CHICAGO — VTS, a leasing, marketing and asset management platform for the commercial real estate industry, has signed a 35,914-square-foot office lease at 320 N. Sangamon in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. Tishman Speyer owns the 13-story building, which was completed last year. Robert Sevim, Jim Wenk, Cullen Hurley and Allison Buck of Savills represented VTS. Since its acquisition of Chicago-based Rise Buildings in March 2021, VTS has been growing its employee count and customer base within the Chicago area and outgrew its previous space at 312 N. May. In addition to its corporate headquarters in New York, VTS maintains offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, London and Toronto.
BURLINGTON, MASS. — Newmark has brokered the $14.3 million sale of a 21,000-square-foot office building in the northern Boston suburb of Burlington. Built in 2020, the single-story building was designed to accommodate its sole tenant, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Department of Children & Families. Robert Griffin, Michael Greeley, Joseph Alvarado, George Demoulas, Casey Valente, Andy Gallas and Gino Tabbi of Newmark represented the seller and procured the 1031 buyer in the transaction.
AUSTIN — Cielo Property Group has revealed updated plans for its 46-story office tower in downtown Austin. With site plan approval now in place, the locally based developer has announced that the groundbreaking will occur this summer and that the 750,000-square-foot building will be branded Perennial. Cielo acquired the site, which comprises the southern end of a full city block, in phases over the last two years. Perennial represents the first phase of a larger development that was initially planned to feature a second office tower on the north end of the block. Cielo has since pivoted and is now formulating plans for a residential/hotel tower for that component of the site.
CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged acquisition financing for 2000 Ponce, an eight-story, 104,356-square-foot office property in downtown Coral Gables, about five miles from Miami. The seller was an undisclosed private family owner. Charles Foschini, Chris Apone and Robert Iudice of Berkadia’s Miami office secured the undisclosed amount of financing on behalf of the locally based buyer, Westside Capital Group. Valley National Bank provided a five-year bridge loan underwritten at 24 months of interest-only payments and a 74 percent loan-to-cost ratio. Built in 2001, 2000 Ponce features 104 parking spaces in a four-story structured parking garage. Westside Capital Group intends to relocate its headquarters from Brickell to 2000 Ponce. The firm also plans on renovating the property, including renovations to the exterior, upgrading and extending the lobby, leasing up the currently available retail space on the ground floor to one or two restaurant concepts and upgrading and repositioning the office space in the upper floors of the building. Located at 2000 Ponce de Leon Blvd., the property is located 4.9 miles from Miami International Airport and 3.1 miles from the University of Miami. The property is near major employers including Bayview Asset Management, Baptist Health, American Airlines, University of …
INDIAN LAND, S.C. — CrossRidge Development has completed CrossRidge One, a 120,000-square-foot, Class A office building in Indian Land. CrossRidge One is located within CrossRidge Center, a 190-acre, mixed-use development situated about 23 miles south of Charlotte. Charley Leavitt of JLL is leading office leasing, while Margot Bizon and Lindsay Stafford of JLL are marketing the retail component. Architectural firm Perkins Eastman designed CrossRidge One, and Edifice Inc. served as the general contractor. The next phase of development for CrossRidge Center, which includes 55,000 square feet of retail space, is slated to begin construction in the fourth quarter. Phase I of CrossRidge Center’s retail expansion will deliver in the summer of 2023. The center encompasses six retail parcels available for ground lease, build-to-suit and multi-tenant buildings. CrossRidge Center’s first phase also includes a 120-room hotel. Phase II will deliver an additional 150,000 square feet of space over the course of three years.
DULUTH, GA. — Trenton Systems has signed a 50,000-square-foot office lease at 3100 Breckinridge Building 1200 in Duluth. David Shockley of Progressive Realty LLC represented Trenton Systems, which is a computer hardware manufacturer providing secure computing solutions for the aerospace and defense industries. With the new tenant, the property is now fully occupied. Hunter Henritze, Matt Fergus and Seabie Hickson of Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co. Southeast represented the landlord, TerraCap Management, in the lease deal. 3100 Breckinridge is a 30-acre office park featuring seven buildings totaling 253,307 square feet. Located between Pleasant Hill and Old Norcross roads, the complex offers direct access to Interstate 85 and resides within the Gwinnett Opportunity Zone. The building amenities include ample surface parking, floor-to-ceiling windows and a landscaped campus.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Newmark Zimmer has arranged the sale of a 340,000-square-foot office building in Kansas City’s central business district for an undisclosed price. AT&T formerly occupied the property, which is located at 500 E. 8th St. and now sits vacant. Michael VanBuskirk, Chris Robertson, John Hoefer and Raegen Root of Newmark represented the seller, Maxus Properties. The buyer, Washington, D.C.-based The Bernstein Cos., plans to convert the building into apartments.
STAMFORD, CONN. — New Jersey-based investment firm BDP Holdings has acquired a 310,000-square-foot office building in Stamford, located in the southern coastal part of the state. The property was built on 22.7 acres in 1995 and was fully leased to Pitney Bowes Inc., a provider of shipping and mailing supplies and services for e-commerce firms, at the time of sale. Amenities include a cafeteria, fitness center and outdoor gathering areas. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
NEWARK, DEL. — LaMotte Co., a Maryland-based provider of water-quality testing supplies, will open a 79,000-square-foot office and manufacturing facility at Pencader Corporate Center in Newark, Del. The company will immediately hire 50 people to staff the new facility and plans to employ more than 100 workers at the site within three years. In addition, LaMotte will invest $3.3 million in the interior build-out of its new space.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Dornin Investment Group (DIG) has completed the disposition of 2280 Market Street, its fifth and final multi-tenant office building of its five-building Riverside Office Portfolio in Riverside. A California-based company acquired the final asset for $13.1 million, or $200 per square foot. The three-story property features 65,380 square feet of office space. At the time of sale, the building was 68 percent occupied. DIG recently completed renovations to the lobby, common areas and landscaping while building two speculative office suites. Anthony Delorenzo, Sammy Cemo, Bryan Johnson and Doug Mack of CBRE represented DIG in the deal. Tom Pierik and David Mudge of Lee & Associates provided leasing services for the property. The total sales of the portfolio reached $59.4 million, or $266 per square foot. DIG originally purchased the five-property portfolio from an institutional ownership group in October 2018 for $44.3 million, or $198 per square foot.