrid …