AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between Atlanta-based Cousins Properties (NYSE: CUZ), Riverside Resources and Ironwood Real Estate will develop 300 Colorado, a 309,000-square-foot office tower that will be located in downtown Austin. Total development costs of the project are anticipated to be about $175 million. The property will be situated across the street from Cousins’ Colorado Tower, a 373,334-square-foot office asset. The property is 100 preleased to independent oil and gas firm Parsley Energy Inc., which has signed a 12-year, 302,000-square-foot lease; and restaurant Del Frisco’s, which has signed a 10-year, 7,000-square-foot lease. The partnership expects to begin construction in December and deliver the building in December 2020.
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DALLAS — A partnership between Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) and Crescent Real Estate LLC will redevelop 2401 Cedar Springs, a 200,000-square-foot office building located in the Uptown area of Dallas that it recently acquired from Guidestone Financial Resources. Jack Crews of JLL represented Guidestone in that sale. The single-tenant property was built in 1989 and will soon be vacant. The redevelopment project will focus on the building’s exterior façade and lobby and will deliver new amenities while modernizing the tenant spaces and common areas. A timetable for completion of the project has not yet been established.
HOUSTON — HFF has brokered the sale of 5757 Woodway, a 162,188-square-foot office property situated on four acres in Houston’s Galleria neighborhood. Dan Miller and Marty Hogan of HFF represented the seller, a joint venture sponsored by Fuller Realty Partners and Harbert Management Corp., and procured the buyer, Houston-based Braun Enterprises. The property was 70 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants spanning the finance, healthcare, communication, technology and education sectors.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Equitable Commercial Realty (ECR) has arranged an office lease at Regency Office Center in Austin. Mood Media, a provider of interactive mobile marketing solutions, will occupy 55,000 square feet at the property, which will serve as its new headquarters. ECR represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Sam Pruitt and Jeff Sheehan of Site Selection Group represented Mood Media.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Building and Land Technology (BLT) is developing Harbor Landing, the redevelopment and rebranding of Stamford Landing and Davenport Landing in Stamford. The project will connect the Stamford Landing office complex and the Davenport Landing boatyard and residential properties. The newly connected waterfront property will be a combination of the former Stamford Landing, a 200,000-square-foot waterfront office complex, and the former Davenport Landing, featuring 218 residential rental units, two restaurants, a full-service boatyard operated by The Hinckley Co., a boardwalk and a marina with more than 120 available slips. The residential portion of the property is slated to begin leasing early this year. On-site amenities at the property include security, a shuttle to the train, a fitness center with yoga studio, marina slips, and two restaurants, Crab Shell and Prime. BLT has retained RHYS as leasing agent for the property.
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Skyline Plaza, an office building located at 414 Eagle Rock Ave. in West Orange. A private investor sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $8.8 million. The three-story, 60,000-square-foot property was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. Fahri Ozturk and Kim Kretowicz of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has arranged the sale of a development site located at 52-56 Ainslie St. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 4,950-square-foot site for $5.1 million. The site offers mixed zoning, allowing for a development project ranging in size from 13,365 square feet to 17,820 square feet depending on use. Ofer Cohen, Dan Marks, Matt Trotter, Peter Matheos and David Algarin of TerraCRG brokered the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
Barker Pacific Group, WHI Real Estate Partners Buy 213,982 SF Office Center Near Sacramento
by Nellie Day
ROSEVILLE, CALIF. — A joint venture between Barker Pacific Group and WHI Real Estate Partners has purchased Douglas Corporate Center, a 213,982-square-foot office center in Roseville, for an undisclosed sum. The Class A center is located at 2901 Douglas Blvd. in the Douglas Corridor, just north of Sacramento. The joint venture purchased the property through auction. BBVA Compass Bank provided debt financing for the transaction. Chris Lemmon and Zac Collie of Newmark Cornish & Carey will handle the property’s leasing.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — GrubHub has leased a 29,526- square-foot spec suite at the San Tan Tech Center in Chandler. The center is located at 145 S. 79th St. The asset will be 93 percent leased once the mobile food ordering company moves in later this month. ViaWest Group acquired the 129,187-square-foot property in 2013. Other notable tenants include Arvato Digital Services, HealthTell and Amkor. JLL’s Mark Gustin, Dave Seeger and Karsten Peterson represented the landlord in this transaction.
DALLAS — Trammell Crow Co. and joint venture partner MetLife have signed international law firm Winston & Strawn LLP to a 56,000-square-foot lease at Park District in Uptown Dallas. Situated adjacent to Klyde Warren Park, Park District is a 916,000-square-foot mixed-use project that features a 20-story office tower and 34-story residential tower, both of which include ground-floor retail space. PwC is the anchor tenant of the office tower, dubbed PwC Tower at Park District. Upon completion the building will feature four levels of below-grade parking, an executive lounge, fitness facility, collaborative workspaces, on-site restaurants, outdoor amenity spaces and on-site banking and valet. HKS is the project architect and the development team is seeking LEED Gold-certification for the office tower. Dennis Barnes, Clay Gilbert and Shannon Brown with CBRE’s Dallas office represented Trammell Crow and MetLife in the lease transaction. Phil Puckett, Harlan Davis and Neal Puckett, also with CBRE’s Dallas office, and Nancy Pacher of CBRE’s Chicago office, represented Winston & Strawn, which will occupy floors eight and nine of the 500,000-square-foot tower in the second quarter.