ORANGE, CALIF. — Bailard has completed the disposition of an office property located at 725 West Town and Country Road in Orange. A local buyer acquired the asset for $15.4 million. The five-story, 90,191-square-foot is currently 62 percent leased to 12 tenants. Anthony DeLorenzo, Sammy Cemo, Bryan Johnson and Harry Su of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — On behalf of the United States Air Force Academy, Bryan Construction has completed Madera Cyber Innovation Center, a cybersecurity training facility for cadets in Colorado Springs. The four-story, 48,800-square-foot facility will be home to Air Force CyberWorx, the Department of Computer and Cyber Science and the Institute of Future Conflict. The facility provides the essential laboratory and workspace environments for cadets engaged in critical disciplines, including cyber engineering, cyber law and cybersecurity forensics. Designed by Clark Nexsen, the facility features a structural glass wall system and a free-floating, self-supporting curvilinear staircase. Construction of project included an extensive communication and technology infrastructure with 29 miles of cabling integrated throughout the facility. Additionally, Madera Cyber Innovation Center meets UFC 4-023-03 standards for progressive collapse resistance.
NEW YORK CITY — Amalgamated Bank has signed a 94,045-square-foot office lease at 99 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The lease term is 15 years, and the space encompasses the entire second, third and fifth floors, as well as a portion of the ground floor, of the 26-story, 600,000-square-foot building. Daoud Awad and Chris Kraus of JLL represented Amalgamated Bank in the lease negotiations. Paul Glickman, Diana Biasotti, Kristen Morgan and Harrison Potter of JLL, along with internal agents Craig Panzirer and Alex Radmin, represented the landlord, Global Holdings.
WILTON, CONN. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 12,000-square-foot office lease in the southern coastal Connecticut community of Wilton. The tenant is Fairfield Chemical, and the space is located within the freshly renovated building at 187 Danbury Road. Adam Klimek and Steve Baker of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Time Equities Inc., in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
The end of the first quarter of 2025 saw market uncertainty in the face of new U.S. trade and tariff policies combined with an unclear geopolitical outlook, according to Lee & Associates’ 2025 Q1 North America Market Report. The effect of these concerns within the commercial real estate world are most evident in the industrial sector, which is also contending with oversupply and softening rent growth. Development is slow across property types. Retail, despite high-profile store closures in early 2025, remains historically tight on space as years of underbuilding keep availabilities near record lows. Office demand has stabilized in several major metros following years of contraction, though vacancy remains elevated. The pipeline of new construction is both drying up and favoring new types of tenants beyond traditional office spaces. Multifamily is seeing strong tenant demand in certain markets despite a flood of new deliveries. Lee & Associates has made their full market report available here (click through for detailed breakdowns and city-by-city information). The information below for the industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors offers clarity on market-wide demand, rent growth trends and challenges likely to shape trajectories throughout 2025. Industrial Overview: Soft Markets Face Tariff Disruptions North America’s industrial markets …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Archer Systems, a Houston-based provider of comprehensive legal settlement solutions, has renewed its 17,000-square-foot office lease at Stonecreek, a 76,910-square-foot building in northwest Austin. Built in 2000, Stonecreek features a conference room, lobby and a tenant break room. Matt Frizzell, Brian Liverman and Kevin Granger of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Drawbridge Realty, in the lease negotiations. Alecia Schneider and Drew Morris of Savills represented the tenant.
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS — Federated Mutual Insurance Co. has signed a 15,731-square-foot office lease at Corporate Centre at the Crossing in North Richland Hills, located north of Fort Worth. The 226,650-square-foot complex was built in phases between 1991 and 2003. James Stein of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Jake Neal, Matt Carthey and Vic Meyer of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Capital Commercial.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.2 million sale of a 3,360-square-foot office and retail building in the Astoria area of Queens. The two-story building at 30-23 30th Ave. comprises five retail spaces and two office suites. Matt Fotis, Lazarus Apostolidis and Hunter Barocas of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Fotis and Apostolidis also procured the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity. Steve Filippo with Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged acquisition financing for the deal.
MELVILLE, N.Y. — Nationwide Mortgage Bankers has signed a 28,552-square-foot office lease in the Long Island community of Melville. The provider of home financing solutions is taking space at the 165,000-square-foot building at 1305 Walt Whitman Road. Joseph Lopresti of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Andrew Wiener and Tim Parlante represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, on an internal basis.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a 33,827-square-foot lease for MSC Cruises USA, the North American arm of the Geneva, Switzerland-based international cruise line, at BayView Corporate Tower in Fort Lauderdale. MSC Cruises USA will expand its office by 15,000 square feet, using the sixth floor of the tower to house its finance, outbound sales, IT and human resource teams. The lease will expand the company’s presence in South Florida ahead of the opening of its North American Cruise Division Headquarters in downtown Miami’s Sawyer’s Walk development. Deanna Lobinsky and Chase Kulp of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Somerset Properties, and its equity partners, while Alan Kleber, Tyler Reynolds and Scott Quick of Cushman & Wakefield represented MSC Cruises USA. Situated at 6451 North Federal Highway, BayView Corporate Tower was originally built in 1973 and renovated in 2019. Amenities at the property — which totals 413,000 square feet — feature a conference facility, gym, café/lounge, gift shop and a five-story covered parking garage.
