CHICAGO — Northwind Group, a Manhattan-based real estate private equity firm and debt fund manager, has provided a $58.5 million first mortgage loan for the acquisition and lease-up of 175 West Jackson Boulevard, a 22-story office building totaling more than 1.4 million square feet in Chicago’s Central Loop. The property also includes a 240-space parking garage. The loan was structured with $33.5 million initial advance at closing, with an additional $25 million reserved as a “good news” facility to fund future accretive leasing costs. A joint venture between 601W Cos. and David Werner Real Estate Investments was the buyer. The financing facilitated the acquisition at a significantly reset basis, reflecting an approximately 85 percent discount to the property’s prior purchase price by Brookfield, according to Northwind. The building has undergone extensive renovations and modernization, with over $24 million of capital improvements completed by prior ownership, including a new amenity center and rooftop space on the 22nd floor.
DALLAS — Leap Applied Behavioral Services has signed an 11,196-square-foot lease in southwest Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 5510–5520 S. Westmoreland Road was constructed in 1985 and totals 20,357 square feet. Jason Gibbons of Finial Group represented the landlord in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. George Ndegwa of AARE Real Estate represented the tenant.
MORRISVILLE, N.C. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Forty540 II, a 198,424-square-foot, five-story office building located at 710 Slater Road in Morrisville, about 14 miles northwest of Raleigh. Patrick Gildea, Matt Smith, Ben Kilgore and Chandler Hawkins of CBRE represented the seller, FCP, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Delivered in 2021 near the intersection of I-40 and I-540, Forty540 II was 94.6 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Renesas, N-Able and Synopsys. Amenities include a rooftop sky lounge, fitness center, conference and collaboration areas and outdoor patio space. CBRE’s Brad Corsmeier and Ed Pulliam were the property’s previous leasing agents. The duo signed Renesas to a nearly 90,000-square-foot lease at Forty540 II in May 2023.
SAN FRANCISCO — Anthropic, a leader in AI technology, has leased the entirety of 300 Howard, a 25-story, 466,000-square-foot office tower, and 342 Howard, a historic 18,000-square-foot building, both in San Francisco. The properties are owned and managed by a joint venture between DivcoWest and Blackstone Real Estate. JLL’s Chris Roeder, Ted Davies and Carlye Parker represented DivcoWest and Perform Properties, Blackstone Real Estate’s retail and office portfolio company, in lease negotiations. Felipe Gomez-Kraus and John Diepenbrock of JLL represented Anthropic.
LA PALMA, CALIF. — CBRE has facilitated the sale of an office portfolio located at 24 and 26 Centerpointe Drive in La Palma. A local 1031 exchange investor acquired the property from an institutional seller for $12.4 million, or $257 per square foot. Anthony DeLorenzo, Sammy Cemo and Bryan Johnson of CBRE’s Private Capital Partners represented the seller in the deal. The 44,953-square-foot portfolio includes two high-image, single-story office/flex buildings situated within a landscaped campus setting. The portfolio features recent multi-million-dollar common area upgrades, a shared association lounge and efficient surface parking.
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Q4 2025 Demand Overview: Industrial and Multifamily Slowed, Office Stabilized, Retail Held Steady
Lee & Associates’ 2025 Q4 North America Market Report looks at diverging market demand across industrial, office, retail and multifamily spaces nationwide in the last quarter. Demand continued to soften for industrial spaces, while multifamily saw a reversal: decreased demand after seven consecutive quarters of strengthening. Office saw a slow increase in net absorption, but only after six years of negative absorption; retail demand was mixed. Industrial and retail spaces contended with tariff concerns, while all four types of commercial real estate saw either decreased or slowed rent growth in the final quarter of 2025. Lee & Associates’ full, detailed market report is available to read here. The overviews for the sectors below illustrate the market landscape through data on net absorption, leasing and development activity, sales transactions and rent growth, in addition to demand. Industrial Overview: Demand Falls Under Tariff Pressure Falling demand for industrial space continued in 2025 under the added strain of the United States’ aggressive trade and tariff policies affecting commercial property markets across North America. In the United States net absorption declined again in 2025 as tenant and rent growth fell to their lowest levels since the aftermath of the financial crisis. Meanwhile, inventory growth has been scaled back …
BOCA RATON, FLA. — D-Wave Quantum Inc., a publicly traded dual-platform quantum computing company, will relocate its global headquarters and primary U.S. research-and-development facility to Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC), a 1.7 million-square-foot office park in South Florida. Formerly located at 2650 E. Bayshore Road in Palo Alto, Calif., the technology company plans to move into its new 25,000-square-foot office space by the end of 2026. D-Wave Quantum’s move is further supported by a separate, $20 million commitment from Florida Atlantic University, which intends to purchase and install D-Wave’s Advantage2 quantum computer on its nearby campus. Since acquiring the property in 2018, CP Group has completed a $100 million redevelopment of BRiC, which includes the addition of two coffee shops and an autonomous grab-and-go store; an onsite wellness center run by Boca Raton Regional Hospital; a revitalized dining and banquet hall; flex indoor/outdoor event space available for rent; and a 1,100-space parking garage. CP Group secured more than 300,000 square feet in new leases at BRiC in late 2025 alone.
NEW YORK CITY — Mandelbaum Barrett PC has renewed and expanded its office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The law firm now occupies 11,330 square feet across the entire 21st floor at 570 Lexington Avenue, a 450,622-square-foot building that was constructed in 1932. The landlord, The Feil Organization, was self-represented in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.
DURHAM, N.C. — Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has relocated its newest Durham office in Research Triangle Park to Horseshoe at Hub RTP, a 157,500-square-foot mixed-use development located at 3151 Elion Drive. In late 2026, the firm will move into a 20,000-square-foot office on the fourth floor at Horseshoe. Don Shupe of CBRE represented K&L Gates, while Patti Autry and Hillman Duncan of JLL represented the landlord, Charlotte-based White Point Partners, in the lease negotiations. Horseshoe at Hub, which serves at the central gathering point for the 100-acre Hub RTP development, features a five-story office building with two single-story retail/restaurant pavilions, along with 16 acres of greenspace and trails. Horseshoe currently has 78,000 square feet of office space and 10,000 square feet of retail space available for lease.
HOUSTON — Accesso, a Florida-based owner-operator, will renovate 3900 Essex, a 235,620-square-foot office building in West Houston. Plans for the capital improvement project include lobby renovations and construction of several spec suites throughout the 12-story building. These upgrades build on recently completed enhancements of the HVAC, fire and security systems and newly updated common areas and amenity spaces at 3900 Essex, including a fitness center and a conference facility. Accesso also secured a two-year loan extension in conjunction with the announcement of new capital improvements.
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