ALLEN, TEXAS — Perdure Petroleum, an energy company that specializes in using carbon dioxide systems to boost production, has signed a 17,212-square-foot office lease in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Allen. Perdure will relocate to 1101 Central Expressway S. in the fourth quarter, a move that expands the company’s office footprint by about 10,000 square feet. Jared Laake and Susan Singer of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, 1101 SCE LLC, in the lease negotiations. Jan Elwell of JE Commercial Realty LLC represented the tenant.
TOPEKA, KAN. — GO Topeka has unveiled plans to build a large-scale animal health innovation campus in Topeka. The economic development group has selected Clark Enersen Partners and BioRealty Inc. to begin identifying and evaluating prospective locations. The developers, which both have expertise building scientific research parks, will present initial findings this winter. The development will be home to Plug and Play’s animal health program as well as research and development labs and offices for startups and partners. Topeka is centrally located within the KC Animal Health Corridor, which is home to more than 300 animal health companies.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Partners in Autism has purchased an 18,492-square-foot office building located at 601 Noble Drive in Fort Wayne for an undisclosed price. Brady Gardner and John Caffray of Sturges Property Group represented the buyer in the transaction. Fort Wayne-based Partners in Autism provides several autism-related services, including therapy, social groups and employment services. The seller was undisclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — JEMB Realty is nearing completion of 1 Willoughby Square, a 500,000-square-foot office building in Brooklyn. The 34-story tower will feature underground parking and various outdoor amenity terraces and green spaces. FXCollaborative designed the project and will also be the anchor tenant upon completion, which is scheduled for the fourth quarter. The development team notes that the project represents the first ground-up office project in downtown Brooklyn in decades.
BOSTON — BioMed Realty, an owner-operator of life sciences real estate, has entered into a partnership with Cresset Development and Boston-based Novaya Real Estate Ventures to acquire the XMBLY Campus at Assembly Square in the Somerville area of Boston. The campus spans 162,000 square feet of office and life sciences space and includes 7.5 acres for additional expansion. The new ownership plans to add lab, research and development and traditional office space. A timeline for construction has not yet been established.
IRVING, TEXAS — Sunwest Real Estate Group will redevelop 2901 Kinwest Parkway, a 160,000-square-foot office building in Irving’s Las Colinas district. The project will upgrade the tenant lounge, which will now feature a café, as well as the lobby area, conference center and various exterior spaces. Entos Design is the project architect. Completion is slated for late 2020.
DALLAS — New York City-based REIT Brookfield Properties has acquired a 95,440-square-foot industrial facility that is situated on a 15.2-acre site at 4444 Irving Blvd. in West Dallas. The property features a 57,000-square-foot terminal with 118 doors and ample car and trailer parking space. A national transportation company fully leases the asset, according to Brookfield. The seller was not disclosed.
VANCOUVER, WASH. — EJF Capital and Holland Partner Group (HPG) are developing Block 10, a mixed-use property located in downtown Vancouver. Situated on a one-acre opportunity zone, the project will feature 110 apartments, 79,000 gross square feet of office space on top of a podium deck with roughly 10,100 square feet of retail space and 113 parking spaces. Twenty percent of the multifamily units will be set aside as workforce housing. Building amenities, which will be shared between office users and residents, will include a fitness center, co-working space, bike room and amenity deck on the third level. Holland Construction, HGP’s construction division, expects to break ground this month, with completion slated for spring 2022. Bank of the West is providing construction financing for the development.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Norris & Stevens has arranged the purchase of an office building located in Southeast Portland. Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community of Oregon acquired the property from Portland Limited Partnership for $1.4 million. Located at 3580 SE 82nd Ave., the building features 5,000 square feet of office space. Duane Link of Portland-based Norris & Stevens represented the buyer, while Mark Latimer of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
WEST ALLIS, WIS. — Founders 3 Real Estate Services has brokered the sale of Lincoln Center II and III in West Allis for a combined $10.1 million. The multi-tenant office buildings total 120,997 square feet. They are located at 2514 S. 102nd St. and 10150 W. National Ave. in suburban Milwaukee. The properties are home to 24 tenants, including Cognex, Verizon Wireless and Eye Care Specialists. Andy Hess, Ned Purtell and Patti Stevens of Founders 3 represented the seller, Lincoln Center Office Property Group LLC, which is an affiliate of SARA Investment Real Estate. J. Ross & Associates represented the buyer and is part of the ownership group.