CHICAGO — CBRE has arranged a 265,000-square-feet lease extension for law firm Mayer Brown LLP at 71 S. Wacker Drive, a 48-story office building in Chicago. Mayer Brown has leased space at the office tower since it opened in 2005. The 1.5-million-square-foot building is 98 percent leased. Tenants at the building include Citizens Bank, Piper Jaffray, Legal & General, Towers Watson and Milliman. The office tower also features a restaurant, retail bank, cafeterias with catering service, a fitness center, conference center and public gardens. Henry Cobb of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners designed the building. Todd Lippman, James Whalen and Pete Delneky of CBRE represented Mayer Brown in the transaction. Brad Despot and Jon Copeland of Avison Young represented the landlord, Irvine Company Office Properties.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — The Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has purchased 10.4 acres of land in Gilbert for $4.2 million. The land is located at southeast corner of Val Vista Drive and Williams Field Road. Mark Wilcke of NAI Horizon represented the church in the transaction. Nate Worthen of Newmark Grubb & Frank represented the sellers, Arcus Williams Field-EP LLC and Pendleton Capital Partner LLC.
CLARKSTON, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has brokered the sale of a 105,717-square-foot office building in Clarkston, approximately 40 miles north of Detroit, for $6.6 million. Mid-Oakland Medical Center is located at 6770 Dixie Highway and was purchased by Esox Exploration LLC. The property is a three-story, Class B building that features an on-site pharmacy. The facility was built in 1995. Tenants include McLaren Health Care Corp., DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. and Trinity Health. Rich Deptula of Friedman represented the seller, a CMBS special servicer, in the transaction. Friedman also represented the buyer in the transaction.
CHICAGO — CBRE has arranged a 40,254-square-feet office lease for Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC, which will occupy a 52-story tower currently under construction in Chicago. Harrison Street will relocate its headquarters from 71 S. Wacker Drive to River Point, located at 444 W. Lake St. The developer, Ivanhoe Cambridge & Hines, will deliver the building in 2016. Harrison Street will nearly double its current footprint when it begins occupying the space in the first quarter of 2017. Cal Wessman and Mark Cassata of CBRE represented the tenant in the transaction. Greg Van Schaack and Laura Hines of Hines represented Ivanhoe Cambridge & Hines.
ATLANTA — Avison Young has brokered the $4.4 million sale of a 63,000-square-foot office building at 524 W. Peachtree St. in Midtown Atlanta. The new owner, 524 Peach LLC, plans to convert the office building into a 175-room, upper midscale hotel. Originally built in 1928, the new eight-story hotel is expected to be operational in the summer of 2017. Matt Tritschler, Phil Barry and Hilton Barry of Avison Young represented the sellers, Marconi Park LLC and Quarry LLC, in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Thor Equities has completed the residential mat foundation pour at Kirby Collection, a new mixed-use development at 3200 Kirby Drive in Houston. The foundation is seven feet thick and consists of 6,000 cubic yards of concrete with 500 tons of rebar. The continuous pour took eight hours to complete and involved 150 dedicated trucks, six pump trucks and more than 200 workers. The team involved in the mat pour included general contractor E.E. Reed Construction, Keystone Structural Concrete, Campbell Concrete & Materials, ECS Texas, HiTech Electric, Schnabel Foundation Company and developer Thor Equities. Located in the Upper Kirby District near Houston’s River Oaks neighborhood, the 1 million-square-foot project will feature a 25-story, 385,000-square-foot residential tower with 199 apartments including seven two-story townhomes, and seven two-story loft spaces with private yards. The residences will overlook a deck with more than an acre of landscaped amenities including a pool with cabanas, fire pits and a bar area. The penthouse level will feature a Skyview Suite available to all residents, offering a chef’s kitchen and views of the Houston skyline. Kirby Collection’s 13-story, 210,000-square-foot Class A office building is located near the Galleria/Uptown District, Greenway Plaza and the Texas Medical Center. …
SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — Alpharetta, Ga.-based MedAssets Inc. has signed a 105,959-square-foot full-building lease at Saddle River Executive Center. The Class A office space is located at 1 Route 17 in Saddle River. William McCaffery, Marc Krieger and Steven Getzeiler of Avison Young represented the landlord, Madison Core Property Fund, while John Flack and James Scancarella of Cresa represented the tenant in the transaction.
COLCHESTER, VT. — Doug Nedde of Nedde Real Estate, along with Tracy Cresta, has acquired a 62,000-square-foot office and warehouse facility located at 784 Hercules Drive in Colchester. The vacant building, which was the former Reinhart Food Service building, sold for an undisclosed price. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England has leased the office portion of the property, leaving 47,000 square feet of warehouse space available for lease. The name of the seller was not released.
WILMINGTON, MASS. — Integrated Builders has completed a 29,000-square-foot office and manufacturing build-out for Limbach Company LLC at 46 Jonspin Road in Wilmington. The project included the installation of new flooring, lighting and electrical fixtures, a state-of-the-art HVAC system, partitions and updated fire alarms. The updated facility provides specialized manufacturing space for the mechanical contracting firm. Spagnolo Gisness & Associates Inc. served as architect, while WB Engineers+Consultants provided engineering services for the project.
OLD SAYBROOK, CONN. — The Geenty Group has brokered the lease of 2,299 square feet of space at a multi-tenant flex building located at 20 Research Parkway in Old Saybrook. Iterum Therapeutics US Limited, a biotech start-up firm, will occupy the space within the 20,000-square-foot property. Kevin Geenty of The Geenty Group arranged the transaction. The landlord is Mill Meadow Development LLC.