Office

Lagestee-Mulder Purchases 54,000 SF Office Property in Chicago Suburb

by Christina Cannon November 17, 2015

BURR RIDGE, ILL. — Lagestee-Mulder has purchased a 54,000-square-foot office property in Burr Ridge, a southwest suburb of Chicago, for an undisclosed amount. Burr Ridge Office Center includes 14 office suites and was 94 percent leased at the time of sale. The property is located at 361 S. Frontage Road. Lagestee-Mulder has acquired, leased constructed and developed commercial real estate in metro Chicago for more than 25 years. Alissa Adler and John Homsher of Podolsky | Circle CORFAC International represented the seller in the transaction, a private investment group. Don Price of Lagestee-Mulder represented the buyer.

November 17, 2015

Office Texas

Stream Realty Partners Completes 101,000 SF Office Building in San Antonio

by Haisten Willis November 16, 2015

SAN ANTONIO — Stream Realty Partners has completed an office development called One51 Office Centre. The speculative two-story, 101,000-square-foot office building is located in San Antonio’s Westover Hills submarket. Located at the south side of Highway 151, the Class A office building stretches across 8.3 acres. The property, owned and developed by Stream Realty, offers access to Highway 151, 50,000-square-foot plates, 615 parking spaces and green space with mature trees. Stream Realty’s Ryan Harrison and Carolyn Hinchey Shaw will lease the office property. Westover Hills houses 15 corporate campuses.

November 16, 2015

Loans Office Texas

NorthMarq Arranges $2.9M Acquisition Financing for Dallas Arts Center

by Haisten Willis November 16, 2015

DALLAS — Bart Dickinson of NorthMarq Capital’s Dallas office has arranged a $2.9 million acquisition loan for Dallas Arts Center, a 66,000-square-foot office property located at 2030 Main St. in Dallas’ central business district. The transaction was structured with a 15-year term and 25-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower through its correspondent relationship with a life insurance company.

November 16, 2015

Office Texas

Boxer Property Negotiates Lease Renewal in Houston

by Haisten Willis November 16, 2015

HOUSTON — Boxer Property has concluded long-term lease negotiations on a lease renewal of more than 11,500 square feet with Bee Busy Learning Academy at 9896 Bissonnet St. in Houston. Shay Calhoun negotiated the agreement on behalf of Boxer Property and worked with Bee Busy in the lease renewal process. 9896 Bissonnet St., located in southwest Houston, spans six stories with 108,229 square feet of office space for rent. The building is located between the 610 Loop and suburbs including Sugar Land, Missouri City and Stafford. Nearby amenities include the Westchase Business District and Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital. Bee Busy Learning Academy is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization.

November 16, 2015

Illinois Industrial Midwest Office

Colliers Arranges 55,251 SF Flex Lease in Chicago Suburb

by Christina Cannon November 16, 2015

FRANKLIN PARK, ILL. — Colliers International has arranged a 55,251-square-foot, long-term flex lease for Tax Air Freight. The 142,447-square-foot building is located at 10700 Waveland Ave. in Franklin Park, a northwest suburb of Chicago. Tax Air Freight will join two other tenants and will bring the facility to 100 percent occupancy. The building is situated on 8.2 acres and offers immediate access to I-294. Tax Air Freight’s facility includes 3,500 square feet of office space, 23 dock positions, 27 trailer stalls and room for 14 truck-parking stalls. Tax Air Freight will occupy the space starting March 2016. Tom Rodeno of Colliers International represented Tax Air Freight in the transaction. Jim Estus of Colliers International represented the landlord, CenterPoint Properties.

November 16, 2015

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The Waterfront Development Co. Breaks Ground for $400M Mixed-Use Development in Allentown

by Amy Works November 13, 2015

ALLENTOWN, PA. — The Waterfront Development Co. has broken ground for a $400 million mixed-use development along the western banks of the Lehigh River in Allentown. Spanning 26 acres, the project will include six office buildings, including the 157,498-square-foot 615 Waterfront Drive and the 131,457-square-foot 645 Waterfront Drive; three residential complexes, totaling 425 market-rate apartments; three parking structures; a main street and half-mile River Walk. Additionally, each of the 12 new buildings will offer retail and restaurant space. The development company comprises Jaindl Properties LLC, Dunn Twiggar Company LLC and Michael Dunn Co. LTD. Site-wide infrastructure is slated to take approximately 18 months, though building construction will be phased in and begin at any time during that timeframe. The project is expected to take approximately eight years for full build-out.

November 13, 2015

New Jersey Northeast Office

CBRE Group Negotiates Sale of Vacant Data Center in Teaneck

by Amy Works November 13, 2015

TEANECK, N.J. — CBRE Group Inc. has brokered the sale of a former data center, located at 1500 Queen Anne Road in Teaneck. The fully fenced, 55,000-square-foot center features three buildings and electric gates on more than three well-landscaped acres sold for an undisclosed sum. After being vacant for approximately eight years, the property will be repositioned as He’atid Yeshivat Day School, which is slated to open in January 2016. The repositioning will include rehabilitation of the existing buildings, construction of an additional floor to one building and the creation of 20 classrooms at the site. Elli Klapper, Charles Berger and Bill Hassan of CBRE represented both parties in the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.

November 13, 2015

Office Texas

Buchanan Street Partners Acquires Tollway Plaza in Dallas

by Haisten Willis November 13, 2015

DALLAS — Buchanan Street Partners has acquired Tollway Plaza, an office property located at 15950 and 16000 N. Dallas Parkway in Dallas. This is Buchanan Street’s third purchase in the greater Dallas area this year. Tollway Plaza is a LEED-certified property consisting of two eight-story buildings totaling 370,073 square feet. Onsite amenities include a fitness center, conference facility and café. Buchanan Street is planning upgrades to Tollway Plaza’s campus lobbies, elevators and restrooms to match the design of the property exteriors. Tollway Plaza is located in the Dallas North Tollway submarket and was 95 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants such as Travis Wolff LLP, Axxess Technology Solutions, HQ Global and Stewart Title. Tommy Nelson, Shannon Brown and Kenzie Killgore of CBRE will handle leasing for Tollway Plaza. HFF’s Dallas investment sales team represented the seller, which was unnamed. Buchanan Street Partners represented itself.

November 13, 2015

Midwest Office Wisconsin

Siegel-Gallagher Arranges Two Office Leases Totaling 8,989 SF in Wisconsin

by Christina Cannon November 13, 2015

MILWAUKEE AND GREENFIELD, WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged two office leases in Wisconsin in separate transactions. In the first transaction, Penrod Software leased 7,151 square feet at the Phoenix Building located at 219-239 N. Milwaukee St. in Milwaukee. Phoenix 219 Investments LLC is the landlord. Shaun Dempsey and Dan Walsh of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction. In the second deal, 2YS & 1K LLC leased 1,838 square feet to Thrivent Financial at Forest Green Executive Center I. The office building is located at 8555 W. Forest Home Ave. in Greenfield. Shaun Dempsey brokered the deal.

November 13, 2015

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Growing Pains — The History, Revitalization and Relocation to Austin’s CBD

by Haisten Willis November 13, 2015

Operating as our state’s political core and as the “live music capital of the world”, Austin’s real estate market is as distinctive as the people that make this city great. Austin is a one-of-a-kind place that’s unique to Texas and the entire country. It defies stereotypes with its progressive and fiercely entrepreneurial spirit, and continually gets top marks for its quality of life, pro-business culture and pro-environment views. WalletHub recently ranked Austin as the 2015 best large city to live in and the data matches up — the city ranks second among 2015’s fastest-growing cities in the U.S., according to Forbes, behind Houston and ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth. In the era of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger,’ Emmitt Smith and ‘the Dream Team,’ and the release of ‘Dazed and Confused,’ the tech boom of the 1990s drove the Austin office market. During that same time, Austin’s total population increased 35 percent and close to 1,750 companies employed over 110,000 people in technology-related jobs in Austin. By the end of the 90s, Texas’ capital city was widely known as Silicon Hills, home to a critical mass of institutional technology knowledge and major tenants like Dell, IBM, Motorola and other software and gaming companies. …

November 13, 2015

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