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Meadow Partners Converts 866 United Nations Plaza into Commercial Condo Property in NYC

by Amy Works February 6, 2015

NEW YORK CITY — Meadow Partners, through an affiliate, has converted 866 United Nations Plaza, a 471,000-square-foot office building, into a commercial condominium property containing office, retail and garage space. Located at the base of two 32-story residential towers on 48th Street in New York City, the property offers six 78,000-square-foot floors and units ranging in size from less than 1,000 to more than 50,000 square feet. Additionally, units can be combined and demised to accommodate users of varying sizes. Sale prices range from under $1 million to more than $60 million, depending on unit size, view and floor plan. Built in 1965, the property features two lobbies, 24/7 security, 17-foot travertine walls and polished granite floors, six elevators, a separate service entrance with loading dock and oversized freight elevator, and an underground parking garage. Rudder Property Group is marketing the building, which is managed by Jones Lang LaSalle.

February 6, 2015

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What Does Oil Price Fallout Mean for Houston?

by Haisten Willis February 6, 2015

It’s safe to say that the recent drastic drop in oil prices is a hot topic everywhere, and it certainly dominates the discussion in Houston real estate. As we read market predictions of how long it will take for the price of oil to rebound and the impact it will have on the economy, we must try to predict on a micro level what the consequence will be to tenants and landlords. With the price of oil below $50 per barrel and still declining, it is understandable why the uncertainty of the market is causing many tenants to put their space requirements on hold or reconsider their occupancy plans altogether. Despite the Greater Houston Partnership’s projection for 63,000 new jobs to be added in Houston in 2015 and the countless construction cranes that can be seen all over the city, the daily announcements of layoffs, reduced capital expenditure plans and mergers leave considerable room for doubt and uncertainty about the market. Although the Houston economy is more diverse today than it was 30 years ago, a strong correlation between the price of oil and office rental rates remains. The Houston employment and real estate market will, however, benefit from its …

February 6, 2015

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Civic Center Place in Fremont Sells for $39.2M

by Nellie Day February 6, 2015

FREMONT, CALIF. — Healthcare Realty Trust has acquired Civic Center Place, a 110,679-square-foot medical office building in Fremont, for $39.2 million. The center is located at 39141 Civic Center Drive. Civic Center Place was built in 1999. It is situated on 3.9 acres on the east side of the San Francisco Bay. The center was 98 percent leased at the time of closing. It is mostly occupied by healthcare-related tenants, as the center sits adjacent to the Washington Township Hospital Campus and Kaiser Permanente Fremont Medical Center. The facilities are situated along the future “Gateway” to the city’s downtown district. The transaction was executed by Marcus Muirhead, Greg Guglielmino and Steve Gonzalez of the Colliers Muirhead-Guglielmino-Gonzalez Investment Team. The seller was Berkeley Land Company.

February 6, 2015

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Calabasas Office Building Sells for $4.4M

by Nellie Day February 5, 2015

CALABASAS, CALIF. – A 19,000-square-foot office building in the Los Angeles submarket of Calabasas has sold to SDK Properties for $4.4 million. The building is located at 24003 Ventura Blvd. It was 90 percent occupied at the time of closing. SDK Properties was represented by Mitchell Stokes of Madison Partners. The seller was Calabasas Storage LLC.

February 5, 2015

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DiscoverOrg Leases 27,043 SF of Office Space in Vancouver

by Nellie Day February 5, 2015

VANCOUVER, WASH. – DiscoverOrg has leased 27,043 square feet of office space in Vancouver. The space is located at the 805 Broadway Building in the city’s downtown region. It was formerly occupied by CenturyLink. The sales and marketing intelligence data provider was represented by Rich Sabel and Tim Pfeiffer of Norris & Stevens. The landlord, Schlesinger Companies, was represented by Doug Bartocci and Tamara Fuller of Norris Beggs & Simpson, NAI.

February 5, 2015

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Stream Realty Partners Breaks Ground on Office Development in Dallas

by Haisten Willis February 5, 2015

DALLAS — Stream Realty Partners has broken ground on the first phase of its latest office development, Connection Park. Situated at the intersection of Freeport Parkway and LBJ Freeway, Connection Park will include at least 301,000 square feet of office space across two buildings. Stream is partnering with Alex Brown Realty on the project. Dallas-based American Bank of Texas is providing construction financing. Located on 18.3 acres of real estate fronting LBJ Freeway, Phase I of the Connection Park campus includes a 3.5-story building and 141,219 square feet of Class A office space. The top floor will feature a patio-ready rooftop, which tenants can convert to an indoor/outdoor cafe or executive amenity. Design firm Powers Brown is the project’s architect and EMJ Corp. is the general contractor for Phase I. Construction on the 160,000-square-foot second phase of Connection Park will begin later this year.

February 5, 2015

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Bright Realty Brokers Two Land Sales in Metro Dallas

by Haisten Willis February 5, 2015

LEWISVILLE AND PROSPER, TEXAS — Bright Realty has brokered land sales in the Dallas suburbs of Prosper and Lewisville. Tim McNutt and Britton Lankford of Bright Realty brokered the sale of one acre near Nebraska Furniture Mart at State Highway 121 and West Essex in Lewisville. McNutt and Lankford represented the seller, CHPC Commercial Ltd., in the transaction. Tom Paredes of John T. Evans Co. Inc. represented the buyer, TRD Enterprise LLC. In Prosper, Blake Davis and McNutt of Bright Realty represented a local investor in the purchase of .689 acres on Coit Road.

February 5, 2015

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CBRE Arranges Sale and Financing of Office Property in Dallas

by Haisten Willis February 5, 2015

DALLAS — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged the sale and financing for AT&T Pinnacle Park, a 206,040-square-foot office building in Dallas. The Aztec Fund purchased the asset from American Realty Capital Properties Inc. for an undisclosed price. The four-story office building is fully leased to AT&T Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc. Operations housed at AT&T Pinnacle Park include a customer service center for U-verse, the company’s three-pronged suite of broadband Internet, voice-over-Internet protocol telephone and Internet protocol television services. AT&T is headquartered in nearby downtown Dallas. Eric Mackey, Gary Carr, John Alvarado, Robert Hill and Jack Fraker of CBRE represented the seller. Greg Greene, Scott Lewis and Matt Ballard, also of CBRE, arranged financing on behalf of the borrower. Pinnacle Business Park is an 880-acre, master-planned business park located along the south side of I-30 at Cockrell Hill Road, five miles west of downtown Dallas.

February 5, 2015

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Norwegian Cruise Line Expands HQ at Airport Corporate Center in Metro Miami

by John Nelson February 5, 2015

DORAL, FLA. — Norwegian Cruise Line has signed a long-term lease renewal and expansion at Airport Corporate Center, the 1 million-square foot, 11-building office park located in the Miami submarket of Doral. The company extended its existing lease on 206,078 square feet and added an additional 70,296 square feet, for a combined 276,364 square feet. The company, which now occupies The 7650 Building and The 7665 Building, will expand to the new space at The 7300 Building beginning in the fall of 2015 Diana Parker, Richard Bamonte and Janette Driggers of CBRE represented the landlord, CBRE Global Investors, which acquired the property in October 2014. Stuart Gordon of Flagler Brokerage and Management Services LLC, along with Jim Travers and Stewart Niles of Travers Cresa, represented Norwegian Cruise Line. According to CBRE Research, Norwegian Cruise Line’s lease renewal/expansion is the largest office lease signed in South Florida in the past five years.

February 5, 2015

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Chicago’s Suburban Commercial Real Estate Sector Proves Its Mettle Once Again

by Danielle Everson February 4, 2015

Here’s the Chicago commercial real estate market’s big secret: the suburbs never went away. While it’s true that office vacancy rates hit the high 20s in 2008, the truth is that suburban absorption never faltered. In early 2014, Savills Studley reviewed all office leasing transactions from 2010 to 2013, a recessionary period for the sector. The analysis revealed that of the nearly 7.4 million square feet of deals tracked, nearly three-quarters of the moves (5 million square feet) involved tenants moving from one suburb to another. Compare that trend to the relocations from the suburbs to the city, which totaled approximately 1.8 million square feet during the same period. The exodus of companies like Hillshire Brands and Motorola Mobility from the suburbs made it seem like the city was the only place to be for high-growth firms. The analysis also showed that firms moving from out of town to the area went to the suburbs rather than the city by a factor of more than 2 to 1: 385,000 square feet versus 160,000 square feet. So, it’s no surprise that the suburban Chicago office market ended 2014 with the lowest vacancy rate since 2008. The 22.6 percent vacancy rate in …

February 4, 2015

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