NEW YORK CITY — Gold Medal International, a wholesale designer and manufacturer of socks and other accessories, has signed a 17,465-square-foot office lease at 225 West 37th Street in Manhattan. The 17-story building was originally constructed in 1923. Alan Bonett and Brad Cohn of Adams & Co. represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Daniel Breiman of Olmstead Properties represented the landlord, JLJ Bricken.
CENTENNIAL, COLO. — Orange County, Calif.-based Dornin Investment Group has completed the disposition of Highland Place I, an office building located at 8085 Chester St. in Centennial. Bridle Dale LLC acquired the asset for $22.2 million. Jon Hendrickson, Aaron Johnson, Eric Wichterman and Mike Coover of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Built in the 1980s, Highland Place I features 138,771 square feet of office space on 6.2 acres within the Panorama/Highland Business Park, a 115-acre master-planned business park in Denver’s Southeast Suburban submarket. The property features a full-height atrium lobby, fitness center, outdoor seating area and Rocky Mountain views.
LOS ANGELES — Buck Design, a global creative agency, has acquired a creative office property in Los Angeles for its West Coast operations. Brickstar Capital sold the asset for $26.5 million. Located at 120 S. San Pedro St., the building features 79,249 square feet of creative office space. Brickstar Capital purchased the property in 2017 and transformed it into a creative campus in 2020 with an updated lobby, private patio and new gym. The building was originally built in 1985 and includes ground-floor retail and subterranean parking. Jack Cline, Doug Cline and Even Jurgensen of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, while Taylor Watson, Brad Chelf, Phillip Sample, Chris Caras, Michael Shustak and Ryan Phillips of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
By Phil Breidenbach, Senior Executive Vice President, Colliers Companies are coming back to the office in Phoenix. Businesses are envisioning the return of their workforce as many look for new space or reconfigure their existing facilities. Building owners feel the momentum. We have reason to be optimistic — the future of the office and how we use the workplace is exciting! Getting there, however, will be turbulent. Your patience may be tested. Colliers’ fourth-quarter office report shows vacancies stabilizing market wide, positive absorption occurring in key submarkets and rents increasing marginally. Positive fourth-quarter absorption was led by leasing in new Class A+ buildings like 100 S. Mill. This Hines/Cousins project is 80 percent leased by institutional, “household name” tenants at record rents several months prior to completion. Vacancy rates may, however, continue to fluctuate as certain downsizing continues. Some institutional users are adopting work from home for much of their workforce, convinced this strategy will help with employee retention and cost reduction without impacting productivity — assumptions yet to be proven. This strategy has corporate America subleasing space, allowing leases to expire and vacating spaces, which is stagnating recovery. ‘Short Term’ — The Renewal Mantra for 2022 We speak with office occupiers regularly about back-to-work strategies. …
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Cleveland, Ohio-based Woodside Health has purchased Il Palazzo at Arrowhead Ranch, a 44,680-square-foot mixed-use retail and medical office property in Glendale. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $12.5 million. Consisting of five one- and two-story buildings, the asset was 96 percent leased at the time of sale. Approximately one-third of its occupancy comprises retail and restaurant tenants, including a national bank branch, and the remaining space is occupied by medical, wellness and professional office tenants. Alexandra Loye, Steve Lindley, Eric Wichterman and Mike Coover of Cushman & Wakefield’s capital markets and private capital teams in Phoenix negotiated the sale.
NEW YORK CITY — Property management firm FirstService Residential has signed a 48,000-square-foot office lease to occupy the ninth and 10th floors at 575 Fifth Avenue, a 500,000-square-foot building in Manhattan. The property offers amenities such as three conferencing facilities, a salon, fitness center and a bike storage area. Mark Friedman of Colliers represented the tenant, which is relocating from 622 Third Avenue, in the lease negotiations. The landlord, Beacon Capital Partners, was self-represented.
WHEELING, ILL. — MedTec Healthcare & Private Duty LLC has signed a 12,994-square-foot office lease at WiFi Corporate Center in Wheeling, a suburb of Chicago. The single-story, 51,305-square-foot property is located at 1400 S. Wolf Road. WiFi Wheeling Dealing LLC owns the building, which was constructed in 1970 and renovated in 2001. Juliette Lane of Cresa represented MedTec, which provides in-home care and adult day care to support independent living for seniors in their homes. The space will serve as the company’s second location in Wheeling.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Avison Young has arranged the $13.6 million sale of City Centre, a seven-story, 168,677-square-foot trophy office building in Tallahassee. David Duckworth, John Crotty, Michael Fay and Brian de la Fé of Avison Young represented the buyer, the Simpson Organization. 888 Realty Investors was the seller. City Centre is 95 percent occupied by a mix of government-related and private-sector tenants. The previous owners completed more than $6 million in capital improvements, including on the property’s exterior and common areas over recent years. The asset includes a four-story parking structure. Located on 2.1 acres at 227 N. Bronough St., the property is situated less than a mile from Florida State University and 1.6 miles from Florida A&M University. The property is also located 6.5 miles from the Tallahassee International Airport.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Locally based mortgage banking and advisory firm Progress Capital has arranged a $196.9 million acquisition loan for a 432,000-square-foot office building located at 70 Hudson St. in Jersey City. Tenants at the 12-story building include TD Ameritrade, Gucci, Fidessa and Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, as well as CVS in the ground-floor retail space. Brad Domenico of Progress Capital arranged the loan through Natixis Bank on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Vision Properties and Hana Financial. David Bernhaut of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the sale of the property. The seller was not disclosed.
TRUMBULL, CONN. — Avison Young has completed the interior build-out of Make-A-Wish Foundation’s 15,000-square-foot office space in Trumbull, located in Fairfield County. The space at 56 Commerce Drive spans three stories. The project included renovating the lobby, communal areas and amenity spaces, as well as installing new utilities and elevators and adding a new experience floor, observation decks and patios for outdoor events. Avison Young also represented Make-A-Wish in its site selection and lease negotiations for the space.