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BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Brother International Corp., a provider of home office and business products, has signed a 101,724-square-foot office lease extension at 200 Bridgewater Crossing on the western outskirts of New York City. Atlanta-based Piedmont Office Realty Trust owns the 299,000-square-foot building, which was built in 2002 and offers a café, fitness center, conference center and an onsite helipad. Andrew Zezas, Scott Lesh and Brian Davidson of JLL represented Brother International in the lease negotiations. William McCaffrey of Avison Young represented the landlord.

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NEW YORK CITY — Elijah Equities has begun leasing The Warehouse, a 98,000-square-foot office building located at 520 W. 20th St. in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The four-story property is a redevelopment of a former textile mill and features floor-to-ceiling windows, central heating and cooling on each floor and 18,000 square feet of outdoor terraces. Newmark Knight Frank is the exclusive leasing agent for the building.

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LOS ANGELES — Western Studio Services has completed the disposition of its creative office and industrial campus at 4561 Colorado Blvd. in Los Angeles. A joint venture between Captiva Partners, Avalon Investment Co. and a private investor acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. The front 146,000-square-foot building has a mid-century modern design with two-story offices, ample warehouse space and a third-level upper deck and community room. The rear 43,000-square-foot facility features an open, clear-span footprint with high ceiling clearance. The seller formerly occupied the property. Matt Dierckman, David Harding, Greg Geraci and Billy Walk of CBRE represented the buyer and seller in the deal.

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TITUSVILLE, FLA. — North American Properties (NAP) has acquired 21 acres in Titusville to develop industrial and office space. Phase I of the project will include 135,000 square feet of commercial space spread across multiple buildings. DAG Architects is the designer, NAI Talcor is handling sales and leasing, The Taproot Agency is serving as an advisor, Collins Brown Barkett Chartered is providing legal counsel and Atkins is the civil engineer. NAP expects to have Phase I ready to lease in the next 12 months, according to Shawn McIntyre, NAP Florida managing partner. A timeline for construction was not disclosed. The land is situated on the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 1 and NASA Causeway, seven miles west of the Kennedy Space Center. This is the first project in Florida’s Space Coast for the Cincinnati-based developer, which was attracted to the area’s concentration of global aerospace giants such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and United Launch Alliance.

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MELVILLE, N.Y. — CBRE has negotiated the $32 million sale of the leasehold interest in a 202,225-square-foot office building located on Long Island in the city of Melville. The property is currently 87 percent leased. Jeff Dunne, Jeremy Neuer, Steve Bardsley, David Gavin, Gene Pride, Travis Langer and Philip Heilpern of CBRE represented the seller and building owner, RXR Realty, in the transaction. The team also procured The Feil Organization as the buyer.

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CERRITOS, CALIF. — Nome Ventures, a Bay Area-based real estate investment firm, has acquired Cerritos Center Court, a Class A office building in Cerritos, for an undisclosed price. Located at 17777 Center Court Drive within the 125-acre master-planned Cerritos Central Business District, the eight-story building features 170,977 square feet of office space. At the time of sale, the property was 98 percent leased. Built in 2002, a 2018 renovation fully upgraded the lobbies, corridors, restrooms, electric vehicle charging stations and 680 parking spaces. The transaction is a leasehold sale as the building sits on a long-term ground lease owned by the City of Cerritos with more than 66 years remaining on the term. Todd Tydlaska, Sean Sullivan, Mike Longo, Anthony DeLorenzo and Mark Shaffer of CBRE represented the seller, an undisclosed institutional investor, while Nome Ventures was self-represented in the deal. Greg Grant of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance team secured a $26.7 million loan on behalf of the buyer.

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DALLAS — The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) office market recorded approximately 640,000 square feet of negative net absorption during the second quarter, according to a new report from CBRE. This first and second quarters of this year mark the first times the market has recorded such as statistic since the first quarter of 2018. The combination of companies laying off workers, vacating subleased space and delaying move-ins amid COVID-19 brought the market’s vacancy rate to 21.8 percent. The report noted that the metroplex lost about 227,000 jobs during the 12-month period ending May 31, 2020, after previously posting one of the healthiest unemployment rates in the country. In addition, there is nearly 5 million square feet of office product under construction in DFW, suggesting that vacancy may continue to trickle upward during ensuing quarters as the state battles new surges of COVID-19 cases.

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MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Developer VanTrust Real Estate has broken ground on McKinney Corporate Center II, a 115,000-square-foot speculative office project located north of Dallas. The building will be located within the 2,200-acre Craig Ranch master-planned development, across the street from the campus of Collin College Tech. Amenities will include a tenant lounge, conference center and a tenant patio, as well as grab-and-go food service. Holt Lunsford Commercial is handling leasing of the project, a firm completion date for which has not yet been established. VanTrust completed McKinney Corporate Center I, which is now fully leased, in 2015.

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MIAMI — Parkway Real Estate Services LLC and joint venture partner KKR have completed their $10 million renovation of Sabadell Financial Center, a 30-story, 524,000-square-foot office tower in Miami’s Brickell district. The waterfront property overlooks Biscayne Bay. Parkway Real Estate and KKR acquired the property for $250 million in 2018 and immediately commenced renovation plans. Upgrades included redesigning the entrance and renovating the lobby, as well as adding enhanced cellphone signal technology, meeting and entertainment spaces and a rooftop deck with space for fitness classes. The landlords also signed three retail tenants — Vice City Bean, Carrot Express and Fitbox Method — to occupy space on the ground level. This marks the third location for the locally owned Vice City Bean coffeehouse; the eighth location for Carrot Express, a healthy, fast-casual restaurant; and the second location for Fitbox Method, a fitness studio offering a mix of cardio and boxing training. Jonathan Carter and Jenny Gefen of Colliers International represented the landlords in all three retail transactions. Sabadell Financial Center was built in 2000 and is located at 1111 Brickell Ave., one mile south of downtown Miami. The asset features 8,000 square feet of ground-level retail space, a 26,000-square-foot amenity deck …

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment firm Tishman Speyer is expanding its coworking brand Studio with the opening of two new locations at Rockefeller Center’s 1230 Avenue of the Americas and 300 Park Avenue in Manhattan. The space at 1230 Avenue of the Americas spans 110,000 square feet across four floors, and the space at 300 Park Avenue spans 32,000 square feet. Studio features include private offices of varying sizes, videoconferencing facilities, onsite childcare and medical services and virtual wellness and fitness programs. Tishman Speyer first introduced the concept at Rockefeller Center in 2018, achieving full occupancy within the first five months of opening.

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