Office

SAN ANTONIO — Weston Urban, KDC and TRT Holdings Inc. have broken ground on Frost Tower, a 460,000-square-foot, Class A office property on Houston Street in downtown San Antonio. The 23-story building will consist of 430,000 square feet of office space, a 400,000-square-foot wraparound parking facility, 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 10,000 square feet of tenant amenity space, which includes a lounge and a fitness center. Clark Construction Group LLC is the general contractor for the project, which is slated for a 2019 completion.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington REIT has signed a contract to acquire Watergate 600, a 309,387-square-foot office building located at 600 New Hampshire Ave. N.W. in Washington, D.C. Katherine B. Bradley and David G. Bradley, owners of publishing firm Atlantic Media, have agreed to sell Watergate 600 to Washington REIT for $135 million. Atlantic Media occupies 140,000 square feet of space at the 12-story office building on a long-term lease. Built in 1972 along the Potomac River, Watergate 600 is part of the six-building Watergate complex and features direct access to Interstate 66 and the Metrorail’s Foggy Bottom rail station. The asset was 97 percent leased at the time of sale.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Serendipity Labs Coworking, a shared office space concept, has signed a lease for 15,000 square feet of space within the L & C Tower complex in downtown Nashville. Serendipity Labs will occupy the first two floors at 159 4th Ave. N., which will feature a work lounge, team rooms, private offices, a café and event space. Serendipity Labs’ development partner for Nashville, SLN Capital LLC, is an entity owned by Dan McEwan, CEO of Memphis-based Maximum Hospitality, a Starwood Preferred Management Company. SLN Capital LLC signed the lease with landlord CIM Group. McEwan expects to open the newest Serendipity Labs location in early August. New York-based Serendipity Labs has six current locations with approximately 100 locations under development across the country. McEwan expects to open additional Serendipity Labs locations in the Nashville area in the near future.

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WETHERSFIELD, CONN. — Phil Gagnon of Colliers International has brokered the $2.1 million sale of a 44,000-square-foot office building in Wethersfield. The Class B building is located at 936 Silas Deane Highway. Gagnon represented the buyer, CT Peer Review Organization (CPRO), in the transaction. CPRO will occupy a portion of the building and plans to complete upgrades to the facility. Patrick Mulready of CBRE represented the seller, PBE Cos.

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DALLAS — Crow Holdings has released plans for a six-story, 90,000-square-foot building that will be the final structure in the Old Parkland project, a multi-building redevelopment in Dallas. Launched in 2006, the ambitious project includes revamping the historic buildings and grounds of the former Parkland Hospital, a 103-year-old structure that Crow has renovated to serve as its corporate headquarters. The property now features 334,000 square feet of master-planned, Class A office space situated on 9.5 acres on Maple Avenue in Dallas. Delivery of the building is slated for the first quarter of 2019.

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DALLAS — Civitas Capital Group has signed a lease to occupy 24,724 square feet of office space at One Arts Plaza in downtown Dallas. The mixed-use property, which is located at 1722 Routh St., features more than 500,000 square feet of office space. Under the terms of the lease, which begins this summer, the new space will serve as Civitas’ corporate headquarters. Phil Puckett and Harlan Davis of CBRE represented Civitas in the transaction, and James Esquivel, Blake Shipley and Ahnie Gampper of JLL represented the landlord, Billingsley Co., a Texas-based developer. Through its affiliates, Civitas offers alternative investment strategies and EB-5 investments, as well as a range of products and services for institutional investors and family offices

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TAMPA, FLA. — Amgen, a California-based biopharmaceutical company, has leased 125,000 square feet of office space at Corporate Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot office building in the Tampa submarket of Westshore. Located at 2202 N. Westshore Blvd., the Class A property will house Amgen’s new, 450-employee business support center. Cousins Properties Inc., an Atlanta-based REIT that primarily invests in Class A office towers, represented Amgen in the transaction.

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ERIE, COLO. — Boulder Community Health has acquired 6.1 acres of land located at the northwest corner of Erie Parkway and South Briggs Street in Erie. The price was not disclosed. The group plans to build a 40,000-square-foot medical office building on the site, complete with an urgent care facility. Construction is set to begin late this year, with completion in the fourth quarter of 2018. The property sits adjacent to Erie Community Park and the Erie Community Center, along the main corridor into the historic downtown area.

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PASADENA, CALIF. — iHerb has signed a five-year lease for 19,993 square feet of office space in Pasadena. The space is located at 301 N. Lake Ave. iHerb is a California-based retailer with more than 35,000 natural products. It will occupy the entire sixth floor. The Class A building offers access to the 210 and 134 freeways. It is directly adjacent to Lake Avenue Gold Line. Carl Anderson of NAI Capital represented the landlord, pension fund owner Operating Engineers Funds, while the firm’s Robert Stover represented iHerb in this transaction.

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