THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Arena Energy, a privately held oil and gas firm, has signed an 87,231-square-foot office lease at Hughes Landing in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. The Class A space will be situated on 13 acres and will serve as the company’s new headquarters. Arena Energy is aiming to begin occupying the space in September 2019.
PASADENA, CALIF. — A joint venture between Barker Pacific Group and Rockwood Capital has purchased a Class A office building, located at 301 N. Lake Ave. in Pasadena. The price was not disclosed. Washington Capital Management previously operated the asset on behalf of an unidentified seller. Built in 1989, the 11-story building features 227,019 square feet of office space. The buyers plan to improve the asset by modernizing the property. CBRE’s Mike Longo and Sean Sullivan brokered the sale. JP Morgan provided debt financing for the buyers.
NEW YORK CITY — Search engine giant Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) plans to invest $1 billion to create a new office campus in Manhattan’s Hudson Square district. Situated just south of West Village, the 1.7 million-square-foot campus is a crucial next step for the company’s goal to double its New York workforce to 14,000 over the next 10 years. Google has signed two leases and a letter of intent to establish the campus, to be named Google Hudson Square. The tech firm will occupy 315 and 345 Hudson St. beginning in 2020 and move into 550 Washington St. when it wraps up construction in 2022. The campus will be the primary location for the company’s New York-based Global Business Organization. The site is located near Pier 40 at Hudson River Park and the Holland Tunnel. According to the owner of 315 Hudson, Jack Resnick & Sons, Google will occupy five full floors and portions of another at the 500,000-square-foot building. Google’s new 280,000-square-foot office space will feature open workspaces, a café, rooftop garden and event space. CBRE represented Google and Newmark Knight Frank represented the owner in the lease transaction, which brings the redeveloped office building to full occupancy. Google will …
The Orange County office market continues to remain healthy with an unemployment rate of 2.6 percent in the second quarter of 2018. This is down from 3.2 percent 12 months prior. The driving industry sectors for Orange County that occupy a large portion of office space include financial services, information technology, logistics and healthcare. We are currently seeing vacancy rates around 11.7 percent, which is about a 10 basis point increase from the second quarter of this year. The main reason for this increase has been momentum in completed construction projects with more than 2.2 million square feet that has been delivered over the past 12 months. At the mid-year point of 2018, more than 808,000 square feet of office space was under construction — the majority of which was speculative. The largest office projects under construction right now include Flight at Tustin Legacy in Tustin and the Quad at Discovery Business Center in Irvine Spectrum. There are four Class A, institutional-quality office projects currently under construction in the county that total nearly 1.3 million square feet — 75 percent of which is pre-leased to tenants. All this bodes well for the continued confidence in the Orange County market. We …
ATLANTA — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $29.5 million refinance loan for 900 Ashwood Parkway, a 205,271-square-foot, Class A office building in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. Alex Haw of Grandbridge arranged the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower through BB&T Real Estate Funding.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — NXT Capital has provided a $25 million acquisition loan for the purchase of Summit at SouthPoint, a four-building, 261,000-square-foot office complex in Jacksonville. Summit at SouthPoint is located seven miles southeast of the city’s central business district and offers community amenities such as an outdoor gazebo, lake views and access to hotels and restaurants in the area. Charles Foschini of Berkadia arranged the loan on behalf of the undisclosed buyer. The seller and sales price were also not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between Oakland-based Catellus Development Corp. and investment firm Shorenstein Properties LLC will develop a 750,000-square-foot office project in Austin. The new space will be delivered across three buildings, the first of which will contain 20,000 square feet of retail space and a 985-space parking garage. The new office campus will be part of Mueller, a 700-acre mixed-use development located at the site of the former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. Page Southerland Page Architects is handling design of the project, which includes a 985-space parking garage and is expected to be complete by late 2020. AQUILA Commercial is leasing the office portion of the project and CBRE is leasing the retail portion.
SOMERSET, N.J. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $33.5 million sale of Atrium Corporate Park in Somerset. Located at 300, 400 and 500 Atrium Drive, the 679,251-square-foot office park consists of three buildings and is situated on more than 47 acres. Joseph Garibaldi, Thomas Walsh, Heather Lombardi, Katelyn Borovsky and Nick Vanderslice of JLL represented both the buyer and seller, who were undisclosed, in the transaction.
BOTHELL, WASH — Investcorp has completed the sale of Highlands Campus Tech Centre, a technology campus located at 21520, 21312 and 21222 30th Drive SE in Bothell. Equus Capital Partners acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. The 201,766-square-foot campus features two flex/R&D buildings and one office building. Kevin Shannon, Nick Kucha, Ken White, Michael Moll and Bill DeLacy of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the deal.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Opus Group has acquired Target Corp.’s former west corporate campus in Minneapolis. Opus plans to convert the single-tenant office building into multi-tenant office space. Tactile Medical will anchor the development, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. The building spans 310,000 square feet and is situated on 24 acres. In addition to the conversion project, Opus will also modernize and improve the common areas. Plans call for improved lighting, a new cafeteria and a rooftop amenities deck with a clubhouse, entertainment space, pool table and conference room. The improvements are slated for completion by spring 2019. Perkins+Will provided interior design consulting services for the project. Paige Rickert and David Marschinke of CBRE will market the property for lease on behalf of Opus and also represented Target in the sale. Target still maintains its headquarters in Minneapolis along Nicollet Mall.
