WILMINGTON, N.C. — A joint venture between two Southeast-based general contractors, Swinerton and Monteith Construction, will construct a four-story mass timber office building on the Live Oak Bank campus in Wilmington. The 67,000-square-foot property will be the fourth building on the campus and the first to be 100 percent mass timber, a sustainable building method that more developers are opting to utilize. The local office of LS3P designed Building Four to achieve LEED Silver certification. The property is expected to accommodate 200 Live Oak Bank employees upon completion, which Swinerton and Monteith are expecting in early 2024. Swinerton’s sister company Timberlab will provide both the glue-laminated timber and the cross-laminate timber fabrications for the Building Four project.
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NEW YORK CITY — Newmark has placed a $90 million loan for the refinancing of 1245 Broadway, a 23-story, 200,000-square-foot office building in Manhattan’s NoMad district. German bank Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG provided the loan to the borrower and developer, a partnership between Swedish developer Corem Property Group AB and locally based firm GDS Development LLC. Jordan Roeschlaub, Dustin Stolly and Nick Scribani of Newmark originated the debt. Ownership will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements.
TAMPA, FLA. — Nestle will relocate its Tampa headquarters to Midtown West, a 152,000-square-foot office building located within the 23-acre Midtown Tampa mixed-use development. The Switzerland-based company plans to open its new sales office later this year. Bill Reeves of Colliers represented Nestle in the lease negotiations. Lauren Coup and Brad Heeter of Highwoods Properties Inc. represented the landlord, Highwoods and Bromley Cos. The square footage of Nestle’s lease was not disclosed. Other tenants at Midtown West include RHI Magnesita, Savills, Randstad, Prudential, Primo Water and Greystar. Bromley and Highwoods have also broken ground on Midtown East, a new office building at Midtown Tampa. Upon completion, Midtown East will total 430,000 square feet across 18 floors, 143,000 square feet of which will be jointly owned by Bromley and Highwoods.
HOUSTON — Community Health Choice Texas, a nonprofit health insurance agency, has signed a 82,706-square-foot office lease at Loop Central, a three-building complex in Houston. The campus, which was renovated in 2020, offers a fitness center, café/deli, tenant lounge, conference facility with kitchen and multiple indoor and outdoor seating areas. Kelli Gault, Jack Scharnberg, Doug Little and David Baker of Transwestern represented the landlord, Griffin Partners, in the lease negotiations. David Boyd of Boyd Commercial, along with Lucian Bukowski of CBRE, represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Touro University, a nonprofit higher education institute, will expand its academic campus at 3 Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. Touro, which originally leased seven full floors and portions of the ground and second floors totaling 243,305 square feet, is now adding 66,438 square feet on the 10th and 11th floors. Locally based investment firm Rudin owns 3 Times Square, which is currently in the midst of a capital improvement program. Richard Bernstein of Cushman & Wakefield, in conjunction with Touro internal agent Jeffrey Rosengarten, represented the university in the lease negotiations. Tom Keating of Rudin, along with Ron Lo Russo and Heather Thomas of Cushman & Wakefield, represented ownership.
HOUSTON —NewForm Real Estate has acquired a historic building located at 917 Franklin St. in downtown Houston that consists of roughly 35,000 square feet of office space and 5,000 square feet of retail space. The six-story building originally opened in 1904 as Commercial National Bank. NewForm is planning a complete overhaul of the building, including upgrades to the façade, lobby, windows, restrooms, utility systems and office suites. The locally based investment firm has hired CBRE to lease the office space and Transwestern to lease the retail space.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Tribeca Investment Group, Meadow Partners and PGIM Real Estate is nearing completion of the $350 million redevelopment of 295 Fifth Avenue, a 19-story office building in Midtown Manhattan. The 710,000-square-foot building was constructed in 1920 and is known as The Textile Building for its previous function as a showroom for those products. Designed by Studio MAI, the redevelopment involves a gut renovation of the lobby, the addition of two penthouse-level floors and various upgrades to common areas and mechanical systems. The partnership also recently received $150 million in financing to fund the capital improvements.
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has negotiated a 22,224-square-foot office lease in Mountain Lakes, about 40 miles west of New York City. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 333 Route 46 was built in 1987 and includes office space within its 147,944-square-foot footprint. Andrew Somple and Justin Allessio of NAI Hanson represented the tenant, integrated marketing firm Phase 3 Media LLC, in the lease negotiations.
MINNEAPOLIS — Infrastructure design firm HNTB has signed a 15,187-square-foot office lease at 60 South Sixth, an office tower in downtown Minneapolis formerly known as RBC Plaza. KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III owns the 40-story, 710,332-square-foot property. Since purchasing the building in 2015, KBS has invested over $24 million in renovations. In 2022, KBS spent more than $6.5 million on the refurbishment of common areas and the fitness center. KBS also plans to add another tenant lounge. Brent Robertson and Andrea Leon of JLL represented KBS in the lease, while Eddie Rymer of JLL represented HNTB.
CHICAGO — Alma, a provider of aesthetic medical technologies and energy-based solutions for the surgical, medical aesthetics and beauty markets, has opened a 10,605-square-foot office at Fulton East in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. The 12-story, 90,000-square-foot office and retail building, developed by Parkside Realty Inc., is located at 215 N. Peoria St. Alma will also occupy ground-floor retail space in the building beginning in May. The ninth floor of Fulton East will serve as the central location for the North American operation team of Alma, while the 5,025-square-foot retail space will house the company’s first U.S.-based Sisram Wellness Center. Alma will maintain its existing distribution space at 485 Half Day Road in Buffalo Grove, Ill. Jonathan Metzl of Cushman & Wakefield represented Alma in the lease, while Katie Scott and Camille Julmy of Parkside Realty represented ownership.