Office

Piedmont Acquires Galleria 100 Office Building in Atlanta for $95.1M

by Taylor Williams May 13, 2019

ATLANTA — Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: PDM) has acquired Galleria 100, an 18-story office building located in Atlanta, for $95.1 million. The sale includes a 1.5-acre parcel for future development. Galleria 100, which spans approximately 414,000 square feet, was 91 percent leased at the time of sale. The property is located within The Galleria mixed-use development on the city’s northwest side. The property is connected via footbridge to the Atlanta Braves’ SunTrust Park and the surrounding entertainment destination known as The Battery. Piedmont already owns two office buildings that are adjacent to the acquired property within The Galleria, an 86-acre development with office and retail uses, as well as a hotel and convention center. Tenants at Galleria 100 include insurance giant Aflac, law firm Freeman Mathis & Gary and private dining venue The Georgian Club. With this acquisition, Piedmont, which is based in the northern Atlanta suburb of Johns Creek, now owns roughly 1.3 million square feet of office product within this submarket. The company’s total portfolio consists of nearly 17 million square feet of office space across eight major markets, holdings that are valued at roughly $5 billion. “This transaction underscores our overall strategy of acquiring and …

May 13, 2019

Development North Carolina Office Southeast

Northwood Office Breaks Ground on 328,000 SF Office Building in Charlotte’s Ballantyne District

by Alex Tostado May 10, 2019

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Northwood Office has broken ground on an 11-story, 328,000-square-foot office building located at 13146 Ballantyne Corporate Place in Charlotte’s Ballantyne district. The building will offer a 2,500-square-foot fitness center, 10 stories of office space with the top floor featuring a rooftop terrace with tables, seating, a fire pit, audio/visual and provisions for outdoor food and beverage service. Northwood Office also plans to add an apartment tower in collaboration with its affiliate firm Northwood Ravin. The office portion is expected to deliver in early 2021. Ballantyne Corporate Park is a 535-acre master-planned business park that Northwood Investors acquired from The Bissell Cos. Inc. in March 2017 for $1 billion. The new building will join an existing 4 million square feet of office space and 600 hotel rooms within the business park. This is the first new office tower to be built under Northwood’s ownership. Northwood Development will manage the office project, working with architectural firm LS3P Associates and general contractor Rodgers Builders.

May 10, 2019

Leasing Activity North Carolina Office Southeast

Law Firm to Occupy 86,000 SF of Office Space Within Legacy Union in Charlotte

by Alex Tostado May 10, 2019

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-based Parker Poe will occupy 86,000 square feet of office space across three floors at 620 S. Tryon, the first phase of Legacy Union in Charlotte. Parker Poe is expected to move into the space in mid-2020 and have signage on the 33-story, 850,000-square-foot building. Amenities at 620 S. Tryon will include an indoor/outdoor entry plaza for gatherings, fitness center and a walkable promenade lined with restaurants and retailers. A pedestrian bridge above Church Street will provide tenants with direct access to the building. Lincoln Harris is developing Legacy Union, which spans two city blocks and will feature offices, retail shops, restaurants, hotels, residences, a parking garage, public green space and a pedestrian promenade. Ridr Knowlton and Campbell Walker internally represented the developer in the lease transaction. Taylor Senter of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented the tenant.

May 10, 2019

Florida Leasing Activity Office Southeast

Live Nation Entertainment Becomes First Tenant of Office Building in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District

by Alex Tostado May 10, 2019

MIAMI — Live Nation Entertainment has signed an 8,000-square-foot lease at Wynwood Annex in Miami. East End Capital and The Related Group are developing Wynwood Annex, which is slated to open this summer and will offer 52,000 square feet of office space in the Wynwood Arts District. The building’s suites range from 6,300 to 8,000 square feet. The building also offers a covered outdoor conference center, rooftop terrace, 322 parking spaces and 4,424 square feet of retail space. Gordon Messinger and Ericka Witkowski of Cushman & Wakefield represented East End Capital and The Related Group in the lease transaction. Clay Sidner of Newmark Knight Frank represented Live Nation.

May 10, 2019

California Development Loans Office Western

HFF Arranges $313.8M Construction Financing for Office Development in Silicon Valley

by Amy Works May 10, 2019

SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — HFF has secured $313.8 million in acquisition and construction financing for the development of Catalyst, a fully entitled, four-property office project in Sunnyvale. The borrower, a joint venture between Hearst Properties and Invesco Real Estate, acquired the development site in early May. Brandon Roth, Bruce Ganong, Peter Smyslowski and Bercut Smith of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower to secure the construction loan through ACORE Capital. Catalyst currently consists of a shovel-ready office development site and three existing office buildings, totaling 164,870 square feet, two of which will be demolished and replaced with new Class A office space. Upon completion, the 587,942-square-foot project will comprise three newly built, Class A office buildings with two parking structures and one original Class B office building.

May 10, 2019

Acquisitions Colorado Office Western

McWhinney Acquires 179,688 SF Office Building in Fort Collins, Colorado

by Amy Works May 10, 2019

FORT COLLINS, COLO. — Colorado-based McWhinney has purchased an office building, located at 3420 E. Harmony Road in Fort Collins, for an undisclosed price. The three-story, 179,688-square-foot building is adjacent to the Arapaho Bend Natural Area. Comcast, Madwire and Micro Focus occupy the property. Peter Kelly of CBRE represented the buyer, while Peter Kast, Alex Sommerville and Chad Flynn of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.

May 10, 2019

Leasing Activity New York Northeast Office

Knotel Signs Lease for 14,160 Office Space in Manhattan

by Taylor Williams May 10, 2019

NEW YORK CITY — Knotel, a provider of flexible office space, has signed a lease to open a 14,160-square-foot office space at 101 Fifth Avenue, an office building in Manhattan that is owned by Eretz Group. The space will span two floors at the 11-story property and raises Knotel’s total footprint across the city to 40 locations totaling 580,881 square feet. Greg DiGioia and Michael Morris of Newmark Knight Frank represented Knotel in the lease negotiations.

May 10, 2019

Acquisitions Colorado Office Retail Western

Monfort Cos., Magnetic Capital Purchase Historic Building in Denver for $2.9M, Plan Redevelopment

by Amy Works May 10, 2019

DENVER — Monfort Cos. and Denver-based Magnetic Capital have acquired a historic building located at 2100 Larimer St. in Denver’s Ballpark neighborhood. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $2.9 million. The buyers plan to redevelop the two-story, 11,600-square-foot property into a mix of retail and office space. Formerly the site of the bar El Charrito, the renovation will preserve the building’s historic character while repositioning the property for new tenants. The developers are targeting a restaurant tenant for the 5,830-square-foot first-floor space, while seeking office tenants for the upper floors. Completion is slated for the second half of 2020. Jamis Cos. represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

May 10, 2019

Development Midwest Office Wisconsin

J. Jeffers & Co. Breaks Ground on $60M Office Building in Milwaukee

by Kristin Harlow May 10, 2019

MILWAUKEE — J. Jeffers & Co. has broken ground on the Huron Building, an 11-story, Class A office development in Milwaukee. Located in the downtown’s Third Ward, the project will span 163,000 square feet. Law firm Husch Blackwell has pre-leased 48 percent of the property. Completion is slated for December 2020. J. Jeffers & Co. received a $39 million construction loan from Associated Bank and a $21 million equity investment, including $14 million raised on crowdfunding platform CrowdStreet. The developer will also own and operate the property. Madison, Wis.-based Stevens Construction is the general contractor.

May 10, 2019

Florida Loans Office Southeast

Dockerty Romer Arranges $20M Refinance Loan for Office Building in Boca Raton

by Alex Tostado May 9, 2019

BOCA RATON, FLA. — Dockerty Romer & Co. has arranged a $20 million refinancing loan for 1900 Midtown, a 116,140-square-foot office building in Boca Raton. The borrower, Butters Acquisitions LLC, an affiliate of Butters Construction & Development, acquired the asset two years ago and recently renovated the property, which is now 90 percent leased to a variety of tenants including GardaWorld, a private security firm, and law and financial services firms. Citigroup provided the 10-year, fixed-rate loan.

May 9, 2019

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