Office

BPM Real Estate Group Purchases PetSmart Corporate Headquarters in Phoenix for $110M

by Amy Works April 5, 2021

PHOENIX — Portland, Ore.-based BPM Real Estate Group has acquired PetSmart’s corporate headquarters in Phoenix from an undisclosed institutional seller for $110 million. Barry Gabel, Chris Marchildon and Will Mast of CBRE, along with Kevin Shannon, Ken White and CJ Osbrink of Newmark, represented the seller, while Newmark’s Nick Kucha represented the buyer in the deal. David Milestone and Ramsey Daya of Newmark arranged acquisition financing for the buyer. Located at 19601 N. 27th Ave. in Phoenix’s Deer Valley submarket, PetSmart’s corporate headquarters features 365,672 square feet. The property includes three four-story buildings, one of which was built in 1997 and two in 2008, as well as a six-level parking structure. On-site amenities include a recently renovated full-service café, a daycare center and a fitness center with full-service locker rooms. The 15.1-acre site allows for the development of a 90,000-square-foot building and parking structure.

April 5, 2021

Acquisitions California Industrial Office Western

Realty Advisory Group Arranges Sale of 246,912 SF Office Building in El Monte, California

by Amy Works April 5, 2021

EL MONTE, CALIF. — Realty Advisory Group has arranged the sale of an office and industrial property located at 9320 Telstar Ave. in El Monte’s Flair Park area. Los Angeles-based Rising Realty Partners acquired the asset for $41 million. Built in 1975 and renovated in 2001, the 246,912-square-foot property offers 178,776 square feet of office space, which the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health occupies. Simultaneous with acquisition closing, Los Angeles County and Rising executed a new long-term lease for the office space. The remaining 68,136-square-foot industrial space is available for lease. Jim Abbott Sr. and Jim Abbott Jr. of Realty Advisory Group represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.

April 5, 2021

Acquisitions California Office Western

Gemdale USA Buys 222,524 SF Office Campus in Calabasas for $79M

by Amy Works April 2, 2021

CALABASAS, CALIF. — Gemdale USA, a subsidiary of China-based Gemdale Corp., has acquired The Park Calabasas, an office campus located at 4500 Park Granada in Calabasas. Rising Realty Partners and Fortress Investment Group sold the asset for $79 million. Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Rob Hannan and Laura Stumm of Newmark’s U.S. Capital Markets team represented the sellers in the deal. David Milestone and Brett Green of Newmark secured acquisition financing for the buyer. The low-rise campus features 222,524 square feet of office space with expansive outdoor courtyards, on-site amenities, landscaped gardens and executive parking. At the time of sale, the property was 92 percent leased to six tenants. Originally developed as a corporate headquarters facility for Lockheed Martin and later serving as headquarters for Countrywide Financial (Bank of America), The Park Calabasas had been utilized as a single-tenant campus for nearly 20 years until a $12 million renovation by Rising Realty and Fortress Investment Group. The renovation converted the single-tenant property into a multi-tenant creative office space.

April 2, 2021

Leasing Activity New Jersey Northeast Office

Avison Young Negotiates 48,511 SF Office Headquarters Lease in Princeton

by Taylor Williams April 2, 2021

PRINCETON, N.J. — Avison Young has negotiated a 48,511-square-foot office headquarters lease for immunotherapy company CytoSorbents Corp. at 305 College Road East in Princeton. The tenant is relocating from Monmouth Junction. Thomas Giannone, Ronald Ganter, Edward English, Paul Errigo III and Tracey Kasper of Avison Young represented CytoSorbents in the lease negotiations. The representative of the landlord, National Business Parks, was not disclosed.

April 2, 2021

Leasing Activity Massachusetts Northeast Office

Inkbit Signs 38,300 SF Office Lease at One Cabot Road in Metro Boston

by Taylor Williams April 2, 2021

MEDFORD, MASS. — Inkbit, a technology firm known for its innovations in 3D printing, has signed a 38,300-square-foot office lease for its new headquarters at One Cabot Road in Medford, a northern suburb of Boston. Joseph Pearce and Michael Frisoli of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Debra Gould and Rory Walsh, also with Newmark, represented the landlord, locally based investment firm The Davis Cos.

April 2, 2021

Development Office Texas

M2G Ventures Completes 50,000 SF Office Redevelopment Project in East Dallas

by Taylor Williams April 1, 2021

DALLAS — Locally based developer M2G Ventures has completed Bogart, a 50,000-square-foot office building at 4621 Ross Ave. in East Dallas that is a redevelopment of the former Dallas Can Academy site. The property offers headquarters, studio and spec office spaces and amenities such as a tenant lounge, fitness room and an outdoor gaming area. In addition, food and beverage concept Fiction Coffee has signed a lease to open a store at the property.

April 1, 2021

Development Illinois Midwest Office Retail

Skender Completes Construction of 45,000 SF Office, Retail Project for Herman Miller in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow April 1, 2021

CHICAGO — Skender has completed construction of a 45,000-square-foot office and retail building for furniture company Herman Miller in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood. Located at 1100 W. Fulton St., the build-to-suit project preserved the existing building’s historical masonry while incorporating a new concrete structure to support the 100-year-old exterior. The first floor includes a Herman Miller retail showroom, café and coffee bar. Skender collaborated with architect Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, owner’s representative CBRE, developer Fulton St. Cos. and project manager ConopCo Project Management.

April 1, 2021

Development Hospitality Mixed-Use Multifamily Office Retail Southeast Top Stories Virginia

Novais Partners, Hanover Co. Plan 4.4 MSF Mixed-Use Project in Metro D.C.

by Katie Sloan April 1, 2021

ASHBURN, VA. — A joint venture between Novais Partners and the Hanover Co. has announced plans for Rivana at Innovation Station, a 4.4 million-square-foot mixed-use development located 30 miles outside Washington, D.C., in Ashburn. The 103-acre, transit-oriented project will be developed adjacent to Loudoun County’s extension of the Metro Silver Line, one stop from Washington-Dulles International Airport. Current plans for the project include 2,000 multifamily units; 1.8 million square feet of Class A office space; a 185,000-square-foot retail village; a 265-room boutique hotel; and a network of green and public spaces, including an 11-acre park. At the center of the project will be Rivana Village, a walkable network of retail and creative office space inspired by the communal villages that dot Virginia’s landscape. Tenants for this portion of the project will include creative, independently-owned restaurants and local retailers. The development’s office space will include hotel-quality amenities as well as post-COVID-era design and engineering, with advanced filtration systems, upgraded air filters and enhanced cleaning protocols. Each office building is targeting LEED certification. The project’s development team plans to submit a land use application next week for consideration by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. Pending legislative approval, Novais expects to break ground …

April 1, 2021

Illinois Market Reports Midwest Midwest Market Reports Office

The Future of Chicago’s CBD Is Slowly Coming into Focus

by Kristin Harlow April 1, 2021

By Jeff Mulder, Colliers International Chicago By now, we all know that the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the world, affecting life as we knew it in the most unexpected ways. Our business, the business of office space, has been hit hard as companies almost instantly deferred or canceled real estate decisions and switched to work-from-home. The average occupancy of buildings in Chicago’s central business district (CBD) is currently 8.2 percent, according to the Building Owners and Managers Association. One year in, and corporations are still trying to determine the best path forward and what that will look like. But evidence of change, and some signs of what the future will look like, are slowly coming into focus. One noteworthy and reliable data point is sublease space. Colliers research reports that in the 20-plus-year history of Chicago’s office market, vacant sublease space offerings rise and peak within two to four quarters following major financial crises like the 2002 Tech Wreck and the 2009 Great Financial Crisis. Following these trends, current sublease space offerings in Chicago’s CBD have more than doubled since March 2020. Typically in the past, tenants in the market quickly absorbed sublease spaces that were offered — …

April 1, 2021

Acquisitions New Jersey Northeast Office

Mack-Cali Sells New Jersey Office Portfolio to Opal Holdings for $254M

by Taylor Williams March 31, 2021

EDISON AND ISELIN, N.J. — New Jersey-based REIT Mack-Cali Corp. (NYSE: CLI) has sold its Metropark office portfolio, which consists of four buildings totaling 945,906 square feet in the Northern New Jersey cities of Edison and Iselin, to New York City-based Opal Holdings for $254 million. The sale of the property, which was approximately 90 percent leased at closing, comes as part of Mack-Cali’s stated objective of divesting of its office holdings. The initiative has already led to the sale of office assets in Parsippany and Woodbridge. The company plans to use the proceeds to pay down its unsecured corporate debt in the second quarter. A Cushman & Wakefield team of Andy Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Frank DiTommaso, Seth Zuidema, Adam Spies, Kevin Donner, Todd Elfand and Kevin Carton brokered the deal on behalf of Mack-Cali.

March 31, 2021

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