FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 29,571-square-foot office lease at Overton Centre in Fort Worth. Matt Carthey and Jake Neal of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, FLDR/TLC Overton Centre LP, in the lease negotiations. Matt Heidelbaugh and Jim Smith of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant. Overton Centre is a two-building, 417,000-square-foot development located near Interstate 20 and Chisholm Trail Parkway.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Grand Place is slated to be the first WELL-certified project in Kansas City. Similar to how the LEED building rating system measures sustainability and energy efficiency, the WELL standard measures a building’s health and wellness performance for its occupants. 3D Development, the developer of Grand Place, is also seeking LEED certification for the project, which involves the redevelopment of the former headquarters for The Kansas City Star newspaper. Building systems will be actively monitored for WELL standards. A third-party company will test and analyze the building’s air quality. The entire building will be equipped with a water filtration system. Upon completion, Grand Place will include 300,000 square feet of office space and a European-style market and grocery store. Floor plates will range from 5,000 to 40,000 square feet. The International WELL Building Institute, based in New York City, administers the WELL standard, which launched in October 2014.
TEANECK, N.J. — Japan Tobacco International USA (JTI) has signed an 18,500-square-foot office lease renewal in Teaneck, a northwestern suburb of New York City. The space is located at 500 Frank W. Burr Blvd. within the 50-acre Glenpointe office complex. The complex offers 670,000 square feet of Class A office space, a 26,000-square-foot fitness center and 700 guest rooms across three onsite hotels. The tenant has leased its space for 11 years. Greg Barkan of CBRE represented JTI in the lease negotiations. Jerry Barta represented the landlord, Alfred Sanzari Enterprises, on an internal basis.
PRINCETON, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated an 11,200-square-foot office lease for power semiconductor manufacturer United Silicon Carbide in Princeton. The space is on the first floor of an office building located at 650 College Road E. The 168,000-square-foot property is situated within Princeton University’s 2,000-acre master-planned business/research campus. The leasing team of Todd Elfand, Kevin Carton, Paul Giannone and Joe Vacca of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Nuveen Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. John Buckley and Jon Compitello of JLL represented the tenant.
DALLAS — Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, the country’s largest fine art and collectibles auction house, has relocated its headquarters from 3500 Maple Ave. in the Oak Lawn area to a new, 160,000-square-foot campus at 2801 W. Airport Freeway. The new headquarters is roughly twice the size of its old one and allows the company’s three Dallas offices to be consolidated under one roof. About 450 people will work at the new, single-story complex, which spans the length of three football fields and features an 8,000-square-foot gallery showroom. Nora Hogan, Robert Deptula and Jordan Wade of Transwestern represented Heritage Auctions in the site selection and lease negotiations. Mark Hayes of HPI Real Estate Services & Investments represented the landlord, Bandera Ventures.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — An affiliate of San Francisco-based The Roxborough Group has completed the sale of Perimeter Parkview Corporate Center, an office building located at 8377 E. Hartford Drive in Scottsdale. San Diego-based Cush Enterprises acquired the property for $30 million, or roughly $286 per square foot. Chris Toci, Chad Littell, Tim Whittemore, Grey Mayer and Patrick Schrimscher of Cushman & Wakefield’s Phoenix office represented the seller in the deal. Completed in 2006, the two-story, 104,956-square-foot, Class A office asset features a subterranean parking garage with direct tenant access. At the time of sale, the property was 90 percent leased to three tenants.
SEATTLE — Local developer Wright Runstad & Co., in partnership with Intercontinental Real Estate Corp., has broken ground on 400 University @ Rainier Square. The 10-story, Class A office building will be located at the southwest corner of University Street and Fourth Avenue in downtown Seattle. Totaling 122,000 square feet, the development will feature 110,000 square feet of office space above 12,000 square feet of street-level restaurant and lounge space. Additional features will include a subgrade mezzanine level, a 6,000-square-foot rooftop deck, third-floor terrace, bike storage, locker rooms with showers and dedicated tenant parking. The plans also include an underground concourse that connects to the Washington Athletic Club, Seattle Hilton, Union Square and the Washington State Convention Center. Upon completion in July 2021, the NBBJ-designed building will complete Rainier Square, a 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use project Wright Runstad developed. Jeffery Weber and Jason Flynn of Eastdil Secured’s San Francisco office arranged the secured the joint venture partnership. Greg Inglin and David Abbott of Colliers International represent the office leasing team.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Summit Reinsurance Services has renewed its 6,970-square-foot office lease at 7030 Pointe Inverness Way in Fort Wayne. Brady Gardner of Sturges Property Group represented the tenant as well as the landlord, Fort Wayne Portfolio Corp. Summit is a managing general underwriter and reinsurance advisor working with health insurers, managed care organizations and self-funded employers.
NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — Locally based developer Koontz Corp. has sold Parkview Plaza, a 58,574-square-foot office building in the San Antonio suburb of New Braunfels. The property and was fully leased to PNC Bank at the time of sale. The buyer was New York-based Royal Oak Realty Trust. Once a golf course, the site of Parkview Plaza is located within Sundance Business Park, about a mile from Interstate 35.
BOULDER, COLO. — AGC Biologics has acquired a vacant, 300,000-square-foot pharmaceutical plant in Boulder from AstraZeneca. The Japan-based company plans to invest $100 million in the plant and create 280 jobs, according to multiple news outlets. The facility will provide AGC with additional capacity and significantly larger production scale. AGC expects to move into the facility in April 2021, 18 months sooner than it would take to build a new facility, according to the company. In February, the Colorado Economic Development Commission approved a tax credit on the property worth up to $6.4 million. AstraZeneca vacated the 20-acre property in January 2019, according to the Denver Post. The sales price was not disclosed, though the Boulder Daily Camera reports the property traded for $40 million. The Camera also reports jobs at the plant will pay an average of $96,253 per year. “This facility will enable us to continue to advance the development, manufacturing and commercial functions within our dynamic global company,” says AGC Biologics CEO Patricio Massera. Although the specific drugs and research planned for the facility were not disclosed, Massera made reference to “mammalian projects,” suggesting that animal research will take place there. The property is located at 5550 Airport …