DURHAM, N.C. — Wolfspeed, a semiconductor manufacturer based in Durham, has signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with the U.S. Department of Commerce to receive up to $750 million in funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. The funding would support the construction of a new, 2 million-square-foot silicon carbide wafer manufacturing facility in Siler City, N.C., as well as catalyze the planned expansion of Wolfspeed’s device manufacturing facility in Marcy, N.Y. The projects together are estimated to create over 2,000 manufacturing jobs and 3,000 construction jobs and are part of the company’s previously announced capacity expansion plan that exceeds $6 billion in total investment. “Artificial intelligence, electric vehicles and clean energy are all technologies that will define the 21st century, and thanks to proposed investments in companies like Wolfspeed, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking a meaningful step toward reigniting U.S. manufacturing of the chips that underpin these important technologies,” says Gina Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Wolfspeed has achieved LEED Silver certification for its New York plant and is pursuing LEED certification for the Siler City facility. Wolfspeed plans to conserve energy and water in both their buildings and the semiconductor manufacturing processes to cut operational emissions by …
RALEIGH, N.C. — Kane Realty Corp. has signed Weatherby Healthcare, a CHG Healthcare Co., to a 46,309-square-foot office lease at One North Hills Tower in Raleigh. The healthcare staffing company, which has offices in North Carolina and Florida, will occupy one-and-a-half floors at the 10-story, 264,000-square-foot office tower. Other tenants include Jewelers Mutual Group, JT International USA Inc., HNTB, Raymond James & Associates and The Starboard Holding Cos., including The Nautical Group and Nautical Advisory Services. Cheshire Webb of Foundry Commercial, along with independent broker Paul Anderson, represented Weatherby Healthcare in the lease transaction. Hooker Manning and Alex Mikels represented Kane Realty on an internal basis.
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — Locally based development and investment firm Prism Capital Partners will undertake a multifamily redevelopment project in the Northern New Jersey community of Woodland Park. The project will convert a 33-acre former corporate office campus at 385 Rifle Camp Road into a 400-unit apartment community. Twenty percent (80 residences) will be reserved as affordable housing. Jose Cruz, Jeremy Neuer and Ryan Robertson of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the disposition of the site. Demolition work is underway, but a target completion date has not yet been established.
The Louisville office market is at an interesting crossroads, to say the least. Historically, the sector has always skewed toward the suburban submarkets as east Jefferson County has been the go-to area for companies looking for office space. Over the past few years, the shift to the suburbs has become more pronounced than ever as Louisville’s office market experiences a dramatic contrast between the current state of the overall office market in the suburbs versus the central business district (CBD). In the suburban markets, the premier office buildings are experiencing low vacancy rates and record-setting growth in rental rates. On the opposite side, the CBD continues to struggle with increases in vacancy rates, which is expected to increase in the coming months. This trend reflects overall national office trends as companies focus on new, highly amenitized spaces to offer their employees. Suburban Louisville The suburban office market in Louisville has demonstrated reliable stability over the past four years. As of second-quarter 2024, the vacancy rate for Class A spaces stood at 12.7 percent, while Class B spaces recorded a higher rate of 17.2 percent. The suburban market has seen limited new construction deliveries thus far in 2024. The most notable …
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Cole Schotz PC has signed a 61,582-square-foot office lease renewal in the Northern New Jersey community of Hackensack. The law firm will remain at Court Plaza North, a 335,000-square-foot complex located in the city’s downtown area, where it has been a tenant since 1986, for an undisclosed period of time. New Jersey-based investment firm Alfred Sanzari Enterprises owns Court Plaza North. No third-party brokers were involved in the lease negotiations.
NORTHRIDGE, CALIF. — Coldwell Banker Commercial Quality Properties has arranged the $2.6 million sale of a 10,000-square-foot, multi-tenant office and retail property located at 8727 Tampa Ave. in Northridge, about 25 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Arthur Pfefferman of Coldwell Banker Commercial Quality Properties represented the seller, a law firm, in the transaction. The name of the buyer was not released.
HOUSTON — A partnership between two locally based firms, PAGEWOOD and Wile Interests, has welcomed three new office tenants to The Quad at Brittmoore, a four-building campus in West Houston that is a redevelopment of a former industrial park. Parker Noble and Matt Asvestas of Stream Realty Partners represented the partnership in all three lease negotiations. Noah Kruger of Savills represented global technology firm Homebase (10,588 square feet) in its lease negotiations, while Derick Perkins of Alpine Partners represented energy technology company Digital Wildcatters (4,829 square feet). Bryant Lach of JLL represented cloud technology services provider Siepe (4,451 square feet).
NEW YORK CITY — Customers Bank has signed a 24,600-square-foot office lease expansion in Midtown Manhattan. The bank holding company is taking an additional full floor at 101 Park Avenue, a 1.3 million-square-foot building. John Cefaly and Nicholas Dysenchuk of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, H.J. Kalikow & Co., in the lease negotiations. Customers Bank, which now occupies 37,000 square feet at the property, was self-represented.
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP has opened a new, 3,000-square-foot office in the Long Island community of Hauppauge, the first for the New York-based law firm outside of its Uniondale headquarters. According to LoopNet Inc., the 210,000-square-foot building at 100 Motor Parkway was originally constructed in 2006 and renovated in 2020. JLL represented Forchelli Deegan Terrana in the lease negotiations. Damianos Realty Group owns the building.
LOS ANGELES — CIM Group has completed construction of a three-story creative office building at 3000 Crenshaw Blvd. in Los Angeles. The 55,673-square-foot building offers flexible design options with 12.5-foot ceiling heights and large operable windows. The property offers two levels of below-grade parking, a variety of outdoor spaces, including private balconies on all floors, glass garage doors opening to a private outdoor patio on the third floor and a communal landscaped rooftop deck.