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 …
PHILADELPHIA — PCCP LLC has provided an $80 million senior loan for the refinancing of 123 South Broad Street, a 705,500-square-foot office building located within Philadelphia’s Center City district. The 30-story building was originally constructed in 1928 and is currently leased to a roster of 92 tenants. The borrower was a joint venture between SSH Real Estate, Quilvest Capital Partners and Young Capital. Ryan Ade and Jim Cadranell of JLL arranged the financing. Ownership will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements, including the addition of amenities like a fitness center, rooftop deck and shared conference space.
PARK RIDGE, N.J. — PIM Brands Inc., a manufacturer of fruit snacks and related products, has opened a new global headquarters in Park Ridge, a borough located in Bergen County. The single-tenant building previously housed the headquarters of Hertz Corp. and recently underwent a $25 million renovation. The new 111,000-square-foot headquarters includes research and development space, tasting and sensory labs, graphics studios, retail plan-o-gram layout rooms and remote office and conference space. About 150 employees will work at the new office. The products of PIM Brands, which is part of The Promotion in Motion Family of Cos., include Welch’s Fruit Snacks, Sun-Maid Chocolate Raisins and Original Gummi FunMix.
NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has debuted its new space for its New York City office on the third and fourth floors of 530 Fifth Avenue, a 26-story building in Midtown Manhattan. Global architecture firm Vocon designed the new office, and Avison Young’s project management team oversaw construction. The industrial-themed space features an open layout, exposed ceiling piping, a green wall in the reception area and both assigned desks and private offices. RXR Realty owns the building, which was originally constructed in 1957.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — JLL has closed the $766 million sale of a 12-property office portfolio totaling 2.3 million square feet in metro Washington, D.C., and Virginia. Stephen Conley, Matt Nicholson, Jim Meisel, Andrew Weir, Dave Baker and Chris Capece of JLL represented the seller, WashREIT. Brookfield Asset Management was the buyer. The portfolio sale, which was announced in mid-June, includes six office properties across Northern Virginia and six in Washington, D.C.’s central business district. WashREIT is a Washington, D.C.-based owner and operator of office, retail and multifamily properties in the metro Washington area. The firm has a portfolio of 31 properties with 7,059 multifamily apartment units and about 1 million square feet of commercial space. The sale goes along with WashREIT’s multi-year plan of transforming into a multifamily REIT. The company also plans to sell its remaining eight retail assets and expects to complete that sale in the third quarter of this year.
RALEIGH, N.C. — A joint venture between Trammell Crow Co., High Street Residential, AECOM-Canyon Partners and HM Partners has broken ground on 400H, a 365,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Raleigh. Vancouver-based QuadReal Property Group provided an undisclosed amount of financing for the development. The 20-story tower, designed by Gensler, will include 150,000 square feet of Class A office space, 242 residential units and 16,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Construction is scheduled for completion by the fall of 2023. Located at 400 Hillsborough St., 400H is situated close to Union Station, the Morgan Street Food Hall and a Publix grocery store. The project’s Hillsborough Street location also provides the east-west connection to North Carolina State University and the state capital’s government complex. 400H will have residential units on floors 10 through 20. Community amenities will include a pool and SkyHub amenity on the ninth floor with indoor and outdoor space. Offices will include 14- to 20-foot floor-to-floor heights, full-height glass windows and parking ratios of 4-to-1,000. Also, outdoor seating is planned for several restaurants located within the retail space. AECOM-Canyon Partners, a joint venture partnership between AECOM Capital, the real estate investment arm of global infrastructure firm AECOM, and Canyon …
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of 6651 Gate Parkway, a 120,407-square-foot office building in Jacksonville. Mike Davis, Karl Johnston, Rick Brugge, Rick Colon, Dominic Montazemi, Zach Eicholtz and Chloe Strada of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Real Capital Solutions, in the transaction. Aventura, Fla.-based MG3 REIT LLC acquired the property for $43.8 million. Located in the heart of Deerwood Park, the four-story building is fully leased to McKesson Corp., a provider of healthcare supply chain management solutions, retail pharmacy, community oncology and specialty care and healthcare information solutions. Built-to-suit for McKesson in 2019, 6551 Gate Parkway houses nearly 800 employees and features collaborative workspace, lake views, highway visibility and walkable amenities. Additionally, 6551 Gate Parkway has received WELL and LEED Silver certifications.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Fortune 500 energy firm Entergy has signed a 107,614-square-foot office lease expansion at Hughes Landing, a 79-acre development located in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. The company is expanding by 53,604 square feet within the Lake Front North campus at Hughes Landing to provide additional space for its 650-plus employees. Bob Parsely, Norm Munoz, Jillian Fredricks and Connor Duffy with Colliers International represented the landlord, The Howard Hughes Corp., in the lease negotiations. Hugh Herman, Carla Williams and Andy Ghertner with Cushman and Wakefield represented Entergy.
