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Joint Venture Breaks Ground on 300,000 SF Office, Retail Project in Uptown Dallas

by Taylor Williams

DALLAS — A joint venture that includes BDT & MSD Partners, Trammell Crow Co. and The Retail Connection has broken ground on Knox & McKinney, a 300,000-square-foot office and retail project in Uptown Dallas. Situated two blocks west of the joint venture’s larger, 1 million-square-foot mixed-use development, the 12-story building will consist of 280,000 square feet of office space and 20,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Amenities will include a fitness center, tenant lounge and private bar, multiple terraces and conference/boardroom facilities. Law firm Jones Day has preleased 76,000 square feet of space at Knox & McKinney as the future anchor tenant. Pickard Chilton Architects and HKS Architects are designing Knox & McKinney, and DPR Construction is serving as the general contractor. Trey Morsbach, Jim Curtin, Rex Cruz and Obi Eboh of JLL arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing for the project through Goldman Sachs Alternatives. Completion is slated for 2028.

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Leasing ActivityOfficeTexas

Welcome Group Opens New Office Headquarters in Uptown Houston

by Taylor Williams

HOUSTON — Local developer Welcome Group has opened a new, 18,445-square-foot office headquarters in Uptown Houston. The space, which is located on the 12th floor of the roughly 275,000-square-foot building at 515 Post Oak Blvd., represents an expansion for Welcome Group. Parker Duffie and Joel Douthit of CBRE represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Welcome Group was self-represented.

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Real Capital Solutions Acquires 10-Story Office Building in Naperville, Illinois for $16.1M

by Kristin Harlow

NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Real Capital Solutions (RCS) has acquired MetroWest, a 10-story office building in Naperville, for $16.1 million. The 207,714-square-foot property is located at 55 Shuman Blvd. The purchase price represents a significant discount to the property’s most recent sale for $32.5 million in 2015 when it was nearly fully leased. RCS says the reset in pricing reflects broader market conditions, including higher interest rates, constrained lending and limited liquidity across the office sector. MetroWest is currently 67.6 percent leased and is anchored by Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, which occupies 11 percent of the building under a long-term lease through 2034. Designed by architect Helmut Jahn, the building features amenities such as a fitness center, cafeteria and structured parking. RCS plans to implement a targeted leasing and repositioning strategy. Approximately 40 percent of the vacant space already includes modernized or move-in-ready suites. Newmark’s Peter Harwood, Jim Postweiler, Jack Trager and Mary Gilbank represented the undisclosed seller.

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Lee & Associates, CBRE Arrange Sale of 510,000 SF Former Corporate Campus in Elgin, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

ELGIN, ILL. — Lee & Associates of Illinois and CBRE have arranged the sale of a 510,000-square-foot, 82-acre former corporate campus and ministry facility at 1000 N. Randall Road in Elgin. Kenneth Franzese and John Cassidy of Lee & Associates and Tony Gange of CBRE represented the seller, Harvest Bible Chapel. The self-represented buyer was Acts2Network, a Christian organization based in California. Originally developed as Safety-Kleen’s world headquarters in 1993, the property includes a roughly 350,000-square-foot office building wrapped around a multi-story parking deck, plus a 160,000-square-foot addition developed by Harvest Bible Chapel to accommodate an academy, worship center, gym and multipurpose ministry space. Amenities include a 2,100-seat auditorium, athletic center, production studios, training rooms, a cafeteria with full kitchen, visitor café and related support areas. The transaction terms included a longer-term leaseback for Harvest Bible Chapel’s academy and portions of its corporate offices, worship center and support spaces. Prior to closing, Acts2Network and Harvest Bible Chapel began cohabitating the campus. Shared spaces such as the worship center and gym serve both organizations.

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Eastman Cos. Recapitalizes 385,000 SF Office Complex in Livingston, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams

LIVINGSTON, N.J. — Locally based owner-operator Eastman Cos. has recapitalized The Eisenhower, a 385,000-square-foot office complex located in the Northern New Jersey community of Livingston. The recapitalization comprised $24.2 million in financing from Ladder Capital and approximately $14 million in additional equity. The Eisenhower sits on a 24-acre site and offers amenities such as a conference center with a 200-seat auditorium, a full-service cafeteria and a fitness center. David Bernhaut, John Alascio, Brad Domenico, Chuck Kohaut, Frank Stanislaski, Bill Baunach and Jack Subers of Cushman & Wakefield advised Eastman Cos. on the transaction.

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IndustrialMarket ReportsMidwestMidwest Market ReportsMinnesotaOfficeRetail

Different Opportunities: Minneapolis, St. Paul and the Suburbs

by Kristin Harlow

By Jesse Tollison, Transwestern When analyzing the Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) metro area, urbanicity plays a deep role in understanding the opportunities for making a significant impact and profit in the commercial real estate markets. This is not a story unique to Minnesota’s largest metropolitan area, where roughly half of the state’s inhabitants live, but MSP serves as an illuminating case study as to how widely opportunity can vary between urban and suburban markets.  Indeed, many areas across the country exhibit stark differences between their urban and suburban commercial real estate markets, but those differences cannot be uniformly applied to each metro. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of local minutiae lends tremendous insight when evaluating opportunities.  Developers, investors, tenants, brokers and every other player in the commercial real estate world are paying close attention to the diverging urban and suburban trends as they assess the market for opportunities. In such a fragmented market, decision-makers are using more data than ever to inform their strategies. High-level views aren’t enough to benchmark a property’s performance, and it’s important to understand the localized trends when evaluating an opportunity.  Industrial history As the historical industrial hub of Minnesota, the Twin Cities’ urban core has many …

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Arnold & Porter Signs 22,718 SF Office Lease in Downtown Houston

by Taylor Williams

HOUSTON — Arnold & Porter has signed a 22,718-square-foot office lease in downtown Houston. The law firm is taking space at 811 Main, a 974,884-square-foot office building. Eric Anderson and John Heard of Transwestern represented the landlord, Atlanta-based Invesco Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. Kevin Saxe and Wyatt McCulloch of CBRE represented the tenant.

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Braun Enterprises Completes Renovation of 11,000 SF Office Building Near Downtown Houston

by Taylor Williams

HOUSTON — Local owner-operator Braun Enterprises has completed the renovation of 2120 Montrose, a roughly 11,000-square-foot office building located just west of downtown Houston. The renovation included upgrades to both the exterior and interior of the building, which now offers four suites that can be leased individually or collectively. Stream Realty Partners is the leasing agent for 2120 Montrose.

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CIGNA Signs 32,700 SF Office Lease Renewal in Midtown Manhattan

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — CIGNA has signed a 32,700-square-foot office lease renewal at 2 Grand Central in Midtown Manhattan. The insurance giant is relocating its offices at the base of the building to two full upper floors. Anthony Dattoma of CBRE represented CIGNA in the lease negotiations. Paul Amrich, Neil King, Meghan Allen, Alexander Golod and James Ackerson, also with CBRE, represented the undisclosed landlord.

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CIM Group Provides $154M Loan to Blackstone for Refinancing of MiamiCentral Office Towers

by John Nelson

MIAMI — Los Angeles-based CIM Group, through its CIM Real Estate Debt Solutions business, has provided a $154 million loan for the refinancing of 2 and 3 MiamiCentral, two adjacent office towers in downtown Miami. Eastdil Secured arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, Blackstone, which acquired the office towers in 2021. Built in 2018, 2 and 3 MiamiCentral span 17 and 12 stories, respectively, and total approximately 339,000 square feet of commercial space, including a Publix grocery store. Amenities include wellness and fitness facilities, an outdoor roof deck, private work lounges and conferencing space, concierge services, valet parking and secure access to 1,357 structured parking spaces. In addition to owning 2 and 3 MiamiCentral, Blackstone is also an office tenant. The towers anchor MiamiCentral, a mixed-use development adjacent to the MiamiCentral Station transit hub that includes more than 800 luxury residential units, an 18,000-square-foot food hall, a Starbucks and Chick-fil-A.

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