DALLAS — Mexican investment firm Grupo Haddad has completed the $8 million renovation of a 110,000-square-foot office building located at 2501 Cedar Springs Road in Uptown Dallas. The seven-story building was originally constructed in 1982. The renovation delivered an upgraded lobby, ground-floor restaurant with patio seating, tenant conference center, upgraded parking garage and enhanced common areas and restrooms. Significant improvements were also made to the building’s systems and equipment. Grupo Haddad has tapped Newmark to lease the newly renovated space.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Transwestern Real Estate Services has brokered the sale of Landmark Towers, a 200,000-square-foot office building in St. Paul. The buyer, Sherman Associates, intends to convert the property into apartment units. Mike Salmen and Erik Coglianese of Transwestern represented the undisclosed seller. The property is located at 345 Saint Peter St.
CHICAGO — BGO has launched Move-In Ready Offices (MIRO) to provide small and medium-sized businesses with immediate access to adaptable workspaces. Current MIRO suites range from 1,000 to 18,000 square feet and offer immediate occupancy and flexible lease terms. BGO currently has MIRO suites available in Chicago, New York, Boston, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The firm plans to deliver more prebuilt suites across its entire U.S. office portfolio. Gensler and Michaelis Boyd designed the spaces. MIRO offers both private workstations and collaboration spaces. Tenants also benefit from access to amenity centers, townhalls and various perks. As of June 30, BGO had $83 billion of assets under management.
MIDDLEBURY, CONN. — Watchmaker Timex Group USA has sold its 84,886-square-foot corporate headquarters complex in Middlebury, Conn., for $7.5 million. Chris O’Hara of Coldwell Banker Commercial represented Timex Group in the sale to a partnership between Drubner Equities Florida LLC and Atlantic Management. The site spans 93 acres, and the new ownership plans to redevelop the complex into a 720,000-square-foot industrial park.
CANTON, MASS. — Massachusetts-based design-build firm Dacon has completed a 30,000-square-foot, build-to-suit headquarters project for healthy snack food provider 88 Acres in Canton, a southern suburb of Boston. The facility at 85 John Road, which allows the company to more than quintuple its production, features a quality control lab, R&D lab, production area, cooling room, warehouse, executive offices and conference rooms. Camber Development owns the building.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an office building located 5010 El Camino Drive in Colorado Springs. A private investor sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $1.4 million. The two-story property features 9,000 square feet of multi-tenant office space. Erik Enstad, Brandon Kramer and Chadd Nelson of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Canyon Partners Real Estate and J.P. Morgan have co-originated a $174.6 million construction loan for the recapitalization of One22One, a 24-story office tower in Nashville. The borrower, a joint venture between locally based GBT Realty and Koch Real Estate Investments, delivered the Class A property last summer. One22One comprises 373,232 square feet of office space, 16,938 square feet of retail space and 13 stories of parking totaling 930 spaces. Amenities include a conference center, outdoor terrace overlooking downtown Nashville, tenant lounge, port cochere and a fitness center. Tenants include law firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, FirstBank, which will also relocate its headquarters to One22One, and Slalom, a global management consulting company.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Stiles and Shorenstein Properties have topped out 110 East, a 23-story office tower located at 110 East Blvd. in Charlotte’s South End district. The Class A, 370,000-square-foot tower will be situated atop the LYNX Blue Line platform and provide direct access to the Charlotte Rail Trail. The co-developers expect to deliver 110 East in March 2024. The design-build team, which includes Nashville-based Hastings Architecture and general contractor Shelco LLC, have achieved LEED Gold and WiredScore Platinum certifications. The property will feature a 900-space parking garage, fitness center, flexible conference spaces, 5,800 square feet of commercial space on the rail platform. Jessica Brown and David Dorsch of Cushman & Wakefield are handling the office leasing assignment at 110 East, and Adam Williams of Legacy Real Estate Advisors is handling retail leasing.
SPRING, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Newcor Commercial Real Estate has negotiated the sale of an 8,300-square-foot office building located at 26414 Oak Ridge Drive in the northern Houston suburb of Spring. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1971 and renovated in 2022. Ryan Dierker of Newcor represented the owner and former occupant, TruRealty Properties, in the transaction. Adriatico Group represented the buyer, Voss Law.
FRANKLIN, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has brokered the sale of a 4,232-square-foot office building in the Central New Jersey community of Franklin. The building at 195 N. Church Road houses four suites, basement storage space and onsite parking. Joseph Vindigni of NAI Hanson represented both the seller, LSC Properties LLC, and the buyer, an entity doing business as 195 N Church LLC, in the transaction.