PLANO — Tyler Technologies has begun construction on its new 142,000-square-foot corporate and division headquarters, located at 5101 Tennyson Parkway in Plano. KDC will develop and manage the construction of Tyler's 26-acre campus. The property is slated for an August 2013 completion. The campus will feature a three-story, 82,000-square-foot office building connected to a 60,000-square-foot building via a transparent ground-level walkway. HKS Architects is the project designer, Hill & Wilkinson is the general contractor and BLUM Consulting Engineers, Brockette, Davis & Drake Engineers and TBG Landscape Architects are also working on the project.
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SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — IMAX Corp. has signed a lease renewal for the 65,000-square-foot Lantana IMAX Building within the Lantana Entertainment and Media Campus in Santa Monica. The space, which has served as IMAX’s West Coast headquarters since 2000, is located at 2900 Exposition Blvd. The landlord, the Lionstone Group, was represented by Jim Jacobsen and Scott Rigsby of Industry Partners.
ATLANTA — Atlanta Property Group has acquired the 124,273-square-foot 280 Interstate North, an office building located in Atlanta, for $8.7 million according to public records. The building is 72 percent leased. The buyer will invest nearly $400,000 to renovate the building's common areas and improve the property's aesthetic appeal. David Meline and Stewart Calhoun of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
FREMONT, CALIF. — Warm Springs Constructors, Inc., a Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. joint venture, has signed two leases totaling 42,768 square feet in Fremont. The first lease is for 28,800 square feet of industrial space at 45401 Research Ave. The second includes 13,968 square feet of office space at the nearby 47212 Mission Falls Court. The buildings are respectively owned by Workspace, LLC and East Warren Park, LLC. Warm Springs Constructors was represented by Walter Stephenson, Mitchell Hertz, Matt Bracco, Christopher Burns, Joshua Nelson and Glen Dowling of Cushman & Wakefield in both transactions.
PASADENA — The Houston Area Safety Council (HASC) has broken ground on Phase I of its 67,000-square-foot training campus, located at 5213 Center St. in Pasadena. The new property represents a two-year initiative to expand HASC's safety training capabilities to handle the overflow of the Deer Park headquarters. Kirksey Architecture designed the property and Tellepsen Builders will build the facility, which is slated for a 2013 completion. The training facility will feature a 220-seat auditorium with stadium seating, computer lab with 725 workstations and parking for 800 vehicles.
DALLAS — HollyFrontier Corp., a Fortune 500 company, has signed a lease for an additional 14,203 square feet of office space for a total of 60,045 square feet at 2828, an 11-story office tower located in Dallas' HARWOOD district. Bill McClung and Mike Wyatt of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Harwood was self-represented by Jihane Boury and Peter Sleiman. The lease transaction brings 2828 tower to 97.5 percent occupancy.
LIVERMORE, CALIF. — Trans Western Polymers has leased 89,429 square feet at Greenville Business Center in Livermore. The center is located at 7501 Las Positas Road. This is the largest lease transaction completed in the Tri-Valley so far this year, according to Colliers International, which represented the landlord, Alere Property Group, in this transaction. Michael Lloyd and Greig Lagomarsino led the Colliers team. Trans Western Polymers was represented by Mike Furay of Lee & Associates.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Don Jennewein and Nathan Lynch of CBRE Group have arranged a $20 million mortgage loan through ING on behalf of Emerson International. The 20-year loan has a 4.65 percent interest rate, and enables the company to retire existing mortgages on five Class B office properties totaling 350,000 square feet. The facilities include Major Plaza buildings I and II, Altamonte Lakeside Plaza Office Park and University Research Park I in Orlando, and Louisiana Office Park in Winter Park, Fla.
QUINCY, MASS. — UBS, a Zurich-based asset manager, has renewed and expanded its lease to 26,425 square feet at the Ten 99 building, located at 1099 Hingham St. in Quincy. Richard McKinnon of The Grossman Cos. represented the landlord, Rockland Haverstraw, in the transaction. Stephen Woelfel and Laura Finamore of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
PHILADELPHIA — Children's Crisis Treatment Center has signed a lease for 43,673 square feet at the Waterview Corporate Center at 1080 North Delaware Ave. in Philadelphia. The nonprofit agency will consolidate three other Philadelphia locations into the new space this fall. Currently, the offices are located at 1823 Callowhill St., 1830 Callowhill St. and 417 N. 8th St. Peter Soens and Peter Shrier of SSH Real Estate represented the tenant in the transaction. Neil Brazitis and Les Hagget of Newmark Knight Frank Smith Mack represented the landlord, Core Realty Inc.