SAN DIEGO — Renovate America has leased 160,000 square feet of office space at the Rancho Vista Corporate Center in the San Diego submarket of Rancho Bernardo. The center is located at 16409 W. Bernardo Drive. The seven-year lease was one of the largest signed in San Diego in 2016, according to CBRE. CBRE represented both the landlord, Swift Real Estate Partners, and Renovate America in the transaction.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. —Insite Properties plans to develop The Refinery, a five-story office development located at 1213 W. Morehead St. near Uptown Charlotte. Insite’s joint venture partner on the development is Washington, D.C.-based Northridge Capital LLC. Situated a half mile from Bank of America Stadium, The Refinery will span 105,000 square feet of office space and feature a connected parking structure, rooftop indoor/outdoor conference center, first floor showers and lockers, community meeting space, tenant café and an interior bike room. The project team includes civil engineer LandDesign, architect BB+M Architecture and leasing agents Barry Fabyan and Charley Leavitt of JLL. The design team is aiming for LEED certification. Insite and Northridge plan to deliver the project in the fall of 2018.
LEAWOOD, KAN. — AMC Theatres has expanded its headquarters within Park Place Village in Leawood by 36,315 square feet to a total of over 170,000 square feet. The expansion consists of newly constructed Class A office space completed this year. The new space will help accommodate the more than 125 new jobs AMC created after recently acquiring Georgia-based Carmike Cinemas. Approximately 600 associates will work in the Theatre Support Center in Park Place. The mixed-use office and retail property is comprised of 10 buildings that were developed in phases starting in 2007 and completed in 2013. The property, located at 1150 Ash St., is currently 99 percent leased. Bob Fagan and Matt Eckert of CBRE represented the landlord, KBS, in the transaction.
DALLAS — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of an office building located at 17120 Dallas Parkway in Dallas. The Dallas-based family office of Embrey Interests acquired the 47,423-square-foot property from owner-tenants Loomis Agency and Carbon Cos. The sellers will continue to occupy the building. Beth Lambert and Diego Arroyave of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers in the off-market transaction. Additionally, Lambert and Arroyave arranged a 10-year acquisition loan through a life insurance company for the buyer.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of One Grande Commons, an office building located at 400 Route 22 East in Bridgewater. American Equity Partners acquired the 200,000-square-foot property from Mack-Cali for an undisclosed price. The three-story building features a full-height atrium lobby with seating area and is home to pharmaceutical, engineering and law firms. Gary Gabriel, Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut, Brian Whitmer, Andrew Schwartz and Frank DiTommaso of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction.
MOORESTOWN, N.J. — Markeim Chalmers has arranged the sale of an office building located at 505 S. Lenola Road in Moorestown. The estate of Edna Ravikio sold the property to SFA 505 South Lenola Rd LLC for $2.3 million. The building features 48,000 square feet of office space and was 90 percent occupied at the time of sale. Fred Berlinsky, Kevin Burns and Adam Dembo of Markeim Chalmers represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a multi-tenant office and retail property located at 1251 W. Green Oaks Blvd. in Arlington. A developer sold the 6,186-square-foot property to an undisclosed buyer. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to a mix of tenants including Alamo Title, Farmers Insurance and Edward Jones Investments. Blake Burnett of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal, while Chris Parker of Mark One Capital arranged financing for the acquisition. The acquisition price was not released.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — KW Commercial has brokered the sale of an office and retail property located at 1215 W. Randol Mill in Arlington. Acupuncture & Allergy Center sold the 1,512-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. David Tuttle of KW Commercial represented the seller and procured the undisclosed buyer in the deal.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Savills Studley has acquired Cresa Orange County. Savills Studley’s existing Irvine office and the former Cresa Newport Beach office will consolidate into a single workplace by mid-year. The group will continue to provide tenant representation, transaction management, project administration and workplace solutions. There will be an enhanced focus on industrial services and the Inland Empire. Savills Studley has recently acquired a number of other firms specializing in tenant representation. This includes offices in Seattle in 2016, and in San Jose and Palo Alto, Calif., in 2015. The firm also hired several teams in Phoenix and Denver earlier this year.
MUSKEGON, MICH. — Signature Associates has arranged the sale of a 39,598-square-foot office building in Muskegon in western Michigan. The sales price was not disclosed. The property is located at 2389 Laketon Ave. Camcar Plastics, a full-service plastic injection molding company, purchased the building. Jim Olsen of Signature Associates represented the seller, Orchard View Public Schools.
