COPPELL, TEXAS — Vari has opened a 180,000-square-foot space in Coppell, located in the northern-central part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The majority of Vari’s workforce will operate out of an 80,000-square-foot space within the building, and Cushman & Wakefield is marketing the remaining 100,000 square feet for lease. BOKA Powell designed the facility, with Corgan handling interior design and Adolfson & Peterson serving as the general contractor.
DALLAS — Staffing and recruitment agency Phaidon International has signed a 26,687-square-foot office lease at The Centrum in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas. The property houses a courtyard, rooftop deck, tenant lounge, conference center, fitness center and ground-floor retail and restaurant space. Travis Boothe, Robbie Baty and Hannah Henley of Cushman & Wakefield represented Phaidon in the lease negotiations. Addie Ludwig internally represented the landlord, Cawley Partners, which owns the property in partnership with Oak Tree Capital.
NEW YORK CITY — Marketing and technology firm Impact.com has signed an 18,364-square-foot office lease at 136 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The 17-story, 300,000-square-foot building houses tenants such as Syracuse University, Regus, Bernhardt Furniture, Wacoal and Green Key. Eric Cagner of Newmark and Alex Leopold of CBRE represented the tenant, which plans to relocate from the Empire State Building to the entire 10th floor at the end of the year, in the lease negotiations. Mac Roos of Colliers represented the landlord, Williams Equities.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Inspired by Somerset Development, the owner of Bell Works Chicagoland, has leased nearly 21,000 square feet of its “ready-to-wear” office suites. The suites total 23,628 square feet and offer spaces that are available for immediate occupancy with flexible, short-term leasing options. The owner also plans to launch a second version of the ready-to-wear suites, which will comprise nine new spaces totaling 20,000 square feet at the campus in Hoffman Estates. The current roster of tenants within the ready-to-wear spaces includes Clover Imaging Group, Stoltmann Law Offices, CPATAX Services, RiskSmith Insurance, CPA Advisors Group, Berkshire Hathaway Starck Real Estate, Victor Construction Co. Inc., LinkSpace and Mosquito Hunters. Colliers represented ownership in the lease transactions. Bell Works Chicagoland is the redevelopment of the former AT&T campus.
HOUSTON — Colliers has brokered the sale of Beltway 8 Corporate Centre I, a 100,719-square-foot office building in northwest Houston. The two-story building was constructed on 10 acres in 2002. David Carter of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction. Nick Ramsey and David Meyers of NewQuest Properties represented the buyer. Both parties involved in the deal requested anonymity.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Houston-based investment firm Interra Capital Group has acquired a 323,431-square-foot office building located on a 21-acre site at 1311 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains, located north of New York City. Jeffrey Dunne, Steve Bardsley, Travis Langer, Patrick Arangio, Jack Howard and Kurt Altvater of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller and procured Interra Capital Group as the buyer in the transaction. The building was 53 percent leased at the time of sale.
SAN ANTONIO — A partnership between Houston-based Cambridge Development Group and Dallas-based Preston Hollow Community Capital has broken ground on WatersEdge, a 200,000-square-foot office project in San Antonio. The two-building complex will be situated within the 1,308-acre Brooks master-planned community on the city’s southeast side. The development team has tapped Transwestern to lease the development upon completion, which is slated for the third quarter of 2023.
NEW YORK CITY — Financial services and investment management firm Franklin Templeton has signed a 347,474-square-foot lease at One Madison Avenue, an office building in Midtown Manhattan that is currently under construction. One Madison Avenue, which is scheduled for a November 2023 completion, is now 55 percent preleased. Other tenants include IBM (328,000 square feet) and Chelsea Piers Fitness (56,000 square feet). Rob Lowe, Jeff Cushman and John Cushman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Paul Glickman, Alex Chudnoff, Diana Biasotti and Ben Bass of JLL represented the landlord, SL Green.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — NavPoint Real Estate Group has arranged the sale of an office building located at 5731-5759 N. Academy Blvd. in Colorado Springs. Silverwood Investments LP sold the asset to East of Eden Enterprises LP for $7.2 million in an off-market transaction. Situated within Centerpointe Plaza shopping center, the property features 30,843 square feet of office space occupied by three tenants in the medical, fitness and education sectors. Matt Call of NavPoint Real Estate Group represented the seller, while Jae Kim of RE/MAX 100 represented the buyer in the transaction.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — CBRE|Triad has arranged the sale of the former Pilot Life Insurance Co. headquarters, a historic seven-building, 220,000-square-foot suburban office campus in Greensboro. Kisco Senior Living sold the property to Clachan Properties for an undisclosed price. David Hagan and Joe Stanley of CBRE|Triad represented the seller in the transaction and are currently marketing the two remaining land sites at the campus, which is named The Pilot of Sedgefield. Charlie Fulk of Meridian Realty represented Clachan, a Richmond-based investor that converts historic properties in the Carolinas and Virginia to modern-day apartments. The firm recently put the campus on the National Register of Historic Places. The property’s original three buildings were constructed in 1927 and served as the first suburban office campus in the history of North Carolina.
