Office

Northwestern Mutual Leases 26,000 SF at Parkwood Crossing in Indianapolis

by Kristin Harlow June 30, 2020

INDIANAPOLIS — Northwestern Mutual has signed a 10-year office lease for 26,000 square feet at Parkwood Crossing in Indianapolis. The eight-building, 1.2 million-square-foot office park includes a 16,000-square-foot amenity center. It is located within the North Meridian/Carmel submarket of Indianapolis. Rubenstein Partners LP and Strategic Capital Partners LLC are the landlords and have owned the campus since 2016. Traci Kapsalis, Adam Broderick and Brittany Shuler of JLL handled the lease transaction on behalf of ownership. John Crisp of Cushman & Wakefield represented Northwestern Mutual, which is consolidating several downtown and suburban offices into its new space at Six Parkwood.

June 30, 2020

Acquisitions Midwest Nebraska Office

MAG Capital Partners Acquires Omaha Flex Office Building in Sale-Leaseback

by Kristin Harlow June 30, 2020

OMAHA, NEB. — MAG Capital Partners LLC has acquired a 47,184-square-foot flex office building in Omaha in a sale-leaseback transaction. The single-tenant, fully leased property serves as the headquarters for Scantron’s technology solutions department. The seller was Transom Capital Group. Scantron, best known for its machine-readable paper forms for multiple-choice test questions, was acquired by Transom in December 2019. Built in 1987, the property is located on 3.6 acres at 2020 S. 156th Circle. Two-thirds of the building is utilized as flex office space with the remainder being used for warehousing and manufacturing space. Nick Foster of JLL represented the seller. Mary Garnett and Jim Tuesley of Barnes & Thornburg LLP represented the buyer.

June 30, 2020

Leasing Activity Office Texas

DebtBlue Signs 30,291 SF Office Headquarters Lease in Metro Dallas

by Taylor Williams June 30, 2020

RICHARDSON, TEXAS — DebtBlue, a national debt service settlement firm, has signed a 30,291-square-foot office lease for its new headquarters at 1125 E. Campbell Road in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. The company is expanding and relocating from a 6,000-square-foot space in nearby Addison. Ryan Hoopes of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Clint Madison and John Fancher, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented the landlord, Los Angeles-based Stanton Road Capital.

June 30, 2020

Acquisitions Office Texas

Cushman & Wakefield Brokers Sale of Historic Republic Building in Downtown Houston

by Taylor Williams June 30, 2020

HOUSTON — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of the Republic Building, a 19,850-square-foot office property located at 1018 Preston St. in downtown Houston. The building was originally constructed in 1907, housed the U.S. District Court in 1910 and was admitted to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Scott Miller, David Cook and Jeff Peden of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Republic Building TX LP, in the transaction. Fred Ghabriel of Bejjani & Associates Inc. represented the buyer, a subsidiary of government contractor MVL Group.

June 30, 2020

Features Office

How COVID-19 Is Drastically Altering Office Design

by Taylor Williams June 30, 2020

By Taylor Williams As office-using companies and employees slowly return to their workplaces, they will see major changes in the layouts and functionalities of their buildings and workspaces as a result of COVID-19 — features and practices that could potentially rewrite the playbook for how architects and engineers approach office projects in the future. Virtually all major components of office design stand to be impacted on some level by COVID-19, a virus that spreads through both shared contact of surfaces and physical proximity among users and employees in buildings. Further, ripple effects exist within the various components of design that have been impacted in the post-COVID-19 office market. In other words, one change in design will beget others. That’s because all of the forthcoming changes have one thing in common: an aim to bolster health and wellness. Building operators must approach all aspects of design with social distancing and heightened sanitation guidelines in mind — a different agenda from the previous ones of comfort, convenience and service. “Moving forward, design is going to be all about safety,” says Ari Rastegar, owner of Austin-based commercial investment firm Rastegar Property Co. “You’re going to see a move away from open layouts and …

June 30, 2020

Acquisitions California Company News Development Mixed-Use New York Northeast Office Top Stories Western

Hudson Pacific, Blackstone Form Joint Venture to Grow Movie Studio and Office Platform in Hollywood

by John Nelson June 30, 2020

LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK — Hudson Pacific Properties Inc. and Blackstone have formed a joint venture to expand the film and TV production platform for both publicly traded companies. Hudson Pacific is bringing on Blackstone as a partner to help capitalize a portfolio of studios and offices in Hollywood that have been used sparingly since the outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent stay-at-home directives in Los Angeles. As part of the deal, Blackstone (NYSE: BX) will buy a 49 percent stake in Hudson Pacific’s 2.2 million-square-foot Hollywood Media Portfolio, which spans three studios and five office buildings. Hudson Pacific (NYSE: HPP) will remain responsible for the day-to-day operations of the portfolio, which is valued at $1.65 billion. “Our latest joint venture with Blackstone unlocks a portion of the value we’ve created for our shareholders and provides us with significant capital to grow both our studio and office portfolios,” says Victor Coleman, chairman and CEO of Hudson Pacific. The portfolio includes Sunset Bronson, Sunset Gower and Sunset Las Palmas Studios (formerly Hollywood Center Studios), which comprises 35 stages and production and support spaces totaling 1.2 million square feet. The offices in the portfolio include 6040 Sunset, Icon, Cue, Epic and …

June 30, 2020

Development Mixed-Use New York Northeast Office

Innovo Property Group Completes 210,000 SF Office Project at Mixed-Use Building in Queens

by Alex Patton June 29, 2020

NEW YORK CITY — Innovo Property Group, a New York City-based developer, has launched 210,000-square-feet of office space in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. The space is located on two floors of The Bridge, an 830,000-square-foot mixed-use building located at 24-02 49th Ave. and can be adapted for coworking or shared office use. The building was originally completed in 1928 as an industrial facility and once served as a warehouse for Bloomingdale’s. The New York City Housing Authority holds a 30-year lease for 600,000 square feet of at the building.

June 29, 2020

Acquisitions Georgia Office Southeast

Skyline Seven Brokers $2.2M Sale of Office Building in Metro Atlanta

by Alex Tostado June 29, 2020

CHAMBLEE, GA. — Skyline Seven Real Estate has brokered the $2.2 million sale of 5115 New Peachtree Road, a 16,740-square-foot office building in Chamblee. The property was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to nine tenants, including Emory University, MARTA, Improve IT! of Atlanta and BryTech. The asset, which was built in 1973, is located adjacent to the Chamblee MARTA Station and 13 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. Elliott Kyle of Skyline Seven represented the seller, Atlanta-based First American Exchange Co., in the transaction. Southern First Bank provided an acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer, Old Ivy Property Re Fund I.

June 29, 2020

Development Office Texas

Granite Properties to Undertake 623,624 SF Office Redevelopment Project in Uptown Dallas

by Taylor Williams June 29, 2020

DALLAS — Granite Properties will redevelop Cedar Maple Plaza, an office complex located at the corner of Cedar Springs Road and Maple Avenue in Uptown Dallas. Granite will rebrand the new 623,624-square-foot mixed-use office property as 23Springs. The locally based developer will demolish three existing buildings on the 2.5-acre site and build a 26-story office tower, two detached buildings that will house 16,000 square feet of restaurant space and a small park. Amenities at 23Springs will include a coffee and wine bar, fitness studio, conference facilities and a tenant lounge with a golf simulator. GFF is the project architect, and DPR is the general contractor. Granite has received all necessary permits and entitlements and expects to begin construction in the first quarter of 2021.

June 29, 2020

Acquisitions District of Columbia Office Southeast Top Stories

Smithsonian Institution Pays $254M for New Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

by Alex Patton June 26, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Smithsonian Institution has acquired the 318,557-square-foot West Tower of the Capital Gallery office property in Washington, D.C. for $254 million. The U.S. government entity, which operates 19 museums and nine research centers, will use the building as its new headquarters. Located at 600 Maryland Ave. S.W., the 10-story glass building makes up just over half of the two-building property, which totals 631,029 square feet of Class A office space. Smithsonian also acquired four floors of the eight-story East Tower. Smithsonian already leases office space within the building, and the acquisition is part of a plan to consolidate five office spaces in the Washington, D.C. area into a single location. The financial and administrative offices, currently located in Crystal City at 2011 Crystal Drive, in Arlington, Virginia, are the largest offices to move to the new administrative headquarters. Other offices to be consolidated include spaces at 955 L’Enfant Plaza S.W.; 425 Third St. S.W.; and 901 D St. S.W. The move is scheduled to begin early next year. “The reason for purchasing an office building near the National Mall is twofold — it is more efficient to have staff together in a central location and it is …

June 26, 2020

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