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CHICAGO — Amazon has unveiled plans to expand its Chicago tech hub and create an additional 400 jobs in fields including cloud computing, advertising and business development. To accommodate the job creation, Amazon will expand its office in downtown Chicago by more than 70,000 square feet. This will double the company’s tech workforce within the city. Amazon’s Chicago tech hub is one of the company’s 18 North American tech hubs. Amazon employees in Chicago currently build and support products and services for Amazon Web Services, Amazon Advertising and the company’s transportation and operations units. Together with its customer fulfillment and retail facilities, Amazon has created more than 11,000 full-time jobs in Illinois and invested over $4.4 billion in the state since 2010.

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DALLAS — Prescott Group has begun the demolition and early construction phase for 2727 Turtle Creek, a five-acre mixed-use campus in the Turtle Creek submarket of Dallas. The development will include an office tower, high-rise apartment tower and a hotel tower. Prescott Group imploded an existing, vacant nine-story office building and parking garage on the site early on Sunday, Sept. 15. The building was the former home of Republic Insurance, according to local media reports. Construction crews are clearing the site and beginning utility upgrades for the multi-tower development along Turtle Creek Boulevard. Prescott Group expects to finish the demolition and removal phase of construction by the end of the year and wrap up the utility and infrastructure upgrades in the first quarter of 2020. The office tower at 2727 Turtle Creek will rise 19 stories and span 285,000 square feet. Prescott Group plans for the building to feature a rooftop terrace, fitness center, conference and training center, bike storage and a full-service café. Prescott Group has tapped Jeff Eckert and Ahnie Sheehy of JLL to lease the office space. The hotel will rise 24 stories and offer 200 hotel rooms and an undetermined number of luxury condominiums. Amenities at …

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ROCKAWAY, N.J. — Atlantic Health System has purchased Morristown Medical Center Health Pavilion, a 92,326-square-foot medical office building in Rockaway, located approximately 35 miles west of New York City, for $26 million. The building opened in 2016, and the Atlantic Health System was the sole occupant at the time of sale. JLL’s Jose Cruz and Ben Appel represented the seller in the transaction.

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MESA, ARIZ. — CCR North LLC has started construction on Phase II of Crismon Gateway Village, an approximately $40 million mixed-use project situated at the northeast corner of Crismon and Baseline roads in Mesa. The second phase will bring a mix of tenants, including Martin Dental, Vantage West and Sassy’s Café & Bakery. Current tenants include Black Rock Coffee, Bella Nail Bar, Filiberto’s, Radius Fitness and Doc’s Artisan Ice Cream. Upon completion, the master-planned community will include 22,040 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space and a 128-unit multifamily property with individual suite patios. Mary Nollenberger and Nicole Ridberg of SVN/Desert Commercial Advisors are handling leasing efforts for the development.

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SAN DIEGO — Voit Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of Southport Office Park, an eight-building office complex located in San Diego’s National City submarket. Dan Floit, a San Diego-based private investor, acquired the asset from San Diego-based H.G. Fenton Co. for $8.7 million. Totaling 33,894 square feet, the office park is located at 102, 132 and 202 Miles of Cars Way; 2403, 2435, 2425 and 2427 Hoover Ave.; and 2405 Transportation Ave. Michael Mossmer and Curt Perry of Voit Real Estate Services represented the seller, while Mark Caston and Spencer Kerrigan, also of Voit, represented the buyer in the deal.

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IRVING — Developer KDC, in partnership with Verizon, is nearing completion of the new 1.2 million-square-foot headquarters campus in Irving for energy firm Pioneer Natural Resources. Situated on 150 acres within the Hidden Ridge development in the city’s Las Colinas district, the headquarters building stands 10 stories, overlooks a pond and includes a seven-story parking garage. Amenities include a daycare, wellness center and a food hall. Cushman & Wakefield will manage the property. Move-ins are scheduled to begin in November.

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GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Locally based hotel developer NewcrestImage has broken ground on an 80,000-square-foot office project in the northern Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine. Upon completion in 10 to 12 months, the company will occupy about a quarter of the building for its headquarters space and lease the remaining 60,000 square feet. The property will be located within SilverLake Crossings, a 52-acre mixed-use development that includes 400 residential units and 30,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Newcastle Partners and Drake Real Estate Partners have completed the sale of 900 Kearny Street, an office building located in San Francisco’s Jackson Square submarket. Brick and Timber Collective LLC acquired the property for $27 million. Built in 1989, the six-story building features 30,000 square feet of creative office space. At the time of sale, the property was fully occupied by EastWest Bank, Bitmami and Novani, among others. The sellers originally purchased the asset in 2017 for $17 million and renovated the property by adding open office spaces and single-floor suites. Ben Bullock, David Dokko and Thomas Foley of HFF represented the sellers in the transaction.

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BERGENFIELD, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has negotiated the sale of a 5,245-square-foot office building in Bergenfield, a northern suburb of New York City. The buyer, Maywood Physical Therapy & Rehab Center, will utilize a portion of the building as its third medical office location and will continue to lease the remaining space to the four current tenants. NAI James Hanson’s Dominic Fittizzi represented the seller, S&S Realty Holding Co. LLC, in the transaction.

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DEERFIELD, ILL. — Transwestern Commercial Services has brokered the sale of 1717 Deerfield Road in Deerfield for an undisclosed price. The 147,096-square-foot office building rises three stories and offers 50,000-square-foot floor plates. It is currently 21.2 percent leased by accounting and consulting firm Warady & Davis LLP. Gary Nussbaum and Paige Gunn of Transwestern represented the seller, Hudson Advisors. Canada-based investment group Progressif and Schaumburg-based Helios Property Management purchased the asset.

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