Office

NorthMarq Arranges $64.5M Refinancing of SXSW Center Office Building in Downtown Austin

by Taylor Williams February 18, 2020

AUSTIN, TEXAS — NorthMarq has arranged a $64.5 million loan for the refinancing of SXSW Center, a 13-story office building located at 1400 Lavaca St. in downtown Austin. Designed by Pei Cobb Freed, the Class A property spans 143,998 square feet and features a fitness center, bike storage and electric car charging stations. WeWork occupies three stories at the building. Jim Lemos of NorthMarq arranged the loan, which carries a fixed interest rate and a 26-year term, through Pacific Life Insurance Co. The borrower was not disclosed.

February 18, 2020

Connecticut Leasing Activity Northeast Office

APCW Negotiates 10,000 SF Office Lease in West Haven, Connecticut

by Alex Patton February 18, 2020

WEST HAVEN, CONN. — Arnold Peck’s Commercial World (APCW) has negotiated a 10,000-square-foot office lease in West Haven, a southwestern suburb of New Haven. Healthcare provider Cornell Scott Hill Health Center will occupy the freestanding building located at 410 Campbell Ave. on a 10-year lease. Mark Glassman of APCW represented Cornell Scott in the lease negotiations. Joel Nessno of Press/Cuozzo Commercial Services represented the landlord, Plimpton LLC.

February 18, 2020

Leasing Activity New York Northeast Office

Tri State Commercial Secures 3,600 SF Office Lease in Brooklyn

by Alex Patton February 18, 2020

NEW YORK CITY — Tri State Commercial has secured a 3,600-square-foot office lease in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Home care company Care Skills Home will occupy space on the third floor of an office building located at 1125 Fulton St. on a five-year lease beginning in March. Avi Akiva led a Tri State team that represented Care Skills Home in the lease negotiations. Akiva also represented the landlord, The Bawabeh Group.

February 18, 2020

Life Sciences Market Reports Massachusetts Northeast Northeast Market Reports Office

Boston Life Sciences Market Shows No Sign of Slowing in 2020

by Alex Patton February 18, 2020

At this point, it sounds like the movie “Groundhog Day,” but 2019 was another impressive year of growth and success for the greater Boston life sciences real estate market — and that growth shows no signs of subsiding any time soon. Duncan Gratton, Cushman & Wakefield Strong levels of venture capital investment, big pharmaceutical partnerships and merger and acquisition activity continued to fuel unprecedented demand for life sciences space, not only in and around Cambridge but also in submarkets like the Seaport, Watertown and certain Route 128 corridors. Venture capital (VC) funding for life sciences, while not quite at 2018 levels, remained robust with nearly $6 billion invested through the end of November. Major funding deals that closed in 2019 include Ginkgo Bioworks ($290 million), ElevateBio ($150 million) and Beam Therapeutics Inc. ($135 million), which all committed to leasing lab space in existing buildings and new developments throughout the area. Supply-Demand Balance The urban Massachusetts life sciences market, which includes Boston, Cambridge, and the inner suburbs of Watertown, Lexington, Medford and Waltham, now enjoys an inventory of about 20 million square feet and ended 2019 with a vacancy rate of just over 4 percent. Successful speculative developments at Arsenal Yards …

February 18, 2020

Development Office Southeast Tennessee

Spirit Airlines to Relocate Operations Control Center, Invest $11.3M in Metro Nashville

by Alex Tostado February 17, 2020

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENN. — Spirit Airlines will move its Operations Control Center from Miramar, Fla., to Middle Tennessee’s Williamson County, just south of Nashville. The airlines company is expected to invest $11.3 million in a new facility and relocate 240 jobs from Florida while creating 100 jobs over the next five years. The Operations Control Center serves as the company’s 24/7, mission-critical operations function that directs operational control over all Spirit flights. It includes functions such as flight dispatch, crew scheduling, maintenance control, aircraft routing, air traffic control coordination and guest solutions. Spirit also announced it is planning to double its Airbus fleet to 300 aircraft by 2025. The move comes due to recent hurricanes that hit South Florida, causing Spirit to temporarily relocate its Operations Control Center. Despite this, Spirit recently released plans about its headquarters in Dania Beach, Fla.

February 17, 2020

Georgia Loans Office Southeast

Ready Capital Closes $26.9M Acquisition Loan for Office Building in Atlanta

by Alex Tostado February 17, 2020

ATLANTA — Ready Capital has closed a $26.9 million acquisition loan for a 216,000-square-foot office building in Atlanta’s Cumberland/Galleria submarket. The undisclosed borrower plans to make various upgrades to the property including new elevators, conference rooms and a café. The three-year, non-recourse loan offers a floating interest rate and flexible prepayment options. Further details of the property were not disclosed.

February 17, 2020

Acquisitions Florida Office Southeast

NAI Hallmark Brokers $12.4M Sale of Office, Industrial Campus in Jacksonville

by Alex Tostado February 17, 2020

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — NAI Hallmark has brokered the $12.4 million sale of Baymeadows Business Center, a two-building, 132,102-square-foot office and industrial campus in Jacksonville. The property was 87 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including UPS, ADP and Breakthru Beverage Group. The buyer, Miami-based Adler Real Estate Partners, has retained NAI Hallmark to provide leasing and management services at the property. Baymeadows Business Center is situated at 8226 Philips Highway, 11 miles south of downtown Jacksonville. Keith Goldfaden and Daniel Burkhardt of NAI Hallmark, along with David Ellis and Alex Waddey of NAI Global, represented the seller, Woodside Capital Partners, in the transaction.

February 17, 2020

Development Illinois Midwest Office

Skender Completes Interior Construction of AbelsonTaylor Headquarters in Chicago’s Old Post Office

by Kristin Harlow February 17, 2020

CHICAGO — Skender has completed the interior construction of the 85,000-square-foot headquarters for AbelsonTaylor within the 2.8 million-square-foot Old Post Office project in Chicago. AbelsonTaylor is a Chicago-based health and wellness advertising agency. The company will occupy the entire sixth floor of the north building and a portion of the fifth floor of the south building. The new space features private offices, open-office workstations, open collaboration areas, conferencing areas, two cafés, photography rooms and storage rooms. The floors are separated by a few staircases, essentially functioning as a single office space. Serving as general contractor, Skender worked in conjunction with HED, Syska Hennessy Group and Cushman & Wakefield. Skender is currently the contractor for nearly 600,000 square feet of office space under development at the Old Post Office, including projects for Walgreens and PepsiCo.

February 17, 2020

Acquisitions Industrial Office Texas

Henry S. Miller Arranges Sale of 14,023 SF Office, Warehouse Near Fort Worth

by Taylor Williams February 17, 2020

NORTHLAKE, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Brokerage has arranged the sale of a 14,023-square-foot office and warehouse property located at 4325 Dale Earnhardt Way in Northlake, a suburb of Fort Worth. The property was built on four acres in 2016. Chad Montgomery and Dan Spika of Henry S. Miller represented the buyer, investor Bruce Long, in the transaction. Chuck Horton of The Michael Group Real Estate represented the seller, 13415 Cleveland Gibbs LLC.

February 17, 2020

Leasing Activity New York Northeast Office

NKF Negotiates 52,412 SF Office Lease Renewal in Manhattan

by Alex Patton February 17, 2020

NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated a 52,412-square-foot office lease renewal for quantitative trading firm Susquehanna International Group LLP in the Financial District of Manhattan. The firm will occupy the entire 47th and 48th floors of 140 Broadway, a 1.2 million-square-foot office building, on a 16-year lease. Brian Goldman and Ross Perlman of NKF represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Robert Constable of Cushman & Wakefield represented the building owner, a partnership of 140 BW LLC and German investment firm Union Investment Real Estate GmbH.

February 17, 2020

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