Office

ShareMD Acquires Medical Office Building in Downtown Jacksonville for $67M

by Alex Tostado February 21, 2020

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Atlanta-based ShareMD has acquired 841 Prudential, a 20-story, 500,000-square-foot medical office building in downtown Jacksonville, for $67 million. The property is situated within a medical campus anchored by Baptist Medical Center. The building was 80 percent leased to office users at the time of sale, but the buyer sees an opportunity to change to clinical users. Built in 1955, 841 Prudential was the city’s first skyscraper and underwent a $6 million renovation two years ago. ShareMD will dedicate between 10,000 to 15,000 square feet of 841 Prudential for coworking and fill other vacancies with long-term medical tenants. Elliot LaBreche of Easton & Associates represented the buyer in the transaction. CBRE represented the seller, Chicago-based GEM Realty.

February 21, 2020

Northeast Office Pennsylvania Uncategorized

Colliers Arranges Sale of 50,000 SF Office Building in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

by Alex Patton February 21, 2020

WILKES-BARRE, PA. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a 50,000-square-foot office building in Wilkes-Barre, located approximately 100 miles north of Philadelphia. Situated at 15 South Franklin St., the 10-story office building was completed in 1920. The buyer plans to convert the building to apartments or condos, possibly with commercial or office components. Law firm Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald has operated its headquarters at the building since 1954 and will relocate to Cross Creek Pointe at 1065 Route 315 in Plains. Jeff Algatt and John Susanin of Colliers represented the seller, a group of locally based private investors. The buyer was Franklin Downtown LLC, based in Somerset, New Jersey. The sales price was undisclosed.

February 21, 2020

Leasing Activity New York Northeast Office

Alumni Ventures Signs 11,006 SF Office Lease in Manhattan

by Alex Patton February 21, 2020

NEW YORK CITY — Venture capital firm Alumni Ventures Group (AVG) has signed an 11,006-square-foot office lease in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan. The firm plans to occupy its new space on the 18th floor of an office building at 183 Madison Ave. beginning this summer. AVG is headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire, and this office will be the firm’s first in New York City. Jason Frazier of CBRE represented AVG in the lease negotiations. Andrew Sachs, Tim Gibson and Josh Gosin led a Newmark Knight Frank team that represented the landlord, APF Properties.

February 21, 2020

Illinois Leasing Activity Midwest Office

Affirm Signs 57,000 SF Office Lease for First Location in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow February 21, 2020

CHICAGO — Affirm Inc. has signed a 57,000-square-foot lease to open its first Chicago office at 350 North Orleans. The financial technology company, which operates as a lender of installment loans for consumers to use at retailers, will occupy two floors. Affirm plans to move into the new space in spring 2020. The Chicago space will be Affirm’s fourth office, along with San Francisco, New York City and Pittsburgh. The building owner, EQ Office, recently invested nearly $20 million in improvements, including façade upgrades, a fitness center, tenant lounge and private roof deck.

February 21, 2020

Company News Office Texas

Cushman & Wakefield Acquires Houston-Based Colvill Office Properties

by Taylor Williams February 20, 2020

HOUSTON — Cushman & Wakefield has acquired Colvill Office Properties, a Houston-based provider of office agency leasing services. The company currently oversees marketing and leasing efforts for roughly 17 million square feet of Class A office space throughout the Houston area. The Colvill portfolio includes more than 30 individual properties in the central business district, Energy Corridor/Katy Freeway, Galleria/Uptown, Westchase, West Belt, Springwoods and Inner Loop submarkets. Colvill CEO and president Chip Colvill will join Cushman & Wakefield as executive vice chairman.

February 20, 2020

Loans Midwest Office Ohio

Tremont Mortgage Trust Provides $22.8M Bridge Loan for Refinancing of Office Campus in Dublin, Ohio

by Kristin Harlow February 20, 2020

DUBLIN, OHIO — Tremont Mortgage Trust has provided a $22.8 million first-mortgage bridge loan for the refinancing of The Blazer Plaza, a three-building office and lab campus in Dublin, a northwest suburb of Columbus. The property spans 519,000 square feet on 54 acres. The floating-rate loan includes initial funding of $12.1 million and a future funding allowance of approximately $10.7 million for tenant improvements. The loan is structured with a two-year initial term and a one-year extension option. The borrower was undisclosed.

February 20, 2020

Leasing Activity Northeast Office Pennsylvania

Mindspace to Open 42,000 SF Flexible Office Space in Philadelphia

by Alex Patton February 20, 2020

PHILADELPHIA — Flexible office space provider Mindspace will open a 42,000-square-foot space at the Wanamaker Office Building in Philadelphia. Mindspace expects to open the space, which will include tenant lounges and an event area, in the third quarter. The 1.4 million-square-foot Wanamaker building is located adjacent to City Hall in Center City Philadelphia. A partnership of The Rubenstein Partners and Amerimar Enterprises Inc. owns the building.

February 20, 2020

Market Reports Michigan Midwest Midwest Market Reports Office

Investors Note Steady Supply, High Demand Within Detroit’s Office Market

by Kristin Harlow February 20, 2020

While there are plenty of news stories touting Detroit’s comeback, it’s the actual 2019 year-end numbers backing up the claims with solid momentum in the office and lending sectors. And the numbers are capturing the attention of national investors, not to mention lenders who were on the bench for years and years. Office occupancy Office vacancy across metropolitan Detroit decreased from 24.5 percent in 2013 to 13.8 percent as of the fourth quarter of 2019, according to national leasing firm CBRE. Asking rates have climbed since 2009 and vacancy rates have dropped. These figures even include the 23 percent-vacant Southfield submarket and the 19.5 percent-vacant Auburn Hills submarket, which with their combined total square footage account for 23.4 percent of the total metropolitan Detroit office market, dragging up the total average vacancy rate. Focusing on the central business district (CBD), the post-recession predictions of a city powering through the real estate cycle are holding true. The total direct office vacancy in JLL’s latest Detroit CBD Skyline report is 7.7 percent. That figure includes approximately 500,000 vacant square feet in the GM-owned and largely self-occupied Renaissance Center (RenCen) complex. Remove the RenCen from the equation, and the Detroit CBD skyline (i.e. …

February 20, 2020

Acquisitions Florida Office Southeast

Woodside Capital Purchases Office, Industrial Building in Jacksonville for $8M

by Alex Tostado February 19, 2020

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Woodside Capital Partners has purchased Cypress Business Center, a 120,682-square-foot office and industrial building in Jacksonville, for $8 million. The building was 54 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Claims Questions LLC. The property is situated at 8301 Cypress Plaza Drive, nine miles south of downtown Jacksonville. Daniel Burkhardt and Keith Goldfaden of NAI Hallmark and David Ellis and Alex Waddey of NAI Global represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

February 19, 2020

Acquisitions Georgia Office Southeast

Bull Realty Negotiates $4.6M Sale of Office Building Along Atlanta BeltLine’s Future Northside Trail

by Alex Tostado February 19, 2020

ATLANTA — Bull Realty has negotiated the $4.6 million sale of a 23,000-square-foot office building situated along the future site of Atlanta BeltLine’s Northside Trail. The building is located at 644 Antone St. NW in the city’s Berkeley Park neighborhood, five miles north of downtown Atlanta. During the marketing period, the anchor tenant terminated its lease. Atlanta-based Bull Realty procured an undisclosed tenant to occupy the space at a 20 percent higher rate. Andy Lundsberg and Michael Wess of Bull Realty represented the seller, 644 Investment LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was Desert Bloom Investments LLC.

February 19, 2020

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