BRENTWOOD, TENN. — Brasfield & Gorrie has started construction on Tractor Supply Co.'s new headquarters in Brentwood. The project will include two, four-story office buildings totaling 260,000 square feet and a 324,000-square-foot parking deck. The office buildings will be connected by a central two-story atrium. Hastings Architecture Associates designed the project, which is seeking LEED certification. The project is expected to be complete in the third quarter of 2014.
NEW YORK CITY — TGM Associates, an investment advisory firm focusing on multifamily properties, has renewed its 11,280-square-foot lease at 650 Fifth Ave. near Rockefeller Center for 10 more years. TGM will occupy the entire 28th floor of the 36-story office building in the Plaza District on 52nd Street. Built in 1979 and previously known as the Piaget Building, 650 Fifth Ave. is a 382,500-square-foot tower owned by 650 Fifth Avenue Co.
WILMINGTON, DEL. — Law firm Fox Rothschild LLP has signed an 11-year lease for 20,184 square feet on the second and third floors at Citizens Bank Center, an 18-story office building, in Wilmington. The building, which is located at 919 N. Market St., is a Class A office property that spans 221,686 square feet. A tenant of the building for 15 years, Fox Rothschild had previously occupied approximately 17,000 square feet on two non-contiguous floors. With the new lease, the firm will have contiguous space on two floors with an interconnecting staircase, as well as a private lobby and elevator off the building’s main lobby on the first floor. Doug Simon of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented Fox Rothschild in the deal. Keystone Property Group is the owner of the building.
PLANO, TEXAS — KDC, a commercial real estate development and investment firm, has sold its remaining interest in The Campus at Legacy to its equity partners Spear Street Capital. The Campus at Legacy, a 107-acre, multi-tenant corporate campus in Plano, is currently 98 percent leased to tenants such as Denbury Resources, PepsiCo, St. Jude Medical, Bear Transportation, Futurewei Technologies, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc., Lifecare, North American Coal Corp., World Ventures and Rent-A-Center.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Bigcommerce, an e-commerce platform for small- and medium-sized businesses founded in Sydney, Australia, has signed a 33,000-square-foot office lease at 11305 Four Points Drive at FM 2222 and RM 620 in Austin. The company plans to move its 120 employees into the office space in April. Bigcommerce is working with lauckgroup, an architecture firm, and general contractor Balfour Beatty to renovate the office building, which is LEED Gold certified. The new office will feature indoor swings, an espresso bar, casual meeting spaces, a games room, built-in kegerators and two functional interior garage doors to expand meeting/office space. The Austin office is the company's North American headquarters.
SEAL BEACH, CALIF. — Bixby Office Park, a 297,241-square-foot complex in Seal Beach, has sold to Parallel Capital Partners for $85 million. The acquiring entity was PCPI BIXBY, LP. The three-building park is located at 3001-3005, 3010, 3020 and 3030 Old Ranch Parkway. It is currently 98 percent leased. Notable tenants include Baker Corp., SAIC, Olson Urban Housing, Seagate Offices and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Parallel Capital Partners represented themselves in this transaction, while the seller, a large national insurance company, was represented by Adam Edwards and K.C. Scheipe of Eastdil Secured.
JOLIET, ILL. — WAP LLC has purchased a 12,551-square-foot office building for $1 million in Joliet, located about 40 miles southwest of Chicago. The two-story building, which offers medical office space, parking and easy access to I-80, was sold by Houbolt LLC. The building is located at 370 Houbolt Road. Adam Johnson of NAI Hiffman represented Houbolt LLC in the transaction.
NORWALK, CONN. — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors LLC and Q10 Realty Advisors LLC have arranged a $2.3 million mortgage on 83 East Ave., a 40,000-square-foot office and medical building in Norwalk. The property is undergoing capital improvements including a new lobby, bathrooms, elevators, landscaping, exterior lighting and painting. The office building is home to 18 tenants and is managed and leased by GHP Office Realty. The interest-only loan was placed with a local bank at an interest rate of 4.25 percent for a two-year term and an option to extend. Bryan Houlihan and James Houlihan of Houlihan-Parnes arranged the loan. Ray Cohen of Chicago Title arranged the title. Robert Ocko of Harrington, Ocko & Monk LLP represented the borrower.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Greenville, S.C.-based CapHarbor Property Management has awarded Cushman & Wakefield of Texas Inc. the leasing assignment for Vista Ridge I and II in Lewisville. Vista Ridge is a pair of two-story, 121,200-square-foot office buildings located at 700 and 750 State Highway 121 Bypass. The buildings are fully leased to long-term tenants including STA Travel and Parago Inc. Matt Schendle and Cynthia Cowen of Cushman & Wakefield will oversee leasing.
SEAL BEACH, CALIF. — Bixby Office Park, a 297,241-square-foot complex in Seal Beach, has sold to Parallel Capital Partners for $85 million. The acquiring entity was PCPI BIXBY, LP. The three-building park is located at 3001-3005, 3010, 3020 and 3030 Old Ranch Parkway. It is currently 98 percent leased. Notable tenants include Baker Corp., SAIC, Olson Urban Housing, Seagate Offices and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Parallel Capital Partners represented themselves in this transaction, while the seller, a large national insurance company, was represented by Adam Edwards and K.C. Scheipe of Eastdil Secured.
