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Multi-Tenant Trophy Buildings Shine in Chicago Office Market

by Kristin Harlow

By Adam Johnson, NAI Hiffman For years, you’ve read headlines saying the U.S. office market is struggling with record-high vacancy that threatens to push many owners into default. And that is absolutely true. But there’s another side to the story that isn’t getting as much attention, and is playing out not only in Chicago, but also in metros across the country: that smaller, multi-tenant office properties — particularly in suburban locations closer to where workers live — continue to not only survive but thrive following the pandemic.  Throughout suburban Chicago, office buildings with less than 50,000 square feet have considerably higher occupancy rates than larger ones. For instance, at the smallest buildings — those under 20,000 square feet — vacancy was as low as 3.8 percent as of the second quarter of 2024, whereas for the largest properties over 200,000 square feet, vacancy climbed as high as 38 percent, according to NAI Hiffman research.  By comparison, mid-size, office buildings between 20,000 to 50,000 square feet reported vacancy rates ranging from 14.3 percent in the western suburbs to 23.1 percent north of the city.  Small tenants, big impact We’ve all heard about larger office properties going back to their lenders. Look …

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AcquisitionsMassachusettsNortheastOfficeRetailTop Stories

Azora Acquires Office, Retail Building in Boston’s Back Bay Neighborhood for $101M

by Kristin Harlow

BOSTON — Azora has acquired an office and retail building located at 149 Newbury St. in Boston for $101 million. The property offers 45,495 rentable square feet across five floors. Certified LEED Gold, the building is situated along the Newbury Street commercial corridor, surrounded by luxury shops and restaurants in the city’s Back Bay neighborhood. The asset was 81 percent leased at the time of sale. The ground floor is fully occupied by two tenants: Google, which operates its first high-tech store in New England; and Alo, an athletic apparel retailer. The third floor offers 9,586 square feet available for lease. Azora plans to convert this space into “ready to move in” offices, citing demand for this type of product in the area. Ignacio Gil-Casares, managing partner of Azora Exan, says the acquisition aligns with a strategy that the company began implementing in the U.S. last year. “We continue to believe in the value of trophy office assets in major U.S. cities, and 149 Newbury is the perfect example, combining an excellent location, high occupancy by top-tier tenants and the potential to achieve higher returns by leasing the remaining space through the creation of speculative spaces,” he says. “We are …

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Wolfspeed to Receive $750M in CHIPS Funding for Manufacturing Plants in North Carolina, New York

by John Nelson

DURHAM, N.C. — Wolfspeed, a semiconductor manufacturer based in Durham, has signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with the U.S. Department of Commerce to receive up to $750 million in funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. The funding would support the construction of a new, 2 million-square-foot silicon carbide wafer manufacturing facility in Siler City, N.C., as well as catalyze the planned expansion of Wolfspeed’s device manufacturing facility in Marcy, N.Y. The projects together are estimated to create over 2,000 manufacturing jobs and 3,000 construction jobs and are part of the company’s previously announced capacity expansion plan that exceeds $6 billion in total investment. “Artificial intelligence, electric vehicles and clean energy are all technologies that will define the 21st century, and thanks to proposed investments in companies like Wolfspeed, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking a meaningful step toward reigniting U.S. manufacturing of the chips that underpin these important technologies,” says Gina Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Wolfspeed has achieved LEED Silver certification for its New York plant and is pursuing LEED certification for the Siler City facility. Wolfspeed plans to conserve energy and water in both their buildings and the semiconductor manufacturing processes to cut operational emissions by …

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Leasing ActivityNorth CarolinaOfficeSoutheast

Kane Realty Signs Healthcare Staffing Company to 46,309 SF Office Lease at One North Hills Tower in Raleigh

by John Nelson

RALEIGH, N.C. — Kane Realty Corp. has signed Weatherby Healthcare, a CHG Healthcare Co., to a 46,309-square-foot office lease at One North Hills Tower in Raleigh. The healthcare staffing company, which has offices in North Carolina and Florida, will occupy one-and-a-half floors at the 10-story, 264,000-square-foot office tower. Other tenants include Jewelers Mutual Group, JT International USA Inc., HNTB, Raymond James & Associates and The Starboard Holding Cos., including The Nautical Group and Nautical Advisory Services. Cheshire Webb of Foundry Commercial, along with independent broker Paul Anderson, represented Weatherby Healthcare in the lease transaction. Hooker Manning and Alex Mikels represented Kane Realty on an internal basis.

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Prism Capital to Undertake Multifamily Redevelopment Project in Woodland Park, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams

WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — Locally based development and investment firm Prism Capital Partners will undertake a multifamily redevelopment project in the Northern New Jersey community of Woodland Park. The project will convert a 33-acre former corporate office campus at 385 Rifle Camp Road into a 400-unit apartment community. Twenty percent (80 residences) will be reserved as affordable housing. Jose Cruz, Jeremy Neuer and Ryan Robertson of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the disposition of the site. Demolition work is underway, but a target completion date has not yet been established.

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Louisville’s Office Market Is a Tale of Two Sectors: Suburbs and the CBD

by John Nelson

The Louisville office market is at an interesting crossroads, to say the least. Historically, the sector has always skewed toward the suburban submarkets as east Jefferson County has been the go-to area for companies looking for office space.  Over the past few years, the shift to the suburbs has become more pronounced than ever as Louisville’s office market experiences a dramatic contrast between the current state of the overall office market in the suburbs versus the central business district (CBD). In the suburban markets, the premier office buildings are experiencing low vacancy rates and record-setting growth in rental rates.  On the opposite side, the CBD continues to struggle with increases in vacancy rates, which is expected to increase in the coming months. This trend reflects overall national office trends as companies focus on new, highly amenitized spaces to offer their employees. Suburban Louisville The suburban office market in Louisville has demonstrated reliable stability over the past four years. As of second-quarter 2024, the vacancy rate for Class A spaces stood at 12.7 percent, while Class B spaces recorded a higher rate of 17.2 percent.  The suburban market has seen limited new construction deliveries thus far in 2024. The most notable …

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Cole Schotz Signs 61,582 SF Office Lease Renewal in Hackensack, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Cole Schotz PC has signed a 61,582-square-foot office lease renewal in the Northern New Jersey community of Hackensack. The law firm will remain at Court Plaza North, a 335,000-square-foot complex located in the city’s downtown area, where it has been a tenant since 1986, for an undisclosed period of time. New Jersey-based investment firm Alfred Sanzari Enterprises owns Court Plaza North. No third-party brokers were involved in the lease negotiations.

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Coldwell Banker Brokers Sale of 10,000 SF Office Building in Northridge, California

by Amy Works

NORTHRIDGE, CALIF. — Coldwell Banker Commercial Quality Properties has arranged the $2.6 million sale of a 10,000-square-foot, multi-tenant office and retail property located at 8727 Tampa Ave. in Northridge, about 25 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Arthur Pfefferman of Coldwell Banker Commercial Quality Properties represented the seller, a law firm, in the transaction. The name of the buyer was not released.

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PAGEWOOD, Wile Interests Welcome Three New Office Tenants to West Houston Campus

by Taylor Williams

HOUSTON — A partnership between two locally based firms, PAGEWOOD and Wile Interests, has welcomed three new office tenants to The Quad at Brittmoore, a four-building campus in West Houston that is a redevelopment of a former industrial park. Parker Noble and Matt Asvestas of Stream Realty Partners represented the partnership in all three lease negotiations. Noah Kruger of Savills represented global technology firm Homebase (10,588 square feet) in its lease negotiations, while Derick Perkins of Alpine Partners represented energy technology company Digital Wildcatters (4,829 square feet). Bryant Lach of JLL represented cloud technology services provider Siepe (4,451 square feet).

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Customers Bank Signs 24,600 SF Office Lease Expansion in Midtown Manhattan

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Customers Bank has signed a 24,600-square-foot office lease expansion in Midtown Manhattan. The bank holding company is taking an additional full floor at 101 Park Avenue, a 1.3 million-square-foot building. John Cefaly and Nicholas Dysenchuk of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, H.J. Kalikow & Co., in the lease negotiations. Customers Bank, which now occupies 37,000 square feet at the property, was self-represented.

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