HOUSTON — General contractor Benchmark Houston Builders has broken ground on a 30,000-square-foot office headquarters project within East River, Midway’s 150-acre mixed-use development. The project is a build-to-suit for the U.S. subsidiary of Australian firm Anton Paar USA, which provides laboratory instruments and measuring systems. Powers Brown Architecture is designing the space. Completion is slated for next summer.
CHICAGO — Mavrek and ACRES Commercial Realty Corp. have received financing for the conversion of 65 E Wacker Place, an historic office building in Chicago, into apartments. The development will be named Wacker Place. With the issuance of the full building permit, interior construction is poised to begin. The property will be redeveloped into a 252-unit luxury apartment complex. The project team includes McHugh Construction and architect Pappageorge Haymes Partners. Chris Knight of JLL represented the development team in the placement of debt. The financing includes a $62.4 million senior loan from Derby Lane Partners and an $11 million loan from Hoyne Savings Bank. The project’s capital stack includes more than $17 million in federal and Illinois state historic tax credits, which were monetized through PNC Bank. Wacker Place will offer a mix of studios, one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities will include a coworking lounge, fitness center and rooftop deck. Morton’s The Steakhouse will continue its tenancy on the ground floor. The property was originally constructed as the Millinery Mart Building and later served as the home of the Esquire offices.
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, OHIO — VIUM Capital, a seniors housing and healthcare commercial real estate finance firm, has leased 14,808 square feet of new headquarters space at 995 Yard Street within Grandview Yard in Grandview Heights, just north of Columbus. Clayton Davis of JLL represented the tenant. Grandview Yard is a 125-acre mixed-use development featuring more than 1.2 million square feet of office space, 1,500 residences, hospitality, retail and restaurant uses. The neighborhood is home to businesses such as Nationwide Insurance, OhioHealth, Ernst & Young, Willis, Ineos and Acrisure. The office at 995 Yard St. consists of two connected four-story buildings totaling 245,000 square feet. Amenities include Crossings Café, a fitness center and conference facility. Construction on VIUM’s space is underway, with occupancy slated for the first quarter of 2026.
NEW YORK CITY — Rithm Capital Corp., a global alternative asset manager, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Paramount Group Inc. (NYSE: PGRE), a vertically integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, operates, manages and redevelops Class A office properties in New York City and San Francisco. The purchase price is approximately $1.6 billion. New York City-based Paramount’s portfolio includes 13 owned and four managed office assets totaling more than 13.1 million square feet, 85.4 percent of which was leased as of June 30. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies, Rithm will acquire all outstanding shares of Paramount common stock for $6.60 per fully diluted share. Paramount’s stock price closed at $7.38 per share Tuesday, Sept. 16, up from $5.08 per share one year ago, a more than 45 percent increase. Rithm expects to fund the transaction with a combination of cash and liquidity from its balance sheet and potential opportunities from co-investors. New York City-based Rithm says the addition of the Paramount portfolio will create new opportunities for investors to access its real estate platform and bolster its asset management business. “We believe the …
SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH — Fort Street Partners has purchased Daybreak Corporate Center, a multi-tenant office building in South Jordan. Situated within the 4,000-acre master-planned Daybreak community, Daybreak Corporate Center offers 177,000 square feet of office space. Built in 2008, the asset features a 512-stall structured parking garage, a rooftop patio and walkable access to restaurants, retail, trails and the Daybreak Beach Club. At the time of sale, the property was 95.4 percent occupied. Current tenants include Rio Tinto, Travelpass Group and Enova. Fort Street Partners plans to renovate and lease the remaining space within the building.
DEARBORN, MICH. — Ford Motor Co. has unveiled plans to open a new Ford World Headquarters at its Dearborn product development campus, the new Henry Ford II World Center. The 2.1 million-square-foot property will house thousands of engineering, design and technology team members together in one collaborative space that is twice the size of the company’s current headquarters and built to accommodate double the employees. Construction is underway, and hundreds of employees are working in the building already. The majority of the facility will be complete this year, but work will continue through 2027 on a final section of the site. Upon completion, up to 4,000 people can work from the headquarters with a total of 14,000 employees within a 15-minute walk of the new World Headquarters building. Once Ford has vacated the former headquarters, dubbed the Glass House, the facility will be demolished over the course of 18 months. Ford plans to “repurpose the site as an asset to its teams and community.” Ford is working with the City of Dearborn on a plan for how the site can best serve employees and neighbors. Glass House, which totals 950,000 square feet, has housed Ford’s headquarters since 1956. Ford will …
MIAMI — CP Group has signed leases with five tenants totaling nearly 70,000 square feet at One Biscayne Tower, a 692,000-square-foot office tower situated in downtown Miami. FTI Consulting; Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP; and Young, Bill, Boles, Palmer, Duke & Thompson renewed their current leases. Meanwhile, Alvarez & Marsal Tax LLC signed a new 23,092-square-foot lease and Filler Rodriguez LLP signed a new 2,437-square-foot lease. Juan Ruiz and Alex Marquez of Blanca Commercial Real Estate represented CP Group in all five lease deals. The tenant representatives included: Kevin Landers and David Dusek of Cushman & Wakefield (for Alvarez & Marsal Tax LLC); Keith Edelman of CBRE (Filler Rodriguez LLP); Chris Harak of Blanca (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP); Elizabeth Balch of Colliers (FTI Consulting); and Andrew Easton of Easton Group (Young, Bill, Boles, Palmer, Duke & Thompson). CP Group recently completed a multimillion-dollar capital renovation at One Biscayne Tower that included a new conference facility and fitness club and upgrades to the building café and convenience store, as well as a nearly 2,600-square-foot renovated lower-lobby eatery and lounge that is leased to the wellness-focused dining concept Heal.
DURHAM, N.C. — Global cybersecurity firm Tanium has renewed and expanded its office lease at 555 Mangum, a 234,000-square-foot office building in downtown Durham. Tanium initially leased 25,000 square feet at the complex in 2024 and has now taken an additional 23,000 square feet, bringing its total occupancy to 48,000 square feet. The company will move into its new space in early 2026. Matt Winters and Kimarie Ankenbrand of JLL represented Tanium in both the initial lease and the most recent expansion. Situated near the Durham Bulls Minor League Athletic Park, 555 Mangum is owned by Northwood Ravin and features a mix of amenities including a rooftop lounge, outdoor courtyard, fitness facility and bike storage, as well as The Lenny, a rooftop restaurant concept from the Ibarra brothers.
MINNEAPOLIS — Accesso has secured a one-year extension on the loan associated with the IDS Center, a 57-story office tower in Minneapolis. Ownership has also secured 110,000 square feet in new leases signed since the beginning of the year. Some of the recent activity includes a 25,513-square-foot, full-floor lease for Associated Bank NA, a 23,796-square-foot renewal for Husch Blackwell LLP, a 15,179-square-foot renewal for Zimmerman Reed LLP and a 13,515-square-foot renewal and expansion for architecture and design firm Perkins&Will. Spanning 1.4 million square feet, IDS Center features a public plaza and retail storefronts in addition to office space.
TULSA, OKLA. — BOK Financial has provided a $45 million acquisition loan for 222 North Detroit, a 260,283-square-foot office building in Tulsa. Completed in 2022, the 11-story building is located within the city’s central business district and was 95 percent leased at the time of the loan closing to tenants in the energy, legal, financial services and construction materials industries. Greg Napper, Blake Morrison and Brody Rule of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Fenway Capital Advisors.