Office

MetLife, PGGM Acquire Four-Building Intersect Creative Office Campus in Irvine for $235.2M

by Amy Works June 30, 2022

IRVINE, CALIF. — MetLife Investment Management and PGGM have purchased Intersect, a four-building creative office campus in Irvine. Hines sold the property for $235.2 million. Totaling 453,975 square feet, the asset is located at 17877 and 17875 Von Karman Ave. and 17838 and 17872 Gillette Ave. in the Orange County Airport submarket. Kevin MacKenzie, John Chun and Samuel Godfrey of JLL’s debt advisory team secured a $117.6 million, 10-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Allianz Real Estate for the buyer. Previously, JLL worked to sell the original campus to Hines in 2015 and refinanced the asset on the company’s behalf in 2019. Intersect underwent a more than $27 million renovation in recent years. The asset features a two-acre courtyard with a game pavilion, urban garden, farmer’s market, basketball courts, volleyball courts, fire pits and lawn games. The Hangar 24 Brewery opens onto the courtyard and offers indoor and outdoor dining, as well as live music and events catering to the campus’ tenant base and residential neighbors. Additional onsite amenities include conference facilities, a fitness center, food trucks, wellness trails, private tenant terraces and patios, and subterranean and structured parking. At the time of sale, the property was 85 percent leased to …

June 30, 2022

Development Northeast Office Pennsylvania

KBS Completes Renovation of 205,424 SF Office Building in Metro Philadelphia

by Taylor Williams June 30, 2022

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — California-based development and investment firm KBS has completed the renovation of 1000 Continental, a 205,424-square-foot office building located in the northern Philadelphia suburb of King of Prussia. The building was originally constructed in 2007. Renovations included the addition of a conference center with casual gathering spaces, as well as upgrades to the elevators, lobbies and common corridors. KBS plans to implement further improvements to 1000 Continental as part of a strategic multi-year plan. Avison Young provided construction management services for the project.

June 30, 2022

Acquisitions Northeast Office Pennsylvania

Colliers Negotiates Sale of 98,555 SF Office Building in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

by Taylor Williams June 30, 2022

WILKES-BARRE, PA. — Colliers has negotiated the sale of 2 Public Square, a 98,555-square-foot office building in the downtown area of Wilkes-Barre, located south of Scranton. At the time of sale, the six-story building was 99 percent leased to tenants such as The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Luzerne County Community College. Jeff Algatt of Colliers represented the locally based private seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.

June 30, 2022

Leasing Activity New York Northeast Office

XOMOX Jewelry Signs 13,500 SF Office Lease in Midtown Manhattan

by Taylor Williams June 30, 2022

NEW YORK CITY — XOMOX Jewelry has signed a 13,500-square-foot office lease at 240 W. 40th St. in Midtown Manhattan. The fine jewelry manufacturer is expanding from a 6,500-square-foot space at 151 W. 46th St. and will occupy the entire ninth floor of the building for a term of 10 years. Michael Nazarian and Matt Kashani of Norman Bobrow & Co. represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Daniel Lolai, Joel Kubie and Eric Siegel of LSL Advisors represented the landlord, The Sioni Group.

June 30, 2022

Iowa Market Reports Midwest Midwest Market Reports Office

Collaboration, Creativity and Coffee: Reasons Why the Office Still Matters

by Kristin Harlow June 30, 2022

By Chris Curran and Alexa Strickler, R&R Realty Group It’s no secret that the past couple of years have been dramatically different for us all. We’ve had to adjust to new routines, new practices and new ways of getting work done. Some of these new things will be here to stay while others have already receded into memory. No matter the amount of change though, one thing remains the same. That’s the need for human connections and relationships. And, ultimately, that’s what physical office space provides. It seems many organizations are starting to understand just how valuable this connection truly is. Across various submarkets within the Des Moines metro area, companies large and small are returning to in-person work. And it’s not just existing customers returning to their spaces. There has been a marked uptick in office leasing activity in locations ranging from downtown to the western suburbs. From advertising agencies to accounting firms and more, the vacancy rate across the entirety of central Iowa is beginning to be chipped away. Why are so many companies across a wide variety of industries heading back to the office? Well, like we mentioned earlier, there’s a sense of connection and an ability …

June 30, 2022

Development Florida Office Southeast

OKO Group, Cain Top Off 55-Story 830 Brickell Office Tower in Miami

by John Nelson June 29, 2022

MIAMI — OKO Group and Cain International have topped off construction at 830 Brickell, a 55-story office tower underway in Miami’s Brickell Financial District. The 724-foot building is the first standalone office tower to break ground in Brickell in over a decade, according to the developers. Project partners include general contractor Civic Construction, architectural firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill and interior designer Iosa Ghini Associati. 830 Brickell will include a rooftop bar/lounge and restaurant, as well as a health and wellness center, conferencing facilities, an outdoor terrace, cafés and street-level retail space. 830 Brickell is more than 60 percent preleased ahead of its projected completion later this year. Cushman & Wakefield has executed leases with Microsoft, Thoma Bravo, A-CAP, CI Financial, Marsh Insurance, AerCap and WeWork.

June 29, 2022

Leasing Activity Office Texas

DISCO Opens 46,000 SF Headquarters Office in Downtown Austin

by Taylor Williams June 29, 2022

AUSTIN, TEXAS — DISCO, a developer of cloud-based artificial intelligence solutions, has opened its 46,000-square-foot global headquarters office at One Eleven Congress in downtown Austin. Approximately 40 percent of the company’s 600 employees will work out of the headquarters space. DISCO, which also recently opened an office in New York, initially relocated its hub from Houston to Austin in 2018. Atlanta-based Cousins Properties owns One Eleven Congress.

June 29, 2022

Leasing Activity Michigan Midwest Office

FDIC Signs 6,000 SF Office Lease in Wixom, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow June 29, 2022

WIXOM, MICH. — Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has signed a 6,000-square-foot office lease at 38000 Assembly Park Drive in Wixom, a western suburb of Detroit. FDIC will vacate offices in Livonia and Grand Rapids. The 36,000-square-foot office building is one of two office locations within Assembly Park, a mixed-use development. Construction of FDIC’s tenant buildout is expected to begin this month, with completion slated for the fall. Kelly Fisher and Neal Warling of JLL represented the landlord, General RV.

June 29, 2022

Market Reports Nevada Office Western Western Market Reports

Las Vegas Tops List of National Office Performers

by Jeff Shaw June 29, 2022

By Ryan Sarbinoff, First Vice President and Regional Manager, Marcus & Millichap A growing, educated local labor force and lower rents compared to other office hubs in the region are driving office tenants to Las Vegas. The metro registered the largest drop in office vacancy among major U.S. markets over the 12-month span that ended in March, as tenants absorbed more than 2 million square feet. Much of this space was at Class B/C properties, with the subsector noting the strongest four-quarter span for demand on record. The resulting 330-basis-point reduction in overall availability during the year-long period slashed vacancy to a more than 15-year low of 12.4 percent, enhancing the sector’s outlook heading into the second quarter. The metro’s second-largest submarket by inventory, Southwest Las Vegas, exemplifies the strength of the local office sector. During the past year, the area accounted for half of the metro’s 20,000-square-foot-plus lease executions. International Gaming Technology’s sublease of a three-story building highlighted recent activity, with VisCap Media, Agilysys, DraftKings, Kiewit and Molina Healthcare all making notable commitments that dropped vacancy to 9.4 percent in March. Apart from leasing, this submarket is also the center of development. Roughly 60 percent of the space slated for completion …

June 29, 2022

Development Office Texas

Ryan Cos. Breaks Ground on 409,000 SF Office Building at Legacy West in Plano

by Taylor Williams June 28, 2022

PLANO, TEXAS — Ryan Cos. has broken ground on Ryan Tower, a 409,000-square-foot office building within the Legacy West mixed-use development in Plano. Global tax firm Ryan LLC plans to occupy about half of the 23-story building as its new headquarters, and the Minneapolis-based developer has engaged JLL to market the remaining space for lease. ACORE Capital provided construction financing for the project, which Ryan Cos. is developing in a joint venture with the real estate investment arm of Kansas-based conglomerate Koch Industries. Amenities will include a fitness center, multiple conference rooms, tenant lounge and a café. Gensler is the project architect. Construction is slated for a third-quarter 2024 completion.

June 28, 2022

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