WINSTON SALEM, N.C. — Cronheim Mortgage has secured a $5.2 million loan for St. George Square, a 41,000-square-foot retail and office property in Winston-Salem. Allison Villamagna, Andrew Steward and Dev Morris of Cronheim structured the 10-year loan with a 20-year amortization schedule through Standard Insurance Co. on behalf of the borrower, an entity managed by The Bedrin Organization. At the time the loan was placed, St. George Square was fully leased to a mix of retail and office tenants including Salons by JC, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, Regus Office Centers, State Farm Insurance, Tropical Smoothie Café, Nothing Bundt Cakes and Painting with a Twist. The property is situated across from Hanes Mall Boulevard and roughly seven miles south of Wake Forest University.
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DALLAS — Northwood Investors will develop a 340,000-square-foot office tower within The Shops at Park Lane, a 550,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Dallas. Gensler designed the 11-story, Class A building, which has yet to be branded. Cushman & Wakefield will handle leasing of the property. A timetable for construction has not yet been established.
IRVING, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has negotiated an office lease expansion at 1320 Greenway in Irving on behalf of The Clay Paul Group, an insurance brokerage firm. The lease expands the company’s footprint to 4,677 square feet, roughly double the size of its previous space. Tyler Maner of Stream represented the tenant in the negotiations. Jeff Wood of Peloton represented the landlord, Arden Group.
PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA. — Redline Property Partners has purchased 2 Sun Court, a 98,000-square-foot office building in Peachtree Corners, a city roughly 23 miles north of Atlanta. The sales price was not disclosed. MidCap Financial provided financing for the acquisition. Redline plans to rebrand and renovate the property, including developing additional amenity space on the property’s excess land. Grover Corlew will manage the property, and Matt Davis and Matt Fergus of Lincoln Property Co. will handle the leasing assignment. The acquisition marks Atlanta-based Redline’s first investment in its home market.
MADISON, WIS. — National Specialty Insurance (NSI) has commissioned The Gialamas Co. and The Livesey Co. to develop a 150,000-square-foot office building in Madison. The building will accommodate NSI’s current space needs of 80,000 square feet, while also providing it with the opportunity to expand to 150,000 square feet. The building will be located in the last large remaining parcel of Old Sauk Trails Office Park. In addition to being a tenant in the building, West Bend Insurance (NSI’s parent company) will also be a 50/50 partner in the building. Iconica will oversee design and construction of the building, which is slated for completion in December 2017. NSI will occupy the property in January 2018. NSI offers insurance products for child care, social services, detective and security programs.
LOS ANGELES — Paradigm Talent Agency has leased 83,000 square feet of office space in Beverly Hills. The space is located at 8942 Wilshire Blvd. within the Wilshire La Peer Building. Paradigm will use the entire building for its headquarters, with plans to move in during spring 2018. The company plans to make capital renovations to the property. The agency is consolidating three locations into one space. NKF’s Michael Moll, CBRE’s Jeff Pion and BCRS’s Willa McNamarra Fields represented the talent agency, while LA Realty Partner’s Peter Best, Lisa St. John and Rick Buckley represented the building owners, Ocean West and Walton Street, in this transaction.
ADDISON, TEXAS — Gaedeke Group has negotiated a 14,562-square-foot office lease at Millenium Tower in Addison. Gaedeke Group owns the building, which is located at 15455 Dallas Parkway, and was represented internally by Elliot Prieur and Allison Johnston. Craig Wilson and Dean Collins of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, Manpowergroup US Inc., a workforce solutions firm.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors has brokered the sale of an 11,679-square-foot office/warehouse property in Arlington. Roughly two-thirds of the property, which is situated on 1.5 acres at 2309 Superior Drive in the Pantego area of Arlington, is office space and the remainder is warehouse space. Wayne Burgdorf of Coldwell Banker represented the seller, 2309 Properties LLC, and the buyer, 2309 Superior Drive LLC.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Equitable Commercial Realty (ECR) has negotiated a 6,101-square-foot office lease at 12710 Research Blvd. in Austin. Matt Levin, Rebecca Zigterman and Jason Steinberg of ECR represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Chad Jewell of Austin Office Space represented the undisclosed tenant.
BOSTON — G-Tek Labs has leased 30,000 square feet at 28 Damrell Street in South Boston. The company provides hardware workspace, creating an environment that supports development, manufacturing and scaling of electronic devices. The shared workspace will provide access to design software and state-of-the-art equipment, such as 3D printers and pick and place machines. G-Tek Labs, backed by Taiwan-based Gigatek, has begun construction on its two-story space with plans to launch Phase 1 in September. Colliers International’s Ryan Healy and Mike Shakespeare represented G-Tek in their search for space. Attorneys Ku Yoo of Chang & Yoo LLP and James Heffernan of Rich May, PC represented G-Tek Labs in negotiating the lease and other corporate matters. Scott Gredler with Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Damrell Properties, in the transaction.