OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Global technology company TTEC Holdings is the newest tenant at the Aspiria corporate campus in Overland Park. With over 50,000 employees across the globe, TTEC is looking to bring more than 400 jobs to metro Kansas City. The company will occupy nearly 20,000 square feet at Aspiria, the former Sprint world headquarters campus that is now owned by Occidental Management. TTEC worked with the Kansas City Area Development Council, Overland Park Chamber of Commerce, Kansas Department of Commerce and CBRE prior to securing its lease.
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TPG Real Estate, Bainbridge Acquire Waterfront Multifamily Community in Annapolis for $154M
by Katie Sloan
ANNAPOLIS, MD. — A joint venture between TPG Real Estate and The Bainbridge Cos. has acquired Watergate Pointe, a 608-unit waterfront multifamily community located at 655 Americana Drive in Annapolis, for $154 million or $253,290 per unit. Dean Sigmon, Robin Williams, Justin Shay and Michael D’Amelio of Transwestern Real Estate Services represented the seller, Castle Lanterra Properties, in the disposition of the community. The 31.2-acre property sits on a peninsula connected to the Chesapeake Bay and was recently rebranded Nautilus Point. The community offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units in seven mid-rise and 13 garden-style buildings. Shared amenities include a 160-slip income-producing marina; paddleboards and kayaks; a swimming pool and sundeck; dog park; renovated clubhouse; business center; dock access for crabbing; an outdoor lounge space; a state-of-the-art fitness center; playground; tennis court; laundry facilities; a bike share program; and recycling center. “The property is well-positioned to capture significant upside through rent increases, which can be achieved by continuing to implement an interior renovation program, and through improved management of the marina to maximize its value,” says Williams of Transwestern. According to Transwestern’s research affiliate Delta Associates, the Annapolis apartment market is one of the best performers in the region …
By Tyler Smith, Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield While the office and retail sectors in Denver continue to grapple with pandemic-related disruptions, the industrial sector remained the dominant performer within the commercial real estate market through the early part of 2021. The Denver industrial market recorded more than 718,000 square feet of positive net absorption, and nearly 3.8 million square feet of leasing activity during the first quarter of 2021. However, with metro-wide vacancy trending above the five-year average and 1.8 million square feet of speculative development delivering vacant during the first quarter of 2021, the discussion in the Denver market remains focused on whether industrial supply has begun to outstrip demand. The maturation of Denver’s industrial market has closely mirrored the city’s population growth over the past decade. Denver experienced a population boom of nearly 20 percent from 2010 to 2020. Fueled by the resulting uptick in consumer demand and increased economic diversification, Denver’s industrial inventory skyrocketed as well, growing by 19.4 percent during the same period. Since 2017 alone, over 22 million square feet of new development has delivered in the market. Despite robust leasing activity and nearly 10 years of uninterrupted positive net absorption, industrial vacancy in Denver has been …
By Kristin Hiller The design and construction of cannabis dispensaries and cultivation facilities are generating lucrative business opportunities for architects and contractors as more states legalize recreational marijuana. Recreational use is now permissible in 17 states plus Washington, D.C. About 55 million, or 16.9 percent, of Americans currently use marijuana, according to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics. One contractor, Northbrook, Illinois-based Mosaic Construction, has created an entire division devoted to cannabis design-build services named Cannabis Facility Construction (CFC). “We continue to see the impact of the Green Rush in our pipeline,” states Andy Poticha, principal of CFC, which builds dispensaries, cultivation facilities and processing centers. “As the cannabis industry expands nationwide, it is headed toward a legal market worth $41.5 billion annually by 2025.” Cannabis accounts for approximately 65 percent of CFC’s total revenue and 47 percent of its project pipeline, according to Poticha. Virginia Maggiore, vice president of store planning for architecture firm RDC, says she has noticed an uptick in cannabis projects in the last two years, as a growing number of municipalities have begun awarding licenses or raising their number of licenses available. Long Beach, California-based RDC currently works with eight cannabis brands, each with …
By William Mears, Coldwell Banker Commercial McGuire Mears & Associates What a difference a decade makes. While some may characterize the evolution of the development and investment climate of the Janesville-Beloit, Wisconsin metropolitan statistical area (MSA) with a population of 160,120 as an extreme makeover, others will note the area has been South Central Wisconsin’s best kept secret. Case in point: the numbers speak for themselves, and local real estate and economic development officials are bullish on this location’s growth trajectory. For starters, the area’s logistical friendly environment, its value-add real estate and workforce assets and its seasoned development team provide the right ingredients to facilitate development opportunities. Since 2010, the Janesville-Beloit MSA has added more than 12 million square feet of commercial and industrial space. Recognized brands such as Amazon, Kerry Foods, Fairbanks Morse Defense, SHINE Medical Technologies and Prent Corp. represent a sampling of the area’s business community. These companies and their 3,500+ counterparts drive the area’s annual GDP figure, which is nearly $7 billion. Industrial and warehousing demands from end-users seeking to leverage critical supply chain inputs are continually impacting the county’s real estate market. As a result, industrial vacancy rates are hovering around 2 percent, and …
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Avison Young has brokered the $58.9 million sale of Pinnacle Corporate Park, a two-building, Class A office portfolio located at 500 and 550 W. Cypress Creek Road in Fort Lauderdale. The portfolio totals 259,458 square feet on 14.3 acres in Broward County’s Cypress Creek submarket. Avison Young arranged the sale on behalf of the seller, a joint venture between a fund managed by DRA Advisors LLC and Banyan Street Capital. The buyer, an affiliate of St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Feldman Equities doing business as Pinnacle Corporate Park LLC, purchased the property with capital raised through online crowdfunding platform called Crowdstreet.com. Pinnacle Corporate Park is Feldman’s first investment property in South Florida. The buyer plans to invest over $3 million in renovations. Pinnacle Corporate Park’s tenants include Vertiv, Jacobs Engineering, Trustbridge, I Pipeline and AmTrust. The property is in the center of Fort Lauderdale’s Uptown Urban Village, a master plan that supports the development of a mixed-use neighborhood. The offices are less than one mile from Interstate 95 and close to the Cypress Creek Tri-Rail station. John Crotty, David Duckworth, Michael Fay, Greg Martin, George Vail, Brian de la Fé and Berkley Bloodworth of Avison Young led the …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — California-based KBS has sold Southpark Commerce Center, a 372,763-square-foot industrial park in Austin, to institutional investment firm BentallGreenOak for an undisclosed price. Built in 1998, the four-building property was fully leased at the time of sale and features 24-foot clear heights and a 36 percent office finish. Trent Agnew, Dustin Volz, Dom Espinoza, Josh Villareal and Wesley Gilmer of JLL represented KBS in the transaction.
LELAND, N.C. — Latitude Management Real Estate Holdings Inc. has received a $53.2 million acquisition loan for Harrington Village Apartments, a multifamily property located at 4276 Harrington Road in the Wilmington suburb of Leland. Harrington Village totals 387,315 square feet and includes 333 one- and two-bedroom units. The property also features seven commercial units totaling 11,895 square feet that are available for lease. Units include granite countertops, in-unit washer and dryer connections, nine-foot ceilings, walk-in closets and balconies in select units. Community amenities include access to a bark park and dog washing station, business center, outdoor grilling area, clubhouse, fitness center and a pool with a sundeck and outdoor entertainment area. At close, an additional plot of interior retail space will be permitted for the development of 16 additional residential units, with construction completion slated to finish by the end of the year. In addition, the sponsor intends to allocate capital to add 12 more residential units to a vacant pad of entitled land on the site. Paul Brindley, Jeff Sause, John Gavigan and Harrison Kalt of JLL arranged the loan through Sound Point Capital Management LP on behalf of Latitude Management. The non-recourse, interest-only bridge loan was structured at …
SAN ANTONIO — Cold Creek Solutions, a cold storage developer based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, will build a 305,000-square-foot facility at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Loop 410 in San Antonio. ARCO National Construction is designing the project, which will feature space for approximately 45,000 pallets of frozen or refrigerated product. Construction is set to begin this fall, and the facility is expected to be operational by late 2022.
IRVING, TEXAS — A partnership between Washington, D.C.-based investment firm FCP and Dallas-based S2 Capital has acquired Oxford Park Apartments, a 308-unit multifamily community in Irving’s Las Colinas district. Built in 1995, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, business center and a resident clubhouse, according to Apartments.com. JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program, including a rebranding of the property.