NEW YORK CITY — Helmsley Spear has negotiated a 56,000-square-foot office lease for WeWork at 83 Maiden Lane in the Financial District of Manhattan. The 15-year lease comprises the entire 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th floors of the building, which brings the property to 100 percent occupancy. Kent Swig and Andrew Simon of Helmsley Spear represented WeWork and the landlord, AHRC New York City, in the lease negotiations,
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CHICAGO — J.C. Anderson has completed the build-out for Colliers International’s Chicago headquarters at 71 S. Wacker Drive. The global real estate services and investment management company has relocated its Chicago headquarters from 200 S. Wacker Drive. The space features raised flooring, open ceilings, new light fixtures and new painting. Irvine Co. owns 71 South Wacker, a 48-story office tower that was completed in 2005.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — TerraCap Management LLC has acquired Resource Square I, II and V for $59.3 million. The three properties are located within the Resource Square office campus and total 337,611 square feet. The property is located near Interstates 85, 77 and 485, as well as Charlotte’s LYNX Light Rail Blue Line. Patrick Gildea of CBRE represented the seller, The Dilweg Cos., in the transaction. IberiaBank provided TerraCap with an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the deal.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Opus Group has completed the repositioning of Target’s former west corporate campus in Minneapolis. The single-tenant office building has been transformed into multi-tenant space. The property, located at 3701 Wayzata Blvd., spans nine stories and 307,000 square feet. Tactile Medical has leased 114,000 square feet at the project, along with SRF Consulting Group Inc. leasing 70,000 square feet and Regis Corp. leasing 65,000 square feet. Approximately 55,000 square feet remain available for lease. Amenities include a renovated café, half-basketball court, bocce ball, fitness center and indoor bike lounge. The eighth floor includes a clubroom, rooftop patio, conference room and entertainment areas. Opus served as developer, design-builder, architect and engineer of record. Perkins+Will provided interior design consulting services. The project was a joint venture with Principal Real Estate Investors. TCF Bank provided financing. Target still maintains its headquarters in Minneapolis along Nicollet Mall.
ST. LOUIS — Coworking giant WeWork has signed a 60,000-square-foot lease at One Metropolitan Square in downtown St. Louis. The office will serve as the company’s first location in St. Louis. WeWork will occupy space on the 22nd and 23rd floors. One Metropolitan Square, owned by an affiliate of 601W Cos., is the tallest building in St. Louis at 43 stories. It comprises 1.5 million square feet of office and ground-floor retail space. David Steinbach of JLL represented 601W Cos. in the lease transaction with WeWork.
BREA, CALIF. — LaSalle Investment Management, through its medical office fund, has acquired a medical office property located at 2767 E. Imperial Highway in Brea. A joint venture between Healthcare Property Advisors and The Innovation Institute sold the asset for an undisclosed price. St. Jude fully occupies the 89,650-square-foot property on a net-lease basis with 14 years remaining on the term. The two-story property is situated on 5.1 acres with frontage and visibility from Imperial Highway, as well as convenient access to the 57 Freeway. St. Jude is a network hospital of Providence St. Joseph Health. Nick Foster of JLL’s Net Lease Practice Group; Evan Kovac and Andrew Milne of JLL’s National Healthcare Capital Markets team; and Andrew Harper from JLL’s Los Angeles office investment team represented the seller. Additionally, John Chun of JLL’s National Healthcare Capital Market team advised from a debt and structured finance perspective.
SAN ANTONIO — JLL has brokered the sale of 800 Dolorosa, a 51,508-square-foot office building situated on approximately two acres in downtown San Antonio. The sale includes a 174-space surface parking lot. Chuck King and Ben Jordan of JLL represented the seller, GTM Washington Square Ltd., in the transaction. 800 Painful LP, an affiliate of Weston Urban, acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Occupancy was 91.6 percent at the time of sale.
BERNARDSVILLE, N.J. — JLL has negotiated an 8,474-square-foot office lease extension in Bernardsville, located about 30 miles west of New York City. The property, located at 150 Morristown Road, recently underwent a $500,000 capital improvement project that upgraded the lobby, lighting, HVAC system and walkway. Charlie Dillon of JLL represented the tenant, Decile.Ten Communications, in the lease negotiations. David Zimmel of Zimmel Associates represented the landlord, Denholtz Associates.
BRENTWOOD, TENN. — Highwoods Properties will develop Virginia Springs II, a 111,000-square-foot office building within Maryland Farms in Brentwood. The company expects to invest $37.8 million in the development. Virginia Springs II is the second of two office buildings Highwoods has planned, joining the 113,000-square-foot Virginia Springs I, which was delivered earlier this year. Amenities at Virginia Springs II will include outdoor common areas, modern architecture and access to Powell Park and Maryland Farms Greenway. The office building will be situated 12 miles south of downtown Nashville. Construction is scheduled to begin in the third quarter, with targeted completion in the third quarter of 2020 and projected stabilization in the third quarter of 2022.
MidCity, Anchor Capital Acquire 42,500 SF Industrial Building in Metro Atlanta, Plan to Reposition to Office
by Alex Tostado
CHAMBLEE, GA. — A joint venture between MidCity Real Estate Partners and Anchor Capital Partners has acquired 5616 Peachtree, a 42,500-square-foot industrial building in downtown Chamblee. The owners plan to immediately begin construction to reposition the building into a 36,500-square-foot office building. The asset will be extensively renovated with all new base building features and new tenant interiors. Winter Construction will serve as the general contractor for the renovations, and will occupy half of the building upon completion. The joint venture expects the building will be move-in ready in February 2020. Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group arranged a construction loan and equity financing on behalf of the borrowers. First Citizens Bank provided the construction loan. The joint venture paid $3.5 million for the existing industrial building. The building is located two blocks from the $2 billion Assembly Yards in Doraville and 18 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta.