NEW YORK CITY — Applause, a Massachusetts-based provider of digital testing and quality control services, has signed a 17,500-square-foot office lease at 355 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. Chris Foerch of Savills represented the tenant, which plans to take occupancy of the entire seventh floor later this month, in the lease negotiations. Robert Steinman internally represented the landlord, Rudin, which originally developed the 270,000-square-foot building in 1959.
FRANKLIN, TENN. — Foundry Commercial has arranged a 125,008-square-foot office lease at McEwen Northside, a 45-acre mixed-use campus in Nashville’s Cool Springs submarket. Located in the city of Franklin, the development features 1 million square feet of office space, 113,000 square feet of restaurants and specialty retail, a 150-room hotel, 770 luxury apartment units and green spaces. The tenant, procurement and supply chain management organization OMNIA Partners, will occupy all five floors of office space at the project’s Block A building starting in early 2023. The building also houses 19,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space on the ground level. OMNIA is relocating from its current headquarters, which is also in Franklin. Vince Dunavant of Foundry Commercial represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The landlord is Boyle Investment Co., co-developer of McEwen Northside alongside Northwood Ravin.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Pacific Group has broken ground on Helios, a 135-acre medical campus located in North Las Vegas. Construction costs for the project are set to total between $4.5 billion and $5 billion. At full buildout, the project is set to include a 1.1 million-square-foot inpatient hospital offering 600 beds, which will be built in three phases costing $1.2 billion; 1.3 million square feet of medical office and medical technology space; 250,000 square feet of retail with an emphasis on health and wellness; 900,000 square feet of research-and-development space with incubator spaces; 290 hotel rooms across two buildings; and seven restaurants, four of which will be full-service. The hospital portion of the development will offer an emergency department, surgical services and critical care. Additional outpatient offerings will include occupational therapy; behavioral and mental health therapy; educational facilities; testing labs; a sports rehabilitation center; skin care treatment; speech therapy; trauma therapy; radiology; imaging; urology; gastrointestinal care; pre- and post-natal care; and dental services. The research and development portion of Helios will focus on healthcare, aerospace technologies and sustainability. Local food and beverage offerings, athletic facilities, a grocery store, financial institutions, daycare centers and shops will occupy the retail segment …
By Ryan Foran, Cresa As we approach the three-year anniversary of the start of the pandemic, it continues to affect the commercial real estate industry in many ways, with no asset class impacted as significantly as the office sector. While retail initially stumbled but rebounded, and industrial soared to unexpected heights amid distribution emergencies, millions of U.S. office employees continue a tenuous balance of working from home versus going into the office. The pandemic wasn’t all bad news for office tenants. Many businesses with simple infrastructure and experienced staff have been so effective with remote set-ups that they have shed office space permanently and eliminated rent from the books. Others have embraced emerging technologies like virtual meetings and chat solutions to reduce the need for face-to-face interaction. In one way or another, most businesses were able to leverage this unique situation to improve their business processes, technology and personnel, and have embraced remote work at some level. But many businesses with younger, less experienced staff have reported ongoing struggles with recruiting, mentorship, culture development and staff retention. Some of these may have been amplified by complex external factors such as an ongoing labor shortage, an unprecedented resignation of our older …
PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH — St. John Properties has broken ground for Valley Grove III, a five-story Class A office building in Pleasant Grove. Once complete, the facility will bring the company’s commercial real estate portfolio in Utah to more than 1 million square feet. The 140,768-square-foot property will be the 22nd building at St. John Properties’ Valley Grove, which includes office, flex/R&D, restaurant and retail space. St. John Properties first started development at Valley Grove in 2017.
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.