Louisville’s office market is certainly a representative example of a typical office market in a mid-sized city. As expected, Louisville experienced the impact of COVID-19 and the remote work trend. Downtown had to endure the social unrest during summer 2020 that created a perception of a lack of safety. Our community has work to do to get things back to “normal,” but things are slowly starting to move in the right direction. As has always been the case, the downtown and suburban markets face different trends. Typically, the suburban market has outperformed the central business district (CBD) with higher average rents and lower vacancy. Presently, the downtown Class A market has average rents in the $19.11 per square foot range and vacancy around 22 percent. The suburbs are seeing $22.16 per square foot in rent and 14.6 percent vacancy. Recently, the CBD posted 480 square feet of negative net absorption for the second quarter. After taking large hits throughout most of the pandemic, this looks to be a sign that downtown may finally be turning the corner. The suburban market took a big hit this past quarter due to vacancies and downsizing of two large companies. Even so, suburban markets …
CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Amerant Bancorp Inc., a Coral Gables-based bank holding company, has sold its Coral Gables headquarters to an entity doing business as FNLI Audax LLC in a sale-leaseback deal totaling $135 million. Located at 220 Alhambra Circle, the Amerant Center spans approximately 177,000 square feet of office space and 134,000 square feet in structured parking. Built in 1997, the property will have 402 parking spots and was 82 percent occupied at the time of sale. As part of this transaction, Amerant’s subsidiary, 220 Alhambra Properties LLC, entered into an 18-year triple-net leaseback agreement for about $43 per square foot during the first year. Stream Capital Partners represented Amerant on this transaction.
WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH — Montecito Medical has acquired Granger Medical Clinic, a medical office building located in West Valley City, a suburb of Salt Lake City. Terms of the transaction were not released. Built in 2020, the asset features nearly 95,000 square feet of space. Granger Medical Clinic fully occupies the property. Physicians at the property provide a variety of medical services, including urgent care, cancer care, endocrinology, ENT, audiology, family medicine, gastroenterology, internal medicine, ophthalmology, orthopedics, sports medicine, pediatrics and urology. The building also includes an imaging center, lab and pharmacy.
PLANO, TEXAS — Locally based developer Billingsley Co. has begun construction on a 250,000-square-foot office building that will be located within International Business Park, a 300-acre campus in Plano. The project includes the development of a 584-space parking garage. The five-story building will be located adjacent to a 187,100-square-foot office building and a 9,000-square-foot amenity center that houses a fitness room, conference facilities, tenant lounge and a convenience mart. GFF Architects is designing the project, and Adolfson & Peterson Construction is the general contractor. JLL is the leasing agent. Completion is slated for spring 2023.
SUNRISE, FLA. — Bansi Properties has plans to develop a new 140,000-square-foot, four-story office building in Sunrise. The facility is slated for completion by 2023. Located on 22 acres within Sawgrass International Corporate Park, the new office building is part of Bansi’s newly established office campus that currently includes two office facilities available for lease, including 1500 Concord Terrace, a 180,000-square-foot property that Bansi recently acquired. Designed by architectural firm FSMY, the building will feature ample natural light, large floor plates and Energy Star- and LEED-certified materials and designs. The building will be located right off the Sawgrass Expressway, as well as near Sawgrass Mills Mall. Jay Adams of Newmark is managing leasing on behalf of Bansi.
WESTMONT, ILL. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Oakmont Point in the western Chicago suburb of Westmont for $21.7 million. The Class A office building spans 92,553 square feet and rises three stories. Completed in 2019, Oakmont Point is 91 percent leased to two tenants, JLL and Ryan Cos. US Inc. Sam DiFrancesca, Patrick Shields, Jaime Fink, Jeffrey Bramson and Bruce Miller of JLL represented the seller, Ryan Cos. Sidra Capital, which previously owned the property in a joint venture partnership with Ryan Cos., was the buyer. Lucas Borges, Claudio Sgobba and Christopher Carroll of JLL arranged a 10-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through a multinational investment bank.
CHICAGO — One Six Solutions, a full-service IT consulting firm, has signed a lease for 4,647 square feet on the second floor of Mural Park, a creative office and commercial redevelopment at 924 W. 19th Place in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. One Six Solutions is the first tenant at the two-building, 100,000-square-foot project. Konstantine Sepsis, Danny Nikitas, Matt Ward and Melissa Hemberger of Avison Young represented the tenant.
UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — New Jersey-based brokerage firm Wellington Real Estate has negotiated the sale of Sherbrooke Office Center, a 75,000-square-foot building in Upper Saddle River, located near the New York-New Jersey border. The four-story building is located at 600 E. Crescent Ave. Wellington represented the seller, Sherbrooke Holding Co. LLC, in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Compass Group, an asset management firm focused on Latin American markets, has signed an 8,000-square-foot office lease at 590 Madison Avenue in Manhattan’s Midtown Plaza District. The 43-story, 1 million-square-foot building offers a gym, golf simulator and onsite parking and houses users such as IBM, Morgan Stanley and Aspen Insurance. David Kaplansky of Colliers represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Stephen Siegel, Evan Haskell, James Ackerson, Taylor Scheinman and Brett Shannon of CBRE, along with internal agent Jeff Sussman, represented the landlord, Edward J. Minskoff Equities Inc.
ATLANTA — Hapag-Lloyd, a liner shipping company, has signed a lease for 127,000 square feet at Three Ravinia office building in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. Locally-based Preferred Apartment Communities Inc. (PAC) is the landlord. Hamburg, Germany-based Hapag-Lloyd will occupy approximately five floors at Three Ravinia. The lease is for a 15-year term, and the company is using the new location as its new North American headquarters, which was originally in Piscataway, N.J. With this lease, the property is now approximately 94 percent leased. Hapag-Lloyd is expected to create approximately 250 new jobs in the region over the next several years. The new tenant is expected to occupy Three Ravinia by the third quarter of 2022. Built in 1991, Three Ravinia is a 32-floor, 816,748-square-foot office building that features a fitness center, conference center, 24/7 onsite security, onsite café, coffee counter, onsite car detailing, full-service dry cleaner and cobbler, MARTA access with shuttle service and walking trails. Located at 3 Ravinia Drive, the office building is 15 miles from downtown Atlanta and 3.2 miles from Sandy Springs. The other tenants include IHG, Zillow and Lease Query. Kyle Kenyon of CBRE represented PAC in the lease transaction, and Ellen Stern, Sam Holmes, …