Office

Norris & Stevens Arranges $2.6M Sale of Office, Retail Building in Portland

by Kristin Harlow September 1, 2020

PORTLAND, ORE. — Norris & Stevens Inc. has arranged the sale of a 9,048-square-foot office and building in Portland for $2.6 million. Located at 12923 NW Cornell Road, the two-story property is fully leased to seven tenants, including Next Home Realty, Edward Jones, The Foot Spa, American Family Insurance, Cedar Mils Chiropractic, Bridgetown Optometric Associates and Loft 202 Hair Studio. Todd VanDomelen and Charles Conrow of Norris & Stevens represented the buyers, L&N Fifth LLC and L&N Second LLC. Will Stone and Scott Logan of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller. Norris & Stevens will manage the property on behalf of the buyer.

September 1, 2020

Market Reports Northeast Northeast Market Reports Office Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Office Market Enters ‘Wait-and-See’ Mode

by Taylor Williams September 1, 2020

By Tom Weitzel, managing director, JLL The Philadelphia office market at the moment is running in place, which is to say that there is certainly energy being expended, but it is going nowhere fast. Tenants and landlords alike are partnering with real estate experts to navigate this challenging time. However, while office users evaluate businesses and study workforces, the benefit of making a decision has not yet outweighed the downside of making a wrong decision, so most users are adopting a “wait-and-see” approach. Tenant Perspective Tenants are finding it challenging to make long-term decisions about their office spaces given the lack of clarity in the future. Business leaders and executives are tasked with considering factors such as health and safety, productivity, profitability and overall employee morale on a daily basis as they evaluate their physical office space usage during COVID-19. Throughout the region, executives continue to balance health and safety concerns with operational needs as they advance office re-entry plans. They are also assessing the current productivity of their employees compared to that at the beginning of the pandemic. Many companies that we have spoken with have cited declining productivity and creativity from their employees. At the same time, these …

September 1, 2020

Acquisitions New York Northeast Office Top Stories

RFR Acquires Midtown Manhattan Office Tower from Morgan Stanley for $350M

by John Nelson September 1, 2020

NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based investment firm RFR has purchased 522 Fifth Avenue, a 23-story office tower in Midtown Manhattan. Morgan Stanley, which currently occupies the building, sold the property for $350 million. The office building neighbors Bryant Park and is situated near Grand Central Terminal and Rockefeller Center. RFR is hoping to find a single tenant to fully occupy the 575,000-square-foot property when Morgan Stanley moves out in 2024. Morgan Stanley’s CEO James Gorman told Bloomberg TV that the firm will need much less real estate going forward and that 90 percent of the company’s workforce is working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Aby Rosen, co-founder and CEO of RFR, and A.J. Camhi, executive vice president and head of RFR’s internal leasing team, are leading the leasing efforts for 522 Fifth Avenue. “We acquired 522 Fifth Avenue with the vision of working with a single user to create a custom, marquee headquarters in the premier midtown location,” says Rosen. “The vacancy is a remarkable blank canvas, well-positioned to respond to the requirements of a forward-thinking company looking for the prestige and exclusivity of a full building and New York City presence.” In 2014, Morgan Stanley sold …

September 1, 2020

Acquisitions Office Oregon Western

SKB, Harbert Acquire Historic Mason Ehrman Office Complex in Portland’s Old Town District

by Kristin Harlow August 31, 2020

PORTLAND, ORE. — ScanlanKemperBard (SKB) and Harbert Management Corp. have acquired the Mason Ehrman Building and Annex, a historic office complex in the Old Town district of Portland. The properties total 97,006 square feet. Built in 1908, the seven-story Mason Ehrman Building includes an attached annex building. SKB intends to construct a rooftop deck and add another 3,000 rentable square feet. The seller and price were undisclosed.

August 31, 2020

Leasing Activity Office Texas

JLL Negotiates 8,178 SF Office Lease at Lake Highlands Tower in Dallas

by Taylor Williams August 31, 2020

DALLAS — JLL has negotiated an 8,178-square-foot office lease at Lake Highlands Tower in Dallas. The building was recently renovated to include a new fitness center, expanded café and tenant lounge and an upgraded conference room. Lauren Halstedt, Ashley Curry and Garrett Nerren of JLL represented the landlord, Malouf Interests, in the lease negotiations. Eric Deuillet of Structure Commercial represented the tenant, Dallas-based physician management services firm 99 Healthcare Management.

August 31, 2020

Acquisitions New Jersey Northeast Office

Cushman & Wakefield Brokers $140M Sale of Office Building in Iselin, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams August 31, 2020

ISELIN, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $140 million sale of a 470,692-square-foot office building located at 194 Wood Ave S. in Iselin, located west of Staten Island. The sales price equates to $297 per square foot. Anchored by IBM, the property is located within the Metropark corporate office campus and was fully leased to seven tenants at the time of sale. Andy Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Kevin Donner, Frank DiTommaso, Kevin Carton and Todd Elfand of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, AIG, in the transaction. The buyer was New York City-based investment firm Opal Holdings.

August 31, 2020

Leasing Activity Midwest Office Ohio

Vanderlande Industries to Open Cincinnati Office in Governor’s Pointe Office Park

by Kristin Harlow August 31, 2020

MASON, OHIO — Vanderlande Industries has signed an office lease at Governor’s Pointe Office Park in Mason, about 25 miles northeast of Cincinnati. Amsterdam-based Vanderlande, a material handling and logistics automation company, will occupy the 4705 Duke Drive building beginning in October. The 141,000-square-foot building features a marketplace and break area on the first floor as well as outdoor seating and a walking trail. Scott Abernethy and Michelle Klingenberg of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Smith/Hallemann Partners. Jeff Bender and Seattle Stein of Cushman & Wakefield represented Vanderlande.

August 31, 2020

Content Partner Features Industrial Lee & Associates Life Sciences North Carolina Office Southeast

The Triangle’s Office Sector Slows but Life Sciences, Laboratory Sector Shows Resilience

by Sarah Daniels August 31, 2020

As companies extend their work-from-home policies for many traditional office jobs, office leasing in general is undergoing re-evaluation and leasing is slowing. But one sector of office space continues growing as space remains essential: life sciences office, laboratory and manufacturing space. Nowhere does this hold truer than in the Research Triangle in North Carolina. The Triangle occupies a position of power as one of the top five major life sciences centers in the United States. STEM-oriented institutions including Duke, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University provide education, research opportunities and employment for the area’s highly educated workforce. Large life sciences companies (including giants such as Glaxo Smith Kline, Biogen, Lilly and Pfizer) have taken advantage of the area’s lower cost of living to set up research labs and manufacturing space to support technology and healthcare work. A tenant and buyer representative for life sciences, technology and healthcare clients, Marlene Spritzer, Vice President of Lee & Associates Raleigh Durham, has witnessed firms from around the country relocate to the Triangle for years. Even before the pandemic, the area was attractive to businesses due to its wealth of resources and mild climate as well as …

August 31, 2020

Development Midwest Minnesota Office

Bridgewater Bank Opens New Corporate Headquarters in St. Louis Park, Minnesota

by Kristin Harlow August 28, 2020

ST. LOUIS PARK, MINN. — Bridgewater Bank, a local Twin Cities bank, has opened its new corporate headquarters in St. Louis Park near Minneapolis. Known as Bridgewater Corporate Center, the development is located at the corner of Excelsior Boulevard and Monterey Drive. The four-story, 84,000-square-foot building includes a Bridgewater retail branch on the ground floor. Operations and administrative offices are located on the second and third floors. Other tenants include Hazelwood Food & Drink and boutique fitness studio Discover Strength, both of which will open to the public in early 2021. Ironmark Building Co., The Bainey Group, DJR Architecture and Momentum Design Group made up the project team.

August 28, 2020

Loans Michigan Midwest Office

Bernard Financial Group Arranges $5.6M Refinancing for Office Property in Farmington Hills, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow August 28, 2020

FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $5.6 million loan for the refinancing of a 72,607-square-foot office property in Farmington Hills. Dennis Bernard and Joshua Bernard of Bernard Financial Group arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Duke & Duke LP. Securian Life Insurance Co. provided the loan.

August 28, 2020

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