ATLANTA — Resurgens Technology Partners, a tech-focused private equity firm, has opened its new 15,000-square-foot headquarters office at One Phipps Plaza, a newly built, Class A office tower in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The office building anchors the newly expanded Phipps Plaza mixed-use campus, which is owned by mall REIT Simon and includes the Nobu Hotel & Restaurant, five-story Life Time athletic club and Citizen’s Market food hall. Resurgens Technology Partners has offices in Austin, London and Silicon Valley in addition to Atlanta. Other office tenants at One Phipps Plaza include aluminum rolling and recycling company Novelis and financial giant Goldman Sachs & Co.
HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated the sale of Briar Forest Crossing, a 94,404-square-foot office building in West Houston. The four-story building was 73 percent leased at the time of sale. Marty Hogan of JLL represented the seller, CapRidge Partners, in the off-market transaction. Doug Pack of Colliers represented the buyer, LM & Associates, which purchased the property via a 1031 exchange. Colliers has also been tapped to market the building for lease.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Brand Atlantic Real Estate Partners and Wheelock Street Capital have completed the redevelopment of 111 Olive, a boutique office building in downtown West Palm Beach. The building is the first phase of Banyan & Olive, a Class A mixed-use development within the city’s Clematis Waterfront District. 111 Olive features newly renovated offices with 14-foot ceilings and pine timber wood ceilings. The building offers two 9,000-square feet suites and two 5,000-square feet suites, with one of the smaller suites fully built out for immediate move-in. Tenant amenities include a golf simulator lounge and clubroom seating; art installations throughout the main lobby, elevator lobby lounges and office corridors; shower cabana changing rooms with private lockers and towel service; dedicated parking at 300 Banyan garage with direct connection from the main lobby; concierge attendant at main lobby desk for security, guest registry, mail, package storage and tenant requests; and club-level amenities at 300 Banyan, featuring an indoor/outdoor fitness center, open-air lounge and reservable outdoor event space.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Citivas Capital Group has provided a senior construction loan for the development of a mixed-use project at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Upon completion, the space, which will include retail and office space, will feature floor-to-ceiling windows and a 4,000-square-foot outdoor roof terrace. Blatteis & Schnur was the borrower. Jorge Adler of Citivas arranged the financing.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $21.5 million sale of Morristown Plaza, a 122,103-square-foot office complex in Northern New Jersey. The development consists of two buildings on a 3.9-acre site. Gary Gabriel, David Bernhaut, Frank DiTommaso, Bill Baunach, Maia Sirabian, Andy Schwartz, Jordan Sobel and Andre Balthazard of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, The Silverman Group, in the transaction. The buyer was Pentaurus Properties. The property, which was 92 percent leased at the time of sale, offers a fitness center, café and conference facilities.
CONROE, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm SVN | J. Beard Real Estate – Greater Houston has arranged the sale of an 8,320-square-foot office building in Conroe, about 40 miles north of Houston. The property was built in 1973. Linda Crumley of SVN | J. Beard represented the seller in the transaction. Brittany Jameson, also with SVN | J. Beard, represented the buyer, Milstead Properties LLC.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIF. — TailoredSpace is scheduled to open its newest location in San Juan Capistrano this September. The 14,000-square-foot space will be located at 27131 Calle Arroyo. TailoredSpace has targeted suburban communities with high per-capita income, easy freeway access and walkable retail amenities. TailoredSpace will be the first fully amenitized coworking operation in San Juan Capistrano, according to the company. This lack of supply has resulted in significant pre-leasing activity for the campus.
Five blocks doesn’t seem that far. It’s about a quarter of a mile, or 560 steps. But, it’s just a hair past convenient for today’s office workers. Now more than ever, tenants are seeking an office experience that is dynamic and energized with amenities. They want great options for coffee, lunch or happy hour that are steps away, not blocks. If it’s not right outside the office, it’s not close enough. In Atlanta, the Midtown submarket is still where the action is. In 2022, Midtown had 775,652 square feet of positive absorption, which was the highest in the metro according to Cushman & Wakefield. In keeping with the flight-to-quality trend, Atlanta leasing activity last quarter was dominated by Class A product, which accounted for 75.6 percent of all transactions. Most of this activity occurred in Midtown. With a Walk Score of 87, Midtown is Atlanta’s most walkable submarket. But even there, it’s the vertically integrated office developments that bring a new layer of urban density that are rising above the rest. Not only are they seeing more leasing demand, but they are also experiencing a constant hum of activity and energy due to immediate access to great retail and restaurants. …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Northpond Partners has acquired Chadbourn Mill, an adaptive reuse project underway at a 1930s-era textile mill located within Charlotte’s Mill District. Northpond purchased the property from Federal Capital Partners (FCP) for $12.5 million, with plans to develop retail and restaurant space. Renovations will include the addition of two 7,000-square-foot patios and the installation of garage doors on the 18,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space at the property’s main building. Plans also include the addition of a lawn adjacent to the secondary, 2,100-square-foot retail building. The corporate headquarters for software developer Ekos will continue to occupy the second floor of the main building. Southwick Architecture + Interiors will serve as architect, and White Point Partners remains a partner on the development. Construction is expected to be complete in 2024. Stream Realty Partners arranged the sale on behalf of FCP and White Point.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — VIPAR Heavy Duty Inc., a truck parts distributor and service provider, has signed a 10,074-square-foot office lease at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates. VIPAR will relocate its team of 35 employees from Crystal Lake. Bell Works Chicagoland is the redevelopment of the former AT&T corporate campus undertaken by Inspired by Somerset Development. VIPAR is working closely with Inspired on the build-out of its space, which is slated for completion in August. Colliers represented VIPAR in the lease, while The Garibaldi Group represented ownership.