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NorthPlace Sandy Springs Central Perimeter

MidCity, Crocker to Develop Office Campus in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter Submarket

by John Nelson September 21, 2015

SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — MidCity Real Estate Partners and Crocker Partners have formed a joint venture to co-develop NorthPlace, a 3.7-acre office campus located in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter office submarket at Barfield Road and Mount Vernon Highway in Sandy Springs. The campus will be visible from GA 400 and will be situated one block from Mercedes-Benz USA’s new headquarters and two blocks from the Sandy Springs MARTA station. Plans for NorthPlace include two towers spanning 250,000 square feet and 100,000 square feet. The site can also house build-to-suit opportunities ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 square feet for companies wanting to own their own property. MidCity will sell and lease the campus, and Roger White of MidCity will oversee day-to-day construction operations. Crocker Partners owns the site, and Crocker and MidCity have retained Warner Summers as the base building architect. In addition to office use, the site is also zoned for ground-floor retail space.

September 21, 2015

Connecticut Northeast Office

Partnership Acquires Three-Building Commercial Portfolio in Connecticut

by Amy Works September 18, 2015

STAMFORD, CONN. — ClearRock Properties, Gottesman Real Estate Partners and Mountain Development Corp. have acquired a three-building commercial portfolio, located at 700, 850 and 860 Canal St. in Stamford, for an undisclosed price. Guggenheim Partners provided an 11-year, fixed-rate loan for the acquisition. Current tenants of the 250,000-square-foot portfolio include United States Beverage, Sustainable America, Red Thread, Unger Publishing, Monjasa, Arccos Golf, KFL Capital Partners, Hildene Capital Management, Harbor Square Capital Management and Peninsula Petroleum. The name of the seller was not released.

September 18, 2015

Civic Mixed-Use New York Northeast Office

Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $8M Sale of Manhattan Property

by Amy Works September 18, 2015

NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a property located at 206-212 Wadsworth Ave. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights. Caerus Group acquired the property for $8 million in an all-cash transaction. The buyer plans to construct a new development on the site, which offers 97,422 square feet of buildable space. The previous owners, Wadsworth Avenue Baptist Church Inc., will occupy a condominium at the new development, which will replace the existing structure. Robert Shapiro of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.

September 18, 2015

Office Texas

McCarthy Begins Construction on Houston Methodist Alkek Building Renovation Project

by Haisten Willis September 18, 2015

HOUSTON — McCarthy Building Cos. has begun work on the Houston Methodist Alkek Level 9 Universal Care renovation in the Texas Medical Center. The project is led by McCarthy’s Houston-based specialized solutions group, which concentrates on the Texas Medical Center and surrounding institutions focused on healthcare, laboratory and higher education projects. The demolition and renovation project will convert level nine of the Houston Methodist Alkek building into a 17,000-square-foot universal care unit/ICU with 19 inpatient beds. The project also includes the demolition and replacement of equipment on level 10 and the roof of the building. Preston Hodges and McCarthy project superintendent Michael Kacal lead the Houston SSG.

September 18, 2015

Office Texas

Harwood Arranges 25,267 SF Office Lease in Dallas

by Haisten Willis September 18, 2015

DALLAS — Real estate developer Harwood International has signed a new lease agreement in the district of Harwood with the law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP. Harwood International signed a 25,267-square-foot lease at Saint Ann Court. Jihane Boury of Harwood International negotiated the lease with Jim Graham of Colliers International. McDermott Will & Emery moved from their Turtle Creek offices to Harwood Sept. 1. With more than 1,000 lawyers, the firm has offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. Designed by Los Angeles Architect Shimoda Design Group, the 26-story, Class A office tower offers amenities including Saint Ann Restaurant & Bar, The Samurai Collection and Mercat Bistro.

September 18, 2015

Office Texas

Henry S. Miller Arranges Sale of Two Properties in Metro Dallas

by Haisten Willis September 18, 2015

IRVING AND FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Bill Bledsoe of Henry S. Miller has arranged two property sales in metro Dallas. Bledsoe brokered the sale of a 0.77-acre office pad site at 727 W. Airport Freeway in Irving. The property housed a 3,939-square-foot building and features freeway frontage. Hangrove Interests purchased the property from VTC Westway Investments and will refurbish the office building for a long-term tenant. Bledsoe also represented the seller in the disposition of a 10-acre site in Fort Worth. The buyer may develop the property, located at 8421 Meadowbrook Drive, into residential space. Ernest Jakes of Jakes Realty Group represented the buyer in this transaction.

September 18, 2015

Illinois Midwest Office

I.M. Construction Completes Two Buildings in MeadowPark Office Complex in Suburban Chicago

by Christina Cannon September 18, 2015

NORTHBROOK, ILL. — I.M. Construction Group (IMCG) has completed two of four office buildings within the new MeadowPark development located at Techny Road and Founders Drive in Northbrook, a northern Chicago suburb. MeadowPark is a 52,000-square-foot, 5.5-acre development. IMCG completed the 12,600-square-foot, single-story office property leased to Bright Horizons Daycare as well as an 18,000-square-foot facility leased to Lurie Children’s Hospital. The Lurie Children’s facility will serve as the hospital’s second largest outpatient center in the Chicago area. IMCG will construct the two remaining speculative buildings this fall. The projects will feature masonry construction as well as eco-friendly options, including bioswales, which collect and filter stormwater through vegetation. Tenants of MeadowPark also have the option to incorporate solar panels and geothermal heating. IMCG is a joint venture of Insite Construction and The Missner Group, a full-service construction firm. Leading the construction team for IMCG are Bob Nomellini, the firm’s president, and Bill Uchyn, the Missner Group’s project superintendent. Center Line Architects is providing architectural services, and Manhard Consulting is the civil engineer. Cushman & Wakefield is the project developer.

September 18, 2015

1101 and 1111 16th St. N.W. Washington DC

District of Columbia Office Southeast

Akridge, Stars Investments to Convert Two Properties in D.C. into One Trophy Office Building

by John Nelson September 18, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Akridge and its partner, Stars Investments, plan to redevelop 1101 and 1111 16th St. N.W. into one freestanding, 100,000-square-foot trophy office building. One block away from the new Fannie Mae headquarters and within view of the White House, the new property will feature a fitness center, rooftop terrace and parking. Akridge recently purchased the two assets from the American Beverage Association and the American Association of University Women. Eric Berkman, Steve Gichner and John Boland of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction on behalf of the sellers. The new 1101 16th Street building will deliver in 2017.

September 18, 2015

Florida Office Southeast

Kucera Renames One Progress Plaza  in St. Petersburg as Priatek Plaza

by John Nelson September 18, 2015

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Kucera Properties has renamed One Progress Plaza, a 28-story Class A office tower in St. Petersburg, as Priatek Plaza. The office building was named after a tenant, Priatek, a startup tech firm that utilizes interactive kiosks in global mass marketing. Darin Kucera, managing partner of Kucera Properties, says that Priatek Plaza will be the only Class A office tower in the United States named for a technology startup. The tower spans more than 309,000 square feet of office and retail space and currently has a 90 percent occupancy rate. The terms of the renaming deal were not disclosed.

September 18, 2015

Office Texas

Architecture Firm Pelli Clarke Pelli to Design Frost Tower in San Antonio

by Haisten Willis September 17, 2015

SAN ANTONIO — Architecture firm Pelli Clarke Pelli will design the Frost Tower, Frost Bank’s new headquarters and San Antonio’s first new downtown office tower in three decades. The architecture firm, based out of New Haven, Conn., will orchestrate the design of the 400,000-square-foot office tower. Fred Clarke and Bill Butler will lead the project. Pelli Clarke Pelli has designed and developed towers including the World Financial Center in New York and the Petronas Towers in Malaysia. Texas-based KDC will partner with Weston Urban to serve as the development team for the tower project. Alamo Architects will serve as the local consulting architects. Construction on the project is slated to begin next fall and will be completed in 2018 or 2019.

September 17, 2015

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