Office

Drawbridge Realty Acquires Two Orange County Office Buildings Totaling 169,315 SF

by Amy Works October 28, 2019

ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — San Francisco-based Drawbridge Realty has purchased two office buildings in Aliso Viejo for an undisclosed price. Known as 4 and 5 Polaris, the assets serve as the corporate headquarters for Quest Software and UST Global, respectively. Located at 4 and 5 Polaris Way, the four-story 4 Polaris and three-story 5 Polaris buildings offer a total of 169,315 square feet. Anthony Delorenzo, Todd Tydlaska, Sean Sullivan, Michael Longo and Bob Smith of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

October 28, 2019

Acquisitions Office Oregon Western

Marcus & Millichap Arranges $1.4M Sale of 10,500 SF Office Building in Portland, Oregon

by Amy Works October 28, 2019

PORTLAND, ORE. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of MLK Office, an office property located in Portland. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $1.4 million. Located at 2627 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., the building features 10,500 square feet of office space. Joseph P. Blatner and Scott Logan of Marcus & Millichap’s Portland office represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

October 28, 2019

Acquisitions Illinois Midwest Office

Recreation Association Buys 30,000 SF Property in Highland Park, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow October 28, 2019

HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. — The Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association (NSSRA) has purchased a 30,000-square-foot property at 1221 Lake Cook Road in Highland Park for an undisclosed price. NSSRA provides recreation programs and services to people with disabilities in 13 North Shore communities. The new property will enable the organization to expand and offer additional programing and services onsite. Larry Serota, Cece Conway and John Marquardt of Transwestern represented NSSRA. The facility previously belonged to the Lakeside Congregation for Reform Judaism.

October 28, 2019

Acquisitions California Office Western

Meridian Buys 100,000 SF Office Building in San Francisco Bay Area

by Amy Works October 25, 2019

SAN MATEO, CALIF. — Meridian has closed escrow on the acquisition of a six-story office building located at 1300 S. El Camino Real in San Mateo. DivcoWest sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Situated near downtown San Mateo, the 100,000-square-foot property was 72 percent occupied at the time of sale. Current tenants include Charles Schwab, LendingTree and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The property was built in 1987. Tyler Meyerdirk of Newmark Knight Frank’s San Francisco office represented the buyer and seller in the deal.

October 25, 2019

California Development Mixed-Use Multifamily Office Retail Western

Greenheart Land Co. Developing Transit-Oriented Mixed-Use Project in California Bay Area

by Amy Works October 25, 2019

MENLO PARK, CALIF. — Palo Alto, Calif.-based Greenheart Land Co. has topped off Station 1300, a three-story, transit-oriented development in downtown Menlo Park. The development is located less than one block from the Menlo Park Caltrain station San Francisco-based BAR Architects designed the project, which will feature two Class A office buildings totaling 200,000 square feet; a 20,000-square-foot public plaza; 183 multifamily units; and approximately 28,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. JETT Landscape Architecture & Design is serving as landscape architect. Todd Husak and Jon Moeller of CBRE’s Palo Alto office are the leasing agents for the office portion of the property.

October 25, 2019

Development New York Northeast Office

RAL Underway on 240,000 SF Zero Irving Office Building in Manhattan

by Alex Patton October 25, 2019

NEW YORK CITY — RAL Development Services (RAL) is underway on Zero Irving, a 240,000-square-foot Class A office building in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan. The 21-story building features 176,000 square feet of office space across 14 floors, plus a street-level food hall, coworking spaces, event space and a technology training center designed to improve the skills of tenant employees. Bank OZK provided $120 million of construction financing to RAL and the developer entered a long-term ground lease with NYCEDC. RAL broke ground on the project this summer.

October 25, 2019

Acquisitions Northeast Office Pennsylvania

Colliers Brokers Sale of 67,219 SF One Summit Square Office Building in Langhorne, Pennsylvania

by Alex Patton October 25, 2019

LANGHORNE, PA. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of One Summit Square, a 67,219-square-foot office building in Langhorne, a western suburb of Trenton. The building is leased by tenants including Comcast, electronics company Ricoh and U.S. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick. The buyer, an affiliate of Phoenix Nexus Enterprises, will relocate its headquarters to an approximately 13,000-square-foot space at the property. Matthew Shanahan and Carl Neilson of Colliers represented the buyer as well as the seller, Country Life Insurance Co., in the transaction.

October 25, 2019

Connecticut Leasing Activity Northeast Office

Mental Health Connecticut Signs 3,020 SF Office Lease in Bridgeport

by Alex Patton October 25, 2019

BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Mental Health Connecticut Inc. (MHC) has signed a 3,020-square-foot office lease at 4920 Main Street in Bridgeport, located approximately 20 miles southwest of New Haven. The lease term is for 5 years. Alan Fischer of Fischer Commercial Real Estate represented MHC in the lease negotiations. Ciara McConn of Bayberry Property Management & Leasing represented the landlord, 4920 Main Street Associates LLC.

October 25, 2019

Development Office Southeast Tennessee

GBT Realty Acquires Final Piece of Land for 23-Story Office Tower in Downtown Nashville

by Alex Tostado October 25, 2019

NASHVILLE, TENN. — GBT Realty has acquired the remaining 0.2-acre plot for its planned One22One Broadway, a 23-story, 365,000-square-foot office building in downtown Nashville. GBT Realty bought the land for $3 million, bringing the total development site to 0.8 acres. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based company revealed plans for One22One Broadway in April. The first two floors of the building will include 15,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space. The 11th floor will offer an amenity deck and café. Gresham Smith & Partners is the project’s architect, and Brasfield & Gorrie is the general contractor. Taylor Hillenmeyer, Janelle Gallagher, Frank Thomasson and Byran Fort of CBRE are marketing One22One to prospective office tenants. A timeline for completion was not disclosed. This announcement was originally published on Thursday, Oct. 24 with the incorrect headline “GBT Realty Breaks Ground on 23-Story Office Tower in Downtown Nashville.”

October 25, 2019

Colorado Market Reports Office Western Western Market Reports

Innovative Solutions Continue to Push the Office Market in Denver

by Taylor Williams October 25, 2019

Denver was one of the top major metros targeted by commercial real estate investors in 2018. This year is proving to be no different as the third quarter closes out with a flood of office deals. Office investors are being forced to look for deals outside Denver’s urban core. Value-add acquisitions are mainly redevelopments driven by tenant demand for “cool” workspace and talent wars. There is no arguing Denver’s office market is maturing, but there appears to be no threats of an impending plateau or decline. The headlines this year have been dominated by large office lease transactions, including WeWork tying up 220,000 square feet at McGregor Square in LoDo. WeWork has taken a commanding stance with 2 million square feet in Denver and counting. Much of that space is dedicated to enterprise office space solutions and headquarters locations. This year has also marked the notable expansion of coworking outside of Denver’s urban core into Midtown, Cherry Creek and Southeast Denver. Occupancy levels within WeWork locations historically ebb and flow with direct vacancy rates per submarket performance. For example, WeWork at Civic Center Plaza in Upper Downtown Denver has been slow to fill with memberships and term. A WeWork desk …

October 25, 2019

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