NEW YORK CITY — Locally based general contractor Omnibuild has begun the gut renovation of 122 Fifth Avenue, a 300,000-square-foot office building in Manhattan’s Union Square neighborhood. Project partners include developer/owner Bromley Cos. and STUDIOS Architecture. The project will upgrade the existing building’s MEP systems and elevators and install a rooftop pavilion with green space and seating areas. In addition, the development team will add a new 10-story structure along 17th Street.
BUFFALO GROVE, ILL. — Premier Design + Build Group LLC has broken ground on its new corporate headquarters in Buffalo Grove, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The 50,516-square-foot, two-story project is slated for completion in July 2022. Located at 1305 Busch Parkway, the development will include outdoor workspaces, breakout rooms, huddle spaces, two canopied entrances, two drive-in doors, four dock positions and a full indoor basketball court. Premier says the move is prompted by rapid growth at the design and construction firm. Premier recently sold its previous headquarters building that it’s occupied for seven years in Itasca. The project team includes architect Cornerstone Architects Ltd., structural engineer Swift Structural Design and civil engineer Spaceco Inc.
ATLANTA — Skyline Seven Real Estate has brokered the sale of an office building in the Buckhead submarket of Atlanta. Elliott Kyle and Chase Murphy of Skyline Seven represented the buyer, an Atlanta-based private investor that purchased the asset for $8.8 million. Jeff Richardson of CTR Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, Inman Property Co. Located at 1801 Peachtree St., the office building is situated about 0.4 mile from Piedmont Hospital, about 2.4 miles from Piedmont Park and 14.5 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The building totals 52,833 square feet and is leased to 10 tenants with three vacant spaces.
DES PERES, MO. — Avison Young has negotiated the sale of a 181,631-square-foot Class A office building at 12800 Corporate Hill Drive in Des Peres, just west of St. Louis. The sales price was undisclosed. The six-story property, built in 1984 and renovated in 2020, is fully occupied on a long-term basis by Centene Corp. The building features 30,000-square-foot floor plates and a three-story parking garage that can accommodate nearly 1,000 vehicles. Erik Foster and Mike Wilson of Avison Young represented the seller, a regional institutional asset manager. Sovereign Capital was the buyer.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Colliers International has negotiated the sale of a 25,133-square-foot office building located near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine. The property was fully occupied at the time of sale. Cody Payne of Colliers represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity, in the transaction.
WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH — Portland, Ore.-based Felton Properties has completed the sale of Lake Pointe Corporate Centre, a two-building suburban office campus located in West Valley City. A partnership between Advanced Medical Properties and George Urban Properties acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Rick Stumm, Bryce Blanchard and Steve Walton of Newmark represented the seller in the deal. David Milestone and Brett Green, also of Newmark, secured acquisition financing for the buyer. Located at 2850 and 2875 S. Decker Lake Drive, the property consists of 182,121 square feet of industrial space. At the time of sale, the asset was 97 percent leased to a roster of nationally recognized tenants. Since 2018, the property has undergone significant capital upgrades, including fully renovated lobbies, digital tenant directors, fitness center enhancements, elevator modernizations, prominent signage, refurbished restrooms and corridors, and tenant interior improvements.
CHICAGO — Chicago-based real estate development firm Sterling Bay has broken ground on 345 N Morgan, a 200,000-square-foot office and retail building in Chicago’s Fulton Market. Sterling Bay acquired the development site in 2014 and originally intended to break ground in March 2020, but the project was halted due to COVID-19. Designed by Eckenhoff Saunders Architects, the building will feature private outdoor terraces, a 5,000-square-foot roof deck, bar and lounge, fitness center, coworking library and high-tech conference spaces. The construction timeline is 13 months, enabling tenants to move in as early as September 2022. Skender and JLL Construction are building the project. Sterling Bay secured roughly $100 million in combined construction loans from senior lender Bank OZK and mezzanine lender PCCP.
BOSTON — A partnership between investment firm Quaker Lane Capital and Boston-based private equity group Alcion Ventures has purchased a 63,000-square-foot boutique office and retail building located at 110 Canal St. within Boston’s North Station submarket. The building features exposed brick walls, lofty ceilings and open floor plates. CBRE has been tapped to market the property to creative office users.
PHOENIX — Colton Commercial has arranged the sale of the Ace Asphalt facility, a two-building property located at 3030 S. 7th St. in Phoenix. OP 3030 7th Property acquired the asset from Aceland LLC for $8.5 million. Situated on 29.4 acres, the property includes a 27,682-square-foot office building and an 11,788-square-foot service building. Ace Asphalt will continue its current lease at the site. Dan Colton of Colton Commercial represented the seller, while Pat Harlan of JLL’s Phoenix office represented the buyer in deal.
By Tim Harrison, Research Manager, JLL After one the strictest and longest shelter-in-place orders in the nation, Oregon is officially back open for business and all signs point to a strong recovery in Portland. People are travelling again, with airline passengers through Portland International Airport totaling more than 1 million in May. This represents about 63 percent of the normal 2019 monthly average, according to the Port of Portland’s aviation stats. Perhaps most importantly, people are returning to the downtown core for both business and pleasure with weekly visits through Pioneer Mall — the center of downtown — up to about 70 percent of 2019’s average weekly visits, per Placer.ai. This optimism is transferring to the office market, where Portland leasing activity is up more than 33 percent year over year. The recovery is being led by industries old and new. Out in the suburbs, Portland’s largest apparel companies are expanding on campus, while new leases were signed by Lululemon and On-Running in newer creative spaces on the urban fringe. Portland’s life sciences sector is approaching a critical mass as Bay Area company Twist Biosciences entered the market by absorbing 215,000 square feet. Meanwhile, Vancouver, Wash.-based AbSci raised more than …