ARLINGTON, TEXAS — NAI Robert Lynn has secured a 36,450-square-foot industrial/office lease at 640 107th St. in Arlington. Michael Stanzel of NAI Robert Lynn represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. George Curry and Blake Rogers of JLL represented the tenant, Incab America LLC, a Georgia-based manufacturer of fiber optic cable.
SAN FRANCISCO — Mindspace has announced plans to open its first U.S.-based co-working outpost in San Francisco. The European co-working provider has leased 36,000 square feet at the Market Center Building at 575 Market St. The new office will open in the second quarter of 2018. It will be able to hold around 600 members. Market Center is owned by Equity Office. JLL advised Mindspace in this lease transaction.
WOODCLIFF, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged $26.2 million in financing on behalf of Hudson Equities Management. The financing is secured by 300 Tice Boulevard, a 240,291-square-foot office property. Streamline Realty Funding provided the four-year, floating-rate financing. At the time of financing, the property was 78.5 percent occupied by a variety of tenants in the auto, pharmaceutical and financial services industries. John Alascio, Sridhar Vankayala and Andre Hass of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sponsor in the transaction.
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS — Realty Capital Management has broken ground on Lakeside Professional Office, a 21,750-square-foot project in Flower Mound. The Class A property is being developed on a speculative basis. Bancorp South provided the construction loan for the project, which is expected to be complete by summer 2018.
BENTONVILLE, ARK. — NAS Investment Solutions has acquired a 30,829-square-foot office building in Bentonville, along with five tenants-in-common (TIC) co-owners. Nick Viscount and Tim Winton of Keystone Mortgage Corp. arranged a 10-year, fixed-rate loan for the acquisition on behalf of the buyer. Other terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The property features a brick-and-glass architectural design and was solely occupied by a Fortune 500 company at the time of sale.
MINNEAPOLIS — WeWork has signed a 46,000-square-foot office lease at MoZaic East in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. The 198,000-square-foot creative office and retail property is currently under construction, with completion slated for late 2018. This lease represents one-quarter of the total office space available at MoZaic East. WeWork is a shared workspace for entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups and small businesses. WeWork currently has more than 170 locations spread across 56 cities in 18 countries. The company maintains one other location in Minnesota at Capella Tower in downtown Minneapolis. Emily Nicoll of CBRE represented WeWork in the lease transaction. Mark McCary, Larissa Champeau, Brent Karkula and Joe Conzemius of CBRE represented the landlord, Ackerberg.
NEW YORK CITY — Rockwood Capital and Midtown Equities, in joint partnership, have received $245 million in financing for a portion of Empire Stores in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood. The loan is for 55 Water Street, an 1860s-era warehouse building that was recently renovated, including the addition of a sixth floor to the original five stories. Upon completion, the overall project will feature 380,000 square feet of commercial space, including office, retail, restaurant and exhibition space, as well as rooftop gardens and public facilities. Provided by M&T Bank, the loans consisted of a $217.3 million land loan, plus $27.7 million for future project costs. Diana Brummer and Elizabeth Akerman of Stroock represented the joint venture in the financing.
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has brokered the sale of The Plaza at Mountain Lakes, an office building located at 60 Midvale Road in Mountain Lakes. Giovanna Levato acquired the 11,000-square-foot property from 60 Midvale LLC for an undisclosed price. The two-story multi-tenant office building features ample parking and flexible zoning allowing for both office and retail uses. Andrew Kirshenbaum, Barry Mayer, Arthur Hixson, Josh Levering and Nicholas DePaolera of NAI Hanson represented the seller in the transaction.
ATLANTA — The Loudermilk Cos. has topped off construction of 371 East Paces Ferry, a nine-story, 120,000-square-foot medical office building in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. George Olmstead of Cushman & Wakefield is handling the property’s leasing assignment, and recently secured a 3,576-square-foot lease with Interventional Orthopedics of Atlanta LLC. The company will join other committed tenants including Concord Pharmacy, Piedmont Medical Care Corp., Peachtree Dermatology and Kalos Surgical Associates. The building will include 485 parking spaces in a seven-level deck and is expected to open in April 2018.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC has signed a 200,000-square-foot office lease at AllianceTexas in Fort Worth. Mercedes-Benz Financial has operated out of AllianceTexas, an 18,000-acre, master-planned community owned by Hillwood, since 2007, and this move increases the overall size of the company’s footprint in Fort Worth. The new, build-to-suit property will serve as the company’s national business operations center and is scheduled to open in 2019.