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Newmark Brokers $58M Sale of Two Office, Life Sciences Buildings in Andover, Massachusetts

by Taylor Williams July 28, 2023

ANDOVER, MASS. — Newmark has brokered the $58 million sale of two office and life sciences buildings totaling 273,662 square feet in Andover, a northern suburb of Boston. The building at 50 Minuteman Road totals 145,262 square feet and serves as the headquarters of Mercury, a provider of technology solutions for the aerospace and defense industries. The facility at 6 Technology Drive spans 128,400 square feet and serves as a design, development and manufacturing hub for Dräger, a supplier of medical and safety technology products. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen and Samantha Hallowell of Newmark represented the seller, California-based REIT Peakstone Realty Trust, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Boston-based Rhino Capital Advisors.

July 28, 2023

Leasing Activity New York Northeast Office

GTS Securities Signs 30,094 SF Office Lease Extension at 545 Madison Avenue in Manhattan

by Taylor Williams July 28, 2023

NEW YORK CITY — Trading and technology firm GTS Securities has signed a two-year lease extension for its 30,094-square-foot office space at 545 Madison Avenue, a 17-story, 140,000-square-foot building in Manhattan’s Plaza District. The tenant’s footprint includes spaces on the 9th, 15th, 16th and 17th floors of the building, which is owned by Marx Realty. No third-party brokers were involved in the deal. Other tenants at 545 Madison Avenue include private equity firm Snow Phipps and Vialto Partners, a spinoff of PwC.

July 28, 2023

Illinois Leasing Activity Midwest Office

Hampton, Lenzini & Renwick Signs 15,129 SF Office Lease at Fisher Corporate Center in Elgin, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow July 28, 2023

ELGIN, ILL. — Civil engineering firm Hampton, Lenzini & Renwick has signed a 15,129-square-foot office headquarters lease at Fisher Corporate Center in Elgin. The firm will relocate its executive team and office functions from its current space at 380 Shepard Drive in Elgin once the new lease begins in September. The company will continue to use 380 Shepard Drive as a field office. Built in 1993 and located at 1707 N. Randall Road, Fisher Corporate Center rises four stories and totals 436,000 square feet. Amenities include onsite food service, a fitness center and conference center. Jonathon Connor and Steve Kling of Colliers represented the owner, John B. Sanfilippo & Son Inc. David Rogers of RVG Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant.

July 28, 2023

Georgia Leasing Activity Office Southeast

Morgan Stanley Signs 100,000 SF Office Lease Expansion in Alpharetta, Georgia

by John Nelson July 28, 2023

ALPHARETTA, GA. — Morgan Stanley has signed an office lease extension including an additional 100,000 square feet at The Edison Alpharetta, an office park roughly 30 miles north of downtown Atlanta. The New York City-based investment bank and financial services provider will now occupy a total 216,000 square feet across Buildings 1 and 3 at the property. Bryan Heller and Peter McGuone of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, Invesco Real Estate, in the leasing transaction. JLL represented the tenant.

July 28, 2023

Development District of Columbia Office Southeast Top Stories

Arctaris Impact Investors Opens $152M Northeast Heights Opportunity Zone Office Project in Washington, D.C.

by Jeff Shaw July 28, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Arctaris Impact Investors LLC has completed Phase I of Northeast Heights, a six-story, 281,000-square-foot office building in Ward 7 of Washington, D.C. The office building is located in a Qualified Opportunity Zone, which is an economically distressed area where new investments may be eligible for preferential tax treatment. The office building is the first phase of a three-phase, $600 million effort to revitalize Ward 7, according to Arctaris’ website. Future phases of Northeast Heights are expected to include a grocery store redevelopment, approximately 1,300 residential units and community spaces. According to Arctaris, the project was catalyzed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s mandate for city agencies to use the leasing power of the D.C. government to encourage economic development in historically underserved communities. Northeast Heights was pre-leased to the city’s Department of General Services and will serve as the new headquarters for the agency, which employs approximately 700 people. The Department of General Services was the first city agency to sign a contract for office space east of the Anacostia River under this initiative. “Arctaris is proud to be part of the coalition led by Mayor Bowser, combining forces with like-minded, community-oriented investors to help bring new vitality …

July 28, 2023

California Market Reports Office Western Western Market Reports

San Diego’s Office Sector Experiences Elevated Sublease Levels

by Jeff Shaw July 28, 2023

— By Jerry Holdner, Avison Young — Southern California Region Lead, Innovation & Insight, AVANT — The San Diego office market is starting to show signs of weakness. Unemployment remains low, but it is important to highlight that job creation has been uneven. The bright spot is that high-value-added jobs in a broad range of sectors, such as scientific research, medical products and pharmaceutical development continue to grow, which bodes well for San Diego. We are still uncertain about a recession. It could be short and shallow like many are predicting, or we could be in for a period of monumental headwinds. Investment sales have retreated as interest rates increased, and office workers have been reluctant to return to the office. This has created an uncertain picture of our office market going forward. The rise and future uncertainty of the pace of inflation has caused many to take a “pencils down” approach. This has caused many to slow, pause or even halt their dealmaking, growth, capital investment and development efforts as the ability to borrow funds has become difficult. San Diego’s office vacancy currently stands at 12.3 percent, and 18.9 percent of the total office market is available (including sublease …

July 28, 2023

Development Georgia Mixed-Use Multifamily Office Retail Southeast

Rockefeller Group Breaks Ground on 1072 West Peachtree Mixed-Use Tower in Midtown Atlanta

by John Nelson July 27, 2023

ATLANTA — Rockefeller Group has broken ground on 1072 West Peachtree, a mixed-use high-rise tower in Midtown Atlanta. At a planned height of 730 feet, the tower is slated to be the tallest building delivered in Atlanta in the past 30 years, according to Rockefeller. Situated at the corner of 12th and West Peachtree streets, the property will comprise more than 350 luxury apartments and amenities situated atop 224,000 square feet of flexible, Class A offices and 6,400 square feet of street-level retail space. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. is providing construction financing in the form of a senior loan to Rockefeller. A joint venture between Rockefeller, Japan-based Taisei USA LLC and Mitsubishi Estate New York is providing equity. Atlanta-based TVS was the lead architect for 1072 West Peachtree. A construction timeline was not disclosed.

July 27, 2023

Acquisitions Massachusetts Northeast Office

Newmark Brokers Sale of 28,244 SF Office Complex in Metro Boston

by Taylor Williams July 27, 2023

NEWTON, MASS. — Newmark has brokered the sale of a 28,244-square-foot office complex located at 70 Wells Ave. in the western Boston suburb of Newton. The sales price was roughly $4 million. Robert Griffin, Joseph Alvarado, George Demoulas and Casey Valente of Newmark represented the seller, Wingate Cos., in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Legacy Real Estate Ventures.

July 27, 2023

Acquisitions Hospitality Midwest Minnesota Mixed-Use Office Top Stories

CBRE Arranges $225M Sale of Office Portion of RBC Gateway Tower in Minneapolis

by Katie Sloan July 27, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS — CBRE has arranged the $225 million sale of the office component of RBC Gateway Tower, a newly constructed mixed-use development located at 250 Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis. The portion acquired by San Francisco-based Spear Street Capital includes 525,000 square feet of office space, a ground-floor office lobby and 296 below-grade parking spaces. Ryan Watts, Tom Holtz, Brandon McMenomy, Steven Ward, Greg Greene and Harrison Wagenseil of CBRE represented the seller, United Properties, in the transaction. The office portion of the property was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to six tenants including RBC Capital Markets, United Properties and Pohlad Cos. The 1.2 million-square-foot tower also includes the 222-room Four Seasons Hotel Minneapolis — Minnesota’s first five-star hotel, according to CBRE — and 34 luxury Four Seasons Private Residences on the uppermost floors. Three restaurants are also on-site, including a full-service restaurant and bar, Mara, and Socca Café. “RBC Gateway Tower is a crown jewel in the Gateway District, with unmatched location and amenities,” says Watts of CBRE. “Premier properties like this offer exceptional workspaces that cater to the needs of modern employees, making them highly desirable as companies adapt to new workplace trends.” Minneapolis-based United Properties …

July 27, 2023

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Lee & Associates’ Second-Quarter 2023 Economic Review by Sector

by Sarah Daniels July 27, 2023

Lee & Associates’ newly released 2023 Q2 North America Market Report outlines industrial, office, retail and multifamily outlooks trends in the United States. This sector-based review of commercial real estate trends for the second quarter of the year examines the difficulties facing each property type and where opportunities in the landscape may be emerging. Troubles with absorption dogged each sector, with the exception of retail, throughout the first half of 2023. Scheduled deliveries for industrial, office and multifamily indicate this trend will continue throughout much of the United States for the foreseeable future. Lee & Associates has made the full market report available here (with further breakdowns of factors like vacancy rates, market rents, inventory square footage and cap rates by city). The summaries from each sector below provide high-level considerations of the overall outlook and challenges in the market. Industrial Overview: Industrial Growth on Track for Least Gain in Years In a reversal from the ballooning logistics capacities required during the pandemic, demand for industrial space has slowed across North America. After continuously rebuilding inventories from the fall of 2021 through the third quarter of last year, many retailers and wholesalers are taking a breather, pausing further inventory accumulation out of caution over …

July 27, 2023

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