ATLANTA — Hapag-Lloyd, a liner shipping company, has signed a lease for 127,000 square feet at Three Ravinia office building in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. Locally-based Preferred Apartment Communities Inc. (PAC) is the landlord. Hamburg, Germany-based Hapag-Lloyd will occupy approximately five floors at Three Ravinia. The lease is for a 15-year term, and the company is using the new location as its new North American headquarters, which was originally in Piscataway, N.J. With this lease, the property is now approximately 94 percent leased. Hapag-Lloyd is expected to create approximately 250 new jobs in the region over the next several years. The new tenant is expected to occupy Three Ravinia by the third quarter of 2022. Built in 1991, Three Ravinia is a 32-floor, 816,748-square-foot office building that features a fitness center, conference center, 24/7 onsite security, onsite café, coffee counter, onsite car detailing, full-service dry cleaner and cobbler, MARTA access with shuttle service and walking trails. Located at 3 Ravinia Drive, the office building is 15 miles from downtown Atlanta and 3.2 miles from Sandy Springs. The other tenants include IHG, Zillow and Lease Query. Kyle Kenyon of CBRE represented PAC in the lease transaction, and Ellen Stern, Sam Holmes, …
CHARLESTON, S.C. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 30,677-square-foot medical office building in Charleston. An entity doing business as JEMO – Wesley LLC purchased the property from an entity known as 615 Wesley Drive LLC for $12.6 million. Charles Carmody and Ryan Carmody of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Built in 2002, the three-story property provides free onsite parking. Located at 615 Wesley Drive, the property is situated at the intersection of Highway 17, Highway 61 and Wesley Drive. The property is roughly three miles from downtown Charleston and 11 miles from Charleston International Airport.
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. — Schmitt Music has acquired a 92,000-square-foot office building in Bloomington for its new headquarters. The purchase price was undisclosed. Located at 7800 Picture Drive, about 12 miles south of Minneapolis, the property offers office, showroom and training space as well as an area for a repair center. Schmitt Music was formerly headquartered in Brooklyn Center. Dan Larew and Chris Hickok of JLL represented the seller, Shutterfly/Lifetouch.
BLUE ASH, OHIO — Lee & Associates | Cincinnati has signed a 13,904-square-foot office lease to occupy the entire second floor of 10260 Alliance Road in Blue Ash, a southern suburb of Cincinnati. Ohio National owns the property. Todd Pease and Michelle Klingenberg of JLL represented ownership in the lease transaction. Bill Schneller and Dan McDonald of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, which is relocating from 10123 Alliance Road and is expected to take occupancy of the new space in January.
NEW YORK CITY — Ergatta, a health and wellness company known for indoor rowing products and fitness regimens, has signed a 11,185-square-foot office lease at 40 West 25th Street, a 136,226-square-foot building in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The 12-story building was originally constructed in 1913 and most recently renovated in 2018. Michael Mathias and Sean Hoffman of Savills represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. A joint venture between Kaufman Organization and AXA Insurance owns the property.
DALLAS — Galderma, a Swiss dermatology company known as the maker of Cetaphil, will relocate its U.S. headquarters to Trammell Crow Center, located at 2001 Ross Ave. in The Dallas Arts District. The lease spans 50,000 square feet across the 16th and 17th floors. About 400 people will work out of the new headquarters space. Galderma plans take occupancy next summer. Trammell Crow Center offers a 9,000-square-foot athletic club, 1.4 acres of outdoor space, a 9,000-square-foot conference center and a convenient market, as well as 200 boutique hotel rooms.
HOUSTON — New York City-based Emerald Creek Capital has provided a $13.2 million bridge loan for the acquisition for a 107,923-square-foot office building in Houston’s Westchase neighborhood. The Home Depot occupies the four-story property, which sits on a 5.7-acre site about 15 miles west of downtown Houston. Matt Fantuzzi of Emerald Creek originated the loan. The borrower was not disclosed.
BOSTON — A partnership between global investment firm KKR and Boston-based Synergy Investments has acquired Two Drydock, a 235,000-square-foot office building located in the state capital’s Seaport District, for $234.5 million. The 13-story building features 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space that was recently leased to Lord Hobo Brewing Co. and Render Coffee, as well as 150 above-ground parking spaces and a 10,000-square-foot outdoor plaza. Newmark represented the seller, international developer Skanska, which originally broke ground on the property in June 2018, in the transaction.
By Evan Meyer, Senior Office Specialist, Kidder Mathews The business climate continues to thrive in Reno as the regional economy quickly rebounded from the pandemic-fueled recession of 2020. Reno performed far better than most markets on the West Coast with a low unemployment rate (4.2 percent in August) and expanding job growth (+7.2 percent year over year). The region’s rapid growth persists as new businesses continue to move into the area, a trend that accelerated over the past few years. Most relocations are coming from California, attracted by the strong economic environment and business-friendly policies in Northern Nevada. As one of the fastest-growing regions in the U.S., expansion is occurring across multiple industries, including technology, manufacturing, distribution, financial and healthcare. The diverse and dynamic nature of the regional economy has driven the overall performance of the office market. This has produced continuous years of declining vacancy and a decade of rising rents, even through the peak levels of the pandemic. At the end of the third quarter, the vacancy rate was 7.7 percent, a 130-basis point drop compared to the previous quarter. Vacancy rates continue to decline across all submarkets due to strong demand and tenant expansion. Net absorption also gained momentum …
DALLAS — Vancouver, British Columbia-based City Office REIT has purchased The Terraces, a 173,000-square-foot building located in the Preston Center submarket of Dallas, for $133.5 million. The property was built in 2017 and features amenities such as a fitness center, rooftop deck, full-service deli and a conference facility. At the time of sale, The Terraces was 99 percent leased to a roster of tenants with a weighted average remaining lease term of eight years. The seller was not disclosed.