ALLENTOWN, PA. — iQor, a Florida-based provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions, has opened a 30,000-square-foot office in the Lehigh Valley city of Allentown. The space includes a fitness center and a café and replaces iQor’s old facility in nearby Bethlehem. The company, which more specifically provides customer service, third-party collections and accounts receivable management, employs about 35,000 people across 10 countries.
HILLSBORO, ORE. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of a single-story call center building, located at 10500 NE Walker Road in Hillsboro, a suburb of Portland. A public REIT sold the asset to Hines Global Income Trust for an undisclosed price. Situated on an 18.9-acre site, 10500 NE Walker Road was renovated in 2009. The property features 16-foot ceiling heights, three dock-high doors, two grade-level doors, 938 parking spaces and LEED Silver certification. The property is fully leased to a long-term financial services tenant. Buzz Ellis, Adam Lasoff, Adam Taylor, Ira Virden, Carrie Kahn, Frank Solorzano and Conan Lee of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Boureston Development has completed the disposition of Woodbridge Square, a multi-tenant medical office building in Irvine. Anchor Health Properties acquired the property for $27.6 million. Located at 4980 Barranca Parkway, the 36,104-square-foot building was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to 18 medical, dental and laboratory tenants. Sean Fulp, Mark Schuessler, Ryan Plummer, John Scruggs, Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones and Ken White of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.
HANAHAN, S.C. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the $8.2 million sale of a 15,030-square-foot healthcare facility in Hanahan leased to Coastal Kids Dental and Braces. Jeff Enck and Teresa Lovely of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, a locally based private investor. The asset was purchased by a group of 1031 exchange investors from California. Built in 2017, the flagship location houses the tenant’s dental and orthodontic practice, as well as its office support and executive staff. Located at 996 Tanner Ford Blvd. on 1.5 acres, the two-story property is situated 15.1 miles from Charleston and 7.9 miles from Charleston International Airport.
HOUSTON — San Antonio-based USAA Real Estate has sold Park Ten Plaza, a 157,759-square-foot office building in Houston. Park Ten Plaza is situated within the 550-acre Park Ten Business Park master-planned development on the city’s west side and offers a fitness center, conference room and newly upgraded utility systems. Rick Goings, Kevin McConn, Marty Hogan and Jack Moody of JLL represented USAA in the transaction. Cameron Cureton and Wally Reid, also with JLL, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, a partnership between Fuller Realty Partners and ICP Funds. Park Ten Plaza was 94 percent leased at the time of sale.
CHICAGO — Hines has completed the concrete core and steel structure for Salesforce Tower Chicago, a 60-story, 1.2 million-square-foot office tower under development in downtown Chicago. The project is the first building in Chicago to require and measure Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) to quantify the carbon emissions of concrete, steel and other various construction materials, according to Hines. This led to a 19 percent overall reduction in carbon emissions for steel and concrete in comparison to the industry average, adds the developer. Hines partnered with Magnusson Klemencic Associates, a structural and civil engineering firm, to spearhead the creation of the Embodied Carbon Reduction Guidebook to educate Hines employees and industry peers about carbon reduction results. Neither a timeline for completion of Salesforce Tower Chicago was provided, nor were additional tenants besides Salesforce.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Colliers Detroit has arranged the sale of a 60,362-square-foot office building located at 5220 S. State St. in Ann Arbor. The sales price was undisclosed. Jim Chaconas and Joey Gatliff of Colliers represented the seller. The buyer, New Eagle LLC, provides specialized engineering services focusing on mechatronic control systems.
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILL. — The Illinois Department of Public Health has leased 9,923 square feet of office space at 11 Executive Drive in Fairview Heights, just east of St. Louis. Brokerage firm Barber Murphy represented the landlord, RETKO Group LLC. The representative of the tenant was not provided.
NEW YORK CITY — Standard Security Life Insurance Co. of New York has signed an 11,314-square-foot office lease at 488 Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Known as The Look Building, 488 Madison Avenue was originally constructed in 1949, rises 24 stories and spans 447,000 square feet. Scott Gutnick of Newmark represented the tenant, which will relocate from 485 Madison Avenue, in the lease negotiations. David Turino represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, on an internal basis.
FRISCO, TEXAS — A development partnership has unveiled plans for Fields West, a $2 billion mixed-use project in Frisco, a northern suburb of Dallas. The 180-acre project will be situated along the Dallas North Tollway within Fields, a 2,500-acre master-planned development that houses PGA of America’s new headquarters. The development partnership for Fields West comprises Hunt Realty Investments, Karahan Cos., Chief Partners LP, CrossTie Capital Ltd. and the heirs of Bert Fields Jr., the original landowner and namesake of the development. Dallas-based Hunt Realty purchased the site, then known as Headquarters Ranch, from the Fields estate back in 2015. While individual components for Fields West weren’t disclosed, the developers did sign an agreement with Marriott International to bring a new Ritz-Carlton hotel to anchor the development. The size and room count for the new hotel were not announced. The Dallas Morning News reports that Fields West will ultimately feature three hotels and offices totaling a combined 4 million square feet. The outlet also reported the property will feature shopping, dining and entertainment uses, as well as 2,800 apartments. Project architect Gensler announced that Fields West will be “three times” the size of Legacy West Urban Village, a retail project within …