DALLAS — Texas Digestive Disease Consultants has expanded its headquarters office in the Dallas Medical District. The Elmbrook Medical Plaza tenant has expanded to 16,576 square feet, of which 7,760 square feet is new space, and extended its term seven-plus years. Paul Richter and Leigh Richter of Dallas-based Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, LoaLoa Partners LP. The tenant operates 23 offices throughout North Texas. The headquarters office, located at 8267 Elmbrook Drive, is a centralized location for the medical group, which hosts on-site monthly conferences for its physicians. The existing office and new space are located on the top floor of the two-story building.
COLUMBUS — Lee & Associates has opened its second office in Ohio. Lee & Associates — Columbus is a merger between commercial real estate firm Ruscilli Real Estate Services and Lee & Associates. Tim Kelton, Mike Spencer, Dax Hudson and Todd Spencer, founders and principals of Lee & Associates — Columbus, will lead the office. Combined, the team has 85 years of commercial real estate experience in Central Ohio. In the last 10 years, the team has leased or sold more than 22 million square feet of space and developed or sold more than 750 acres of office, industrial and retail assets. In July, Lee & Associates opened its first office in Ohio, Lee & Associates Cleveland, which was followed by new offices in Denver and Houston.
MIAMI — Crocker Partners has completed a $15 million makeover of its 31-story SunTrust International Center, a 449,000-square-foot office tower in Miami’s central business district (CBD). The renovation includes a redesigned lobby and streetscape, 4,000-square-foot bayview sky terrace, complimentary tenant fitness center and a new conference facility. The renovation also includes 20,000 square feet devoted to fully finished office suites for companies new to the market and for growing start-ups. The building is LEED Silver-certified, has 11 high-speed elevators and on-site amenities including a restaurant, pharmacy and banking. Among recent leasing activity at SunTrust Center, the Daily Business Review, Marcum LLP, US Legal and BastAmron recently renewed and/or expanded their leases along with several other long-time tenants totaling approximately 72,000 square feet. SunTrust Center will have the largest contiguous block of space available in the CBD — 116,000 square feet — when Akerman LLP vacates later this year. Jon Blunk, Cristina Glaria and Laurel Oswald of Cushman & Wakefield are the leasing agents for the office tower.
TAMPA, FLA. — ANDA Global Co. Ltd. has partnered with Fairlead Commercial Real Estate to purchase Sabal VI, a two-story, 97,527-square-foot office building located at 3611 Queen Palm Drive in Tampa. The partnership purchased the Class A asset for an undisclosed price with equity from ANDA Global and Fairlead’s investment fund, Mandalay-FCRE Fund I. Dale Peterson, Courtney Decker and Donald Jennewein of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The asset was fully leased at the time of sale. ANDA Global is an affiliate of South Korea-based ANDA Asset Management Co. Ltd.
LOS ANGELES — Tech talent clustering is a growing driver of demand for office space in both large and small markets across the U.S., according to a new CBRE Research report, “Scoring Tech Talent,” which ranks 50 U.S. markets according to their ability to attract and grow tech talent. Atlanta ranks as number 10 on the overall tech talent list, and has the lowest apartment rents, cost of living, occupancy costs and overall cost of doing business when compared with the other cities in the top 10 (Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Francisco Peninsula, New York, Seattle, Boston, Baltimore and Austin). While established tech markets like San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Seattle dominated the top spots on the “Tech Talent Scorecard,” many smaller, up-and-coming markets stood out as top “momentum markets” based on tech talent growth rates. Oklahoma City and Nashville had tech talent growth rates of 39 percent between 2010 and 2013, higher than Seattle (38 percent) and just below that of San Francisco (44 percent) and Baltimore (42 percent). Portland, Ore., and Charlotte both saw tech talent growth rates of 28 percent, outpacing well-known tech markets like Austin (26.5 percent), Silicon Valley (20.8 percent) and Los Angeles …
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – Old Mission Center, a 30,000-square-foot office property in Santa Clara, has sold to an unnamed buyer for $7 million. The center is located at 1601 Civic Center Drive. It is situated in Silicon Valley, near the newly built Santa Clara Town Centre. The sale was executed by J.J. Taughinbaugh and Yuri Sergunin of Marcus & Millichap’s Palo Alto office.
DENVER – A multi-tenant medical office building that houses the HealthONE Rose Surgery Center and Cherry Creek Eye Center has sold to Jaman Solutions LLC for an undisclosed sum. The 19,026-square-foot center is located at 4999 East Kentucky Ave. in the Glendale submarket. Jaman was represented by Eric Schierburg of Marcus & Millichap. The seller, CCEC LLC, was represented by Brian C. Smith of the same firm.
OAKBROOK TERRACE, ILL. — NAI Hiffman has signed a new lease for its corporate headquarters at One Oakbrook Terrace, located at the intersection of Butterfield Road and 22nd Street in Oakbrook Terrace. The provider of commercial real estate services has occupied space in the building for more than 10 years. The new lease consolidates NAI Hiffman’s brokerage, management, marketing and research, and accounting services onto an entire floor, taking up more than 20,000 square feet. Jim Adler and Michael Flynn of NAI Hiffman’s office services group represented NAI Hiffman in the transaction. Brian Edgerton of NAI Hiffman represented the institutional owner.
MILWAUKEE — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged a 17,432-square-foot office lease in Milwaukee. Robertson Ryan & Associated Inc. will occupy space within Plaza East Office Center located at 330 E. Kilbourn Ave. Shaun Dempsey and John Kuhn of Siegel-Gallagher represented the tenant in the transaction. Tishman Speyer was the landlord.
HARTFORD, CONN. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $28.1 million CMBS loan for the acquisition of an office property located at 100 Pearl St. in Hartford. The borrowers are SGS Pearl LLC and Shelbourne Pearl LLC. The 10-year loan, which was provided by a CMBS lender, features a 70 percent loan-to-cost ratio and a fixed rate with two years of interest-only payments. Built in 1989, the 17-story property features 281,000 square feet of office space. On-site building amenities include a parking garage, a fitness center, conference rooms, a food service lounge with seating, an art gallery, building concierge and 24-hour security. Shaya Ackerman, Steven Adler and Jacob Schmuckler of Meridian Capital Group negotiated the transaction.