NEW YORK CITY — Adobe Inc. has signed a 109,296-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion at 1540 Broadway in Manhattan. The company will remain in its 27,323-square-foot office on the entire 17th floor and will expand into an additional 81,972 square feet on the 18th, 19th and 20th floors. The lease carries a 10-year term. The CBRE team of Mary Ann Tighe, Howard Fiddle, Eric Deutsch, Christie Harle, Jason Pollen and Benjamin Joseph represented the landlord, EDGE Fund Advisors, in the lease negotiations. Brian Given, Sheena Gohil, Carter Beim, Kellam Nelson, Jack Senske and Frank Wallach of Colliers International represented Adobe Inc.
CHICAGO — Three new tenants have signed leases totaling 8,900 square feet at Concourse Chicago, an office property undergoing renovations in Chicago. Blue Water Shipping signed a lease for 3,900 square feet and is relocating from Presidents Plaza across the street. Green Office Partners, a print services company for small and medium businesses, leased 3,700 square feet and is relocating from the central business district. In the final transaction, Elgin-based Great Lakes Technology leased 1,500 square feet for a satellite office. Berger Asset Management acquired Concourse Chicago in 2018. The company is repositioning the 12-building complex. Jake Spinnell and Jon Connor from Colliers International represented Blue Water Shipping, Steve Goldstein of Jameson Commercial represented Green Office Partners and John Cassidy of Lee & Associates represented Great Lakes Technology. Steve Chrastka and Jason Wurtz of NAI Hiffman represented the landlord as the exclusive leasing representatives for the property.
DALLAS — G.W. Floyd Ventures LLC has acquired Switzer Business Park, a 123,000-square-foot development featuring a mix of office, industrial and flex spaces in northeast Dallas. Brian Pafford and Jason Finch of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the seller, a California-based partnership that is exiting the Texas market. Bradford will continue to lease the property, which houses more than 60 tenants, on behalf of the new ownership.
MIAMI — Bridge Investment Group LLC has purchased Museum Tower, a 29-story, 259,666-square-foot office building in downtown Miami. The property is located 150 W. Flagler St. The tower was originally built in 1986 and has undergone $3 million worth of renovations since 2016. Bridge plans to invest an additional $4.5 million for amenities and other enhancements, including restroom upgrades and new common area finishes throughout, the addition of a building conference center and lobby, and exterior improvements. Bridge Commercial Real Estate LLC will oversee all property management and redevelopment work at Museum Tower. Renovations will begin immediately, with completion scheduled for 2020. José Lobón and Christian Lee of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Lee & Associates has negotiated two office subleases totaling 22,000 square feet at 40 West 25th Street in Manhattan. Business intelligence software firm Looker Data Sciences signed an11,000-square-foot lease on the seventh floor, and Nonprofit medical technology company Gradian Health Systems also inked an 11,000-square-foot on the sixth floor. The sublessor, meal kit provider HelloFresh, will move its offices to a 43,000-square-foot space at 28 Liberty Street. Stephen Bellwood and Kevin Waldman of Cushman & Wakefield represented Looker Data in the lease negotiations. Robin Fisher and John Cilmi of Newmark Knight Frank represented Gradian. The landlord is Unizo Real Estate. Both companies are expected to take occupancy on December 1, and both terms are for approximately five and a half years.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego-based Sunroad Enterprises has completed the disposition of Sunroad Plaza, an office campus located in the Rancho Bernardo submarket of San Diego. Texas-based Virtus Real Estate Capital purchased the property for $19.9 million. Located at 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court, the 71,934-square-foot asset consists of one three-story building and one four-story building. The campus features on-site showers and lockers, executive conferencing facilities and 423 parking spaces. At the time of sale, Sunroad Plaza was 82 percent leased to a mix of government, medical and professional office users. Matt Pourcho, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache, Doug Mack and Bryan Johnson of CBRE represented the seller, while Lars Eisenhauer of CBRE represented the buyer in the deal.
SAN ANTONIO — Developers KDC and Weston Urban have completed the 460,000-square-foot Frost Tower in downtown San Antonio. Construction of the 23-story building, which the developers say represents the biggest office project delivered in downtown San Antonio in 30 years, began in March 2017. Tenants have started moving in, and include JPMorgan Chase, State Farm and Toyota. Pelli Clarke Pelli served as the design architect. Kendall/Heaton Associates was the production architect, and Clark Construction Group LLC was the general contractor.
CHICAGO — J.C. Anderson has completed a 30,824-square-foot office suite build-out on a speculative basis for property owner GlenStar Properties LLC at 55 E. Monroe St. in Chicago. The 1.3 million-square-foot office tower is located one-half block west of Michigan Avenue. The project scope included the addition of open offices, pantries, conference rooms and new lighting fixtures. Nelson provided architectural services.
Portland’s office market is experiencing strong growth as it continues to benefit from an influx of Bay Area and Seattle tenants moving into the city. This is due to the relatively affordable rental rates and positioning between the two booming tech hubs along the West Coast. The city is seeing an increase of large tech tenants making their home in Portland, starting with Intel, which is Portland’s largest employer. Other companies, such a Genentech, Google, Oracle, Salesforce and many others have also taken up tenancy in the Portland Metro area. Seattle-based Amazon recently leased 83,995 square feet in Portland’s newest Class A office building, Broadway Tower, while Amazon’s AWS Elemental division leased 101,000 square feet in the former Oregonian headquarters, which is adjacent to Broadway Tower. The office market continues to perform well with a vacancy rate of 7.3 percent, beating out the 10-year average of 8.65 percent. All of these new companies making their way to Portland are creating substantial job opportunities for Portland’s ever-growing population. Portland is home to several large industry-leading companies, such as Nike, Intel, Columbia Sportswear and Adidas, which attract workforce talent across the world. This has helped spur the growth of Portland’s economy, which …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Brandywine Realty Trust, a Philadelphia-based REIT, will develop Garza Ranch Building Two, a 150,000-square-foot office property in southwest Austin. Designed by Page Architecture, the project represents the final phase of the 34-acre Garza Ranch mixed-use development. The building will feature floor-to-ceiling windows, as well as direct access to a two-acre park and the Violet Crown Trail, a 30-mile path that bisects the development. JLL will handle leasing of the building. A construction timeline was not released.