NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has negotiated the $10.5 million sale of a 15,540-square-foot office and retail building located at 206 Spring St. in Manhattan’s So District. The five-story building houses tenants such as Korean restaurant The Woo and cosmetic dentistry firm SoHo Smile. James Nelson, Brandon Polakoff, Eric Karmitz and Bradley Rothschild of Avison Young represented the seller, locally based investment firm Corigin, in the transaction. The team also procured the undisclosed buyer.
By Bob Caudill, Executive Vice President, Colliers We continue to see a flight by tenants into low-rise office properties, typically four stories or less, and out of high rises. This trend began pre-pandemic, but COVID has undoubtedly accelerated its movement. Asking rates in the market have flattened, while concessions like free rent, beneficial occupancy and improvement allowances have increased. The surge in construction costs continues, putting stress on the economics of lease deals. In addition, construction material delivery delays have impacted the completion of tenant improvements. We will continue to see challenging times for office owners in the short-term as tenants are unsure how much space they need going forward. More tenants will also struggle to pay rent on time. In the long-term, although some industries have learned that they can remain successful with most of their employees working remotely, others are experiencing negative impacts on creativity and collaboration. As a result, their businesses have suffered financially, and they will require their employees to return to the office. Activity and Impact The Irvine Company’s Spectrum Terrace has set a new standard in design and quality for low-rise, Class A office properties. Tenants in this project are creating a workplace environment that employees will want …
ORLANDO, FLA. — Red Bank, N.J.-based Denholtz Properties has acquired a 106,966-square-foot, seven-story office building located at 618 East South St. in Orlando. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Constructed in 2011, 618 East South St. is downtown Orlando’s first privately developed LEED-certified building, according to Denholtz. Additionally, the building features an integrated parking garage with a ratio of 3.1 spaces per 1,000 square feet. Currently fully leased, 618 East South St. serves as the Southeastern headquarters for GAI Consultants, an engineering, planning and environmental consulting firm with clients in the energy, transportation, development, government and industrial markets. In addition to GAI Consultants, the building is home to six additional tenants spanning the financial services and healthcare markets. The property is situated near a Publix and Thornton Park, a neighborhood with restaurants, luxury condominiums and apartments. The building is also located adjacent to SR 408 East-West Expressway. The acquisition allows Denholtz’s Orlando area portfolio to grow to nearly 1 million square feet. The investor also owns the nearby 100 East Pine St. property, an 80,010-square-foot, six-story office building that is currently 90 percent leased to 12 tenants.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based lender Lightstone Capital has provided a $52 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of two Manhattan office buildings totaling approximately 152,000 square feet. The buildings are located at 28 W. 36th St. and 32-36 W. 39th St. in the Midtown South neighborhood and respectively total 66,000 and 86,000 square feet. Both properties include ground-floor retail space, and the second building is being converted from an office rental to condo usage, with sales set to begin in the third quarter. The borrower was R&B Realty Group.
NEWARK, N.J. — SJP Project Solutions, a division of New York City-based development and investment firm SJP Properties, is nearing completion of the renovation of the 100,000-square-foot office of law firm McCarter & English in Newark. The firm occupies five floors within the 15-story Gateway Center building, which is owned by Onyx Equities. Other project partners include Francis Cauffman Architects and engineering firm Robert Derector Associates. Full completion of the project is slated for the fourth quarter.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — De La Vega Capital and Development has unveiled plans for West Grove, a 600,000-square-foot mixed-use project being developed through a public-private partnership with the City of McKinney, located roughly 32 miles north of Dallas. Positioned at the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 380 and Custer Road, the 53-acre open-air development will include a mix of retail, restaurants and entertainment space anchored by Whole Foods Market; a 420-unit luxury residential complex; 55,000 square feet of office space; and a two-acre park. Architecture firm Gensler designed the project to promote outdoor gathering with open air paseos, outdoor decks, an experiential indoor/outdoor restaurant and entertainment space, and a central lawn that will feature live music, family movie nights and fitness classes year-round. “West Grove will be designed to bring people and a growing city together,” says Artemio De La Vega, president and CEO of De La Vega Capital. “A central green space and a mix of open-air, experience-driven retail and restaurant spaces will cultivate a sense of community, where visitors can connect meaningfully with each other and their natural environment.” A groundbreaking for the project is scheduled to take place during 2022. Dallas-based De La Vega Capital and Development is …
BALTIMORE — Byrnes & Associates Inc. has brokered the sale of 210 North Charles St., a 15-story, 232,000-square-foot office tower in downtown Baltimore. An entity known as 210 N. Charles Owner LLC, a joint venture partnership formed by Baltimore-based residential developer Trademark Properties and local investor Prab Thangarajah, has acquired the property for $6 million. Artemis Properties sold the property. Brad Byrnes of Baltimore-based Byrnes & Associates represented the buyer in the transaction. Built in 1894, 210 North Charles St., also known as The Fidelity & Deposit Building, will be converted into a multifamily property with about 220 apartment units. The property’s new ownership group intends to start the renovation process next month. The project will have a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom floorplans ranging from 500 to 2,000 square feet. Construction is slated to be completed by spring 2024. The development cost is expected to be $34 million. The project will also feature a street-level restaurant component, featuring a corner vault room complete with an outdoor seating area that overlooks Center Plaza. In addition, two or three retail spaces will be carved out of the street-level and leased to end users, and the project will have underground parking …
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Oracle, an Austin-based computer technology corporation, will lease space at Radius, a 265,564-square-foot office building in Nashville’s Gulch neighborhood. The tech company will use the office space as its new regional headquarters campus in Davidson County. Dallas-based Stream Realty Partners, which handles the building’s leasing and property management, and Sandeema Co. represented Oracle in the lease transaction. Radius, which previously was known as the Lifeway Plaza, is a nine-story building with six full-floor office spaces averaging 31,580 square feet that are available for lease. Oracle will occupy the fourth floor of the building. The building offers resort-style fitness facilities with lockers and showers, a tenant lounge, outdoor terrace, onsite security, café with grab-and-go items and ample parking. Located at 601 11th Ave. N., the office building is located 9.9 miles from Nashville International Airport and 2.5 miles from Belmont University.
IRVING, TEXAS — North Carolina-based investment firm Dilweg has acquired Royal Tech Business Park, an office campus in Irving’s Las Colinas district that comprises 11 buildings totaling 622,000 square feet, as well as undeveloped 9.2-acre parcel. Dilweg plans to implement capital improvements such as adding new landscaping and outdoor amenity spaces, modernizing building signage and upgrading the roofs, HVAC systems and parking areas. Randy Baird, Patrick Benoist, Jonathan Bryan, Jared Chua, Michael Dewey and Russell Ingrum of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Tenants at Royal Tech Business Park include Wells Fargo, TekSystems Global Services, Coinmach Service Corp. and Whataburger Restaurant Corp. Dilweg has tapped JLL to lease the campus moving forward.
CHICAGO — Commercial real estate firm Cresa has signed a 21,000-square-foot office lease to relocate its headquarters to Chicago from Washington, D.C. The firm will occupy space at 167 Green St. in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. Cresa says the decision to relocate follows the announcement of several high-level, Chicago-based leadership hires. The new office will house Cresa’s tenant advisory practice, project management and lease administration teams. The office will feature a mix of collaborative and private work areas. Cresa, which exclusively represents occupiers, maintains more than 80 offices and 1,000 employees.