OMAHA, NEB. — Triage Staffing, a healthcare staffing firm based in Omaha, is expanding its corporate headquarters to 100,000 square feet. John Maaske and Tyler Pieper, Triage’s founders, purchased the building at 13609 California St. along with a group of investors. The building more than triples Triage’s current space. Architect Leo A. Daly has started the design process and is planning a major overhaul of the building’s interior. Renovations will begin in August, with occupancy slated for February 2023. Triage was founded in 2006 with four employees. The company expects to hire its 500th employee sometime this year.
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FRIDLEY AND MONTICELLO, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of a two-building industrial portfolio in Fridley and Monticello for $9.8 million. Foundation Building Materials occupies both properties, which total 92,008 square feet and feature more than 150,000 square feet of outside storage space. David Berglund and Colin Ryan of JLL represented the undisclosed seller. Steve Nelson of Hoyt Properties co-brokered the deal. Lincoln Property Co. was the buyer.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson has completed Phase III of the Andrew Boss Laboratory of Meat Science on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota. The $9 million project, which began in May 2019, was conducted in multiple phases in order to allow portions of the building to be occupied during construction. The four-story, 14,283-square-foot project completes the replacement of all mechanical and electrical systems building-wide. BWBR Architects designed the project, while University Services Capital Project Management served as project manager. The meat processing facility contains research and teaching labs, a stadium-seating presentation classroom, a meat and dairy consumer salesroom and offices.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated the $15.5 million sale of a 27-unit multifamily building at 2647-2649 Broadway on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The seven-story building includes two retail spaces totaling 4,250 square feet. Hall Oster, Teddy Galligan and Braedon Gait of JLL represented the seller, an undisclosed private investor that owned the property for 35 years, in the transaction. The buyer was New York-based investment management firm Aulder Capital.
NEW YORK CITY — Red Bull has signed a 17,585-square-foot office lease at 5 Little West 12th St. in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District for its new East Coast headquarters. The energy drink provider plans to relocate from 218 West 18th Street to the 82,000-square-foot building in the third quarter. David Falk, Daniel Levine and Jason Greenstein of Newmark represented the landlord, British investment firm EPIC, in the lease negotiations. Cushman & Wakefield’s David Mainthow represented Red Bull.
ATLANTA — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and its residential subsidiary High Street Residential (HSR), along with Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures (GATV), have closed on ground leases and are ready to begin construction on the first phase of a life sciences and multifamily development adjacent to Atlanta’s Georgia Institute of Technology campus. Formerly known as Technology Enterprise Park, the site is now named Science Square. The first phase will include TCC’s Science Square Labs, a 364,740-square-foot speculative lab and office tower. The lab project is the only ground-up commercial lab space under construction in the Atlanta market, according to TCC. Phase I will also include HSR’s 280-unit multifamily building, the firm’s first residential development in Atlanta. The multifamily component will include shared parking and ground-floor retail space. Designed by Perkins + Will, Science Square Labs will rise 13 stories with 35,558-square-foot floor plates. The facility will also feature ground-floor retail space and amenities such as a fitness center, conference space, indoor-outdoor tenant lounge and outdoor amenity deck. TCC is seeking LEED and WELL certifications for the property and plans to incorporate View Dynamic Glass, which controls ultraviolet and visible light from entering the building without blinds. Additionally, the project will feature …
By Becky Bedwell, vice president of development, Cottonwood Group As one of Boston’s fastest-growing and most dynamic areas, the Seaport District has gotten a lot of attention as it has undergone a multitude of transformations over the past 150 years. The area has evolved from a bustling railyard and shipping area in the early 20th century to a no-man’s land of parking lots in the 1990s to its most recent iteration: The Innovation District. While the spotlight is only growing brighter as several high-profile residential and mixed-use projects come on line in this distinctive and in-demand neighborhood, the headlines tell only part of the story. The Seaport District’s seemingly sudden emergence is the result of more than a decade of development and over $22 billion in public funding — efforts that have helped draw hundreds of new businesses and support a growing list of noteworthy developments. The challenges faced and opportunities realized by developers in this part of town reveal some important truths about what it takes to create great civic spaces and successful multifamily developments — not just in this city and this area, but in urban communities around the country. What follows are some best practices, consideration and …
LDK Ventures, PCCP Sells 617,760 SF Distribution Facility in San Francisco’s North Bay Area
by Amy Works
VACAVILLE, CALIF. — A joint venture between LDK Ventures and PCCP has completed the disposition of a Class A distribution/e-commerce facility, located at 4800 Midway Road in Vacaville. A global real estate investment manager acquired the single-tenant asset for an undisclosed price. Built in 2021 on 35.7 acres, the 617,760-square-foot property features 40-foot clear heights, 54-foot by 50-foot column spacing, cross-dock loading with 130-foot truck courts, LED lighting and ESFR fire suppression. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent occupied by a global Fortune 10 e-commere company. Steve Hermann, Seth Siegel, Ryan Venezia, Rick Ryan and Kevin Flemming of Cushman & Wakefield’s Northern California Capital Markets Group represented the seller in the deal. Brooks Pedder, John McManus and Tony Binswanger of Cushman & Wakefield provided market advisory.
YUMA, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) has arranged the sale of Regency Square, an apartment property in Yuma. Sundance Bay acquired the asset from a private partnership for $41.5 million, or $136,513 per unit. Built in 1986, Regency Square features 304 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments spread across 17 two-story residential buildings. Community amenities include assigned covered parking, two swimming pools, a leasing office and clubhouse, basketball court, children’s playground, pet park and two laundry facilities. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of IPA, a division of Marcush & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
Majestic Asset Management Divests of 88,334 SF Office Building in Westlake Village, California
by Amy Works
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. — Majestic Asset Management has completed the sale of 2829 Townsgate, a multi-tenant office building in Westlake Village. California Commercial Investment Cos. acquired the property for $27 million. Located at 2829 Townsgate Road, the property features 88,334 square feet of office space, occupied by 10 tenants. Kevin Shannon, Sean Fulp, Ryan Plummer and Mark Schuessler of Newmark represented the seller in the deal.