HOUSTON — Brookfield Office Properties has leased 163,950 square feet of office space to Chevron U.S.A. at 1600 Smith Street, a 1.23 million-square-foot office building located in Houston. Tim Relyea of Cushman & Wakefield of Texas represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Brookfield Office Properties was self-represented by Margaret Sigur and Paul Frazier.
ROCKVILLE, MD. — Matan Cos. has acquired the 220,539-square-foot Rockville Corporate Center, a two-building office property located at 15 and 45 W. Gude Dr. in Rockville, for $54.2 million. Both buildings are fully leased. Paul Collins, Bill Collins, Drew Flood, Jud Ryan and James Cassidy of Cassidy Turley represented the seller in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Chicago Title Insurance has leased 86,207 square feet of office space at 10 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago, according to the building's owner, New York-based Feil Organization. The firm will occupy floors 30 through 32 of the building, plus part of the 27th floor. In addition, Facebook Inc. has renewed and expanded its lease at the building to 7,932 square feet. Biotech company Chromatin Inc. has inked a new lease for 6,856 square feet. Feil also announced five additional new leases or renewals totaling more than 15,000 square feet. 10 S. LaSalle is a 37-story office tower in Chicago's Loop.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — FILO Productions, an event management company, has signed a lease for 25,000 square feet of office and warehouse space at 1810 Como Ave. in St. Paul. Joe Hughes and Jerry Driessen of CBRE Group represented the tenant in the transaction. Wellington Management owns the property.
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — Hain Celestial, a natural and organic food group, plans to expand its corporate headquarters in New York. The company leased 86,000 square feet in Lake Success and plans to invest $10 million in relocating and expanding its main office. Hain's move from Melville, N.Y. is supported by an incentive package from Empire State Development that provides $4.5 million in tax credits. The company will relocate its existing 250 Long Island-based employees and create more than 100 new jobs during the next 10 years.
LAS VEGAS — The 114,500-square-foot Konami Gaming Building in Las Vegas has sold to Konami Digital Entertainment for an undisclosed amount. The built-to-suit facility is located within the Hughes Airport Center. The seller was CIP.
PLAYA VISTA, CALIF. — California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) has leased 33,000 square feet for its corporate headquarters at 12181 Bluff Creek Drive in Playa Vista, a Los Angeles submarket. The headquarters will reside within a 240,000-square-foot, Class A office building that was developed by Lincoln Property Company. The building is now owned by JP Morgan. This space is a portion of the square feet leased by Fox Interactive Media in 2008. CPK has signed an approximate nine-year sublease at the building. Dave Toomey and Brian Davies of Cresa Los Angeles represented California Pizza Kitchen. Fox Interactive Media was represented by Eric Duncanson and Gideon Orion of Cushman & Wakefield.
SAN ANTONIO — Live Oak-Gottesman has acquired the 138,265-square-foot Centre Plaza, an office building located at 45 NE Loop 410 in San Antonio's North Central submarket. Live Oak has plans to make capital improvements to the office property, including new restrooms, a new and expanded conference room and a complete lighting retrofit. The property is 62 percent leased and Carolyn Hinchey-Shaw and Seth Prescott of Stream Realty will continue to lease the project.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Interactive Data Corporation has renewed its 22,877 square feet of office space in Santa Monica that serves as the company’s regional office. The space is located at 2901 28th Street. Interactive Data Corporation was represented by Craig Kish and Gil Ohls of Jones Lang LaSalle. The landlord, Equity Office Properties was represented in-house by Gail Goldstein and by CBRE’s Deron White.
BEDFORD — Silver Oak Commercial Realty brokered the sale of a 34,000-square-foot office building, located at 221 Bedford Road in Bedford. The buyer was 221 Bedford, LLC. Russ Webb of Silver Oak represented the seller in the transaction.
