NEW YORK CITY — 1776, a public benefit corporation that scouts and funds high-growth startups, plans to open its first New York City campus on the top floor of Building 77 at Brooklyn Navy Yard. The company will become the anchor tenant of the 1 million-square-foot building that is currently undergoing a $185 million renovation. Slated to open in 2017, Building 77 will feature a 60,000-square-foot food manufacturing hub on the ground floor. Additionally, the project will support 3,000 new jobs. 1776 New York City will convene institutions, policymakers and startups to revitalize critical industries like education, energy, food, health, smart cities, transportation and financial services.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — VenSure Employer Services has leased 25,000 square feet at Chandler Freeway Crossing. The Class A office space is located in Building One at the intersection of the Loop 101 and Loop 202 freeways in Chandler. All three buildings at Chandler Freeway Crossing are now fully occupied. VenSure will relocate from Mesa to the new space this September. Hani Aldulaimi of KW Commercial represented the firm. JLL’s Dave Seeger, Karsten Peterson, Mark Gustin and Elizabeth Collins are the exclusive leasing brokers for Chandler Freeway Crossing and represented Mark IV Capital in the lease transaction.
Greenville is undergoing significant growth and capturing the attention of national investors and tenants. Historically high rental rates, increased occupancy and strong construction activity for the first time in recent years collectively indicate a healthy market. Additionally, tight market conditions provide an ideal investment sales environment encouraging landlords to market their office assets for sale, something they couldn’t justify doing a few years ago. The market’s occupancy rate was up to 85.2 percent at year-end 2015 from 83.7 percent the previous year. As demand grows and space is absorbed, the market is shifting in favor of landlords, who are pushing up rental rates to levels never before seen in the market. Asking rental rates for Class A office space in the market averaged $22.41 per square foot at year-end 2015, increasing 9 percent in a one-year span. Class A space in the central business district (CBD) is even more costly with asking rental rates averaging $25 per square foot. With office users showing a strong desire to locate in the market and willingness to pay higher rental rates for quality space, developers are turning to new construction and adaptive reuse projects to meet the heightened demand for space. Several projects …
REDMOND, WASH. — Ascentis Real Estate Partners has acquired the Redmond Technology Center, a 101,855-square-foot creative office building in Redmond, for an undisclosed sum. The Class A building is located at 18300 Redmond Way, 15 miles east of downtown Seattle. Redmond Technology Center is situated within walking distance of Whole Foods, Peet’s Coffee, Jimmy John’s and Chipotle Mexican Grill. It was built in 2008. The transaction was completed through the company’s equity fund, Diversified International Partners.
MIDDLETOWN, CONN. — Cornerstone Realty Capital has arranged $2.9 million in financing for the acquisition of a mixed-use property in Middletown. The office and retail property consists of five buildings totaling 47,250 square feet. Additionally, the property features 104 parking spaces. The name of the borrower was not released.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Transwestern Development Co. will break ground this month on 3400 @ CityLine, a 310,000-square-foot speculative office building. Located at 3400 N. Central Expressway, the Class A building is adjacent to the 183-acre CityLine campus in Richardson. The five-story project will be developed by a joint venture including a fund advised by the real estate business of UBS Asset Management, Transwestern Development Co. and Malouf Interests. Slated for delivery in mid-2017, the building will feature design elements including floor-to-ceiling glass and 10-foot ceilings. The property will offer five parking spaces per 1,000 square feet in a parking structure. On-site amenities will include a deli and lounge area, fitness center and a 40,000-square-foot exterior courtyard. Transwestern’s Duane Henley and Nathan Durham are providing leasing services. Construction financing is being provided by a consortium led by Amegy Bank N.A., a division of Zions Bank N.A., and includes American National Bank of Texas and Commerce Bank, a Missouri bank and trust company. The consultant team includes architect BOKA Powell, structural consultant Cardno Haynes Whaley, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer DBR, civil engineer Halff & Associates and landscape architect Pacheco Koch.
DALLAS — Health Wildcatters, a Dallas-based seed accelerator program, is relocating to 1910 Pacific Ave. in downtown Dallas. Health Wildcatters will occupy the entire top floor of the 20-story building, which is owned by Boxer Property. The 16,620-square-foot space will provide the company with the ability to host functions and events, create collaborative workspace for partners and house recent graduates of the accelerator program by offering temporary office space. Health Wildcatters has partnered with Page to design the interior space. Health Wildcatters will move into the Pacific Place tower alongside local startups including Zerologic, Deep Rapid Design Studio, Twentynine Thirty Creative and Launch DFW.
DURHAM, N.C. — Akridge and Northwood Ravin plan to develop 555 Mangum, a 10-story, 240,000-square-foot office tower in downtown Durham. The project will be situated on the site of the former Elkins Chrysler dealership on the corner of South Mangum Street and Jackie Robinson Drive. The property will include ground-floor retail space, a penthouse conference center, fitness center, rooftop lounge and terrace and a courtyard featuring artwork from local artists. Akridge and Northwood Ravin plan to deliver 555 Mangum in late 2018. The partnership has selected Mac Hammer and Doug Cook of Cushman & Wakefield to lease and market the project’s office component and Charlie Coyne of CBRE to lease and market the retail component.
WEST LOS ANGELES — Hudson Pacific Properties Inc. has agreed to acquire a 500,475-square-foot office tower in West Los Angeles for $311 million. A fund managed by Blackstone is selling the Class A property, known as the Brentwood Center or Wells Fargo Center, which is located at 11601 Willshire Blvd. The building, which is currently 83 percent occupied, has served as Hudson Pacific’s corporate headquarters since 2010. Hudson leases 20,000 square feet in the building, which also includes tenants First Pacific Advisors and Genter Capital, according to CoStar. The office tower was built in 1983 and features a travel agency, Trimana Café, on-site property management and full service gym, according to Loopnet. Hudson Pacific recently sold One Bay Plaza in Burlingame, Calif. for $53.4 million and plans to use the proceeds to help pay for the acquisition. The company also expects to be repaid on a $28.5 million note for the Broadway Trade Center. The company expects to fund the remaining balance with a combination of funds from its revolving credit facility, project financing and private placement proceeds. “Our team’s long history of occupancy and prior ownership of 11601 Wilshire Blvd. provided a competitive edge to understanding the value creation potential for …
NEW YORK CITY — Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates has brokered the sale of commercial building located at 5718 Second Ave. in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. NYU/Lutheran Medical Center acquired the 32,000-square-foot property from S.I.B.R. Realty LLC for $12.1 million. The two-story building features 20-foot ceilings, a 7,000-square-foot mezzanine and 12,500-square-foot floor plates. Jeffrey Unger and Robert Klein of Kalmon Dolgin represented the buyer and seller in the deal.