NEW YORK CITY — Investment services and financial advisory firm Flexpoint Ford has opened its 30,000-square-foot office at One Vanderbilt, a 77-story tower in Midtown Manhattan by locally based real estate giant SL Green. The space features an open floor plan and a variety of smart technology and energy-efficient systems. SPECTOR Cos. designed the space. Cresa and Clune Construction Co. handled the build-out.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — A joint venture between SKS Partners and the University of California, Berkeley has unveiled plans for a $2 billion innovation hub at NASA’s Ames Research Center in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View. Plans for the 36-acre development, dubbed Berkeley Space Center, currently include 1.4 million square feet of Class A office and research and development space; wet and dry labs; conference space; academic facilities; retail space; and 18 acres of open green space, including outdoor working yards and a central green for community gatherings, activations and exhibitions. The focus for the development is to provide research space for companies interested in collaborating with the university and NASA scientists to create future innovations in aviation and space exploration. Later phases of the project are set to include short-term stay facilities and student and faculty housing. While the development has not yet received municipal approval, the environmental entitlement process has commenced and is expected to last approximately two years. Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2026. The development team for Berkeley Space Center includes design, architecture and engineering firm HOK and urban design and landscape architecture firm Field Operations. The joint venture has also tapped …
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Site Design Science: How Understanding Operations Draws Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Pharmaceutical companies have captured the interest of many developers and with good reason. Softening demand for traditional office space has planners looking for alternative uses to fill out business parks and multiuse developments, and drug makers represent a promising source of highly valuable occupancy. Speculative construction that accelerated during the pandemic has given pharmaceutical manufacturers plenty of options and enabled them to be choosy in site selection. However, to compete for end users, developers must ensure their properties offer the features and amenities drug makers seek, says Matt Mrva, northeast director of planning and landscape architecture at Bohler, a land development consulting and site design firm. “Simply adding a life sciences label on conventional flex space is unlikely to lure pharma companies. Research, lab and pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities often require specialized infrastructure and site layouts,” Mrva says. “Even if a property is zoned to allow for life sciences, design and development teams need to understand the proposed operations in order to optimize the facility.” Unique Facility Requirements Depending on anticipated needs, tenants may require advanced climate control and ventilation, redundant electrical feeds, high-volume water and sewer service, on-site wastewater pretreatment, backup power generation, reinforced floors to handle the weight of …
BOSTON — Newmark has negotiated the sale of 855 Boylston, a 142,765-square-foot office building in Boston’s Back Bay area. The building was fully leased to 13 tenants at the time of sale and offers an updated lobby and glass curtainwall, as well as multiple outdoor terraces and 32 below-grade parking spaces. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen and Samantha Hallowell of Newmark represented the seller, an undisclosed global investment manager, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
VANCOUVER, WASH. — Colorado-based T&T Hospitality Services has purchased 4000 Columbia House Boulevard, a Class A office property in Vancouver. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $21.1 million, or $478 per square foot. Nick Kucha, James Childress and Jakob Nicholls of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer acquired the asset in a 1031 exchange, using proceeds from a hotel sale. Delivered in 2018, the 44,100-square-foot building is located within Vancouvers’s Lower Grand Employment Area that includes Grand Central Shopping Center and the Columbia Business Center.
ONALASKA, WIS. — Coldwell Banker Commercial River Valley has brokered the $10 million sale of a three-story, 66,000-square-foot office building in Onalaska, a city in western Wisconsin. The property is located at 2700 Midwest Drive. The buyer was Kwik Trip Inc., which will use the building for its training department, part of its accounting department and other office employees. Kwik Trip’s corporate headquarters will remain at its current location on the far north side of La Crosse, where the company’s production facilities are also located. Kwik Trip operates roughly 880 convenience stores primarily in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Chuck Olson of Coldwell Banker Commercial River Valley represented the seller, Ron Houser, owner of Midwest Investment I LLC. Houser developed the property and began utilizing it in 1993. He later sold the asset but then repurchased it a few years ago.
DALLAS — AMLI Residential has signed a 13,214-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion at Liberty Plaza, a two-building, 218,934-square-foot office complex in North Dallas. Tyler Howarth and Caroline Hix of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Franklin Street Properties, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
UPLAND, CALIF. — Harbor Associates has completed the disposition of 400 Mountain Avenue, a medical office property in the Inland Empire city of Upland. A local medical user bought the asset for $8.8 million. The three-story building features 47,850 square feet of medical office space with highway access to Los Angeles and Orange County. Sammy Cemo, Anthony DeLorenzo, Austin Reuland, Bryan Johnson and Nick Williams of CBRE Investment Properties represented the seller in the deal.
CALABASAS, CALIF. — Newmark has negotiated the sale of Calabasas Courtyard, a three-building office campus in Calabasas, approximately 30 miles west of Los Angeles. AEW Capital Management sold the asset to Calabasas Courtyard LLC, a partnership between Brian Forster of Pacific Partners Commercial, Tony Principe of Westcord Commercial and private investor John Cataldo. The price was not disclosed. Located at 5000 Parkway Calabasas, the 129,789-square-foot campus was 68 percent leased at the time of sale. The buyer plans to upgrade and modernize the commons areas of the three buildings, as well as the individual suites. Kevin Shannon, Rob Hannan, Ken White, Laura Stumm, Michael Moll and Alex Beaton of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.
MONROVIA, CALIF. — Positive Investments has completed the disposition of an office/industrial building, located at 222 E. Huntington Drive in Monrovia, a northeastern suburb of Los Angeles. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $25 million. Built in 1988 on 5.7 acres, the two-story, multi-tenant building features 122,000 square feet of office/flex space. The property features a two-story glass atrium entryway, newly remodeled lobby, landscaped grounds, electric car charging stations, ample parking and three roll-up loading doors. The buyer plans to occupy a portion of the asset. Andrew Berk of Avison Young represented the seller in the deal.