PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Colliers International has brokered the $3.5 million sale of a multi-tenant office building located at 140 Littleton Road in Parsippany, located west of Newark. Constructed in the mid-1980s, the building spans 30,459 square feet and is leased to companies in the finance, technology and medical sectors. Jacklene Chesler, Matthew Brown, Frank Summers of Colliers represented the buyer and the seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A joint venture between Atlantic Creek Real Estate Partners, Origin Investments and Stream Realty has sold Cambridge Corporate Center, a 349,815-square-foot office campus in Charlotte, for $63 million. Lakestar Properties acquired the 50-acre campus for $180 per square foot. The joint venture acquired the property in 2014 for $44 million with a value-add strategy in place. Upgrades included adding 33,000 square feet of rentable office space; a two-story, 452-space parking deck; and a new security camera system. The joint venture purchased the property when it was 81 percent leased. Since then, Red Ventures signed a 10-year, 97,66-square-foot lease that brought occupancy up to 96 percent, where it stood at the time of the sale. Duke Energy and General Motors also signed lease renewals totaling 126,000 square feet with rate increases. Rob Cochran, Jared Londry, Nolan Ashton, David Meline and Samir Idris of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Mark DeLillo and Craig Callaway of BlueGate Partners, represented the seller in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated a 108,000-square-foot office lease renewal at 3010 Briarpark Drive in Houston for Empyrean Benefit Solutions Inc., which is headquartered at the building. The nine-story, Class A property is located in the Westchase neighborhood. David Husid of NKF represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — EDGE Realty Capital Markets has brokered the sale of a 22,423-square-foot office building located at 3808 World Houston Parkway in Houston 8. The property was built in 1999 on 2.8 acres and is located near several major thoroughfares, including Interstate 45 and Beltway 8. Micha Van Marcke and Chace Henke of EDGE represented the seller in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not released.
EATONTON, N.J. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated the $32 million sale of a commercial property located at 250 Industrial Way in the eastern New Jersey city of Eatonton. The property houses 138,163 square feet of office and research-and-development space. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to communications systems supplier SubCom on a triple-net basis through 2024. Steven Schultz, Tony Georgiev, Adam Silver and Ben Greazel of NKF represented the seller in the transaction.
MINNEAPOLIS — RSM, a provider of audit, tax and consulting services, has unveiled plans to expand and renovate its office space at RSM Plaza in downtown Minneapolis. RSM currently occupies 115,000 square feet across five floors and will increase its footprint to just over 125,000 square feet. The firm will fully renovate its space, with completion of the upgrades slated for late 2020. RSM’s new lease coincides with the recent completion of a $10 million renovation to RSM Plaza, which is located on the corner of 8th Street and Nicollet Mall. The building now offers enhanced skyway connections, a new lobby, common areas, fitness facility and conference center. Upscale steakhouse 801 Chophouse will open in the retail space adjacent to the lobby later this year. A joint venture between Golub & Co. and Oaktree Capital owns RSM Plaza.
PHOENIX — MIG Real Estate has completed the sale of Arcadia Gateway Center, a Class A office building located at 4222 E. Thomas Road in Phoenix. Clayton A. Varga, trustee of the Varga Revocable Trust, acquired the property for $17.2 million, or approximately $191 per square foot. Constructed in 1999, the four-story property features 90,225 square feet of office space, a three-story parking structure, building signage and large floorplans. At the time of sale, the multi-tenant property was 96 percent occupied. Eric Wichterman, Mike Coover and Tim Whittemore of Cushman & Wakefield Phoenix represented the seller, while McAlister Cleary and Kelly O’Dea of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the deal.
Over the past decade, Cincinnati has successfully positioned itself as a formidable Midwestern city, hungry for growth and innovation. Whether you’re a startup or a Fortune 500 company, the city (and its surrounding suburbs) can provide an attractive backdrop. The Cincinnati office market largely reflects this momentum. Demand in some areas has slowed, but the office market remains steady. In fact, the office market has experienced a flurry of activity in 2019 and is awash in new lease transactions and announcements of proposed new development. The first quarter of 2019 recorded a 1 percent drop in the entire market vacancy to 14.2 percent, according to Colliers International. The central business district (CBD)’s 12.2 percent vacancy is expected to drop another percentage point, as several pending leases are soon to be announced. I-71 North dominates The most active area is the I-71 North submarket, where five lease transactions came to fruition. Eversana leased 78,000 square feet at 8990 Duke Blvd., filling the former Express Scripts building just months after it went vacant. Worldpay took down 50,000 square feet at 8845 Governor’s Hill Drive across the street from its headquarters. Smith/Halleman Partners, the owner of the multi-building Governors Pointe, attracted Resurgent Capital …
HOUSTON — New York Life Real Estate Investors has provided a $208 million loan for the repositioning of 717 Texas, a 33-story office building in downtown Houston. Designed by HOK and developed by Hines in 2003, the property spans 697,300 square feet and includes coworking space on the 12th floor. The repositioning project will enhance the package of amenities, which includes a conference center, rooftop garden and workspace lounge. The renovation program will also upgrade the lobby, elevator, lighting and security consoles. A construction timeline was not released.
DALLAS — Four Rivers Capital has begun construction of Weir’s Plaza, a 12-story office and retail building in the Knox-Henderson neighborhood of Dallas. The project will consist of 250,000 square feet of office space and 40,000 square feet of retail space, about 70 percent of which will be occupied by Weir’s Furniture. International law firm Kirkland & Ellis has signed a 65,986-square-foot office lease to occupy the buildings’ top three floors, and WeWork has signed a 71,598-square-foot lease for coworking space. Tommy Nelson and Dennis Barnes of CBRE represented Four Rivers Capital in the lease negotiations. Kevin Kushner, Phil Puckett, Harlan Davis and Neal Puckett of CBRE, along with Brooke Armstrong of JLL, represented Kirkland & Ellis. Completion of the project is slated for 2021. CBRE represented the landlord in the office lease negotiations. Tim Jordan and Clint Coe of JLL arranged construction financing for the project through PCCP LLC.