BALTIMORE — Ober|Kaler has signed a 94,213-square-foot lease with an affiliate of Lexington Realty Trust in Baltimore. Located at 100 Light St., the office space is situated in a 35-story skyscraper formerly known as the Legg Mason building. The tenant will move in April 1, 2011. The lease, which expires in 2026, will bring the building's occupancy to 44 percent. Lexington Realty Trust is currently undertaking $43.1 million worth of upgrades to the building, including the construction of a $23.3 million parking garage. Jones Lang LaSalle's Elizabeth Cooper, Jeff Groh and Michael Singer represented Ober|Kaler. Cassidy Turley's David Downey, Matt Seward and John Schulze represented the landlord.
EULESS, TEXAS — The General Services Administration has leased 40,000 square feet of office space from an undisclosed landlord in Westpark Centre, located at 150 Westpark Way in Euless. The space will be occupied by the United States Customs and Border Protection, an offshoot of the Department of Homeland Security. Westpark Centre is now 90 percent occupied. CB Richard Ellis' Chris Mickey and Jerry Cobb represented the GSA. SCM Real Estate Services' Darrel Higginbotham represented the landlord.
NORWALK, CONN. — Online travel service provider Priceline.com has signed a long-term lease for its new headquarters. The company will occupy 69,882-square-foot of office space within River Park, a 412,000-square-foot trophy property located at 800 Connecticut Ave. in Norwalk. David Block and Michael Siegel of CB Richard Ellis' Stamford, Conn., office represented the landlord, Carter & Associates A/A/F River Park Property Ownership LLC, in lease negotiations. Paul Kauffman of Cushman & Wakefield represented Priceline.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — ThinkCash has signed a 63,312-square-foot lease renewal with General Electric Credit Equity for space in its International Plaza Building. The lease includes a 21,176-square-foot expansion in the building, which is located at 4150 International Plaza in Fort Worth. The lease also includes a stipulation that the property will be renamed the ThinkCash Building. Jim Lob of UGL Equis' Dallas office represented the tenant. GVA Cawley's John Grace represented the landlord.
NEW YORK CITY — PineBridge Investments will lease 111,728 square feet of office space at the 399 Park Avenue trophy tower for its New York headquarters. The lease comprises all of the building's fourth floor and a portion of the sixth floor. PineBridge, which was formerly known as AIG Investments, will sublease 72,647 square feet from Legg Mason through September 2017, and the lease will convert to a direct lease with landlord Boston Properties after that. The remaining 39,081 square feet will be directly leased through Boston Properties for a 15-year term. PineBridge will consolidate is operations at 70 Pine St. and 277 Park Ave. to the new location and will take occupancy this summer. Mitchell Steir, Matthew Barlow and David Goldstein of Studley represented the tenant in lease negotiations. John Powers, Peter Turchin and Gregg Rothkin of CB Richard Ellis represented Boston Properties, with Ken Rapp and Christopher Mansfield, also of CB Richard Ellis, representing Legg Mason.
DALLAS — RHR International has sold an 8,330-square-foot office building in Dallas to a private buyer for an undisclosed price. Situated in the Georgetown Office Park, the property is located at 17766 Preston Road. The Colliers Ownership Advisory Group represented the seller, who also previously occupied the property.
SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Health Care Partners Inc. has signed a lease for 16,441 square feet of office space at 18000 W. Nine Mile Road in Southfield. The tenant is a full service home health care provider that assists individuals with a variety of home health care needs. Dan Verderbar of Friedman Real Estate Group represented the tenant in the transaction. FSP Southfield Centre Ltd. leased the property for an undisclosed price.
BOSTON — The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded LEED-Gold certification to 33 Arch Street in Boston. The designation was awarded under the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance program. The building rises 33 stories and contains 600,000 square feet of Class A office space. It is located in the heart of the city's Financial District. A joint venture between AREA Property Partners and SITQ owns the building, which was constructed in 2006, and recently completed a $3 million renovation program. CB Richard Ellis / New England leases and manages the property.
DALLAS — International Electric Supply Co. has leased 92,000 square feet from Equastone in The Addison, which is located at 14951 N. Dallas Parkway in Dallas. The Class A office building was formerly Comp USA's national headquarters. Jackson Cooksey's Michael Quint and Jim Cooksey represented the tenant. Reid Caldwell and Kim Butler of Transwestern represented the landlord.
SYOSSET, N.Y. — Newmark Knight Frank has completed the 13,000-square-foot sale of an office building located at 75 Jackson Ave. in Syosset for $2.55 million. The buyer is a joint venture between Glen Cove. N.Y.-based General Anesthesia Services and Lake Success, N.Y.-based Lion & Company CPA's. Both businesses plan to relocate their operations to the building by this summer. Scott Berfas and Michael Sliver of Newmark Knight Frank represented the buyer. Real Estate Strategies, Ltd., represented the seller, SJS Realty.