RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Topaz Labs, a provider of AI-powered photo and video enhancement technology, has signed an approximately 19,000-square-foot office lease expansion in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. The deal effectively triples the company’s footprint at its headquarters facility, which is located at 5100 Belt Line Road, to about 28,000 square feet across the top two floors of the three-story building. Nick Lee and Walker Hume of NAI Robert Lynn represented Topaz Labs in the lease negotiations. Kristi Waddell, Addie Ludwig and Jeremy Duggins of Cawley Partners represented the landlord.
PRINCETON, N.J. — Blackrock has signed a 10-year, 176,000-square-foot office lease extension in Princeton. The global private equity firm will continue to occupy the entire third and fourth floors, as well as part of the fifth floor and a street-level space, at the 330,000-square-foot building at 1 University Square Drive. Tim Greiner, Tom Romano, Vinny DiMeglio, Mike Pietrowicz and Jonathan Ortiz of JLL represented the landlord, Argent Ventures, in the lease negotiations. Peter Riguardi, Matt Astrachan, Nicole Tiger, George Gemelos and Hannah Bernstein, also with JLL, represented Blackrock.
DENVER — Equity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC) is under contract to sell 1225 Seventeenth Street, an office property in Denver, for a gross sales price of $132.5 million. The 709,402-square-foot property is Equity Commonwealth’s last remaining property. The net purchase price is expected to be approximately $124.4 million after credits primarily for contractual lease costs. The undisclosed buyer has completed due diligence, and the earnest money deposit is non-refundable. The sale is scheduled to close later this month. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, and there is no assurance that the transaction will close.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CALIF. — Lafayette, Colo.-based Alloy Real Estate Capital has purchased Tech Center VI, a midrise office building at 5575 Tech Center Drive in Colorado Springs. Tech Center VI, an entity managed by Ogilvie Properties, sold the asset for $17.2 million. At the time of sale, the three-story 104,702-square-foot property was 97 percent leased to 17 tenants, most in the aerospace and defense contractor industries. Aaron Johnson, Jon Hendrickson and Mitch Veremeychik of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL’s Capital Markets group has arranged the $1.1 billion refinancing of 3 Bryant Park, a 42-story office tower located at 1095 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. The 1.2 million-square-foot trophy building is situated within the Bryant Park neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan. Christopher Peck, Drew Isaacson, Lauren Kaufman, Jennifer Zelko and Christopher Pratt of JLL arranged the refinancing on behalf of the owner, Ivanhoé Cambridge, and the property manager, Houston-based Hines. Ivanhoé Cambridge purchased 3 Bryant Park in 2015 for $2.2 billion. Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Bank of Montreal were the lead lenders for the refinancing. Further details of the financing were not released. Located adjacent to Manhattan’s Bryant Park and the 42nd Street Subway station, 3 Bryant Park was 97.2 percent leased at the time of financing to tenants including Salesforce, which has signage atop the tower. Other tenants include Stifel, Dechert LLP, US Bank, Lloyds Bank and Standard Chartered. The tower also includes retail space leased to tenants including Whole Foods Market, Equinox, Valbella, Shake Shack and Rosetta Bakery. Other offerings at 3 Bryant Park include a new conference center, sky lobby with a coffee bar and more than 16,000 …
NEW YORK CITY — Jay Suites, a provider of flexible workspace solutions, has signed a 12-year, 60,000-square-foot lease extension in Midtown Manhattan. The space spans three full floors at 515 Madison Avenue, a 42-story, 370,000-square-foot structure that is known locally as the Dumont Building, with the 10th floor dedicated to the company’s conference brand. Jeffrey Gural of GFP Real Estate, which owns the building, represented both the tenant and landlord in the lease negotiations.
MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — Bolour Associates has completed the disposition of Cerro, a Class A creative office property fronting Interstate 5 in Mission Viejo, for $23.9 million. The name of the buyer was not released. Situated on 3.8 acres at 27401 Los Altos, the four-story building offers 71,464 rentable square feet and ample free surface parking. Nearly half of the building’s leases represent credit tenant commitments by organizations, including Pulte Homes and the U.S. General Services Administration, with almost 70 percent of tenants leased through at least 2028. Since acquiring the building in 2018, Bolour completed a renovation, including a Wi-Fi enabled lobby and outdoor patio, elevator modernization, common area corridors and restrooms, and exterior hardscape and landscaping. Additionally, Bolour completed multiple speculative creative office suites, providing move-in-ready spaces. Simon Dillon, Justin Hill and Reid Weaver of CBRE are handling leasing for the property. Blake Bokosky and Will Poulsen of JLL served as investment sale advisors for the transaction.
FAIRFAX, VA. — KLNB has negotiated the $7.9 million sale of a multi-tenant medical office building in Fairfax, 14 miles outside Washington, D.C. Joe Friedman and Josh Norwitz of KLNB represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties were not disclosed. Totaling 54,085 square feet, the property was 40 percent leased at the time of sale by medical tenants including sports rehab, post-op rehab, dentistry and behavioral health groups. Located at 8500 Executive Park Ave., the property is situated in a medical office cluster near major healthcare facilities such as Children’s National Hospital and Inova Fairfax Hospital.
DALLAS — Jackson Walker LLP has signed a 26,016-square-foot office lease expansion and extension at KPMG Plaza in the Dallas Arts District. The deal brings the law firm’s footprint within the property, where it has been an anchor tenant since 2015, to 147,915 square feet across six floors. Matt Wieser, J.J. Leonard and Marissa Parkin of Stream Realty Partners represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Phil Puckett and Jeff Ellerman (who now works at Stream Realty) of CBRE represented Jackson Walker.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Scottsdale Executive Square, an office property located at 13951 N. Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale. A Southern California-based private buyer acquired the asset from an undisclosed seller for $4.8 million. Built in 1993, the two-story, 29,806-square-foot Scottsdale Executive Square was 98.1 percent leased at the time of sale to 19 local and regional office and medical tenants. Geoffrey Turbow and Philip Wurth of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.