NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — Family Care Center has signed a 6,052-square-foot office lease in New Braunfels, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 640 N. Walnut Ave. was built in 2021 and totals 19,623 square feet. Chad Wallace of Partners Real Estate represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Ken Brown and Carl Salvato with Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
Commercial property conversions can offer significant advantages over conventional ground-up real estate developments. Conversions can provide a head start on construction with established entitlements, existing structures, in-place utilities and entry to choice locations in otherwise built-out submarkets. Consider the Universal Buildings, Post Brothers’ conversion of two 1960s-era office buildings into more than 600 residential units and ground-floor retail just north of the District of Columbia’s Dupont Circle. The 15-story complex will feature a two-level, glass-walled fitness and recovery center with more than 10,000 square feet of training zones, equipment and classrooms. The developer is housing the fitness center and other amenities in a new atrium that replaces the upper levels of structured parking originally built within one of the former office buildings. “The location is incredible — there is probably no greater location in any major city in the country for conversion,” says Josh Guelbart, Post Brothers’ Co-Chief Operating Officer. “Having the entire block means we have light, air and hilltop views of Kalorama, Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle, three of the finest residential neighborhoods in the District. There isn’t room for new buildings of scale in those neighborhoods, and that really made this existing, large building attractive to us.” …
PARAMUS, N.J. — First Mile Properties, an affiliate of New York City-based investment firm Crown Acquisitions, has purchased a 287,704-square-foot office building in the Northern New Jersey community of Paramus. The five-story building, which was originally constructed in 1985, was 96 percent leased at the time of sale with an undisclosed financial services firm serving as the anchor tenant. David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Frank DiTommaso and Seth Zuidema of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a joint venture between DRA Advisors and Onyx Equities, in the transaction. The quartet also procured First Mile Properties as the buyer.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Adams Brown LLC, a CPA and advisory firm, has unveiled plans to relocate its Overland Park office to the Aspiria campus. The move is expected to take place in the fourth quarter of 2024. With numerous office locations throughout the central region, Adams Brown specializes in serving those in the agriculture, construction, manufacturing, dental and physician practice, local government and closely held businesses. The firm has operated in the Kansas City market since 2017 and has outgrown its current office space. Wichita-based Occidental Management owns and manages the Aspiria campus, which is the redevelopment of the former Sprint campus.
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) has purchased a vacant office building, located at 330 S. Valley View Blvd. in Las Vegas, from a private seller for $21.2 million. Built in 1983 on 10 acres, the two-story building offers 166,409 square feet of office space. The property, as it currently stands, features an atrium, open floor plan with HVAC control systems, controlled access at exterior and major interior doorways, and 870 parking spaces. Additionally, the facility features call-center-quality networking, including redundant fiber optics, Cat6 ethernet cabling and a backup generator servicing the building’s critical systems. LVVWD currently owns 251.5 acres of property directly across the street from the acquisition. The existing portfolio includes administrative buildings, operations support, utility infrastructure, public education buildings and special land preservation area. Marlene Fujita Winkel, Emily Brun and Cody Seager of Cushman & Wakefield’s Private Capital Group in Las Vegas represented the private seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) is nearing completion of a $750 million repositioning of PENN 2, a 1.8 million-square-foot office building that sits atop the Penn Station transit hub in Midtown Manhattan. PENN 2 will sport architectural features such as a modern glass curtain wall, a triple-height lobby that opens onto a new plaza on 33rd Street and a six-story podium comprised of 105,000 square feet of column-free, double-height space. Above the 33rd Street plaza is a 280-person town hall space with a flexible seating system that can support large-scale keynote talks, private media screenings, banquets, conferences, workshops and open-floor exhibitions. PENN 2 also offers 72,000 square feet of outdoor green space, including an outdoor terrace atop the podium and a landscaped 17,000 square-foot rooftop park that is available to all tenants. The building sits across the street from Madison Square Garden, which houses its global headquarters within the office space. The larger PENN District campus is home to major tenants such as Meta, Morgan Stanley, Amazon, The Hartford, Cisco Systems and Samsung. “The reimagined PENN 2 appeals directly to innovation-oriented companies seeking an ultra-premium, hospitality-infused office environment that offers a one-seat ride for workers throughout the …
PHOENIX — ViaWest Group has completed the disposition of Blackhawk Corporate Center, a three-building office and medical campus in Phoenix’s Deer Valley submarket. Big Sky Medical Real Estate acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Built in 1997 and 1998, the 252,350-square-foot campus was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to a variety of office and medical users. Blackhawk Corporate Center is located at 20401 N. 29th Ave. and 2902 and 3010 W. Agua Fria Way, with immediate freeway visibility and accessibility from Interstate 17 and Loop 101 and a parking ratio of 5.33/1,000. Steve Lindley, Alexandra Loye, Eric Wichterman and Mike Coover with Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal.
— By Jason Fine, Managing Director, JLL — Situated along the Southern California coast between Los Angeles and Orange County, the City of Long Beach continues to be a strong option for businesses and residents. The city has recently delivered low- and median-income housing, in addition to luxury product, with more of each in the planning stages. This has allowed Long Beach to continue experiencing growth from aerospace, port-related businesses, oil and professional services. A few companies that have recently relocated to Long Beach include Blue Shield, Fluor, Relativity Space, SpinLaunch and Vast. Additionally, the city’s economic development department and newly elected mayor have taken a proactive stance, implementing strategies and marketing the city as a business-friendly destination. While the regional and national office leasing trend is seeing many tenants going to a hybrid model, the Long Beach office market has seen a steady increase in vacancy and rental rates despite no new office building supply being added to the market since the pandemic. For the third quarter, the total Class A and B office vacancy (including sublease space) for downtown Long Beach is at 33 percent, with rents sitting at $2.71 per square foot, per month (full-service gross). Suburban …
RALEIGH, N.C. — Lionstone Investments has sold Midtown Plaza, a 12-story office building located in Raleigh’s North Hills submarket. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed, but the Triangle Business Journal reported the asset traded for $132 million. Completed in 2017, the 329,747-square-foot property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Altera, Gilead Sciences and Fifth Third Bank. Ryan Clutter, Richard Reid, Daniel Flynn, C.J. Liuzzo, Sarah Holloway and Woody Flythe of JLL represented Lionstone, which was working on behalf of an institutional investor.
DALLAS — Taylor Team Relocation, an Ohio-based copier shipping firm, has signed a 50,070-square-foot industrial and office lease at Marsh Business Park West, a 636,725-square-foot development in North Dallas. The space comprises 23,220 square feet of office space and a 26,850-square-foot warehouse. Hudson Sheets and Andrew Gilbert of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Brian Pafford of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, an entity doing business as GKI Industrial Dallas LLC.