FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Fort Worth’s CentrePort Business Park will soon be home to a new DT Credit Corp. call center. The Phoenix-based company has leased approximately 31,000 square feet at the park, located at 15001 FAA Blvd. in Fort Worth. Scott Ellsworth of NAI Horizon in Phoenix and Van Power of NAI Robert Lynn in Dallas represented DT Credit Corp. Ben Sumner of Stream Realty Partners represented the building’s owner, 15001/CentrePort LP, in the transaction.
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HOUSTON – RCP Reliant Corporate Center Ltd., a partnership led by Dallas/Fort Worth-based Realty Capital Partners, has invested approximately $4 million of preferred equity in three Houston office buildings. The properties, located at 2600, 2616, and 2626 South Loop West in the city’s Medical Center/South Main submarket, total 270,000 square feet and average an 89.6 percent occupancy rate. Costa Mesa, Calif.,-based CIMCO is the project sponsor.
WAUKESHA AND BROOKFIELD, WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher • ONCOR International has completed the purchase of a new office location and a new bank branch for Park Bank. The bank’s new office totals 10,764 square feet and is located within Crossroads XIV at 2300 Watertower Blvd. in Waukesha. The new branch totals 9,100 square feet and is located within Brookfield Marketplace at the corner of West Greenfield Avenue and South Moorland Road in Brookfield. Marianne Burish and Dan Mickelson of Siegel-Gallagher represented Park Bank in the transactions.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Southwest Bank has acquired a new branch in South Arlington. The bank purchased a property at the corner of Matlock and Arbrook that was originally built in 2008 for Washington Mutual, which never occupied the property. The branch will open in the fall. SCM Real Estate’s Thomas Bryant represented Southwest Bank and David Wright of Falcon Realty Advisors represented the seller.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — AAA East Central has sold its 33,000-square-foot former headquarters to physicians of the Neurosurgical Institute of Kentucky for $2.26 million. The property is located in the Gateway to the Louisville Medical Community at 435 E. Broadway in Louisville. The buyer will turn the space into a medical office building fit for its expanding practice. John Hoagland and Tim Brown of Louisville-based Hoagland Commercial Realtors brokered the sale.
LANSING, MICH. ¬— Dart Development has scheduled the construction of the first speculative commercial building in mid-Michigan in 2009. The developer is planning to develop a 40,500-square-foot office/light industrial building within the Oakwood Executive Park in Lansing. The property can accommodate users in suites of up to 10,125 square feet. Each unit will include a truck door, a grade-level door and an office area.
ALPHARETTA, GA. – Philips Electronics has leased nearly 110,000 square feet of office and data center space at One Deerfield Centre, a mixed-use complex developed by Hines and managed by UBS Global Asset Management. The property is located 1 mile west of Georgia Highway 400 in Alpharetta. Philips is moving from its home of more than a decade, 64 Perimeter Center in Atlanta. The company will use space on the first and second floors for a customer care center for its healthcare division beginning this fall. Vincent Tuminelli of CB Richard Ellis’ New York office and John Dolan of the firm’s Atlanta office represented Philips in the transaction, while John Heagy, Tori Kerr and Brian Eichenseer provided in-house representation for Hines.
NORFOLK, VA. — Hurrah Players has purchased the 8,400-square-foot Chamber of Commerce Building in Norfolk from Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce for $1.07 million. The property, which will be used as the new Hurrah Players headquarters, is located at 420 Bank St. Casey J. O’Hearn of Thalhimer brokered the sale.
ROSEMONT, ILL. — Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has arranged two office leases totaling approximately 35,000 square feet at Northwest Plaza in Rosemont. Kirkland, Wash.-based Clear Wireless signed a lease for 20,688 square feet, which will be used as the company’s new Chicago-area office when it relocates in August. Additionally, Mediterranean Shipping Corp. signed a lease for 14,463 square feet. The company will be relocating to the new office in July from its previous office, also in Rosemont. JLL’s Rick Benoy represented the building’s owner, a partnership managed by Fulcrum Asset Advisors, in lease negotiations. Gregg Raus, also of JLL, represented Mediterranean in its lease. Clear Wireless was represented by Mitchell Loveman and Kevin Duckler of Newmark Knight Frank. Northwest Plaza is a 328,000-square-foot, Class B office building that is located at 9701 and 9801 W. Higgins Rd. in the O’Hare submarket.
DANBURY, CONN. — Grubb & Ellis has completed the $72.4 million disposition of Danbury Corporate Center in Danbury. The facility was sold to an entity of The Matrix Realty Group Inc. The approximately $12.5 million in net proceeds from the sale will be used to pay down the company’s revolving credit facility.