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Sidra Real Estate Completes Renovation of Downtown Austin Office Building

by Taylor Williams

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Sidra Real Estate has completed the multimillion-dollar renovation of Austin Centre, a 327,619-square-foot office building located at 701 Brazos St. in the state capital’s downtown area. Renovations included upgrades to the lobby, restaurant and fitness center and the addition of a coffee bar and a mothers’ room. Sidra is also in the process of building out speculative suites on the building’s 10th floor. Tenants have direct access to amenities at the Omni Hotel, such as a rooftop pool and bar, fitness center, conference center, meeting space and a tenant lounge, as well as multiple onsite dining options. Ownership has tapped Transwestern as Austin Centre’s new leasing agent and property manager.

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Third & Urban Acquires Georgia 400 Center Office Campus in Alpharetta Totaling 430,046 SF

by John Nelson

ALPHARETTA, GA. — Third & Urban has acquired Georgia 400 Center, a three-building office campus in Alpharetta, a northern suburb of Atlanta. The 430,046-square-foot office park is situated on 24 acres at the interchange of Ga. Highway 400 and Haynes Bridge Road. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Jay O’Meara, Ryan Reethoff and Justin Parsonnet at Newmark represented the seller in the transaction. Third & Urban purchased the office campus in partnership with Zalik Investment Group. The new ownership is retaining Stephen Clifton, Zach Wooten and Payton Maxheimer of Cushman & Wakefield as the property’s leasing team. The locally based buyer, which is known as a developer of infill mixed-use destinations, plans to modernize the office campus with value-add improvements, including new roofs, lobby renovations and an elevated amenity lounge with a bar, conference center and recreational games. Georgia 400 Center was 67 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Morgan Stanley, Century Communities of Georgia and Toll Brothers. Trinity Partners will manage the office campus on behalf of the new ownership.

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Shorenstein Acquires 19-Story Sterling Plaza Office Building in North Dallas

by Taylor Williams

DALLAS — San Francisco-based investment firm Shorenstein Investment Advisers has acquired Sterling Plaza, a 19-story, 320,000-square-foot office building located in the Preston Center submarket of North Dallas. The freshly renovated property was 89 percent leased at the time of sale and offers amenities such as a conference center, fitness facility and a tenant lounge. Shorenstein plans to implement additional capital improvements to the lobby, entryway, café and outdoor communal areas. The seller was California-based investment firm KBS. Robert Hill, Chris Murphy, Gary Carr and Austin Sheahan of Newmark brokered the deal. Chris Moritz, Andrew Porteous, Chris McColpin and Josh Francis, also with Newmark, are arranging the acquisition financing on behalf of Shorenstein.

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Avison Young Arranges Sale of 151,340 SF Office Building in North Dallas

by Taylor Williams

DALLAS — Avison Young has arranged the sale of a 151,340-square-foot office building in North Dallas. The five-story building at 17787 Waterview Parkway was constructed on 5.2 acres in 1994. According to the Dallas Business Journal, the property was formerly home to the global technology firm Concentrix. Bruce Butler, Susan Gwin Burks and John Bowles of Avison Young represented the seller, an entity doing business as CFT NV Developments LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System/University of Texas at Dallas.

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Luzzatto Co. Receives $32.4M C-PACE Financing for Depot & Atlas Office Campus in Los Angeles

by Amy Works

LOS ANGELES — The Luzzatto Co. has received $32.4 million in C-PACE financing through Nuveen Green Capital for Depot & Atlas, a creative office campus in Los Angeles’ West Adams submarket. Jeff Sause and Lauren Sackler of JLL Capital Markets Debt Advisory team arranged the financing for the borrower. Located at 3609-3645 10th Ave., Depot & Atlas offers 107,156 square feet of Class A space spread across two buildings, as well as two stories of subterranean parking. After acquiring the site in 2019, The Luzzatto Co. developed the Depot, a 94,726-square-foot creative office building, in late 2023 and redeveloped the neighboring 12,430-square-foot Atlas building. The property was 39 percent leased at the time of financing, with the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health occupying the entire first floor of the building.

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NAI Hiffman Negotiates Three Leases at Renovated Office Building in Lisle, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow

LISLE, ILL. — NAI Hiffman has negotiated three leases totaling 15,642 square feet at 2200 Cabot Drive, a renovated office building within the Corporate Lakes office park in Lisle. Agriculture company Syngenta signed a 13,381-square-foot lease at the five-story building. Prior to the pandemic, Syngenta occupied space in Downers Grove. Additionally, Bethany Christian Services inked a 1,217-square-foot lease, and Retirement Solutions leased 1,044 square feet. Patrick Kiefer of NAI Hiffman represented building owner RE Development Solutions in all three deals. The property is now 70 percent leased. RE Development Solutions acquired the building in November 2019 when it was 5 percent occupied. Ownership has completed extensive renovations, including a redesigned lobby, updated first floor and fifth-floor amenity suite, onsite deli, exterior monument signage, a conference room, updated corridors and washrooms and new mechanical systems. The building offers spec suites to meet demand from small and midsize companies seeking turnkey space.

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TickPick Signs 17,000 SF Office Headquarters Lease at One Penn Plaza in Midtown Manhattan

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — TickPick, an online platform for buying and selling of fee-free event tickets, has signed a 17,000-square-foot office headquarters lease at One Penn Plaza in Midtown Manhattan. Alec Kirschner of Vestian, a global brokerage firm specializing in tenant representation, represented TickPick in the lease negotiations. Vornado Realty Trust owns the building and was self-represented.

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Tishman Speyer Receives $385M Refinancing of Midtown Manhattan Office Building

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Local real estate giant Tishman Speyer has received a $385 million refinancing for 300 Park Avenue, a 25-story office building in Midtown Manhattan. Originally built in 1955, 300 Park Avenue totals 770,000 square feet and was fully leased at the time of the loan closing. A consortium of lenders led by J.P. Morgan Chase and including Deutsche Bank Securities and Morgan Stanley provided a $330 million CMBS loan with a fixed interest rate of 5.44 percent. Macquarie Capital Principal Finance provided $55 million in mezzanine financing to complete the capital stack.

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Gorney Realty Acquires 90,000 SF Office Building in Knoxville, Tennessee

by John Nelson

KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Gorney Realty Co. LLC, a family-owned office and industrial investor based in Nashville, has purchased Cedar Ridge at Cedar Bluff, a 90,000-square-foot office building located at 480 N. Cedar Bluff Road in Knoxville. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The five-story property was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to approximately 30 tenants, some of which have been occupants for nearly 20 years. Gorney Realty plans to upgrade Cedar Ridge at Cedar Bluff’s common areas, including the building’s lobby and restrooms.

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Copaken Brooks Sells 147,000 SF Office Building in Overland Park, Kansas

by Kristin Harlow

OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — An investment entity led by Copaken Brooks has agreed to sell 6201 College Boulevard, a landmark office building located at the intersection of Lamar Avenue and College Boulevard, to the City of Overland Park. The city plans to convert the 147,000-square-foot building into its future city hall. The sale is expected to close in the fourth quarter. Originally developed in 1990 by Copaken White and Blitt as the national headquarters for the NCAA, the property continues to serve as a multi-tenant office facility. While the ownership will change, Copaken Brooks will remain the property manager, as the city does not manage commercial buildings. The city will begin planning its transition of the space in the coming years.

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