Office

Presidio Property Trust Sells Centennial Technology Center in Colorado Springs for $15M

by Amy Works March 9, 2020

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — San Diego-based Presidio Property Trust has completed the disposition of Centennial Technology Center, an office asset located at 4820 and 4920 Centennial Blvd. in Colorado Springs. Eagle, Idaho-based Alturas Capital Partners acquired the property for $15 million. Situated on 9.3 acres within the Garden of the Gods Office Park, Centennial Technology Center features 110,405 square feet of Class A office space. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased with Comcast and Walter Kidde United Technologies as anchor tenants. Patrick Devereaux, James Brady and Campbell Davis of CBRE’s Denver office represented the seller in the transaction.

March 9, 2020

Acquisitions Nevada Office Western

Cushman & Wakefield Brokers $3.8M Sale of Office Building in Las Vegas

by Amy Works March 9, 2020

LAS VEGAS — Cushman & Wakefield has facilitated the sale of a freestanding office building in Las Vegas. The buyer, 6425 W. Sahara Propco, acquired the multi-tenant asset for $3.8 million, or $102.04 per square foot. Built in 1995, the two-story property features 37,730 square feet of office and showroom space. Centrally located at W. Sahara Avenue and Mann Street, the building features an entryway, landscaping and the opportunity for prominent monument signage. Charles Moore, Marlene Fujita and Hunter Bradshaw of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Equity Partnership Property Management, in the transaction.

March 9, 2020

Leasing Activity Midwest Office Wisconsin

Ross IES Relocates to 40,282 SF Office in Milwaukee

by Kristin Harlow March 9, 2020

MILWAUKEE — Ross Innovative Employment Solutions (IES) has relocated from northwest Milwaukee to 7800 W. Brown Deer Road in Milwaukee. The 40,282-square-foot space will serve as the workforce development company’s new Milwaukee office. The building has been vacant since 2017 when Monster.com relocated downtown. Founded in the 1970s, Ross IES partners with state and local agencies to design and implement job readiness and workforce development programs. Ben Anderson and Jim Larkin of Colliers International represented Ross IES in the lease transaction. Mike Wanezek and Joe Moritz of Colliers represented the landlord, Hudson Americas.

March 9, 2020

Acquisitions District of Columbia Office Southeast Top Stories

Paramount Group to Sell Pennsylvania Avenue Office Building for $115M

by Taylor Williams March 9, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Paramount Group Inc. has agreed to sell 1899 Pennsylvania Ave., a 191,000-square-foot office building in Washington, D.C., for $115 million. Originally built in 1915 and most recently renovated in 2002, the 11-story building is located just three blocks from The White House in the city’s central business district. The property features 18,200-square-foot floor plates and floor-to-ceiling glass façades, as well as amenities such as a fitness center, rooftop terrace and 64 covered parking spaces. In addition, four Metrorail lines serve the building. “With the sale of 1899 Pennsylvania Ave., we have now strategically sold all five of our wholly owned assets in Washington, D.C.,” says Albert Behler, chairman, CEO and president of Paramount Group. “This transaction demonstrates our determination to sell stabilized or non-core assets and redeploy that capital into higher-growth opportunities.” The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter. The buyer was not disclosed. The Washington Business Journal reported in 2010 that Paramount Group had acquired the asset for $149 million. Paramount Group is a New York City-based investment and management firm that specializes in owning and operating Class A office properties in the core markets of New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. …

March 9, 2020

Market Reports Maryland Office Southeast Southeast Market Reports

The Burgeoning Columbia Market Steps Out of the Shadows of Baltimore, D.C.

by Alex Tostado March 9, 2020

As real estate becomes more operational, a trend has emerged of major investors migrating away from big metros into secondary and tertiary markets. Occasionally, those markets move out of the shadows of their larger neighbors and acquire their own identity. Enter Columbia, Maryland, which initially attained national attention and acclaim as one of the first master-planned communities in the United States. Columbia is now in the midst of a major transformation. Built from the ground up in then-bucolic Howard County, Columbia was founded by developer James Rouse in 1967. Strategically located between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., the now 53-year-old community is blossoming with its own talent creators, talent attractors and 14 million square feet of new live-work-play development in a downtown transformed by The Howard Hughes Corp., a successor to The Rouse Co. The beginnings of Downtown Columbia’s emergence include the Merriweather District, which opens this spring. The first of three neighborhoods planned for downtown Columbia, the Merriweather District is being developed as a regional hub of culture and commerce. Talent creators The Howard County market is already home to cybersecurity incubators and cyber-focused venture capitalists like DataTribe and AllegisCyber. These companies consistently house and fund entrepreneurs developing innovative approaches …

March 9, 2020

Acquisitions North Carolina Office Southeast

JLL Arranges $80M Sale of Two Office Buildings in Raleigh

by Alex Tostado March 6, 2020

RALEIGH, N.C. — JLL has arranged the $80 million sale of two office buildings spanning 175,444 square feet on the Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University (NC State) in north Raleigh. The portfolio comprises The Center for Technology & Innovation, which is located at 1010 Main Campus Drive, and Keystone Science Center, located at 1791 Varsity Drive. Keystone Science Center was delivered in 2010 and totals 70,446 square feet. The Center for Technology & Innovation was built in 2016 and comprises 104,998 square feet. Both buildings were fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including the State of North Carolina, Bandwidth Inc. and Cengage. The seller, Keystone Corp., developed both buildings on behalf of NC State. The undisclosed buyer has retained Keystone to manage the properties. Ryan Clutter, Scot Humphrey, Chris Lingerfelt and Zack Drozda of JLL represented the seller in the transaction.

March 6, 2020

Development Florida Office Southeast

Summit Consulting to Develop 135,000 SF Headquarters in Lakeland, Florida

by Alex Tostado March 6, 2020

LAKELAND, FLA. — Summit Consulting LLC will develop its planned 135,000-square-foot office headquarters in downtown Lakeland. The company closed on the land sale at 117 Massachusetts Ave. on Tuesday, March 3 and plans to begin construction later this month. Summit expects to deliver the new building in fall 2021. The property backs up to the shore of Lake Mirror. Summit, which was founded in Lakeland in the late 1970s, has approximately 750 employees, nearly 500 of whom will be located in the new facility. The company specializes in providing workers’ compensation insurance coverage in the Southeast.

March 6, 2020

Development Office Texas

Cawley Partners, Rosewood to Develop 1 MSF Office Project at Heritage Creekside in Plano

by Taylor Williams March 6, 2020

PLANO, TEXAS — Cawley Partners and Rosewood Property Co. will develop a 1 million-square-foot office project at Heritage Creekside, a 156-acre mixed-use development in Plano. The four-building project will be developed in phases and will include a central courtyard and an amenity hub. Phase I will feature a six-story, 250,000-square-foot building with a fitness center, conference center and a rooftop deck. The development team hopes to begin construction by the first quarter of 2021.

March 6, 2020

Illinois Leasing Activity Midwest Office

Medline to Open 140,000 SF Sales Support Center in Libertyville, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow March 6, 2020

LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. — Medline has unveiled plans to open a 140,000-square-foot sales support center in Libertyville, a northern suburb of Chicago. The company will consolidate nearly a dozen teams totaling 600 employees at the center, which will be the seventh Medline facility in Lake County. Most of the employees will be relocating from the company’s Northfield headquarters or its Mundelein business campus. Both locations have reached capacity. In the last three years, Medline has increased its Chicago-area jobs by 34 percent. Medline provides clinical and supply chain resources to healthcare systems and independent facilities across the continuum of care.

March 6, 2020

Development Illinois Midwest Office

Lizzadro Properties Redevelops Suburban Chicago Building into Museum, Office Space

by Kristin Harlow March 6, 2020

OAK BROOK, ILL. — Lizzadro Properties has completed the redevelopment of 1220 Kensington Road in Oak Brook. The building is now home to the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, which focuses on stone art. The Museum Plaza Professional Offices are located on the second floor. Lizzadro purchased the 1970s-era office building in the fall of 2015. Lizzadro now occupies a portion of the second-floor space for its family business operations. The remaining 13,600 square feet of space is being leased to other office users, including Skawski Law Offices LLC, Waddell & Reed Financial Advisory, AFIN Family Wealth Management and Sarantakis Law Group LTD. Only 900 square feet remain available for lease. Lizzadro worked with Wright Heerema Architects and Keeley Construction on the project.

March 6, 2020

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