MILWAUKEE — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged a 3,511-square-foot office lease in Milwaukee. Titus Talent Strategies will be occupying space at the Renaissance Building, which is located at 309 N. Water St. DOC-309 Renaissance LLC is the landlord. Dan Walsh and John Dulmes of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH — Signature Associates has brokered the sale of a 3,336-square-foot office building in Grand Rapids for an undisclosed price. Tadow Inc. sold the property to 1168 Lonia LLC. Jeffery Tucker of Signature Associates represented the seller in the transaction. Space within the office building, located at 1168 Lonia Ave. NW, is still available for lease.
MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS — Colliers International has arranged four office leases at the Rotunda Building located at 5819 Highway 6 in Missouri City. Texas Children’s Hospital signed a new lease for 4,857 square feet, and Traci Holman and Jason Baker of Baker Katz represented the tenant. The Speech and Learning Center renewed its lease and expanded to 1,972 square feet and Transact NAP renewed and expanded to 3,796 square feet. Trivesta signed a new lease for 2,660 square feet on the first floor. Barkley Peschel of Colliers International represented the landlord, Rotunda, in all of the lease transactions.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — The first three office towers at KDC’s CityLine development have achieved LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). KDC is developing CityLine, a 186-acre mixed-use development in Richardson. State Farm is leasing 1.5 million square feet in buildings One, Two and Three CityLine. LEED is a green building certification program led by the USGBC that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices. A third-party verification process is used to determine that a building has been designed and built using strategies aimed at improving overall performance. To receive LEED Gold certification, the three office towers were evaluated in six areas: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, indoor environmental quality, regional priority and innovation in design. Phase II of construction, which includes the fourth State Farm office tower at CityLine, began in July 2014, with completion slated for mid-2016. It consists of a 12-story office tower situated above a five-level parking structure with 30,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. The tower is located on the northeast corner of State Street and Plano Road, directly across Plano Road from the other three towers leased by State Farm.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — HFF has brokered the sale of a 32-story, 330,483-square-foot office tower located at 121 W. Trade St. in downtown Charlotte. Lincoln Property Co.’s affiliate, LPC Realty Advisors I LP, purchased the asset from a partnership controlled by The Dilweg Cos. for $71.6 million, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. Lincoln Property Co. purchased the asset in conjunction with local affiliate Lincoln Harris on behalf of a pension fund client. Tenants of the office tower include Chicago Bridge & Iron, SAS Institute, Caudle & Spears and Brookwood Associates. The building also features the Charlotte City Club on the top two levels and parking on levels two through nine. Ryan Clutter led HFF’s investment sales team representing the seller.
DURHAM, N.C. — The Dilweg Cos. has purchased South Square I and II, two office buildings located at 3710 University Drive and 3708 Mayfair St. in Durham, respectively. The buildings total 120,301 square feet and were 47 percent leased at the time of sale. Primary tenants at the two properties include Yadkin Bank, aWhere and SHIFT NC. Dilweg plans to invest more than $2.5 million to improve the buildings’ operating systems, common areas and tenant amenities. The Durham-based firm owns roughly 1.3 million square feet of office space in the Raleigh-Durham area.
SMYRNA, GA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Paces West, a Class A office development that features two office towers totaling 646,471 square feet. The development is located in Smyrna, a city in Atlanta’s Cumberland/Galleria office submarket. Investcorp and Crocker Partners teamed up to purchase the office development from a joint venture between TIER REIT and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management LP for an undisclosed price. Formerly Home Depot’s corporate headquarters, Paces West was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Piedmont Healthcare, Reliance Worldwide, British Telecom and Project Time & Cost. The office campus recently underwent an $11.7 million renovation. The sales price was undisclosed.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Colliers International has completed a lease in a historic building in downtown Ann Arbor. Danlaw Inc., an engineering firm, will occupy two floors of the building, which will total 4,000 square feet. The property, owned by Dr. Reza Rahmani, is located at 213 S. Main St. and is currently undergoing renovations. Brendan Cavender and Jim Chaconas of Colliers were the sole brokers in the deal.
ELM GROVE, WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged a 2,232-square-foot office lease in Elm Grove, approximately 10 miles west of Milwaukee. STAFDA Inc. is leasing the space in The Tradesman Building from Building Trades Pension Trust. The property is located at 500 Elm Grove Road. John Dulmes and Dan Walsh of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cousins Properties Inc. has signed a 10-year lease renewal with Bank of America for office space at Gateway Village in Uptown Charlotte. The Charlotte-based bank will continue to lease 922,684 square feet of office space at the 1.06 million-square-foot building. A 50/50 joint venture between Cousins and Bank of America own the office development, located at 800 and 900 W. Trade St.