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WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — CBRE has brokered new office leases at Ygnacio Center in Walnut Creek. The leases, totaling 13,916 square feet, were secured for accounting firm BDO USA and law firm Pennington LLP.  Ygnacio Center is a Class A office complex spanning 536,000 square feet and three buildings. The recently enhanced amenities include a state-of-the-art conference center, as well as bike parking and showers for tenants.  Phil Damaschino, Jeff Birnbaum and Andy Schmitt from CBRE represented the landlord, Hines. Gabe Chao from Transwestern represented BDO and Mindy Bacharach from Commercial East Bay represented Pennington LLP.

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PORTLAND, ORE. — BPM Real Estate Group, a locally based and privately owned development and investment company, plans to open the Block 216 mixed-use tower in downtown Portland in August. Located at 900 SW Washington St., the tower will house The Ritz-Carlton, Portland hotel, the brand’s first in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to the 251-room hotel, the high-rise will include The Ritz-Carlton Residences (132 condos and penthouses across 15 floors), shops and 134,000 square feet of office space, as well as a food hall on the ground level known as FLOCK. Development costs for Block 216 are reportedly $600 million. “As one of the tallest towers in Portland, this development is a monumental signifier of the renewal and transformation in store for this city,” says Walter Bowen, founder and CEO of BPM. “We are pleased to contribute to Portland’s continued recovery and resurgence as one of the country’s leading business centers and gateway to the Pacific Northwest travel destination locations.” The Ritz-Carlton hotel’s amenities will include a spa, signature restaurant on the 20th floor, infinity-edge pool and a 4,000-square-foot fitness center, according to the hotel website. FLOCK, which will house nine BIPOC-owned (black, indigenous and people of color) vendors, is …

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HOUSTON — MetroNational has completed the $25 million renovation of Memorial City Plazas, a 1 million-square-foot office development in Houston’s Memorial City district. Memorial City Plazas comprises three buildings that rise 12, 14 and 18 stories. The renovation delivered upgraded amenity spaces, including the campus’ fitness center and conference room, and the addition of a new outdoor dining and meeting space. MetroNational also upgraded the touchless technology features, security systems and skywalks that connect the three buildings. Ziegler Cooper served as the project architect. E.E. Reed Construction and O’Donnell/Snider Construction served as the general contractors.

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MONTVALE, N.J. — The S. Hekemian Group, a locally based developer, has completed Workplace North Market, a 52,000-square-foot office and retail project in Montvale, located near the New York-New Jersey border. The four-story building houses 40,500 square feet of office space and 11,500 square feet of retail space and is located within North Market, a mixed-use redevelopment of the former Mercedes-Benz USA North America headquarters campus. Law firm Beattie Padovano has committed to leasing 20,000 square feet as the anchor tenant.

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DENVER — Mortenson has broken ground on its four-story, 65,000-square-foot headquarters in Denver’s River North Art District. The new space will be located at 3083 Walnut St.  The builder, developer and engineering services provider will be actively involved in the building’s development, design, fabrication and construction. The company will own and occupy the headquarters, with about 37,000 square feet dedicated to its own operations on the second and third floors.  The ground and top levels will be available for leasing as retail and office spaces, respectively.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Real estate investment lender Lima One Capital has signed a 65,000-square-foot lease at RocaPoint’s Greenville County Square development in downtown Greenville. The move from 201 E. McBee Ave. represents a $51.4 million investment for the company, which will move its operations into a newly developed office building at the $1 billion mixed-use campus. The expansion, which will create a projected 300 jobs, is expected to be complete in 2025 and will more than double its current office footprint. The South Carolina Coordinating Council for Economic Development has approved job development credits related to the project and awarded a $500,000 grant to Greenville County to aid with the costs of site preparation and building construction. Other uses coming to Greenville County Square include Whole Foods Market and Perch Kitchen + Tap.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Adventurous Journeys Capital Partners (AJ Capital) has signed five new tenants to Nashville Warehouse Co., a mixed-use campus located at the corner of 4th Avenue South and Chestnut Street in the Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood of Nashville. Eatery HERO will lease space beginning this August, and work-focused members club The Malin will open a 16,000-square-foot coworking space beginning this fall. Additionally, contractor Hensel Phelps, talent agency Trend Management and law firm Maynard Nexsen have signed office leases at the mass-timber property. Beginning in July, Hensel Phelps and Maynard Nexsen will occupy 11,220 square feet and 7,600 square feet, respectively. Trend Management will lease 6,800 square feet beginning in December. These leases bring the property—which features 200,000 square feet of office space, public pedestrian spaces, an acre of green space, onsite parking and a fitness center — to 91 percent occupancy.

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SAN ANTONIO — Seno Medical Instruments has signed a 26,719-square-foot office lease extension at Callaghan Tower in San Antonio. The building is located on the city’s north side and recently underwent a capital improvement program. Brian Harris, Todd Gold and Kim Gatley of REOC San Antonio represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was also not disclosed.

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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Foundation, a nonprofit that addresses community needs and promotes philanthropy, has signed a 31,308-square-foot office headquarters lease in the downtown area. The foundation has committed to space on the ninth and 10th floors of 912 Fort Duquesne Blvd. for a term of 15 years. Geoff Greco and Andrew Millberg of JLL represented The Pittsburgh Foundation in the lease negotiations. Jeff Adams and Jesse Ainsman, also with JLL, represented the landlord, The Elmhurst Group.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Gantry has secured $8.2 million in permanent financing for an office building at 499 Jackson St. in San Francisco’s Jackson Square Historic District.  The five-story, 18,000-square-foot building boasts a rooftop deck and street-level retail that’s currently occupied by Postscript. Artis Ventures, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, anchors the office space.  Gantry’s Tom Dao, Erinn Cooke and Nan Carlevarini represented the borrower, a private investor.  The financing, provided by one of Gantry’s correspondent life company lenders, is a 30-year amortizing, fixed-rate loan with potential for future additional funding.

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