DES PLAINES, ILL. — Cawley Chicago has negotiated three lease transactions totaling 17,432 square feet at 1111 E. Touhy Ave. in Des Plaines. Cawley represented the landlord, Siete7 LLC in each lease. Architectural and engineering firm Kellermeyer, Godfryt Hart signed a lease for 10,153 square feet. Andrew Kaplan of CBRE represented the tenant. RelaDyne, a distributor of packaged and bulk oils, lubricants and fuels, leased 6,346 square feet. Kevin Segerson and Dan Graham of CBRE represented the tenant. Ryan Freed, Tony Russo and Rawly Lantz of Cawley also arranged a nearly 1,000-square-foot lease with an undisclosed tenant. Siete7 plans to roll out new amenities and property enhancements at the five-story building this summer.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Adobe Systems Inc. has broken ground on the Adobe North Tower, which will become the fourth tower at the company’s downtown San Jose headquarters. The all-electric tower will house 4,000 employees for Adobe, which was founded in 1982 and has been headquartered in San Jose since 1994. When completed in 2022, the North Tower will connect to Adobe’s existing campus via a pedestrian bridge extending over San Fernando Street, and will also include retail space.
SEATTLE — EQ Office, an office portfolio operating company wholly owned by the Blackstone Group, has acquired U.S. Bank Centre and 999 Third Ave. in Seattle. The acquisitions increase EQ’s investment to 3.1 million rentable square feet of Class A office space in the city. EQ will manage both properties and plans to reposition them to accommodate Seattle’s evolving workforce. Both buildings are located in Seattle’s central business district. Tenants include U.S. Bank, DocuSign and Wells Fargo. EQ currently manages two properties in Seattle, The Exchange and 800 Fifth Ave. According to EQ, upon renovation U.S. Bank Centre will feature a retail marketplace catering both office tenants and area residents, while 999 Third Ave. will feature an improved exterior plaza area.
DENVER — RMR Office Property Fund LP has acquired Belleview Corporate Plaza, a two-building, 172,220-square-foot office property in Denver, for $39.1 million. Belleview Corporate Plaza is situated close to several retail and dining amenities and is near a light rail station. The property is 98 percent leased with a weighted average lease term of 6.5 years.
WHITE BEAR LAKE, MINN. — KW Commercial has brokered the sale of the Birch Lake Professional Building for $3.2 million. The two-story, 29,000-square-foot office building is located at 1310 Highway 96 in White Bear Lake, about 20 miles northeast of Minneapolis. The property is home to 28 tenants. David Lund and Andy Manthei of KW Commercial represented the buyer, Lenny Enterprises II LLP, in the 1031 tax-deferred exchange transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged a $15.2 million loan for The Box Factory, a former industrial building in Brooklyn that is being redeveloped into a 65,837-square-foot office and entertainment complex. Proceeds will be used to refinance construction debt and further redevelop the property. Jonathan More, Ari Hirt and Lexington Henn of Mission Capital arranged the financing on behalf of the project development team, which is led by Brickman Real Estate and Hornig Capital Partners. Construction began in 2018. Pine River provided the loan.
NEW YORK CITY — Knotel, a provider of flexible office space, has inked a deal to lease 12,500 square feet at 80 White Street in the Tribeca area of lower Manhattan. The company will occupy the third and fourth floors of the recently renovated building beginning in September. Gregory Gang and Catherine O’Toole of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, General Hardware Manufacturing Co., in the lease negotiations. Knotel now has more than 40 locations throughout New York City.
NEW YORK CITY — ABS Partners Real Estate has negotiated a 9,903-square-foot office lease at 2417 Third Ave. in the Mott Haven neighborhood of The Bronx on behalf of workforce development firm Grant Associates. Andy Udis and Alison Miller of ABS Partners represented Grant Associates, which also recently leased 7,000 square feet at 1825 Park Avenue in Harlem. Mitch Arkin of Cushman & Wakefield and Ellen Israel of JRT Realty represented the landlord, Savanna and Hornig Capital Partners.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Divaris Real Estate Inc. has acquired six properties totaling 232,057 square feet in Hampton Roads. The acquisitions include shopping centers Las Gaviotas Shopping Center, a 90,505-square-foot, Food Lion-anchored property in Chesapeake; and Cypress Run, a 25,000-square-foot, Kroger shadow-anchored property in Smithfield. The two office buildings are the 76,024-square-foot Northampton Executive Center and the 10,000-square-foot 2125 McComas Way, both in Virginia Beach. The medical office building and two-building mixed-use properties are also in Virginia Beach. The seller(s) and sales prices were not disclosed.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Home improvement retail giant Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) has unveiled plans for Design Center Tower, a 23-story office tower in Charlotte. Development costs are estimated at $153 million, according to theCharlotte Observer. The 357,000-square-foot building, which Lowe’s is referring to as a global technology center, will fill a vacant parking lot in Charlotte’s bustling South End, about 1.5 miles southwest of the city center. The plot is adjacent to a Lynx light rail station as well as the city’s Rail Trail system of walking/biking paths. The developer, a joint venture between Childress Klein and RAM Realty Advisors, plans to break ground on the Design Center Tower this August, with Lowe’s moving in by late 2021. Lowe’s will occupy the top 15 floors of the building. The ground floor will feature 20,000 square feet of retail and restaurants. North Carolina is contributing $54 million in state incentives for the project, to be paid over 12 years based on Lowe’s meeting job creation and investment requirements, reports the Observer. Lowe’s expects to bring 2,000 high-paying tech jobs to the building, 1,600 of which will be new and 400 of which will relocate from the company’s headquarters in nearby Mooresville, the …