WAKE FOREST, N.C. — St. John Properties has purchased a 30-acre site in Wake Forest, about 13 miles north of Raleigh. The Baltimore-based developer plans to build Wake Forest Exchange, a 165,000-square-foot mixed-use business community comprising flex, research-and-development (R&D), office and retail space. Phase I will include two flex/R&D buildings spanning approximately 95,000 square feet, a 25,000-square-foot office building and a 10,000-square-foot retail building. The remaining flex/R&D and retail buildings will be phased based on leasing pace, with the goal of executing St. John Properties’ entire development plan by 2027. Wake Forest Exchange is expected to support nearly 500 jobs at final build-out and leasing. Jay Taylor of SVN Tar Heel Commercial Realty Inc. represented the unnamed seller in the land sale, and St. John Properties was self-represented.
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Pebb Capital has signed 136,852 square feet of retail, restaurant and commercial office leases at Sundy Village, a mixed-use development underway in Delray Beach. The new tenants include communications infrastructure provider Vertical Bridge, Barcelona Wine Bar and a Schulson Collective project by chef and restauranteur Michael Schulson. Additionally, Pebb Capital will relocate its Boca Raton headquarters to Sundy Village in one of the property’s standalone office buildings, taking approximately 5,600 square feet of office space. The firm has also signed a 79,141-square-foot lease on the neighboring block, located at 100 S.E. 1st Ave., for a build-to-suit corporate headquarters relocation of an undisclosed, publicly traded company. Sundy Village will span across six buildings on approximately seven acres at 22 W. Atlantic Ave. Joe Freitas and John Criddle of CBRE oversee the Sundy Village’s office leasing, and Sara Wolfe of Vertical Real Estate handles retail leasing. Pebb Capital broke ground on the project in February, with delivery estimated for summer 2024. The project team includes Gensler and RLC Architects.
NEW YORK CITY — Advantage Capital Holdings has signed a 10,000-square-foot office lease at 1180 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. The 398,937-square-foot building recently underwent a value-add program. Bryan Boisi, Michael Baraldi, Harry Blair and Mark Boisi of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Northwood Investors, in the lease negotiations. Justin Myers and Dennis Someck of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, which is taking space on the 21st floor.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — Atlanta-based Bull Realty has brokered the $6.9 million sale of a 36,000-square-foot office building located at 5009 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs, a suburb of Atlanta. The seller was the property’s lender, an unnamed major bank. The buyer was also not disclosed. The property was 90 percent vacant at the time of sale. Michael Bull of Bull Realty represented the seller in the transaction.
EDISON, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm Zimmel Associates has arranged the $49.7 million sale of a 122,000-square-foot office complex located at 1090 King Georges Post Road in the Northern New Jersey community of Edison. The campus is known as The Business Center at Edison and consists of 12 one-story, standalone buildings. David Zimmel of Zimmel Associates represented the seller, New Jersey-based Denholtz Properties, in the transaction. The buyer, Federal Business Centers, plans to redevelop the property for industrial usage.
NEW YORK CITY — Compensation Advisory Partners, a consulting firm that specializes in executive-level compensation, has signed a 10,000-square-foot office lease at 1180 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. The 398,937-square-foot building recently underwent a value-add program. Bryan Boisi, Michael Baraldi, Harry Blair and Mark Boisi of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Northwood Investors, in the lease negotiations. Bert Rosenblatt of Cresa represented the tenant, which is taking space on the 20th floor.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Genworth has completed the sale of The Gregory, an office and retail asset located at 425 NW 10th Ave. in Portland. Jewell Capital purchased the asset for $5.7 million, or $121 per square foot. Constructed in 2001, The Gregory is part of a larger mixed-use project, including 133 condominiums that were not included in the sale. The acquisition totals 50,000 square feet of improvements with three floors of office space over street-level retail space. At the time of sale, The Gregory was 55 percent occupied by local retailers and a mix of professional office users in a variety of suite sizes. Darren Tappen, Sean McCarthy and Brandon O’Leary of Kidder Mathews represented the seller in the transaction.
DETROIT — Interior Environments has inked a 6,117-square-foot office lease at the Burns & Wilcox building, which is located at 119 State St. in Detroit. Steve Eisenshtadt, Andrew Bower and Jordan Friedman of Friedman Real Estate represented the undisclosed landlord. The tenant has launched the nation’s first minority-owned office furniture dealership, according to Friedman.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rockrose Development will complete the 245,000-square-foot renovation of three office properties located in Washington, D.C., this fall. Located within the Dupont Circle neighborhood, the project includes buildings located at 1900 M St. Northwest, 1146 19th St. and 1140 19th St. Together, the renovated properties will comprise “The Row on 19th.” John Skolnik and Michael Katcher of Cushman & Wakefield are exclusively leasing the project on behalf of Rockrose.
NEW YORK CITY — Regus, a provider of coworking and flexible workspace solutions, has signed a 37,031-square-foot office lease renewal at 14 Wall St. in Manhattan’s Financial District. Regus will continue to occupy the entire 20th floor of the 1.1 million-square-foot building, which was originally constructed in 1910 for the Bankers Trust Co. Bradley Gerla, Jon Cope, Mike Rizzo and Masha Dudelzak of CBRE represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Jon Pavone and Michael Cohen of Colliers represented Regus.