Office

Gulf States Breaks Ground on Two Office Buildings in Louisiana

by John Nelson September 30, 2015

COVINGTON, LA. — Gulf States Real Estate and Construction Services has begun construction on two new office buildings in the Tammany West Multiplex Business Park located along I-12 and Highway 1077 in Covington, roughly 41 miles north of New Orleans. The larger project is the 22,000-square-foot PSX Corporate Office Building, an owner-occupied project that will house PSX Corporate’s offices, a warehouse and an assembly facility. PSX Corporate provides visual arts and special effects for casinos and other entertainment venues. The second building is a 10,450-square-foot project that Gulf States is developing for Durham Properties LLC. This building will be available for lease. Gulf States expects to complete both buildings in late spring 2016. These buildings are the fourth and fifth office projects developed by Gulf States this year.

September 30, 2015

New York Northeast Office Retail

Shorenstein Properties Begins $30M Renovation Program at 1407 Broadway in NYC

by Amy Works September 29, 2015

NEW YORK CITY — Shorenstein Properties has undertaken a $30 million renovation and enhancement program at 1407 Broadway, a 1.1 million-square-foot office/retail building in New York. Designed by Fogarty Finger, the capital improvement program will include a new lobby and building entrance, façade improvements, elevator cab upgrades and updated retail storefronts. Shorenstein acquired the property’s ground lease from Abraham Kamber Associates and the sublease from Lighthouse in April 2015 for $330 million. Shorenstein has retained CBRE as the exclusive office space leasing agent. SRS Real Estate Partners will lead all retail brokerage activity.

September 29, 2015

New York Northeast Office

Strathspey Crown Quadruples Space at 570 Lexington Avenue in NYC

by Amy Works September 29, 2015

NEW YORK CITY — Strathspey Crown Holdings LLC has signed a 10-year lease to quadruple its space at 570 Lexington Avenue in New York City. The Newport Beach, Calif.-based firm will now occupy 16,000 square feet of office space at the landmark Art Deco building. Comprising the 27th, 28th and 35th floors, the new space will feature high-end finishes and an architecturally distinctive stairwell between the 27th and 28th floors. David Turino provided in-house representation for the property owner and manager, The Feil Organization, while Strathspey was represented in-house for the transaction.

September 29, 2015

Midwest Office Wisconsin

833 East Office Building in Milwaukee Adds New Tenants

by Christina Cannon September 29, 2015

MILWAUKEE — Irgens’ 833 East, an 18-story office building in Milwaukee scheduled to open in March 2016, is adding new tenants. Major League Baseball and Commissioner Emeritus Allan H. Selig, Heck Capital Advisors and Grace Matthews Inc. are some of the tenants to recently sign leases at the Class A office building under construction at 833 E. Michigan St. Jason Inc. will be expanding its lease from 12,506 square feet to 26,043 square feet. An undisclosed tenant will occupy 2,758 square feet. 833 East also has letters of intent for two additional tenants totaling more than 37,000. These three undisclosed tenants will comprise 65 percent of the building. Lyle Landowski of Colliers International brokered the deal with Jason Inc. Steve Palec of Colliers International brokered the deal with Heck Capital. David Pudlosky of JLL brokered the deal with Grace Matthews. Previously disclosed tenants include Colliers International, Godfrey & Kahn, Irgens, Catalyst, First American Title and Rare Steakhouse. The general contractor for the project is CG Schmidt. The architect is Kahler Slater Inc. The lenders are Private Bank, Associated Bank, Anchor Bank and Bank Mutual. Colliers International is responsible for the leasing and management of 833 East.

September 29, 2015

Office Texas

Lee & Associates Negotiates 17,387 SF Office Sale in Metro Dallas

by Haisten Willis September 29, 2015

RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of a 17,387-square-foot office building located at 3313 Essex Drive in Richardson. Mark Graybill of Lee & Associates’ Dallas/Fort Worth represented the buyer, Denkmann Associates. Brett McMillian of Paladin Partners represented the seller, Vantage Development.

September 29, 2015

Office Texas

PMG Renews, Expands Office Lease in Dallas

by Haisten Willis September 29, 2015

DALLAS — Principal Management Group has renewed a lease of 16,527 square feet at 3 Park Central and signed a new lease for 6,683 square feet at 4 Park Central in Dallas. Al Paniagua of Swearingen Realty Group represented the tenant. Heather Shover, Kathy Permenter and Sean Dalton of Younger Partners represented the landlord.

September 29, 2015

Loans Massachusetts Northeast Office

Colliers Arranges Sale, Financing for Office Center in Charlestown, Mass.

by Amy Works September 25, 2015

CHARLESTOWN, MASS. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of and secured financing for Bunker Hill Business Center in Charlestown. Located at 440 Rutherford Ave., the fully leased property offers 52,944 square feet of flex office space. TD Street LLC, an affiliate of Center Court Partners LLC, acquired the property for $14.7 million from New Canaan, Conn.-based Cambridge Hanover Inc. Colliers secured a $10.5 million fixed-rate acquisition loan for the buyer through LStar Capital Finance Inc., the credit affiliate of Lone Star Funds. Scott Dragos, Doug Jacoby, Tony Hayes and Tim Mulhall of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction. Kevin Phelan and Jeff Black led the Colliers debt placement team.

September 25, 2015

Illinois Midwest Office

Colliers International Arranges Law Office Lease in Chicago

by Christina Cannon September 25, 2015

CHICAGO — Colliers International has arranged the 10-year lease of a 11,000-square-foot office space for law firm Chapman Spingola LP. The property is located at 190 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago, and David Burden and Thomas Berarducci of Colliers International arranged the lease. Tishman Speyer, the building’s owner, was self-represented in the lease transaction. 190 South LaSalle was constructed in 1986 as a Class A office building by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee. Chapman Spingola LP will occupy a portion of the 38th floor.

September 25, 2015

Office Texas

Insite Realty, Urban Cos. Begin Construction on Office Building in Metro Houston

by Haisten Willis September 24, 2015

KATY, TEXAS — InSite Realty Partners and Urban Cos. have formed a partnership to develop Phase II of Grandway West following a pre-lease commitment for 21,066 square feet from Severn Trent Services Inc. Grandway West is a five-building office development that will total 780,000 square feet when complete. The co-developers have commenced construction on Phase II, which will span 124,017 square feet and be ready for occupancy in March 2016. Transwestern’s Paul Wittorf, Eric Anderson and Parker Burkett are providing leasing services on behalf of the co-developers. In 2011 and 2012, the Class A office market in Katy had vacancy in the 4.5 percent to 6.5 percent range. From 2013 through mid-year 2015, Class A vacancy rose to the high-11 percent range as an increase in construction activity brought new supply to the area. Grandway West is a 56-acre office development located one mile north of I-10 with frontage on the Grand Parkway. Phase I, totaling 83,912 square feet, is 90 percent leased. Phase II has 109,179 square feet available for pre-lease following the Severn Trent Services transaction.

September 24, 2015

Georgia Office Southeast

Dawson Architects Designs New Office Space in Downtown Savannah

by John Nelson September 24, 2015

SAVANNAH, GA. — Savannah-based Dawson Architects has designed and renovated roughly 5,000 square feet of office space at 321 West Congress in downtown Savannah. The firm will also occupy the new space, which had been left virtually untouched since its construction circa 1850. Established in 2008, Dawson Architects has grown from just Neil Dawson to 17 employees as of this writing.

September 24, 2015

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