LANGHORNE, PA. — Viking Partners Fund III LLC has purchased the Bucks Town Corporate Center, a 142,000-square-foot, five-building office park in Langhorne. The price was undisclosed. Located at the intersection of Middletown Blvd. and Town Center Drive, the office park is adjacent to the Oxford Valley Mall. The seller was undisclosed. Colliers International has been assigned the leasing for Bucks Town Corporate Center.
MONTVALE, N.J. — Northeast Capital Group has acquired a 93,916-square-foot office property in Montvale for $9.9 million. Located at 3 Paragon Drive, the property is currently 96 percent leased to two tenants, Pentax of America and Turner Construction Co. The property is on a nine-acre site. Michael Klein and Porter Terry of HFF represented Northeast Capital Group in securing acquisition financing through Valley National Bank. The seller was undisclosed.
DETROIT — Google has opened its first Detroit office at The District Detroit, which is linked to Little Caesars Arena. Approximately 100 employees will work out of the 30,000-square-foot, two-floor office, which is located at 52 E. Henry St. Designed by Detroit-based architecture firm SmithGroup, the office features interior décor showcasing the history and landmarks of the Motor City. The space also includes workout amenities and kitchens. Google will join the Detroit Red Wings, Olympia Entertainment and 313 Presents as tenants in the office space adjacent to the arena. More than 600 employees work for Google in the state of Michigan. The District Detroit is a $1.4 billion project undertaken by Olympia Development.
CHICAGO — Skender is underway with the interior construction of the future 40,000-square-foot headquarters for Vital Proteins, a retailer of health supplement products. The company is assuming full occupancy of the four-story building at 939 W. Fulton St. and relocating 130 employees from its current office at 1201 W. Washington Blvd. The company’s new space will include open office workstation areas as well as private offices and conference rooms, two reception areas and a large café. The interior design will retain the historic building’s high ceilings, exposed brick walls and wood floors. Completion is slated for July 2019. SCB and JLL are project partners.
Louisville’s office landscape can be described as a tale of two distinct submarkets woven together by a common thread of consistency. In the central business district (CBD), Class A vacancy rate stands at approximately 13 percent while the suburban Class A vacancy rate hovers around 8.5 percent. As can be noted, there is a substantial gap in occupancy between the two submarkets — 450 basis points. The thread of consistency in the Louisville office market lies in the fact that both are within 100 basis points of those vacancy rates for the same quarter of last year. The suburban office market continues to see healthy rental rate increases driven by the low rate of delivery for new product, coupled with consistently lower vacancy rates. Newer projects are advertising rates in the range of $24 to $28 per square foot, while second-generation, Class A product has quoted rates in the high teens and low 20s. Many companies such as Thornton Oil, BrightSpring Health Services (formerly ResCare) and V-Soft have chosen to grow their headquarters presence in Louisville, which is helping maintain stability in the suburban market. As in most markets, Class B and C product continues to struggle as functional obsolescence, …
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Chicago-based MedProperties Group has broken ground on Mercy Medical Commons II, a medical office building located on Mercy Road adjacent to the main entrance of Dignity Mercy Gilbert Medical Center in Gilbert. Designed by Ware Malcomb, the three-story, 56,000-square-foot building will feature a 55-foot high-curved fin wall with integrated steel shade canopies, while the western curved façade will open to parking and a porte-cochere arrival area. The CORE Institute will occupy 20,000 square feet of the property, which is slated for completion in third-quarter 2019. Balfour Beatty US is serving as general contractor for the property. Philip Wurth of Colliers International in Greater Phoenix is serving as the leasing agent for the development, which is MedProperties’ first ground-up development in the East Valley area.
CEDAR PARK, TEXAS — AQUILA Commercial will develop Cross Creek Landing, a 63,297-square-foot office project that will be located in the northern Austin metro of Cedar Park. The three-story building will be situated near The Grove mixed-use development and will offer onsite showers and a 5:1 parking ratio. Austin-based Runa Workshop is designing the project, which is slated for an early 2020 delivery. AQUILA will also handle leasing of Cross Creek Landing.
SAN ANTONIO — Chicago-based Pearlmark Real Estate Partners has originated a $4.5 million mezzanine loan for McAllister Plaza, a 190,511-square-foot office building in San Antonio. The proceeds will be used to finance tenant improvements and leasing commissions. The 12-story property is located near San Antonio International Airport and the Loop 410/Highway 281 interchange. The borrower was not disclosed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Divco West Real Estate Services (DivcoWest), a real estate investment firm based in San Francisco, has opened an office in Washington, D.C. Located at 1620 L St. N.W., the new location joins the firm’s roster of offices in Boston, Los Angeles and New York. Additionally, DivcoWest has acquired Avalon Woodland Park, a 392-unit apartment community in Herndon, Va., for an undisclosed price. The company purchased the asset in partnership with Arlington, Va.-based Blackfin Real Estate Investors and renamed the property as Adara Herndon. The gated community features a fitness center, resort-style pool, picnic tables and park benches, sand volleyball court, children’s playground and private garages.
AUDUBON, PENN. — NKF Capital Markets has brokered the $20 million sale of a 136,918-square-foot office building in Audubon. Located at 1001 Adams Ave., the property is currently fully occupied by Optum 360, a UnitedHealth Company. Amenities at the property include a full-service cafeteria, on-site fitness center with showers, outside patio dining and video conferencing facilities. Mike Margolis, Dave Dolan, Dave Garonzik and Jeff Mack of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller, Delaware Valley Real Estate Investment Fund, in the transaction. The buyer was Blue Stone Capital.