AIKEN, S.C. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.3 million sale of a single-tenant office building located in Aiken, about 20 miles east of Augusta, Ga. UPS Supply Chain Solutions occupies the 51,250-square-foot property, which is located at 2031 S. Centennial Ave. Ani Paulson of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Ben Yelm, the firm’s broker of record in the state, assisted in closing the sale.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Five tenants have inked leases totaling more than 13,800 square feet for “Ready-to-Wear” office suites at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates. PartsSource, a provider of healthcare products and solutions, leased 4,300 square feet. Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty, a real estate firm, signed a lease for 2,300 square feet. Route One Group, a consulting company specializing in the trucking industry, leased 1,200 square feet. Veregy, an energy-efficiency solutions, solar and smart building technology company, inked a lease for 1,600 square feet. Essentra Components, a manufacturer of plastic components, renewed its 4,400-square-foot lease. Bell Works Chicagoland is the redevelopment of the former AT&T corporate campus. The Ready-to-Wear spaces total 23,628 square feet and are immediately ready for occupancy with flexible, short-term leasing options. Tenants have access to the larger office offerings such as conference rooms and the onsite coworking facility, CoLab. Colliers represented ownership in the leases. Inspired by Somerset Development is the owner and developer of Bell Works Chicagoland.
BURBANK, CALIF. — Worthe Real Estate Group (Worthe) and Stockbridge have received a $475 million, fixed-rate, securitized mortgage to refinance debt on Second Century. The 800,000-square-foot office complex is located in the Media District neighborhood of Burbank, a suburb north of Los Angeles that serves as a television studio hub. Worthe and Stockbridge completed the development of the Frank Gehry-designed Second Century in May 2023. The complex consists of two buildings located within The Burbank Studios lot. Warner Bros. fully occupies the property. According to the city of Burbank, the first building comprises 355,000 square feet across seven stories. The second building rises nine stories and totals 445,000 square feet. The loan was securitized as a single-asset, single-borrower CMBS transaction, led by Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley. Eastdil Secured served as exclusive advisor to Worthe and Stockbridge on the transaction. Further details on the loan were not disclosed. “This successful financing underscores our vision for Second Century and the growing demand in the entertainment industry for sustainable, state-of-the-art and vibrant office space,” says Jeff Worthe, president of Worthe. The Burbank Studios is a television production facility that also houses the iHeartRadio Theatre performance venue. The facility is situated across the street from Johnny Carson Park. Second Century …
HOUSTON — Colliers has brokered the sale of Intercontinental Park III, an 89,820-square-foot office building in North Houston. The three-story building sits on 3.6 acres and was originally constructed in 1983, according to LoopNet Inc. David Carter of Colliers represented the seller, Greenspoint Property Management, in the transaction. Bill Ginder of Caldwell Cos. represented the buyer, an undisclosed private investor.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 12,500-square-foot office lease at 277 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant, ERM Engineering & Consulting Inc., will occupy part of the 20th floor of the 1.8 million-square-foot building. Mark Boisi, Bryan Boisi and Stephen Bellwood of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, The Stahl Organization, in the lease negotiations. Kirill Azovtsev of Savills represented the tenant.
LOS ANGELES — Big Sunday, a nonprofit committed to helping others through service projects and giving opportunities, has purchased an office building located at 1741 N. Cherokee Ave. in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Beautification Team, a nonprofit dedicated to resource conversations and community improvement, sold the asset for $5.4 million. Big Sunday plans to use the 6,743-square-foot asset as its headquarters, with move-in scheduled for April. Gruen Associates designed the property, which opened in 2021. The building offers up to 18-foot clear heights with multiple offices and a large training room, as well as 7,000 square feet of landscaped outdoor green space. Nicole Mihalka and Cal Ross of JLL, along with the Kenny Stevens team at Compass, represented the seller in the deal.
LOS ANGELES— The Star LLC has submitted revised design plans for The Star, a proposed $1 billion office campus at 6061 W. Sunset Blvd. in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. The development firm, led by local investor and developer Maggie Miracle, first submitted a proposal for the project in 2021 with renderings designed by Chinese architecture firm MAD Architects. The initial concept held a $500 million price tag. The original design was ultimately scrapped by Miracle to incorporate garden-like outdoor spaces, which she believes have become increasingly attractive to office tenants following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to reports by the Los Angeles Times. Updated plans for the project, which doubles down on the initial investment price, were designed by Foster + Partners and include a 22-story, cylindrical tower with a spiral of external gardens rising from the street level. The development will offer spacious floor plates and floor-to-ceiling windows offering unobstructed views of downtown Los Angeles, the Hollywood Sign and Pacific Ocean. Each floor will feature a series of external shaded and landscaped social garden terraces designed by SALT Landscape Architects. Plans for the project — which will target WELL and LEED certifications — also include a rooftop restaurant …
PLEASANTON, CALIF. — Ware Malcomb, serving as civil engineering, interior architecture and design-and-build measurement services, and Metcon, as general contractor, have completed a 120,000-square-foot tenant improvement project for Unchained Labs. Located at 4747 Willow Road in the Bay Area city of Pleasanton, the two-story building features 53,887 square feet of office space, 20,379 square feet of manufacturing space and 14,779 square feet of lab and warehouse space. The newly designed facility also includes an “all hands room;” a gym and locker area with specialty private shower areas; wet labs for life sciences research and development designed with a plug-and-play approach; a lab area with a clean room and humidity-controlled room facilities; electric vehicle charging stations; and loading docks. Unchained Labs develops new tools for biologics and gene therapy researchers.
BROOKFIELD, WIS. — AT&T has renewed its 45,323-square-foot office lease in Brookfield, a western suburb of Milwaukee. The property is located at 440 S. Executive Drive. Ned Purtell, John Davis and Patti Stevens of Founders 3 Real Estate Services represented the landlord, Decade Cos.
WOBURN, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Northeast Private Client Group (NEPCG) has negotiated the $3.5 million sale of a 26,960-square-foot office building in Woburn, a northern suburb of Boston. The building at 110 Winn St. was constructed in the 1990s in the downtown area and houses 17 suites. Francis Saenz, Drew Kirkland and Jim Casey of NEPCG represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
