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LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Locally based developer Bright Realty has broken ground on Crown Centre at Castle Hills, a 109,000-square-foot office building located in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. The four-story, Class A property will be situated within the Castle Hills development. 505Design and Corgan are the project architects; Hill + Wilkinson is the general contractor and LandDesign is the civil engineer and landscape architect. Prosperity Bank is providing construction financing. Completion is scheduled for summer 2020.

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HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated an 8,720-square-foot office lease renewal for Greater Houston Interventional Pain Associates (GHIPA) at 4747 Bellaire Blvd. in Houston. This renewal allows GHIPA to capitalize on the new upgrades currently planned for The Offices at Pin Oak Park. Taylor Wright and Griff Bandy of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations.

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SAN DIEGO — Ware Malcomb, as architect and interior designer, has completed the redevelopment of the Kilroy Sabre Springs office campus, located at 13480, 13500 and 13520 Evening Creek Drive North in San Diego. The 450,000-square-foot campus features three six-story office towers, and the renovation project included the transformation of 30,000 square feet of lobbies, restrooms and common areas to activate multiple indoor and outdoor amenity spaces. The redeveloped campus features a new restaurant, The Florence by San Diego-based Legal Restaurants; a REV fitness center managed by DRNV Unlimited; and outdoor common areas, such as fire pits and a regulation-sized bocce ball court. DCT, Burger Construction and Bycor were the general contractors for the project.

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RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Seefried Properties, in partnership with Crow Holdings, has purchased a 24-acre site within Meridian Business Park, a 1,290-acre master-planned commerce and distribution center in Riverside. The buyers plan to develop three fully entitled speculative buildings totaling 375,000 square feet on the site. The buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights, 60 trailer spaces, 65 dock doors and 387 auto stalls. Construction is slated to begin in November with completion scheduled for second-quarter 2020. Phil Lombardo, Chuck Belden and Andrew Starnes of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Joe McKay and Chris Morrell of Lee & Associates, handled the transaction for Seefried Properties and Crow Holdings.

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MORRISTOWN, N.J. — JLL has negotiated two office leases for a total of 47,000 square feet in Morristown, 30 miles west of New York City. Investment bank Morgan Stanley renewed a 37,000-square-foot lease at 1200 Mount Kemble Ave. ANS Continuum Holdco LLC signed a 10,000-square-foot lease at 60 Columbia Road, which was recently renovated with a new roof and lobby. Bob Ryan of JLL represented Morgan Stanley and Tom Reilly of JLL represented ANS Continuum Holdco in the transactions.

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INDEPENDENCE, MO. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has brokered the sale of a 25,490-square-foot office building formerly owned by Commerce Bank in Independence, about 10 miles east of Kansas City. The sales price was not disclosed. The multi-tenant property is located at 300 N. Osage St. Current tenants include Habitat for Humanity and Heritage Physicians Group. Bill Maas of Block & Co. represented the undisclosed buyer. In addition, Maas will handle leasing of the building’s 5,000-square-foot first-floor vacancy. Commerce Bank formerly occupied the space.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A partnership between Network Realty Partners and USAA Real Estate has purchased Union Square, an office complex in Washington, D.C.’s NoMa (North of Massachusetts Avenue) neighborhood. The property comprises a central courtyard and two nine-story office buildings totaling 625,506 square feet. Union Square was originally built in 1969 and renovated in 2012. The complex was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to government and nonprofit tenants. Dek Potts, Jim Meisel, Matt Nicholson and Sean Kraft of JLL represented the buyers in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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CHICAGO — CommonGrounds Workplace has signed a 10-year lease for 30,783 square feet at 33 North LaSalle in Chicago’s financial district. CommonGrounds is a coworking company that provides flexible space solutions and services for companies of all sizes. There are currently nine U.S. locations open, with 11 additional locations scheduled to open in 2019 and early 2020. The lease at 33 North LaSalle includes the entire second and third floors of the 38-story office tower, which was constructed in 1928 and renovated in 2016. Amenities include a bike room, fitness center, conference room and catering kitchen. The renovation of the CommonGrounds space will be overseen by the company’s in-house design division. Chicago-based Partners by Design is the architect of record. Jon Cordell and Jess O’Hara of Newmark Knight Frank represented ownership, The John Buck Co., in the lease transaction. Jim Suber of Strategic Real Estate Advisory represented CommonGrounds, which expects to expand its footprint to 2 million square feet across 50 locations in the next 24 months.

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BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — JLL has secured an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for a 104,000-square-foot office portfolio in Basking Ridge, about 30 miles west of New York. TD Bank provided the loan, which carries a seven-year term and a fixed interest rate. The property, 180-188 Mount Airy Road, consists of two adjacent buildings and an ancillary structure. At the time of the closing, the buildings were 98 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Global Bankers Insurance Group and Microchip Technology. The borrower was a partnership between PAG Investments and CIG Properties.

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DENVER — CBRE has arranged the sale of a LEED Gold-certified industrial flex building located at 6144 N. Panasonic Way in northeast Denver’s Airport corridor. Omaha-based NewStreet Properties acquired the property from Denver-based Westfield Co. for $22 million. Westfield Co. originally constructed the 112,966-square-foot facility as a build-to-suit for Panasonic Enterprise Solutions (PESCO), a technology and solar subsidiary of Panasonic, in 2016. The smart property features warehouse, assembly, research and design space, as well as a two-story office space with Class A finishes. Situated on six acres, the property is adjacent to the 61st and Peña Light Rail Station. Tyler Carner, Jeremy Ballenger and Jim Bolt of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.

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