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Vroom Signs 102,500 SF Office Lease at Westchase Park II in Houston

by Taylor Williams January 21, 2021

HOUSTON — Vroom, a New York City-based automotive retailer and online marketplace, has signed a 102,500-square-foot office lease at Westchase Park II in Houston. The 569,825-square-foot office complex comprises two buildings and a freestanding amenity center that houses a Citrus Kitchen restaurant, a fitness center with full-service locker rooms and a tenant conference center. Louie Crapitto of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Eric Anderson, Parker Burkett and Katy Gragg of Transwestern represented the undisclosed landlord. The lease brings the building’s occupancy rate to 92 percent.

January 21, 2021

Acquisitions Northeast Office Pennsylvania Retail

Colliers Brokers Sale of 74,452 SF Bicentennial Building in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

by Taylor Williams January 21, 2021

WILKES-BARRE, PA. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of the Bicentennial Building, a 74,452-square-foot office and retail property in Wilkes-Barre, located near Scranton in the northeastern part of the state. The six-story building was 83 percent occupied at the time of sale. Bicentennial Building Associates sold the asset to a private investment group based in the New York metro area. Jeff Algatt and John Susanin of Colliers brokered the deal.

January 21, 2021

Acquisitions Arizona Development Industrial Office Western

ViaWest Group Acquires Insight Enterprises Office Portfolio in Tempe, Plans Industrial Redevelopment

by Amy Works January 20, 2021

TEMPE, ARIZ. — A joint venture partnership led by Phoenix-based ViaWest Group has purchased three real estate properties in Tempe from Insight Enterprises for $26.8 million. Phil Breidenback and Kathy Foster of Colliers International Arizona represented the seller and handled the transaction. The portfolio includes a 102,000-square-foot office building at 6280 S. Harl Ave., a 130,270-square-foot industrial/back office property at 910 W. Carver Ave. and an adjacent 56,240-square-foot office building at 8123 S. Hardy Ave. ViaWest plans to demolish the South Harl Avenue building, which will house Insight’s headquarters through December of this year. ViaWest then plans to develop two Class A industrial buildings, totaling 358,114 square feet, on the 19-acre site. The facilities will feature 32-foot clear heights and a shared truck court. Each speculative building will be available for a single tenant or space divisible to 30,000 square feet. McCall & Associates is serving as architect and Wilmeng is serving as general contractor for the buildings, which are slated for completion in mid-2022. Rob Martensen of Colliers International Arizona will serve as leasing agent for the new buildings. The West Carver Avenue building offers 100,270 square feet of industrial/back office space and a 30,000-square-foot mezzanine area. Insight currently …

January 20, 2021

Acquisitions Midwest Missouri Office Retail

Rubenstein Real Estate Acquires 20,000 SF Office, Retail Building in Kansas City

by Kristin Harlow January 20, 2021

KANSAS CITY, MO. — An affiliate of Rubenstein Real Estate, together with an affiliate of Exact Architects, has acquired a 20,000-square-foot office and retail building located at the corner of Linwood and Main streets in Kansas City. At the time of sale, the building was 25 percent occupied. A new tenant will soon lease a portion of the first floor, leaving 9,418 square feet remaining available for lease. Substantial building and common area renovations are underway. The two-story building features almost 80 parking spaces. Dwight Medbery III of Rubenstein led the buyer investment group. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed.

January 20, 2021

Acquisitions Connecticut Northeast Office

Davis Marcus Partners Sells Office Building in Fairfield, Connecticut, for $10M

by Taylor Williams January 20, 2021

FAIRFIELD, CONN. — An entity managed by Davis Marcus Partners, which is a joint venture between Marcus Partners and The Davis Companies, has sold a boutique office building located at 2150 Post Road in the southern Connecticut city of Fairfield for $10 million. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1986 and spans roughly 51,000 square feet. A CBRE team of Jeffrey Dunne, Steven Bardsley, David Gavin, Jeremy Neuer, Gene Pride and Stuart MacKenzie represented the seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, a group led by Valley East Management. The property was 96 percent leased at the time of sale.

January 20, 2021

Acquisitions Arizona Office Top Stories Western

TerraCap Management Acquires Anchor Centre Office Park in Phoenix for $103.5M

by Kristin Harlow January 20, 2021

PHOENIX — TerraCap Management LLC has acquired Anchor Centre, an office property in Phoenix’s Camelback Corridor, for $103.5 million. The two-building office park spans 333,014 square feet at the intersection of 24th Street and Camelback Road. KBS was the seller. The buildings were constructed in 1984 and 1986, and KBS completed a multimillion-dollar capital improvement program upon its acquisition of the asset in 2014. KBS made upgrades to the lobby, common areas, restrooms and amenity spaces, which include a deli, tenant lounge, game room, fitness center, conference facility, outdoor patio and underground parking. Anchor Centre is currently 93 percent occupied by tenants such as Humana Insurance, Northwestern Mutual and Black & Veatch. “The property’s freeway access and close proximity to high-end retail is advantageous for the tenants,” says Steve Hagenbuckle, founder and managing partner of TerraCap. “The amount of in-migration and corporate relocations coming from the West Coast should assist in keeping occupancy high, allowing us to increase long-term value for our investors.” The Phoenix office market showed signs of growth during the third quarter of 2020, posting just over 300,000 square feet of positive absorption, according to JLL. Colony Capital provided debt financing for TerraCap with assistance from Kevin …

January 20, 2021

Company News Florida Office Southeast

Polo Realty Group, Kay Commercial Realty to Oversee Leasing of 31,400 SF Office Building in Boca Raton

by Alex Tostado January 19, 2021

BOCA RATON, FLA. — Polo Realty Group and Kay Commercial Realty have been selected to lead the leasing effort for The Milan at Boca Center, a seven-story office building in Boca Raton. Roger Steinhardt of locally based Polo Realty and Bill Klein of New Jersey-based Kay Commercial will handle leasing on behalf of the undisclosed owner. The Milan at Boca Center is located at 1675 N. Military Trail, three miles west of downtown Boca Raton. Comerica Bank anchors the asset, which is also partially leased to Salon Sora.

January 19, 2021

Acquisitions Development Healthcare Massachusetts Northeast Office

BioMed Realty Acquires 162,000 SF Office Building, 7.5 Acres in Metro Boston

by Taylor Williams January 19, 2021

SOMERVILLE, MASS. — BioMed Realty, a subsidiary of Blackstone that focuses on life sciences real estate, has acquired a 162,000-square-foot office building and a 7.5-acre development tract within the Assembly Row mixed-use destination. The property is located in Somerville on the northern fringe of Boston. The site will be developed in phases and ultimately add 1.3 million square feet of life sciences space to the local supply. A construction timeline was not disclosed.

January 19, 2021

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Distressed Property Outlook: Valbridge Forecasts 2021 Opportunities

by Sarah Daniels January 19, 2021

When the pandemic took hold and rents of commercial properties began to waver, many experts in the industry expected a flood of distressed properties to hit the market in mid- to late 2020. To date, however, that hasn’t happened to a large extent. Valuation firms assumed they would get busier as properties fell upon hard times. Karl Finkelstein is vice president of Business Development and senior managing director for Valbridge Property Advisors, an independent, commercial valuation and advisory services firm based in Naples, Fla. with 80 offices nationwide. Finkelstein spoke recently to REBusinessOnline and explains that while not many high-profile sales have happened, other factors have kept those in his area of the industry busy in recent times. Finkelstein covers likely outcomes for distressed properties in 2021 and which sectors are performing well. A flight to quality, low rates and a reevaluation of shifting pandemic timelines have meant that the valuation business has its work cut out for it. Asset Type Winners and Losers There isn’t much surprising in the list of property types experiencing difficulties at the moment. Lodging properties (especially those tied to conventions), fly-to resorts, urban retail and standalone restaurants (particularly those without drive-thrus) all experienced a …

January 19, 2021

Development New York Northeast Office Top Stories

L&L Holding Nears Completion of $1B Office Tower at 425 Park Ave. in Manhattan

by Taylor Williams January 19, 2021

NEW YORK CITY — Locally based development and investment firm L&L Holding Co. is nearing completion of 425 Park Avenue, an office tower in Midtown Manhattan. Designed by British architecture firm Foster + Partners, the building rises 47 stories and 897 feet, spanning an entire city block. L&L is co-developing the property with Tokyu Land Corp. and will co-manage it with BentallGreenOak. The development is valued at $1 billion, according to the New York Post. The development team has received a temporary certificate of occupancy, and the exterior tower crane has now been dismantled and removed, signaling that the end of construction is near. The building’s glass and steel façade is now fully enclosed. The initial groundbreaking occurred in 2016, when the anchor tenant initially signed its lease, according to the Post report. That tenant is financial services firm Citadel Enterprises, which has preleased 331,800 square feet. That figure represents approximately half of the building’s total amount of leasable office space. The building also includes 9,552 square feet of retail space on the ground floor and 8,829 square feet of retail space on the mezzanine level. L&L has also begun the interior build-out of the tower’s amenity floor, which will feature …

January 19, 2021

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