CENTENNIAL, COLO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Concorde Place, a Class B office property in Centennial. A limited liability company sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $2.4 million. Situated on a 1.38-acre site at 7208 S. Tucson Way, Concorde Place features 22,424 square feet of office space. Brandon Kramer and Chadd Nelson of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller in the deal.
DALLAS — Ecobat, a provider of battery recycling services, has signed a 28,258-square-foot office sublease at PwC Tower in Dallas. Rick Hughes and Joel Zandstra of Cushman & Wakefield represented Ecobat, which is subleasing the space from the namesake tenant, accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), in the lease negotiations. Ben Davis and Harlan Davis of CBRE represented PwC. MetLife Investment & Management owns the 20-story, 500,000-square-foot building.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Avis Budget Group has signed a 155,234-square-foot office headquarters lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Parsippany. The holding company of the car rental agency will occupy space at LATITUDE, a two-building, 35-acre campus. Jon Meisel and Joseph Sarno of CBRE represented Avis in the lease negotiations. David Simson and Jaime Drummond of Newmark represented the landlord, a joint venture between Rubenstein Partners and Vision Real Estate Partners, which acquired the property in 2018 and implemented a capital improvement program.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Bank OZK has provided a $252 million construction loan for The Residences at 400 Central, a 46-story mixed-use residential tower underway in downtown St. Petersburg. New York-based Red Apple Real Estate is the developer behind the 1.3 million-square-foot project, which will feature 301 luxury condos, as well as shops, restaurants and 40,000 square feet of office space. The Residences at 400 Central will also feature 35,000 square feet of private indoor and outdoor amenities. The general contractor, Suffolk Construction Co. Inc., recently finished the project’s foundation and plans to start vertical construction in March. Michael Saunders & Co. and Red Apple established a sales gallery for the community nearby in October.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Flywheel Capital has completed the disposition of a mission critical Class A office/flex and industrial manufacturing/distribution portfolio in Colorado Springs. A private partnership acquired the asset for $54.3 million. Totaling 289,018 square feet, the portfolio includes two two-story buildings located at 10125 and 10205 Federal Drive within Interquest Business Park. Building A (10125 Federal) is a fully leased, 191,924-square-foot, multi-tenant office building. Building B (10205 Federal) is a fully leased, 97,094-square-foot, industrial manufacturing and distribution facility occupied by a single tenant. Aaron Johnson and Jon Hendrickson of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
ROCK HILL, S.C. — The Keith Corp., with partners Springsteen Properties and Capitol Broadcasting Co., will break ground Tuesday, Jan. 17 on The Thread, a 400,000-square-foot adaptive reuse project located in Rock Hill, roughly 30 miles southwest of Charlotte. Built in 1946, the property originally housed a textile mill and warehouse. Upon completion, the first phase of development will feature 170,000 square feet of office space and 30,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Delivery is scheduled for January 2024. Horizon Bank is providing construction financing. A second phase — construction of which will commence upon completion of the first — will include 200,000 square feet of residential and retail space, with apartments in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of The Commons at the Park, an adaptive reuse campus located at 6800 Solectron Drive in Charlotte. The property comprises a 438,144-square-foot office building and two additional land parcels. The buyer, Albemarle U.S. Inc., a specialty chemicals company, will utilize the property as a lithium research and development center. Completion of the project, dubbed Albemarle Technology Park, is scheduled for late 2026. Keith Bell, Matt Treble, Dirk Riekse and Eric Sorenson of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the transaction. Jessica Brown, David Dorsch and Jordan Williams of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a Shorenstein Properties entity doing business as 6800 Solectron Owner LP.
NEW YORK CITY — NewsCorp. has signed a 486,000-square-foot office lease extension at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. Under the terms of the new lease, which goes into effect in December 2027, the media giant will remain at the 44-story, 2.2 million-square-foot building through 2042, with further extension options available thereafter. Timothy Dempsey, Mary Ann Tighe, Ken Rapp, Christopher Mansfield and Ariel Ball of CBRE represented NewsCorp. in the lease negotiations. Josh Kuriloff, Ethan Silverstein, Mitch Arkin and Heather Thomas of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Ivanhoe Cambridge, which plans to begin a capital improvement program later this year. The deal coincides with a 670,000-square-foot extension with Fox Corp., which is also part of the Murdoch family media empire, at 1211 Avenue of the Americas.
HOUSTON — Callon Petroleum has signed a 107,171-square-foot office headquarters lease in Houston’s Memorial City District. The energy firm will occupy five floors at 9753 Katy Freeway, a 190,000-square-foot building, beginning in the second half of 2024. Brad MacDougall and Warren Alexander represented the landlord, MetroNational, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Joseph Peddie and Morgan Relyea Colt of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Fox Corp. has signed a 670,000-square-foot office lease extension at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. Under the terms of the new lease, which goes into effect in December 2025, the media giant will remain at the 44-story, 2.2 million-square-foot building through 2042, with further extension options available thereafter. Timothy Dempsey, Mary Ann Tighe, Ken Rapp, Christopher Mansfield and Ariel Ball of CBRE represented Fox in the lease negotiations. Josh Kuriloff, Ethan Silverstein, Mitch Arkin and Heather Thomas of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Ivanhoe Cambridge, which plans to begin a capital improvement program later this year.
