DEDHAM, MASS. — Coworking concept Industrious has opened a 35,441-square-foot flexible workspace in Dedham, a southwestern suburb of Boston. Industrious Legacy Place will be a pet-friendly space with a total of 400 seats and 13 conference and meeting rooms, as well as lounges and a library. The space is the seventh in the Boston area for Industrious, which has more than 150 locations across 65 U.S. and international cities.
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Lee & Associates’ Third-Quarter 2022 Economic Rundown by Sector
Lee & Associates’ newly released 2022 Q3 North America Market Report examines third-quarter 2022 industrial, office, retail and multifamily outlooks throughout the United States. This sector-based review of commercial real estate trends for the third quarter of the year examines the difficulties facing each asset class and where opportunities in the commercial real estate landscape may be emerging. Lee & Associates has made the full market report available here (with further breakdowns of factors like vacancy rates, market rents, inventory square footage and cap rates by city), but the summaries below provide high-level considerations of the overall health and obstacles for the industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors. Industrial Overview: High Rent, Low Vacancy Everywhere North American industrial space availability is tight everywhere while rent growth and property prices remain near or have moved beyond historic highs. Through the third quarter, the United States’ vacancy rate settled at 4 percent, up 10 basis points from second quarter 2022. Average rents increased 11.4 percent year over year with gains of 19 percent in Miami, 18.7 percent in Southern California’s Inland Empire, 16 percent in Phoenix and 14.6 percent in Atlanta. Since the COVID lockdown in March of 2020, developers of U.S. logistics space have been …
HOUSTON — Hoar Construction, a general contractor with nine offices across the country, has broken ground on Town Centre II, a 167,141-square-foot office project in West Houston. Designed by Kirksey Architecture and developed by Moody Rambin, the eight-story building will be located within the Town Centre complex and will house a 220-seat conference room. Construction of the project, which also includes a 1,390-space parking garage, is slated for a September 2023 completion.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Colliers has brokered the sale of Valley View Centre, a 64,000-square-foot office building located in the northern Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch. The four-story building was 84 percent leased at the time of sale. Cody Payne and Michael Tran of Colliers represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed 1031 exchange investor that acquired the asset in an all-cash deal.
PLANO, TEXAS — Granite Properties, in partnership with publicly traded REIT Highwoods Properties (NYSE: HIW), has topped out a 422,109-square-foot office building located within the 90-acre Granite Park development in Plano. Designed by BOKA Powell with interiors by HKS Architects, Granite Park Six will rise 19 stories and is scheduled for a third-quarter 2023 completion. Amenities will include a fitness center, tenant lounge, golf simulator, café and a lecture hall. The building will also offer an array of health and wellness features such as dispatch elevators, touchless entry points and restroom fixtures and advanced HVAC systems that promote clean air technology. Austin Commercial is the general contractor for the project, construction of which began in December 2021.
MINNEAPOLIS — Workbox, a flexible office operator, has signed a 27,748-square-foot lease at Deluxe Plaza in downtown Minneapolis. The firm will open its new space on Wednesday, Nov. 2. The lease represents the fifth location for Workbox and its first outside of Chicago. Deluxe Plaza has recently undergone renovations and offers amenities such as a tenant lounge, rooftop deck, fitness center and training center. Larissa Bodine, Ann Rinde and Mark McCary of CBRE represented ownership, Franklin Street Properties. Ryan Cos. is the property manager.
CHICAGO — Law firm Nisen & Elliott LLC is relocating its Chicago office from 200 W. Adams St. to a 15,417-square-foot space at 180 N. LaSalle St. The firm will take occupancy of the new space in November. The lease represents the firm’s first relocation in over 35 years. Eric Feinberg, John Goodman and Isabel Preskill of Savills represented Nisen & Elliott. The property rises 38 stories in the Loop. Building owner Ivanhoe Cambridge has recently made upgrades to the lobby and conferencing facilities.
TROY, MICH. — L. Mason Capitani CORFAC International has relocated its headquarters from 2301 W. Big Beaver Road to 1111 W. Long Lake Road in Troy. The new headquarters also houses sister company Liberty Property & Asset Management. The two-floor office features open meeting areas, conference rooms, workstations and ample natural light. The space also includes Liberty’s construction and design center, which provides property owners and tenants the opportunity to select and approve plans, specifications and finishes for projects.
KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Kalamazoo Child and Family Counseling PLLC is opening a second location in West Michigan at The Atriums Office Park in Kalamazoo. The property is located at 4341 S. Westnedge Ave. Kalamazoo Child and Family Counseling is a mental health clinic dedicated to serving children and teens that have anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, grief and loss or disruptive behaviors. The practice’s primary office is in Portage. The new location will provide all the same services as the Portage location and is slated to open in November. Kara Schroer of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan represented both the undisclosed landlord and the tenant in the lease.
DOWNEY, CALIF. — PSRS has arranged $6.9 million in refinancing for a multi-tenant office building in Downey. Constructed in 1969, the six-story property features 65,481 square feet of space. Grady Seldin of PSRS secured the fixed-rate, cash-out, non-recourse loan with a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization through one of PSRS’ correspondent life insurance companies.