GREENVILLE, S.C. — TD Bank has plans to undergo a $17.1 million renovation of its 300,000-square-foot corporate operations, located at 200 Carolina Point Pkwy. in Greenville. As a result, TD Bank will create more than 1,400 jobs in the next 3 to 5 years. The buildings are designed to achieve LEED Gold certification. Construction is slated to begin in early 2012.
CLEARWATER, FLA. — AmeriLife Group has signed a 70,706-square-foot lease at the 146,000-square-foot Prestige Place, a two-building office park located at 2600-2650 McCormick Dr. in Clearwater. Alan Feldshue and Melanie Jackson of Colliers International's Tampa Bay, Fla., office represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Hans Kaunath and Judy Healey of Tampa, Fla.-based Ciminelli Real Estate Services of Florida represented CW Capital Asset Management, the landlord.
CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. —Aptargroup, a leading supplier of clinical dispensing systems, has signed a 91,267-square-foot lease at 450 Congress Parkway in Crystal Lake. Dan Benassi and Dan Jones of Entre Commercial Realty's Schaumburg, Ill. office represented Aptargroup in the transaction. Tyler Hardy and Anne Arnold of Grubb & Ellis represented the landlord, Cobalt Capital Partners.
FAIRFIELD, N.J. — PPI Time Zone Inc., an electronic manufacturing services company, has signed a long-term, 30,000-square-foot office lease at 11 Madison Ave. in Fairfield. James Scancarella and Edward English of CresaPartners' New Jersey office represented PPI Time Zone in the transaction. Greg Sabato and Tom Consiglio of Resource Realty represented the landlord, The Richards and Robbins Group. PPI Time Zone plans to relocate its headquarters from its current location in Paterson, N.J.
PHILADELPHIA — Thomas Properties Group has signed Ernst & Young, an assurance, tax and advisory services firm, to a 74,240-square-foot lease at the One Commerce Square building in Philadelphia. A tenant in the adjoining twin Two Commerce building since 1992, Ernst & Young is relocating more than 800 professionals from its current space. Joe McManus and Morgan Murray of Thomas Group Properties represented Ernst & Young in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Sugar Land-based American Commercial Contractors has commenced construction on Houston-based DataVox's $10 million, 48,000-square-foot corporate headquarters, located along West Sam Houston Parkway near Bellaire Boulevard in Houston. The three-story building will feature a three-story glass curtain wall atrium, sky bridges, a large server room, a networking operational center and a warehouse. The new headquarters are slated for completion in September 2012.
HOUSTON — TPG/CalSTRS LLC, an affiliate of Los Angeles-based Thomas Properties Group, has sold the 578,284-square-foot 2500 CityWest Boulevard, an office building located in Houston for $16 million. The property recently received LEED Silver certification. The sale also includes adjacent land parcels totaling 6.3 acres.
SANDY, UTAH — W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital Corp. has signed an eight-year lease for 50,000 square feet of office space at the Workers Compensation Building in Sandy. The financial terms were not disclosed. CBRE’s Scott Wilmarth, Tab Cornelison and Nadia Letey represented W.J. Bradley in this lease transaction.
PHOENIX — Genworth Financial Trust Company has signed a 19,736-square-foot lease renewal and expansion at Phoenix’s Great American Tower. The global financial security company was represented by Peter Menna and Brandon Leach with Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial’s Office Group. Cushman and Wakefield’s Jerry Jacobs represented Great American’s landlord, 3200 N Central Ventures, Inc, in this transaction.
COLUMBIA, MD. — New Boston Fund has purchased the 84,300-square-foot Stevens Forest Green, an office building located in the Hillside Executive Park at the interchange of Route 29 and Broken Land Parkway in Columbia. James Wellschlager and Jonathan Carpenter of Cassidy Turley's Baltimore office represented LNR Partners, the seller, in the transaction. The buyer was self-represented by John Thompson and David Langol of New Boston's Mid-Atlantic office.