HALLANDALE BEACH, FLA. — New office and retail tenants have signed leases totaling 43,000 square feet at the third phase of Atlantic Village, a 308,253-square-foot mixed-use development located in Hallandale Beach, roughly 13 miles south of Fort Lauderdale. Retailers Mitch’s Bagels (1,985 square feet), Holy Shakes (1,067 square feet), Club Pilates (2,562 square feet), Zen Zone (2,086 square feet), The Spot Barbershop (1,215 square feet), La Maison H (2,260 square feet), Genia’s Keratin Spa (1,370 square feet) and 54D (8,146 square feet) have opened at the development, which is situated at 601 to 801 N. Federal Highway. Casa Crudos (1,629 square feet), The Wagyu House (2,681 square feet), Murano by Ferraro’s Kitchen (2,600 square feet) and Drunken Dragon (7,746 square feet) have also signed leases at Atlantic Village. Office tenants now open at Phase III of the development, which is currently 83 percent leased, include The Worx (10,911 square feet), Skin and Cancer Dermatology (3,731 square feet), Glowing Smiles Pediatric Dentistry (2,450 square feet) and Ciocca Dermatology of Hallandale (5,608 square feet). Phase I of Atlantic Village, which is fully leased, features 34,710 square feet of retail space. Phase II comprises 27,486 square feet and 10,380 square feet of retail …
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MIAMI — NAI Miami | Fort Lauderdale has brokered the $5.2 million sale of an office building located at 2150 Coral Way in Miami. Jeremy Larkin and Craig Merlin of NAI Miami | Fort Lauderdale represented the seller, an entity doing business as Ocean Coral Way Inc., in the transaction. Alphatur LLC acquired the property, which totals 17,450 square feet and is situated along Coral Way, a corridor connecting the Coral Gables district to Miami’s Brickell and Downtown districts.
Gantry Arranges $15.5M Refinancing for Lake View Village Mixed-Use Building in Lake Oswego, Oregon
by Amy Works
LAKE OSWEGO, ORE. — Gantry has secured a $15.5 million permanent loan for the refinancing of Lake View Village, a mixed-use office and retail property in downtown Lake Oswego, a suburb south of Portland. The master-planned project is located at State Street and A Avenue and offers 91,000 square feet of rentable office and retail space in six village-style buildings ranging from one- to three-stories. Tenants include dining, retail and professional services tenants. Blake Hering and Alicia Sabanero of Gantry represented the borrower, a private real estate investor and the center’s original developer. One of Gantry’s correspondent life company lenders provided the 10-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization at a fixed interest rate.
TAMPA, FLA. — CBRE has arranged a $32.5 million loan for the refinancing of Westshore Center, a nine-story office building in Tampa. Amy Julian and Andrew Chilgren of CBRE arranged the loan through BMO on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between C-III Capital Partners and America’s Capital Partners. The 219,992-square-foot office property was 85 percent leased at the time of financing to 25 tenants with an average weighted lease term of nearly five years.
DALLAS — Solender/Hall, a brokerage firm that specializes in helping nonprofits, has negotiated the sale of a 63,000-square-foot office building located at 9696 Skillman St. in northeast Dallas. The buyer, nonprofit organization Dallas Metrocare Services, plans to use the three-story building to provide mental health services, housing and homeless assistance. The building will also house a pharmacy and healthcare clinic for military families. BBH Capital Investments sold the property for an undisclosed price.
ALLEN, TEXAS — CapturePoint LLC, a provider of carbon management services, has signed a 27,317-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion in Allen, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. CapturePoint now occupies roughly half of the building at 1101 Central Expressway S. via 17,212 square feet on the first floor and 10,105 square feet on the second floor. Kent Smith of NAI Robert Lynn represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Jared Laake of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord.
CHEYENNE, WYO. — Laramie County has acquired 2020 Carey Avenue, an office building in Cheyenne, for $5.5 million. The 74,476-square-foot office building occupies a full city block in Cheyenne’s downtown core. The nine-story building includes two off-street parking lots. James Bowers of Coldwell Banker Commercial The Property Exchange represented the county and the seller, Voss Family Limited Partnership, in the transaction.
BOSTON — Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. has renewed its lease for approximately 1.1 million square feet of office and life sciences space at 50 Northern Avenue and 11 Fan Pier Boulevard in Boston. According to Loopnet Inc., both buildings were constructed in 2013 and total 587,374 and 543,098 square feet, respectively. Vertex’s existing lease, which expires in December 2028, was extended for approximately 15 years through June 2044. A joint venture that includes locally based REIT Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ: DHC) owns both buildings. The RMR Group provides property and asset management services for the joint venture.
ANDOVER, MASS. — Locally based general contractor and construction management firm Vantage Builders has completed a 10,000-square-foot headquarters expansion project for NEOLab in Andover, a northern suburb of Boston. The orthodontic laboratory operator essentially doubled its footprint across the first and second floors of the building at 3 Riverside Drive. Maugel DeStefano Architects designed the project, which delivered two 3D metal printing laboratories, an open office layout, new education space, lunchroom and a renovated warehouse and storage area.
— By Marty Pupil — The Orange County office sector continues to battle through the early stages of a market turnaround as tenants adapt to new workplace strategies while balancing employee retention and company production. The market is beginning to thaw, however, as more tenants make decisions on their office space requirements, creating opportunities for tenant activity. Net absorption was negative at the onset of 2024, totaling 338,100 square feet. South County experienced the highest amount of move-outs at 199,002 square feet, followed by the Airport Area with 171,171 square feet. Central County, North County and West County submarkets combined for positive absorption of 32,073 square feet. Right now, positive absorption shows up in pockets of the market and can vary by submarket and quarter. Positive absorption for the overall market will become sustainable when new leasing activity reaches levels that are high enough to compensate for givebacks. Total vacancy in the first quarter rose 20 basis points quarter over quarter to 18.1 percent from 17.9 percent, while increasing year over year from 18 percent. Despite this, current vacancy remains well above the pre-pandemic 10-year average of 13.9 percent. For perspective, vacancy peaked at 19.2 percent during the financial crisis …