EAST GREENWICH, N.J. — A joint venture between Pacific Coast Capital Partners LLC (PCCP) and CRG is underway on development of The Cubes at East Greenwich, a two-building, Class A industrial warehouse project totaling 535,790 square feet in East Greenwich, a southern suburb of Philadelphia. The first building, located at 100 Huff Road, will comprise a 283,040-square-foot structure with 36-foot clear heights, 43 exterior docks, two drive-in doors, 60 trailer parking spaces and a 130-foot truck court. The second building, located at 191 Harmony Road, will consist of a 252,750-square-foot structure with 36-foot clear heights, 38 exterior docks, two drive-in doors, 79 trailer parking spaces and a 130-foot truck court. Construction of both buildings, which are being developed on a speculative basis, is slated for completion in the third quarter of 2020.
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HOUSTON — Tampa, Fla.-based multifamily investment firm American Landmark has purchased two assets totaling 484 units in Houston. The company acquired the 234-unit Newport on the Lake in West Houston and the 250-unit Harbor View Apartments in the northeastern suburb of Kingwood. The properties were built in 2008 and 2010, respectively, and will undergo a combined $5.9 million capital improvement program and be respectively rebranded as Lakefront Villas and The JaXon. Both assets feature granite countertops and walk-in closets but have different amenity packages. With this transaction, American Landmark now owns 38 properties in Texas, including 14 in Houston.
Oak Hill Advisors Preleases 45,954 SF of Office Space at One Vanderbilt Avenue in Manhattan
by Alex Patton
NEW YORK CITY — Investment firm Oak Hill Advisors has preleased 45,954 square feet of office space at One Vanderbilt Avenue, a 1.6 million-square-foot tower under development in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan. One Vanderbilt is now 64 percent preleased to tenants including investment firm The Carlyle Group, equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners, TD Bank Group and German financial firms DZ Bank and DVB Bank. One Vanderbilt will offer a 30,000-square-foot, tenant-only amenity floor with meeting spaces, lounge and an outdoor terrace. The building will also include an 11,000-square-foot restaurant concept from French chef Daniel Boulud. Lance Korman, Brian Waterman and Jared Horowitz of Newmark Knight Frank represented Oak Hill Advisors in the lease negotiations. Robert Alexander, Ryan Alexander, Emily Jones and Alex D’Amario of CBRE represented the landlord and developer of the building, SL Green Realty Corp. Construction is slated for completion in August 2020.
PLANO, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated a 154,097-square-foot industrial and office lease at 600 Shiloh Road in Plano for Inogen, a manufacturer of oxygen therapy products and services. The company will consolidate its existing Texas facilities into the new space, which allows for approximately 90,000 square feet for manufacturing operations and 60,000 square feet for the call center. The property’s current tenant, Flextronics, will vacate the space at the end of the year. Inogen plans to occupy the facility in early 2020. Baron Aldrine, Campbell Puckett, Dennis Hearst and Bryan Bazzi of CBRE represented Inogen in the lease negotiations. John Hendricks, also with CBRE, represented the landlord, Trident Capital Group.
CHICAGO — Thor Equities and QuadReal have broken ground on 800 W. Fulton, a 19-story, 450,000-square-foot office tower in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. The project will be situated at the southeast entrance to the historic neighborhood and occupy a full city block. The property, which features a stepped terrace design, will also include retail space and public amenities. The developers have yet to announce any tenants. Completion is slated for spring 2021. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is the architect and Cushman & Wakefield will market the property for lease. A groundbreaking ceremony took place on Tuesday, Oct. 29.
CINCINNATI — Walgreens has unveiled plans to transition seven of its existing company-managed healthcare clinics in the Cincinnati area to TriHealth, a comprehensive not-for-profit health system. TriHealth will own and operate the clinics, which are housed within Walgreens stores. They are expected to open in the first quarter of 2020. TriHealth’s nurse practitioners will staff the clinics, which will operate daily. The affected properties are located in Cincinnati, Deer Park, Loveland, Norwood and Sharonville.
NEW YORK CITY — Television production company Left/Right has signed a 34,000-square-foot office lease renewal at 39 West 19th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The company will continue to occupy the 7th, 9th and 10th floors of the 12-story, 131,054-square-foot office building for another 10 years. Erik Schmall and Daniel Thompson of Savills represented Left/Right in the lease negotiations. David Koeppel and Max Koeppel of Koeppel Rosen LLC represented the landlord, the Rosen family.
HOUSTON — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a 151,260-square-foot distribution center at 12614 Hempstead Highway in Houston. Ryan Byrd and Walker Barnett of Colliers represented the seller, STAG Houston 3 LP, in the transaction. Jason Tangen, also with Colliers, represented the buyer, NIT Industrial. The new ownership, which has now acquired two properties in Houston in the last six months, plans to make capital improvements to the asset.
HOUSTON — LMI Capital, a Real Estate Capital Alliance (RECA) member, has arranged two acquisition loans totaling $23.7 million for a pair of multifamily assets in the Houston area. In the first transaction, Brandon Brown of LMI Capital placed a $10.7 million floating-rate loan for a 170-unit asset in Brazoria County. The loan carried a 3.8 percent interest rate at closing and included three years of interest-only payments. In the second deal, Jamie Safier of LMI Capital arranged $13 million in acquisition financing for a 190-unit property in Houston’s Galleria submarket. The loan was structured with a fixed 4.5 percent interest rate and two years of interest-only payments. Borrowers and property names were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has secured a 27,925-square-foot industrial lease for Texas Southwest Floors Inc., at 1350 Salford Drive in Houston. Chris Kugle of NAI Partners represented the tenant, which provides flooring and granite services for new residential and commercial projects, in the lease negotiations. Ed Bane and Jon Michael of Bridge Commercial Real Estate represented the landlord.