DALLAS — JLL has secured a 42,989-square-foot office lease for payroll and HR firm BenefitMall as the company relocates its headquarters to Hidden Grove at 12404 Central, a four-story, 231,590-square-foot office property in north Dallas. Jeff Eckert, James Esquivel and Ahnie Gampper of JLL represented the landlord, Red River Asset Management, in the transaction. BenefitMall is the third company to relocate its headquarters to the property in the last nine months, following Latin restaurant chain Pollo Campero and Dallas-based entertainment firm Studio Movie Grill.
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ANAHEIM, CALIF. — A joint venture between Mariner Real Estate Management and PRES Cos. has purchased a 191,556-square-foot office building in downtown Anaheim for $58.9 million. St. Joseph Health System fully occupies the asset. The building is located at 200 W. Center St. Promenade. It was built in 1992 and renovated in 2015. St. Joseph maintains a long-term lease at the property that still has 10 years left. NGKF’s David Milestone and Brett Green represented the buyers. The same firm’s Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones, Ken White and Blake Bokosk represented the undisclosed seller.
Hines, Invesco to Build Two Office Developments Within Atlantic Station in Midtown Atlanta
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — Hines and Invesco Real Estate have formed a joint venture to develop two office projects within Atlantic Station, a 138-acre mixed-use development in Midtown Atlanta. The projects include T3 West Midtown, a 200,000-square-foot heavy timber office building, and Atlantic Yards, a two-building development spanning 500,000 square feet. Hines will work with Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture as the design architect for both T3 West Midtown and Atlantic Yards. DLR Group will be the architect of record for T3 West Midtown, and Wakefield Beasley & Associates will be the architect of record for Atlantic Yards. The project’s amenities will include fitness, dining, rooftop terraces, bike storage and collaboration areas, in addition to the 550,000-square-foot retail village of Atlantic Station.
SUNRISE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $9.3 million sale of Executive University Courts, a 97,125-square-foot office campus in Broward County. Built in 1987, the six-building, two-story development is located on 5.9 acres at 4300 N. University Drive in Sunrise. Executive University Courts was 84.1 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Strax Rejuvination, Optimum Education Group and Authorized Recovery. Dominic Montazemi, Greg Miller and Scott O’Donnell of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Kas University LLC, in the transaction. MYP Executive LLC purchased the asset for about $96 per square foot.
BUFFALO GROVE, ILL. — Running Away Enterprises LLC has extended and expanded its office lease at 901 Corporate Grove Road in Buffalo Grove. Starting June 1, the race event management and multisport retail company will occupy the entire 72,600-square-foot building. Matthew Lewandowski and Mandy Lewandowski of Darwin Realty represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease transaction.
BOSTON — A joint venture arranged between Jumbo Capital Management and Guggenheim Real Estate has purchased 50 Congress St. in downtown Boston for $79 million. The office property spans 179,872 square feet and occupies an entire city block. HFF arranged the sale of the property on behalf of the seller, an affiliate of KBS Capital Advisors, and procured the buyer. Originally designed by architect Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul as the headquarters for State Mutual Life Insurance, the building was constructed in two phases between 1910 and 1915. Today, it is 90 percent leased to over 60 tenants and features first-floor retail. The tenant roster includes a mix of law firms, retail, private equity and financial services tenants. Coleman Benedict, Christopher Phaneuf and Ben Sayles led the HFF investment sales team representing the seller.
PHILADELPHIA — CBRE has arranged for the sale of a 238,000-square-foot office building at One Crown Way in Philadelphia. CBRE’s Michael Kane represented the buyer, One Crown Properties LLC, during the negotiations, while CBRE’s Carl Gersbach represented the seller, Crown Cork & Seal USA. Crown Cork plans to lease back the building for the short term while seeking a site for a new headquarters property. Ballinger designed the property, which was built in 1996, and Nason and Cullen was the construction manager. The corporate campus environment sits on 40 acres and also includes a cafeteria, fitness center, underground parking and a walking trail.
DALLAS — McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has completed a new office building and aircrew training facility within Southwest Airlines’ corporate campus in Dallas. The entire project, which began in May 2016, consists of a six-story, 425,000-square-foot office building and an attached 375,000-square-foot training center that will house 18 flight simulators. The project will also deliver a 1,950-space parking garage upon full completion during the first quarter of 2018.
Parmer Innovation Centers Purchases 1.8 MSF GSK Office Campus in Raleigh, Plans $80M Renovation
by John Nelson
RALEIGH, N.C. — Los Angeles-based Parmer Innovation Centers has closed on its purchase of the 1.8 million-square-foot GSK campus within Raleigh’s Research Triangle Park. GSK, a research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare firm, sold the 20-building office and laboratory campus in a sale-leaseback transaction, whereby GSK will lease back 700,000 square feet of space on a long-term basis (up to 10 years plus renewal options). Much like Parmer’s successful Parmer Austin campus that houses Apple, Allergan, Blue Apron and GM, Parmer Innovation has rebranded the GSK campus as Parmer RTP and plans to implement an $80 million renovation focusing on amenities to attract millennial workers. Ben Kilgore, Lee Clyburn and Brian Carr of CBRE | Raleigh, along with Brian Scott of CBRE’s New York office, represented GSK in the transaction.
ATLANTA — Five Mile Capital Partners and Equitable Real Estate Partners have sold 100 Peachtree, a 33-story, 622,084-square-foot office tower in downtown Atlanta. Zeller Realty Group purchased the asset, which was 82 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as CallRail, Accenture, Koch Industries, Georgia’s Own Credit Union, McGuireWoods law firm and the Atlanta BeltLine. The sales price was undisclosed, but the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that Zeller likely paid between $135 to $145 per square foot, or $83 million to $90 million. The previous ownership’s renovations to 100 Peachtree over the last five years included complete window replacement with LEED compliance, a restored lobby, re-energized plaza area, tenant buildouts and major mechanical replacements. Will Yowell, Jay O’Meara and Justin Parsonnet of CBRE represented the sellers in the transaction. Bill Rogalla and Mark Vollbrecht represented Zeller internally.