GREENVILLE, S.C. — M Peters Group will develop a five-story, 73,177-square-foot office building in downtown Greenville. The property will offer 18,823 square feet of ground-level retail space, as well as a rooftop terrace. The developer is using mass timber construction, which marks the first project in South Carolina to do so. M Peters Group expects to deliver the property in 2021. The building will be situated next to the former Plush Mills building, which was originally built in 1925. M Peters Group bought the then-vacant property in 2016 and renovated it before leasing to Venture X, a coworking operator. The architect is Perkins + Will. Shelby Dodson of CBRE is handling leasing efforts on behalf of the owner.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — A joint venture between national developer Patrinely Group and San Antonio-based USAA Real Estate has broken ground on Aspen Lake Three, a 128,990-square-foot build-to-suit office project in Austin for Q2 Holdings, a provider of cloud-based banking solutions based in the state capital. The four-story building will be located on the city’s north side and is expected to be complete in April 2021. Will Douglas, Russell Young and Harrison Schumacher of JLL represented Q2 Holdings in its site selection and lease negotiations for Aspen Lake Three, which is part of a three-building complex located on the city’s northwest side. Dennis Tarro of Patrinely Group represented the landlord internally along with Ben Tolson of local firm AQUILA Commercial.
FRISCO, TEXAS — The University of North Texas (UNT), a public college based in Denton, has signed an office lease renewal and expansion to now occupy 56,517 square feet at Hall Office Park in Frisco, where the university also has a campus. Jim Cooksey and Garrison Efird of Newmark Knight Frank represented UNT in the lease negotiations. Kim Butler, Brad Gibson and Cynthia Cowen represented the owner and developer, Hall Group, on an internal basis. Hall Office Park is a 162-acre campus with more than 2 million square feet of office space housing more than 10,000 employees.
ANDOVER, MASS. — IQHQ, a Boston-based REIT, has acquired Innovation Park, an approximately 200,000-square-foot life sciences and office located in the northern Boston suburb of Andover. The sales price was $35.9 million. Located at 4 Corporate Drive, the property features Class A office and lab space, as well as ground-floor retail space. University of Massachusetts Lowell and clinical research firm Ora Inc. recently leased space at the campus. Colliers International represented IQHQ in the transaction.
GILLETTE, N.J. — JLL has negotiated a 2,300-square-foot medical office lease for Ivy Rehab Physical Therapy in Gillette, a southwestern suburb of New York City. The tenant, a division of Ivy Rehab Network, signed a seven-year lease within Valley Mall, located at 977 Valley Road. Other tenants include HomeGoods, T.J. Maxx, Old Navy and Famous Footwear. Marta Villa of JLL represented the building owner, Croman Development Corp., in the lease negotiations. Donovan Realty, along with Corey Taber of Equity LLC, represented Ivy.
MIAMI — A joint venture between AJP Ventures and Mas Group will develop MedSquare Place, a planned 37,000-square-foot medical office building in Miami’s Westchester neighborhood. The developers plan to break ground this summer at the property, which is situated at 9101 SW 24th St., 11 miles west of downtown Miami and five miles north of Baptist Hospital of Miami. WellMed Medical Management, a healthcare delivery company, has signed a 19,000-square-foot lease to anchor the property. The site was formerly an AT&T corporate office, the demolition of which will begin this month. The property will feature valet and reserved parking, a covered patient drop-off area at the main lobby, floor-to-ceiling hurricane impact windows and a safety back-up generator.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an 18,322-square-foot office building in Arlington Heights for $1.1 million. The multi-tenant property, located at 415 E. Golf Road, was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tammy Saia and Tami Andrew of Marcus & Millichap marketed the building on behalf of the seller, a Japan-based limited liability company. Adam Fortino of Marcus & Millichap secured and represented the buyer, a local private investor.
CHICAGO — Mirae Asset Global Investments, an asset management and investment banking firm, has sold 225 West Wacker Drive, a 31-story office tower in Chicago. Spear Street Capital purchased the trophy office building for $210 million, or roughly $322 per square foot. The tower is situated along the south bank of the Chicago River in the city’s Loop district. The building houses the world headquarters of Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), which also represented Mirae Asset in the sale. The global real estate services firm handled the leasing the riverfront office tower for the previous ownership as well. Other tenants that list 225 W. Wacker Drive as their Chicago address include Jackson National Asset Management, True Partners Consulting, PPM America Inc. and Crowe LLP. David Knapp, Adam Spies, Marcella Fasulo, Tom Sitz, Cody Hundertmark, Paul Lundstedt and Dan Deuter of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the sale. Knapp says that Spear Street Capital may plan future capital improvements at the property. Kohn Pederson Fox and Perkins + Will designed 225 West Wacker Drive, which is LEED Gold-certified and Energy Star-rated and occupies a full city block along the path of the Chicago Riverwalk. The building features a seven-level parking garage for …
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Onicx has sold a 46,483-square-foot medical office building in Gainesville for $18.2 million. The building is situated at 6500 W. Newberry Road on the North Florida Regional Medical Center’s campus. Onicx developed the property in 2016 and sold it to an investor group of physicians from Florida Cancer Specialists. Dhvanit Patel and Arjun Choudhary internally represented Onicx in the transaction. Tampa, Fla.-based Onicx specializes in medical and commercial real estate development.
Anchor Health Properties Acquires Medical Office Building in Metro Atlanta’s Gwinnett County for $5.3M
by Alex Tostado
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — Anchor Health Properties has acquired Walther Professional Center, an 18,471-square-foot medical office building in Lawrenceville, for $5.3 million. Two tenants, Northeast Atlanta Ear, Nose & Throat and Eastside Heart and Vascular, fully occupy the single-story building. The property is located at 766 Walther Road NW, a mile from Northside Hospital-Gwinnett and 30 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. Charlottesville, Va.-based Anchor Health manages more than 5 million square feet of medical office space nationwide. Steve Hall and Kevin Markwordt of Transwestern represented the seller, ENTOB LLC, in the transaction.