HOUSTON — It’s much too soon to know the extent of the damage Hurricane Irma has inflicted on Florida and the Southeast, but a clearer view is starting to emerge with regard to the total impact that Hurricane Harvey has had on the Houston commercial real estate market. Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 storm that made landfall on Aug. 25 near Rockport, Texas, was the strongest storm to hit the Texas Gulf region since 1961, according to CBRE Research. The hurricane dumped more than 50 inches of rain across the region in a matter of days and caused extensive property damage due to flooding. Moody’s Analytics estimates that the hurricane caused anywhere from $81 billion to $108 billion in property damage and economic loss, including the closing of Port Houston and many oil and gas refineries. If these estimates are correct, this would make it the second costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States, only trailing Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Just a few weeks later, Hurricane Irma became the first Category 4 storm to make landfall in Florida since 2004. In its wake, the hurricane has caused severe damage in Miami, the Florida Keys and Naples, as …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Austin resident Michael Ayer will develop Davenport 360, a 33,911-square-foot, Class A office property that will be located at 6001 Bold Ruler Way along Capital of Texas Highway in Austin. The property will be situated near local retail and restaurant options and offer employees a three-level parking garage. The developer plans to break ground as soon as the property is 50 percent pre-leased, according to the Austin Business Journal. Cushman & Wakefield is handling pre-leasing of the property.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap will expand its downtown Chicago office by 6,000 square feet. Located at 333 W. Wacker Drive, the downtown office will support more than 80 sales professionals, originators and staff with three managers. Previously, the downtown location had 47 agents and staff members. The firm is also expanding personnel in its Oak Brook office, located at One Mid-America Plaza. The Oak Brook office is expanding from 34 agents and staff to approximately 45 employees in order to support more rapid suburban market penetration, according to Marcus & Millichap.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Newcor Commercial Real Estate has negotiated an office lease renewal on behalf of law firm Cooper Hart Leggerio & Whitehead PLLC. The firm will continue to occupy 15,836 square feet at 2202 Timberloch Place in The Woodlands. Rob Banzhaf and Ryan Dierker of Newcor represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Lisa Hughes of The J. Beard Real Estate Co. represented the landlord, Timberloch Inc.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Insight Realty Co. has purchased Park Plaza, a 73,000-square-foot office building in downtown Sacramento, for an undisclosed amount. The Class A building is located at 1303 J St. The firm partnered with local developer and investor Patrick Molloy, along with his firm Gavden Investments, to acquire the asset.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — CBRE/New England has facilitated the sale of an office and retail building located at 625 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge. L&B Realty Advisors sold the 122,104-square-foot building to a partnership between Lincoln Property Co. and Chile-based Stars Investments for $75 million. Featuring direct access to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Red Line, the property is occupied by Boston Sports Club, Walgreens, TD Bank and WeWork’s Cambridge location. Dave Pergola and Brian Doherty of CBRE/NE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
BOSTON — PTC, a global technology provider, has signed a lease for 250,000 square feet of office space at 121 Seaport in Boston’s Seaport District. The company will move its global headquarters to Skanska’s elliptical tower in early 2019. PTC will occupy two-thirds of the 17-story, 400,000-square-foot building, from floors nine through 17. Designed by CBT, 121 Seaport is slated to come online in the first quarter of 2018. Newmark Knight Frank represented the developer/owner, Skanska, while Cresa represented PTC in the transaction.
MEDFORD, N.J. — Atkins Cos., in conjunction with Capital Solutions, has acquired Medford Medical Center, a medical office building located at 103 Old Marlton Pike in Medford. A condominium association sold the 46,400-square-foot property for $2.4 million. Prior to the sale, the facility was comprised of 20 condominium units owned by individual medical groups. As part of the transaction, the individual units converted back into a single ownership entity and the condominium association was dissolved. The buyer plans to renovate the exterior and interior of the property to create a new state-of-the-art medical facility. Larchmont Imaging and South Jersey Eye Physicians anchor the property. Evan Zweben of Colliers International was the sole broker in the transaction.
DULUTH, GA. — Miami-based IG3 Real Estate has purchased Sugarloaf Business Center, a 113,016-square-foot office complex in Duluth, for $13.5 million. The property is situated on 14 acres at 1845-1855 Satellite Blvd., roughly 30 miles north of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. Mariano Perez of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital arranged an $8.4 million acquisition loan through MidFirst Bank on behalf of IG3. Tony Swann and Craig Taylor of CBRE represented the seller, California-based Islandia Sugarwood LLC, in the sales transaction. The complex comprises two single-story office buildings constructed in 1999 and 2001. At the time of sale, Sugarloaf Business Center was 98 percent triple-net-leased to tenants including Credit Union Service Corp., Emory Clinic, Hire Dynamics, United HealthCare Services Inc. and USASF Servicing.
HOUSTON — The J. Beard Real Estate Co. has brokered the sale of two office/warehouse properties totaling 119,675 square feet in Houston. The flex properties are situated on 16.7 acres at 12450 and 12452 Cutten Road. Jeff Beard of The J. Beard Co. represented the buyer, Downhole Technology, a provider of hydraulic fracturing plugs. Cape Bell and Allison Hall of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Northwest Real Estate Holdings LLC.