NEW YORK CITY — Global coworking firm Regus has signed a 36,600-square-foot lease extension at 136 Madison Avenue, a 300,000-square-foot office building in Manhattan. Regus occupies the entire 15th and 16th floors of the building, and this transaction extends the tenant’s term through 2031. Michael Cohen and Andrew Roos of Colliers International represented the tenant and the landlord, Williams Equities, in the lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, a law firm specializing in aviation accident cases, has signed a 14,078-square-foot office lease at 485 Lexington Avenue, a 32-story building located near Grand Central Station in Midtown Manhattan. Brian Goldman and Cooper Weisman of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. SL Green Corp. owns the building, which was most recently renovated in 2007.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Dornin Investment Group (DIG) has completed the sale of two multi-tenant flex office buildings located at 1711 W. Greentree Drive and 8945 S. Harl Ave. in Tempe. A Texas-based private investment company purchased the two-building portfolio for $24 million, or $170 per square foot. Totaling 141,336 square feet, the buildings are located within Agave Business and Corporate Center. At the time of sale, the asset was stabilized at a combined occupancy of more than 97 percent. Eric Wichterman and Mike Coover of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
NOVI, MICH. — Motor City Floors and Coatings has purchased a new 8,180-square-foot building on Grand River Avenue in Novi that will serve as the company’s headquarters. The company, which specializes in concrete coatings for residential, commercial and industrial uses, is relocating from Commerce Township. Michael Murphy of Gerdom Realty & Investments represented Motor City. Jim Montgomery of Signature Associates represented the seller. The sales price and seller were undisclosed.
SAN FRANCISCO — Chicago-based REIT Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR), through its Life Sciences and Healthcare Real Estate Fund, has acquired an 800,000-square-foot life sciences campus in San Francisco for roughly $1 billion. The San Francisco Business Journal reports that the property is the Genesis South office and life sciences hub, which consists of two office and lab buildings totaling roughly 720,000 square feet, as well as a 72,000-square-foot building. The Class A campus is located on the city’s south side and consists of three newly built or renovated buildings. The campus was 96 percent leased at the time of sale with a weighted average lease term of more than six years. The property is purpose-built for advanced research functions and is predominantly features lab space supporting biotechnology and other life sciences research. Nearly half of the tenant roster consists of publicly traded companies with market capitalizations of $10 billion or higher that are backed by venture capital or private equity firms. The price represents a capitalization rate of approximately 5 percent. The seller was a partnership between Boston-based Bain Capital and San Diego-based Phase 3, according to IPE Real Assets, which provides global intelligence for institutional real estate investment. In …
LEXINGTON, MASS. — Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co. has received approvals to move forward with the development of a 200,000-square-foot life sciences project at 91 Hartwell Ave. in the Boston metro of Lexington. Designed by Boston-based architecture firm DiMella Shaffer, the property will consist of 95,000 square feet of lab space, 125,000 square feet of office space and a 502-space parking structure. The development team also includes Paul Finger Associates, LEC Environmental and Nitsch Engineering.
DALLAS — Locally based developer Cawley Partners will build a 150,000-square-foot office project on a 5.5-acre site at 2221 W. Mockingbird Lane near Dallas Love Field Airport. Designed by Corgan, the four-story complex will feature a central courtyard with multiple outdoor common areas, as well as onsite food service, a fitness center and a conferencing facility. Cawley Partners, which expects the construction period to last about 18 months, will also market some of the space to medical users.
PLANO, TEXAS — A partnership between Dallas-based LandPlan Development and St. Ives Realty has sold a 39,324-square-foot office building located within Parkwood Village in Plano. The partnership developed the single-tenant building, which is fully leased to a Fortune 500 logistics company, in 2018. Michael Austry and Jared Aubrey of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. An undisclosed institutional investor acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
DETROIT — Foster Financial Co. has acquired a 28-story office tower located at 211 W. Fort St. in downtown Detroit for an undisclosed price. The Grosse Pointe-based company acquired the asset in a joint venture with Tribus, a Grosse Pointe family office, according to Crain’s Detroit Business. This is the first time that the building, constructed in 1961, has sold. The 450,000-square-foot property is home to tenants such as the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Passport Office. Foster Financial plans to rename the building 211 Tower and undertake renovations. The seller was the original developer, which included principals from New York-based Minskoff Grant Realty & Management Corp., according to Crain’s.
CHICAGO — J.C. Anderson has completed an office buildout for The Jordan Co. at One North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The middle-market private equity firm is relocating from 1751 Lake Cook Road in Deerfield, Ill. The buildout on the 41st floor includes new private offices, open work areas, meeting rooms, a café, reception area, boardroom, pantry and copy room. IA Interior Architects provided architectural services and JLL represented property ownership. One North Wacker rises 51 stories and spans 1.4 million square feet in the Central Loop.
