HOUSTON — Chemical engineering firm Solugen Inc. has signed a 15,000-square-foot office lease at Greenway Plaza, a 52-acre office campus in Houston. Nick Terry of Rifle Real Estate represented Solugen in the lease negotiations. J.P. Hutcheson represented the landlord, Parkway, on an internal basis. Tenants at Greenway Plaza have access to a 150,000-square-foot fitness facility, a childcare center and an array of food and beverage concepts.
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. — Lutron Electronics has signed a 27,000-square-foot office lease at Seven Tower Bridge in the northern Philadelphia suburb of Conshohocken. The Pennsylvania-based energy products manufacturer will occupy space at Seven Tower Bridge, a 260,000-square-foot building situated along the Schuylkill River that is owned by a partnership between American Real Estate Partners and Oliver Tyrone Pulver Corp. (OTP). Tyler Vandegrift of JLL represented Lutron Electronics in the lease negotiations. Esther Pulver of OTP, in conjunction with Ken Kearns of Cadence Real Estate Advisors, represented the landlord.
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MINN. — Northmarq has arranged a $28.8 million loan for the acquisition of Centre Pointe Business Park in Mendota Heights, a southern suburb of the Twin Cities. The eight-building office park is located at 2060 Centre Pointe Blvd. Totaling 263,279 square feet, the property was built in phases beginning in 1997. The last phase was completed in 2019. The park, which was 95 percent leased at the time of sale, is home to 18 tenants, including Permasteelisa North America Corp. and HealthPartners Inc. Bill Mork of Northmarq arranged the 10-year loan, which features a fixed interest rate and a 25-year amortization schedule. A local credit union provided the loan to the buyer, Edina-based Capital Partners. CBRE represented the undisclosed seller.
LA VISTA, NEB. — Cushman & Wakefield/The Lund Co. has brokered the sale of the Securities America Office Complex in La Vista, a southern suburb of Omaha. The Class A office complex consists of three buildings totaling 148,524 square feet. The property is situated within the 237-acre Southport development, a major mixed-use project near I-80. Richard Secor Jr. and John Lund of Cushman & Wakefield/Lund represented the seller. Further details of the transaction were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — JPMorgan has unveiled plans to build 270 Park Avenue, a 60-story skyscraper rising 1,388 feet in Midtown Manhattan, for the financial firm’s new global headquarters. Construction is scheduled for completion by the end of 2025. 270 Park Avenue replaces a previous building, which was designed in the late 1950s for about 3,500 employees. The new project will feature 2.5 million square feet of flexible and collaborative space. The asset will offer 2.5 times more outdoor space on the ground level of Park and Madison avenues, with wider sidewalks and a large public plaza. The office tower will also include a food hall, health and wellness center, communal spaces, HVAC filtration systems and a conference center. The property will be fully powered by renewable energy sourced from a New York State hydroelectric plant and will operate on net zero carbon emissions. The asset will include technology to help it run efficiently, including intelligent building systems that use sensors, AI and machine learning systems to adapt to energy needs; advanced water storage and reuse systems to reduce water usage by more than 40 percent; and automatic solar shades connected to HVAC systems for greater energy efficiency. JPMorgan is …
PITTSBURGH — Law firm Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote PC has signed a 79,719-square-foot office lease at Four Gateway Center, a 1.5 million-square-foot office building in downtown Pittsburgh. The firm will relocate from its longtime space at PPG Place to occupy five floors at Four Gateway Center, which features a newly built conference facility and fitness center, in spring 2025. Dan Adamski, Nick Francic and Reid Mauro of JLL represented the tenant in its site selection and lease negotiations. The representative of the landlord, Hertz Investment Group, was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has negotiated a 41,937-square-foot office sublease at 195 Broadway in downtown Manhattan. Lattice, a consulting firm focused on improving company cultures, will sublease the space at the 11-story building from Namely, a provider of human resources software. Brooks Hauf, Peter Johnson and Leah Zafra of Avison Young, along with Bryan Emanuel and John Diepenbrock of Raise Commercial Real Estate, represented the sublessee in the negotiations. Steve Rotter, Brett Harvey, Justin Haber and Kyle Riker of JLL represented the sublessor.
ATLANTA — Simon Property Group has topped out One Phipps Plaza, a 13-story, 365,263-square-foot, LEED-certified, Class A office tower in Atlanta. The project includes the redevelopment of the former Belk department store at Phipps Plaza, a mall in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood. The property’s first tenant is Novelis, a provider of aluminum rolling and recycling. Novelis will lease 90,000 square feet of space at the property and will use the building as its corporate headquarters. Other tenants slated to open at Phipps Plaza include Nobu Hotel & Restaurant, Life Time athletic club and Citizens Culinary Market. The 150-room Nobu Hotel will feature a pool, conference center, spa, and a Japanese restaurant called Nobu Atlanta Restaurant. Dallas-based The Beck Group is the architect and general contractor for the project.
ADDISON, TEXAS — AMLI Residential and Stream Realty Partners have been named master developers for a $472 million, 18-acre, mixed-use development in Addison, roughly 15 miles north of Dallas. The Town of Addison has been acquiring land for the project since the inception of the DART Light Rail system in 1983 with plans for a transit-oriented development. The project is centered on a DART Silver Line station currently under construction near Addison Circle Park, a 10-acre, master-planned public park. DART has partnered with the Town of Addison through a ground-lease structure that allows for the inclusion of both the train and bus stations in the development. Phase I of the project is set to include: A six-story, Class A office building with 150,000 square feet of leasable space and 9,000 square feet of ground-floor retail; a 13-story luxury multifamily community with 9,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space; a seven-story luxury multifamily building with 5,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space; a 650-stall parking structure with ground-floor retail; and a 45,000-square-foot entertainment complex operated by The HUB, a Texas-based creator of entertainment and restaurant venues with an emphasis on daily events and festivals. Cushman & Wakefield has represented the Town …
ALLEN, TEXAS — CTO Realty Growth (NYSE: CTO) has entered into an agreement to acquire a $30 million preferred equity stake in Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm, a 458,000-square-foot office and retail property located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Allen. Retail tenants at the property include Market Street, Anthropologie, Mi Cocina, DSW, The Cheesecake Factory, Brio Italian Grille and Michaels. The owner/seller of the property was not disclosed.
