WESTPORT, CONN. — Flexible workspace provider Serendipity Labs has opened a 23,000-square-foot coworking office space in Westport, an eastern suburb of Stamford. The space is located at 55 West Boston Post Road Homeclear Serendipity Westport LLC owns the office building.
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has negotiated a 3,005-square-foot lease expansion for roofing contractor Peck Brothers LLC in Elmwood Park, a western suburb of New York City. The company originally leased 4,970-square-feet at Elmwood Park Plaza beginning in 2018, and its headquarters now occupies a total 7,973 square feet. Located at 475 Mark Street, the total square footage of the building is 68,000 square feet. Randy Horning and Darren Lizzack represented Peck Brothers in the lease negotiations. Alfred Sanzari Enterprises is the landlord.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Unicorp National Development Inc. will construct a nine-story, 300,000-square-foot building that will house Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.’s headquarters in Orlando. The building will be situated within Unicorp’s O-Town West development, a $1 billion mixed-use project that will include restaurants, offices, entertainment, retail stores, hotels, apartments and residential homes. HuntonBrady Architects is the designer and Finfrock Construction will serve as the general contractor of the office project. Construction of the new campus is scheduled to begin in early 2020 with a 2021 anticipated completion date. Additional details and features of the global headquarters are yet to be determined. Marriott Vacations Worldwide operates under Marriott International while offering vacation ownership, exchange, rental and resort and property management.
ATLANTA — North American Properties (NAP) will break ground Wednesday on Building 500, a six-story, 135,600-square-foot office building within Colony Square in Atlanta’s Midtown district. Jones Day, a Cleveland-based law firm, will lease the entire office component of the building, which will feature ground-level retail space and an outdoor terrace on the fourth floor overlooking Peachtree Street. Hoar Construction is the general contractor. A timeline for completion was not disclosed. NAP began vertical construction of Colony Square in April 2019. Colony Square at full buildout will include 912,000 square feet of Class A office space, 160,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, a 466-room W hotel, outdoor space and 262 luxury residences.
HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of Sterling Plaza, a 102,292-square-foot office building located at 10101 Southwest Freeway in Houston. The Class B property was built in 1982 and renovated in 2001. Robert LaCoure and Ryan Young of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Tristar Alliance Properties, which plans to upgrade the lobby, roof and HVAC systems, in the transaction. Patrick O’Connell of O’Connell Realty represented the seller, Mykawa Hso LP.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 13,817-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion for Advance Energy Partners LLC at Westchase Park Plaza in Houston. The 10-story office building is located at 11490 Westheimer Road in Houston’s Westchase submarket. Dan Boyles of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Kurt Kistler of Moody Rambin represented the landlord, California-based Hertz Investment Group.
SAN DIEGO — CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance group has arranged a $111.5 million loan for the refinancing of Rancho Vista Corporate Center, an office/R&D campus in San Diego. The borrower is Swift Real Estate Partners. Mike Walker, Brad Zampa, Megan Woodring and Taylor Shepard of CBRE’s San Francisco office secured the floating-rate financing for the borrower. Annaly Commercial Real Estate served as lender. Situated on 67.5 acres at 16399 W. Bernardo Drive, Rancho Vista Corporate Center offers a total of 816,771 square feet of office and R&D space spread across multiple buildings, including a three-story, Class A office building. Swift Real Estate Partners acquired the campus in 2016 and has completed a $70 million transformation of the property, including upgraded building systems; added amenities, such as a fitness center and outdoor sports court facility; open-air collaboration and gaming areas; cafeteria renovation; new facades; exterior and landscaping upgrades; and increased connectivity between the buildings. The company recently completed the final stage of its repositioning strategy, which included converting Building 60 into Class A creative office space from R&D use.
MINNEAPOLIS — Bridge Office Fund Manager, a subsidiary of Bridge Investment Group LLC, has acquired West End Office Park, a six-building, 568,000-square-foot office campus within the West End submarket of Minneapolis. The purchase price was undisclosed. Originally developed between 1968 and 1980, the park has undergone more than $27 million in capital improvements since 2015. Bridge plans to make additional improvements beginning immediately. The campus is 86 percent occupied by tenants such as HealthPartners, nVent, Horizontal Integration and CoBank. Tom O’Brien and Sam Maguire of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction, which represents Bridge Office’s entry into the Twin Cities market.
MILWAUKEE — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated the sale of 222 East Erie in Milwaukee’s Third Ward district for $9.6 million. The brokerage also secured $7.6 million in acquisition financing through a Chicago-based financial institution. R2 Cos. was the buyer. Originally built in 1896 as a bakery, the property was repositioned in 2006 as a creative office asset. The four-story building features onsite parking. Jaime Fink, Jeffrey Bramson, Bruce Miller, Patrick Shields and Sam DiFrancesca of JLL represented the private seller. Christopher Carroll and Lucas Borges of JLL led the financing efforts.
LAFAYETTE, IND. — Maverick Commercial Mortgage has arranged a $6.1 million first mortgage loan through Centier Bank for the Chase Center office building in Lafayette. Located at 201 Main St., the property spans 128,574 square feet, including a 93-space parking garage. The asset is 93 percent leased. The six-year, fixed-rate loan is amortized over 25 years. Proceeds from the first mortgage paid off existing debt and funded improvements such as new elevators and an HVAC modernization. Shook Realty Group was the borrower.