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LOUISVILLE, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the auction sale of a 25,274-square-foot office property located at 3621 Fern Valley Road in Louisville. Chewy Inc., the online retailer for pet food and medications, occupies the building on a corporate-guaranteed lease with a little more than three years remaining on the initial term and two five-year renewal options. The property serves as the brand’s national call center and training hub that supports Chewy’s pharmaceuticals business. Daniel Greenamyre of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the Chicago-based seller. Greenamyre worked with Paul Casella and Derek Schuster of Marcus & Millichap’s Auction Services team to execute the online auction. Michael Glass served as Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Kentucky for the deal. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.

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141-Willoughby-St.-Brooklyn

NEW YORK CITY — Northwind Group, a Manhattan-based real estate private equity firm and debt fund manager, has provided two loans totaling $427 million for a pair of office-to-residential conversion projects in New York City. In the first deal, Northwind funded a $208 million loan for the partial conversion of 141 Willoughby Street, a 24-story 355,000-square-foot office building in downtown Brooklyn. The borrower, a joint venture between Capstone Equities and BH3 Fund Advisors, plans to redevelop the office space on floors eight through 23 into 239 apartments. Ownership plans to maintain office usage across the first seven floors of 141 Willoughby, which was originally constructed in 2023 but never occupied. Future residents will have access to amenities such as a fitness center, entertainment lounge, coworking space, wellness center, golf simulator, sports court, games room and a children’s playroom, along with landscaped terraces on the 10th and 20th floors and a full-time attended lobby.   Lastly, the new ownership of 141 Willoughby, which has rebranded the building as 385 Gold, will maintain separate entrances and exits between the office and residential components. An expected completion date was not announced. “[The building at] 141 Willoughby Street was designed to an institutional standard, …

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NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) has sold 110 Greene Street, a 223,000-square-foot office building in Lower Manhattan, for $226 million. The 13-story building was originally constructed as two structures by New York City merchant Charles “Broadway” Rouse between 1908 and 1920 and later combined into a single structure that is known locally as The SoHo Building. Tenants include Avoro Capital, Birkenstock and apparel retailer UNTUCKit. Gary Phillips, Will Silverman and Carly Shoulberg of Eastdil Secured Savills advised SL Green on the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.

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343-Madison-Ave.-Manhattan

NEW YORK CITY — McDermott Will & Schulte has signed a 150,000-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The global law firm will occupy the entirety of floors 31 through 37 at 343 Madison Avenue, a 46-story, 930,000-square-foot building that is currently under construction. The firm’s footprint will encompass some 330 offices and will include an outdoor terrace. Occupancy is slated for fall 2029. BXP, the REIT formerly known as Boston Properties, owns 343 Madison. No third-party brokers were involved in the lease negotiations.

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PHOENIX — Foundation 8 has received a $44.5 million loan secured by the office component of 333 N. Central Avenue, a mixed-use tower in downtown Phoenix. Hilco Group Real Estate Capital structured the first mortgage financing to refinance existing acquisition financing and provide additional capital to support leasing costs, tenant improvements, capital improvements and other costs associated with the execution of Foundation 8’s business plan. New York-based Sterling Realty Capital acted as debt placement agent and financing advisor to Foundation 8 in connection with the transaction. Adi Bedi of Sterling Realty Capital led the financing assignment and worked closely with Foundation 8 and the Hilco Global practice throughout the structuring, underwriting and closing process. Built in 2010, the property comprises 246,490 square feet of office space across the top eight floors of the tower, 2,522 square feet of ground-floor retail space, rooftop amenity rights and shared access to the building’s parking structure. A separately owned 242-key Westin Hotel occupies the middle portion of the building. The financing will support the repositioning of the office space from a historically single-tenant corporate headquarters into a multi-tenant office property. Foundation 8 purchased the office component in December 2025. Originally purpose-built for Freeport-McMoRan, the …

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MONTGOMERY, OHIO — ClarkDietrich, a manufacturer of cold-formed steel framing, will relocate its corporate headquarters to Montgomery Quarter, which is a public-private partnership between the City of Montgomery and developers Brandicorp and Neyer Properties valued at $350 million. ClarkDietrich is expected to take occupancy in fall 2027. The company has outgrown its currently leased space in West Chester, Ohio. ClarkDietrich will occupy the full second and third floors of a new building within Montgomery Quarter. The lease for 32,500 square feet will account for approximately 70 percent of the building. The new 46,500-square-foot building will be constructed above an existing parking garage at the development. ClarkDietrich’s office will feature a large training and meeting center, an outdoor terrace, an open staircase connecting the second and third floors and abundant natural light. ClarkDietrich will bring approximately 80 employees upon relocation. Upon completion, the new building will join Montgomery Quarter’s mixed-use campus, which will now feature 116,000 square feet of Class A office space, 25,000 square feet of retail/restaurants, 387 luxury apartment units between two phases and a 128-room, high-end hotel. The Gateway Partners Montgomery development team, a partnership between Brandicorp and Neyer Properties, has partnered with Jeffery Andereson Real Estate on …

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MIAMI — Blanca Commercial Real Estate has signed 15 leases at Waterford Business District, a 250-acre office campus located adjacent to Miami International Airport. Totaling 117,764 square feet, the transactions include 47,851 square feet of new leases and 69,913 square feet of renewals with tenants across a mix of industries such as life sciences, logistics, insurance, maritime, hospitality, professional services and international business operations. New leases at Waterford Business District include Greenvine Insurance (26,014 square feet); Megalabs USA (9,703 square feet); Fresh Dining Concepts (7,944 square); KOTUG Americas (2,673 square feet); and RPL International Group (1,517 square feet). Recent lease renewals include Regus (24,181 square feet); Estee Lauder Travel Retail Services (10,276 square feet); Victor, Shaw & McCue (8,475 square feet); Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical (6,897 square feet); Yamaha Motor Distribution LATAM (5,673 square feet); Globant LLC (3,826 square feet); Jamaica Tourist Board (3,664 square feet); First American Services (2,984 square feet); Rolls-Royce Solutions (2,489 square feet); and CargoBot (1,448 square feet). The tenant reps for these deals included CBRE, State Street Realty, Blanca Commercial Real Estate, Lokation Real Estate, Cresa, JLL, Newmark, Cushman & Wakefield, Vitalis Properties, Easton & Associates, Colliers and Brickss Real Estate Co. A joint venture between Nuveen Real …

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— By Patrick Shalz of TOK Commercial — Amid an office landscape that remains uneven nationally, the Boise MSA continues to distinguish itself with steady fundamentals, improving vacancy and rising rents. The market remained on solid footing through the second quarter of 2026. Overall vacancy held steady at 6.6 percent, down from 7.2 percent one year ago. It has remained remarkably consistent throughout the first half of the year, fluctuating by just one-tenth of a percentage point.  Multi-tenant vacancy also improved, declining to 10.2 percent from 10.5 percent a year earlier, reflecting continued demand for quality multi-tenant space. Overall asking lease rates reached a record high of $23 per square foot (full-service, annual), with nearly every submarket posting year-over-year rent growth. Class A asking rates also strengthened, increasing 2 percent from last year to $25.50 per square foot.  Leasing activity shifted toward larger transactions in the first half of 2026. Although the total number of office transactions declined nearly 10 percent year over year, net absorption increased 36 percent, indicating that tenants leased larger blocks of space than in the prior year. Smaller suites account for the majority of activity, but their share of the market softened with spaces of …

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based owner-operator Global Holdings has received a $382.4 million loan for the refinancing of 120 Park Avenue, a 620,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan. Wells Fargo and LBBW co-provided the loan. Bloomberg LP serves as the building’s anchor tenant, occupying roughly 500,000 square feet across 20 stories and recently extending its commitment to the building through 2040. Global Holdings is currently undertaking capital improvements to the building, including a lobby renovation and elevator modernization. The firm also recently completed window upgrades on the fifth and sixth floors.

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By Scott Olson As I look back over the last 12 months since my August 2025 Cedar Rapids update, the resilience of this city to adapt despite high interest rates, tariffs and a Middle East conflict is second to none. Our city council priorities have remained unchanged: • Housing options and affordability • Strengthen and stabilize neighborhoods • Clean and safe city • Recreational and cultural amenities • Homelessness • Flood control system The economic growth highlighted in this report is matched by city efforts in all the priority areas. Our current national rankings reflect these successes: • No. 3 Best Place to Live in the Midwest (SpaceWise, 2026) • No. 3 City with the Most Affordable Rent (WalletHub, 2026) • No. 5 Midwest City for a Peaceful Retirement (lnvestopedia, 2026)  • No. 11 Most Affordable Small City to Buy a Home (WalletHub, 2026)  • No. 16 Best City to Buy a House in America (Niche.com, 2026) • No. 19 Safest City in Americas (WalletHub, 2026) — ranked across key dimensions, including home and community safety and natural disaster risk and financial safety • No. 22 Best Run City in the U.S. (WalletHub, 2025) • No. 30 City with the …

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