SAN DIEGO — Brookwood Financial Partners has completed the disposition of a six-building office portfolio in North San Diego. MCS Guardian Properties, an affiliate of M.C. Strauss, acquired the portfolio for an undisclosed price. The properties include Carlsbad Executive Plaza, a four-building office park totaling 133,000 square feet, and The Plaza I & II, a two-building complex totaling 89,000 square feet. Carlsbad Executive Plaza offers a campus-like environment and is recognized as Carlsbad’s premier multi-tenant incubator office project, according to Brookwood. The Plaza I & II features creative speculative suites, remodeled lobbies and is only one of three Class A buildings in the market that offers subterranean parking. Brookwood originally acquired the assets in June 2015.
NORTH BETHESDA, MD. — Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT), a real estate investment trust based in Rockville, has topped out 915 Meeting Street, an office tower underway within the company’s Pike & Rose mixed-use development in North Bethesda. The building rises 16 stories and will comprise 250,000 square feet of office space upon completion, as well as 545 parking spaces and 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Choice Hotels International Inc. signed a lease last year to occupy nearly half of the office tower for its new corporate headquarters. Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company based in Paris, is another notable tenant that has preleased office space at 915 Meeting Street. General contractor Clark Construction Group and architectural firm Gensler lead the development team, which is targeting LEED Gold certification for the tower. “915 Meeting Street is our newest trophy building offering to the market,” says Jay Brinson, vice president of development at Federal Realty. “This collaborative effort with our partners at Clark and Gensler has resulted in a building that is 60 percent [preleased].” Clark Construction broke ground last December on 915 Meeting Street. With vertical construction complete, the firm is focused on building out …
In the post-pandemic environment where employers are trying to navigate new work schedules, office tenants are focusing more on the finish and design of office space than they are the rents. In New Orleans, we are seeing office tenants rethink the concept of office space altogether, and their employees are thinking differently about their individual offices as well. There has been a shift from the traditional office space of years past where one spends eight hours a day in a large private office with the door closed. The office has evolved into more of a social place. Companies want their employees to come back to the office and not to be fully remote. Many employees want to get out of their pajamas and come back to the office. But, getting them all to come back has proven to be the challenge. Companies are now enticing their employees with redesigned spaces that are more aesthetically pleasing and rich with amenities that allow for more social interactions and collaboration. Employees who work remotely a few days a week are coming to the office because they want that engagement with their colleagues. Tenants are now less interested in refurbishing private offices and spend …
SAN ANTONIO — Global telecommunications provider Spectrum has signed an office lease renewal and expansion at Crosswinds Business Park in northeast San Antonio. The tenant is taking an additional 19,808 square feet of space at Building B, which brings that structure to full occupancy. Charlie Weil and Luis Garza of Transwestern represented the landlord, Briar Meads Capital, in the lease negotiations. CBRE represented Spectrum.
RALEIGH, N.C. — An entity doing business as JPB Raleigh Holdings LLC has sold Northchase at Midtown, an office park comprising two buildings totaling 176,601 square feet at 6501 and 6601 Six Forks Road in Raleigh. Ben Kilgore, Chandler Hawkins and Leslie Holmes of CBRE, along with with NAI Tri Properties’ Jimmy Barnes, represented the seller in the transaction. Rachael Gaston and Sesha Debnam of Debnam Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer, local investor Dean Debnam. The sales price was not disclosed. Fully renovated in 2014 and 2015, Northchase at Midtown was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to companies including Merz North America, Globant, Redline and HITT Construction.
KENNESAW, GA. — Atlanta Property Group (APG) has acquired three industrial facilities and one office property in the northwest Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw for $48.7 million. The seller was not disclosed. The portfolio comprises three warehouse facilities totaling 305,000 square feet located near Chastain Road and I-75. The rear-load buildings, which were constructed in the mid-1990s, feature 24-foot clear heights and were fully leased at the time of sale to six tenants. The lone office property spans 72,000 square feet and was 73 percent leased at the time of sale. Built in 2000, the property is situated near Kennesaw State University and the I-75/I-575 interchange. Austin Chase and Grace Thompson of APG are handling leasing of the office building.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated a 19,074-square-foot office lease at Wildwood Corporate Centre in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. The two-building, 330,000-square-foot complex was built in phases between 2014 and 2016 and offers a fitness center and conference facilities. Steve Rocher and Jason Presley of CBRE represented the landlord, an entity doing business as GeoSouthern Budde Road LLC, in the lease negotiations. Greg Usher of Cypressbrook Co. represented the tenant, FCC Environmental Services.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — New Jersey-based investment firm BDP Holdings has acquired a 265,942-square-foot office building in Southlake, located north of Fort Worth, that houses the headquarters of Sabre. The travel software and technology firm has occupied the five-story building, which offers a cafeteria, outdoor courtyard and a fitness center, since 2002. JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Dallas-based Cawley Partners, Staubach Capital and Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC, in the transaction. JLL also arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through Wells Fargo on behalf of BDP Holdings.
ATLANTA — Chicago-based Sterling Bay and Charlotte-based Asana Partners have broken ground on 1050 Brickworks, a 14-story office building located at West Marietta Street and Brady Avenue in Atlanta’s West Midtown district. The co-developers are building the 225,000-square-foot property on a speculative basis. The duo recently secured an undisclosed amount of construction financing from Bank OZK. The design-build team includes architect HKS and general contractor Gilbane. The local Stream Realty Partners team of Bryan Heller, Peter McGuone and Parker Welton are leasing the property on behalf of Sterling Bay and Asana. 1050 Brickworks will feature a fitness center, private tenant balconies, open-air conference spaces and lounges and 14,000 square feet of retail space. The property will also feature creative office space with floor plates averaging 33,000 square feet. Upon completion, which is set for early 2024, 1050 Brickworks will anchor Asana’s adjacent Brickworks campus that currently features 166,000 square feet of shops and restaurants.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — General contractor Strike Construction has signed a 43,230-square-foot office lease at Wildwood Corporate Centre in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. The two-building, 330,000-square-foot complex was built in phases between 2014 and 2016 and offers a fitness center and conference facilities. Steve Rocher and Jason Presley of CBRE represented the landlord, an entity doing business as GeoSouthern Budde Road LLC, in the lease negotiations. Jon Silberman of Partners represented the tenant. Wildwood Corporate Centre is now fully leased.