HAMPTON, N.J. — CBRE has secured a 22,000-square-foot office lease in Hampton, a western suburb of New York City, for nonprofit organization The Arc of Hunterdon County. The space is located within a 277,000-square-foot office building at 53 Frontage Road. The organization plans to occupy the new space in April 2020. John Goodwin of CBRE represented The Arc of Hunterdon County in the lease negotiations. Shelbourne Global Solutions is the owner of the building.
NEWARK, N.J. — JLL has secured a 10,823-square-foot office lease extension for law firm Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker in Newark. The space is situated within One Gateway, a 543,494-square-foot, Class A office building located at 7-45 Raymond Blvd. The firm signed a five-year lease extension and will continue to occupy the entire sixth floor of the building. Timothy Greiner, Blake Goodman and Colleen Maguire of JLL represented the building owner, Onyx Equities LLC.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — Boston Properties has entered into a joint venture with Alexandria Real Estate Equities to develop, own and operate approximately 1.1 million square feet of existing office and lab properties in South San Francisco. Additionally, the partnership will have an opportunity to expand the campus through approximately 640,000 square feet of future development. Upon completion of the master development plan, the joint venture expects to own a 1.7 million-square-foot life science campus, including a mix of office and lab buildings. Boston Properties and Alexandria will each have an approximately 50 percent ownership in the joint venture once complete. Under the agreement, Boston Properties contributed 601, 611 and 651 Gateway Blvd., three existing office properties that total approximately 768,000 square feet, plus developable land. Alexandria contributed approximately 313,000 square feet of existing properties, including lab, office and amenity buildings, as well as developable land.
AURORA, ORE. — Columbia Helicopters has completed the sale-leaseback of its asset portfolio in Aurora. New York-based W.P. Carey, a net-lease REIT, acquired the properties for an undisclosed price. Columbia Helicopters, a helicopter manufacturing and operations company, fully occupies the portfolio, which totals 187,016 square feet. Located at 14451 Arndt Road, the campus features 15 buildings. Founded in 1957, Columbia Helicopters provides heavy-lift aviation services, military transport, firefighting, and oil and gas support helicopters. The facilities included in the portfolio sale are mission critical, including offices, shop facilities, an engine test center, training spaces and a wastewater treatment facility. Erik Foster, Mike Wilson and Ryan Carlino of Avison Young represented the seller in the deal.
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — IDEX Corp. has leased 39,252 square feet of office space at 3100 Sanders Road in Northbrook for its new global headquarters. The manufacturer of dispensing equipment and specialty engineered products is expected to vacate its current office in Lake Forest this summer. IDEX will occupy space on the third floor and have access to a shared conference center and auditorium. Lou Hall and Dan Wilkins of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Francis Prock and Daryl Silverman of Colliers International represented the landlord, Allstate Corp.
HOUSTON — CommonGrounds Workplace, a San Diego-based provider of coworking and flexible office space, has opened a 27,747-square-foot space at Houston’s Greenway Plaza. The company’s location at the 52-acre office campus is its second in Texas. The space serves up to 458 members and features private offices and team rooms, dedicated gathering spaces, wellness rooms, video-enabled conference rooms and phone booths. Ziegler Cooper Architects designed the space, and Arch-Con handled the build-out. Parkway Properties owns Greenway Plaza
ATLANTA — Dewberry Group has released plans to expand the Campanile Building, an office and retail property in Midtown Atlanta, from 445,000 to 626,000 square feet. Upon completion, the renovated property will include new ground-level retail space, high-quality finishes, a renovated marble lobby and a modern façade. H.I.G. Realty Partners and Square Mile Capital Management LLC jointly originated a five-year, floating-rate, $186 million loan to finance the renovation and expansion. Originally built in 1987 as the headquarters for Bell South, Dewberry Group acquired the building in 2010. Dewberry Group will develop a 45,000-square-foot retail and restaurant building at the base of the existing asset. The company will also add four new floors of office space totaling 100,000 square feet. The property is situated at the corner of 14th and Peachtree streets, across from Colony Square and two blocks from Piedmont Park. “Midtown has seen a strong migration of high-quality tenants and the Dewberry Group will be delivering office space and amenities that will be attractive to companies seeking Class A office space in this central location,” says Michael Mestel, senior managing director of H.I.G. “We continue to seek out high quality investment opportunities in the Atlanta market, and the financing …
With Kansas City unemployment hovering at cyclical lows around 3.5 percent and the war for talent at an all-time high, companies must leverage their real estate to attract and retain top talent. At the height of the corporate office boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the average space per employee ranged from approximately 275 to more than 325 square feet. Today, that number has shrunk to 175 square feet per employee and some predictions see that number moving even closer to 100 square feet. These changes are driven by a recognition that companies are adopting better workplace strategies. These newer, more efficient spaces deliver a more engaging experience for employees and provide a stronger return on real estate costs for companies. There is no denying that these new spaces cost more on a per-square-foot basis. Cushman & Wakefield research reported that the weighted average asking rate for Class A space in the Kansas City market was $25.04 per square foot on a full-service basis in the third quarter of 2019. Yet the net asking rates for the buildings with this new class of product range anywhere from the high $20s to the high $30s. Occupancy costs for new …
NEW YORK CITY — Financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald has renewed a 56,170 square-foot office lease at 499 Park Avenue in the Plaza District of Midtown Manhattan. The company signed a 16-year lease for the space. The leasing is part of a larger headquarters spanning two buildings. Jared Horowitz, Neil Goldmacher and Jason Perla of Newmark Knight Frank represented Cantor Fitzgerald in the lease negotiations. Michael Jones of Cole Schotz P.C. advised Cantor Fitzgerald in the renewals of the lease agreements. Paul Amrich of CBRE represented the landlord, American Realty Advisors.
FRISCO, TEXAS — VanTrust Real Estate will develop The Offices Three at Frisco Station, a 210,000-square-foot office building located within the 242-acre Frisco Station mixed-use development north of Dallas. Construction of the six-story, speculative building will begin this week and is expected to be complete in 2021. Amenities will include structured parking, a fitness center, conference center and a tenant lounge. VanTrust previously developed Offices One at Frisco Station, which is 98 percent leased, and has completed shell construction of Offices Two at Frisco Station, which is 35 percent preleased. HKS Inc. is the project architect, and Manhattan Construction is the general contractor. Cushman & Wakefield will handle leasing.