Office

Construction Begins for Santa Monica Gateway Office Project

by Nellie Day May 16, 2016

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Construction has commenced on Santa Monica Gateway, a 200,000-square-foot creative office campus in Santa Monica. The project will be located at 2834 Colorado Ave. The property offers 10,600- to 36,000-square-foot floor plates in a two-building, four-story campus with a three-level subterranean garage. The campus will be ready for occupancy in late 2017. DRDS and Gruen Associates are designing the project. JLL’s Carl Muhlstein and Tom Cherry are leading the leasing efforts. The firm is also handling project and development management.

May 16, 2016

California Office Western

Former San Diego Daily Transcript Building Sells for $5.3M

by Nellie Day May 16, 2016

SAN DIEGO — SDPB Holdings LLC has purchased a 34,298-square-foot office property that formerly housed the San Diego Daily Transcript for $5.3 million. The three-building property is located at 2131 3rd Ave. The property was home to the San Diego Daily Transcript for more than three decades. The newspaper vacated the space in October 2015. The LLC plans to redevelop the property into a creative office complex. Paul Lafrenz, Marc Frederick and Tim Cowden of Colliers International represented The Transcript in the transaction.

May 16, 2016

Office Texas

San Antonio Commercial Advisors Brokers Sale of Office Building

by Haisten Willis May 13, 2016

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Commercial Advisors (SACA), an independently owned and operated member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance, has arranged the sale of 231 E. Rhapsody Drive, an office building located in north San Antonio. SACA’s Ed Cross represented the buyer, Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Greater San Antonio, who purchased the building for its administrative offices. Keith Coelho of Henry S. Miller represented the unnamed seller.

May 13, 2016

Office Retail Texas

Jack Dawson Joins SRS Real Estate Partners as Senior Associate

by Haisten Willis May 13, 2016

DALLAS — Jack Dawson has joined SRS Real Estate Partners as a senior associate in the firm’s Dallas/Fort Worth office. Dawson focuses on tenant and landlord representation as well as investment sales. Dawson joins SRS with three years of experience in commercial real estate. He has worked with several retailers in the Dallas and north Texas markets such as AIO/Cricket Wireless, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Sub Zero Ice Cream and Eskimo Hut. He has also worked with many landlords in various project leasing assignments, and marketed several investment sale listings. Dawson has a bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University, where he was a Hunt Leadership scholar and a Cox Business School BBA scholar. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (NTCAR). Additionally, Dawson regularly works with the Yellow Rose Gala Foundation, a group that supports multiple sclerosis research.

May 13, 2016

Illinois Midwest Office

U.S. Cellular Signs 119,369 SF Lease for Additional Space at Chicago Office Complex

by Christina Cannon May 13, 2016

CHICAGO — U.S. Cellular Corp. has extended and expanded its headquarters lease at the U.S. Cellular Plaza and now occupies 331,797 square feet of space. U.S. Cellular Corp. is the building’s largest tenant. FCA Partners LLC owns the building, which is located at 8410-8420 Bryn Mawr Ave. Constructed in 1981, U.S. Cellular Plaza is a three-building, 637,484-square-foot Class A office complex. U.S. Cellular signed its original lease in 1988 for just under 10,000 square feet. U.S. Cellular continues to occupy the entire 212,428-square-foot 8410 building and will now be expanding into an additional 119,369 square feet in the 8420 building on a long-term basis. Francis Prock and Jason Simon of Colliers International represented the landlord in the transaction.

May 13, 2016

Illinois Midwest Office

Turtle Wax Leases 25,115 SF in Metro Chicago Office Building for World Headquarters

by Christina Cannon May 13, 2016

ADDISON, ILL. — Turtle Wax Inc. will relocate its world headquarters from Willowbrook, Ill. to a 25,115-square-foot space in Addison, approximately 23 miles west of Chicago. Turtle Wax, a manufacturer of car care products, will occupy space at Meadows Office Center II, a two-story, 101,000-square-foot office building. The lease brings the facility, located at 2250 Pinehurst Blvd., to 70 percent occupancy. The asset is owned by a joint venture comprised of ACG Equities, Toft Asset Management and an undisclosed private investment fund. Daniel Nack of Cushman & Wakefield represented Turtle Wax in the transaction. Mark Smith and Bill Saviski of CBRE represented the landlord.

May 13, 2016

Florida Office Southeast Top Stories

Flea World Demolition Clears Way for $300M Reagan Center Mixed-Use Development Near Orlando

by Nellie Day May 13, 2016

SANFORD, FLA. — Demolition work has commenced on Flea World, the one-time home of “the nation’s largest flea market under one roof,” in Sanford approximately 25 miles north of Orlando. The 118-acre site is being cleared to make way for Reagan Center, a mixed-use project that could eventually include as much as 2.4 million square feet of offices, restaurants, retail stores, apartments and townhomes. The property is situated on U.S. Route 17 at Ronald Reagan Boulevard and County Home Road. The 34-year-old flea market space is situated directly across from the Seminole County Government Operations Center, the courthouse and Seminole State College. Reagan Center’s construction will kick off a 20-year effort by the municipalities of Seminole County, Sanford, Lake Mary, Winter Springs, Longwood and Casselberry to create an economic development corridor along Route 17. “Reagan Center will create employment opportunities for thousands of Central Floridians over the next decade and will be a major economic engine,” says Paul Partyka, partner at NAI Realvest in Orlando and the broker of record for the $300 million development. “Because of its location, size and economic impact, Reagan Center will rank as one of Florida’s benchmark development projects.” Hastings Homes is carrying out the …

May 13, 2016

Office Texas

BBVA Compass to Move San Antonio Offices, Flagship Branch to Weston Centre

by Haisten Willis May 12, 2016

SAN ANTONIO — BBVA Compass will move its San Antonio offices into Weston Centre, the city’s tallest office building. As part of the move, the bank’s logo will be placed atop the building’s north and south sides, illuminating it at night. The bank signed a lease earlier this month and will move to the center of San Antonio’s financial district by mid-2017. BBVA Compass will occupy 9,600 square feet in the lobby for a retail branch, and 19,000 square feet on the second floor for corporate offices. Weston Centre will undertake extensive renovations for the new BBVA Compass space. Offices on the second floor will feature an open space layout to maximize collaboration. The offices will feature Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies, shared public spaces, collaboration areas and private meeting rooms.

May 12, 2016

Office Texas

SourceHOV Sells Data Center Site, Relocates Within El Paso

by Haisten Willis May 12, 2016

EL PASO, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 22,724-square-foot data center in El Paso on behalf of SourceHOV, a provider of transaction processing solutions, strategic consulting and data analytics. El Paso investor Jason Barreras purchased the building at 2601 East Yandell Drive for an undisclosed price. Rebecca Rojas of CBRE’s El Paso office, along with Dolores Wood-Euart of the firm’s Dallas office, represented SourceHOV. Kenny Gross of Priority 1 represented the buyer. The building will be available for lease to an office or flex user by next month. SourceHOV has more than 80 locations throughout the United States, as well as a presence in Canada, China, India, Mexico and the Philippines.

May 12, 2016

Office Texas

Peloton Begins Construction on Class A Office Development in Metro Austin

by Haisten Willis May 12, 2016

BEE CAVE, TEXAS — Peloton Commercial Real Estate has broken ground on a two-building, Class A office development located adjacent to the Hill Country Galleria, Galleria Oaks in Bee Cave. Developed by Adrian Overstreet, the two 75,000-square-foot buildings and a 150,000-square-foot parking garage will be delivered next February. True Car has pre-leased 37,757 square feet and will be the lead tenant in Building I, taking the top floor and half of the second floor. True Car is expected to move into its office space in March 2017.

May 12, 2016

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