GERMANTOWN, MD. — Blacksburg, Va.-based Intrexon, a biotech company that produces products across multiple industries like human therapeutics, protein production, industrial products, agricultural biotechnology and animal science, has signed a 55,000-square-foot lease for laboratory and office space at 20358 Seneca Meadows Pkwy. in Germantown. Rockville, Md.-based Scheer Partners represented Intrexon in the lease transaction. Germantown-based Minkoff Development is the landlord for 20358 Seneca Meadows Pkwy.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Convergent Property Group LLC, a real estate and property management company, has recently opened in Greenville. The firm specializes in residential property management, commercial and residential real estate brokerage, as well as commercial development consulting. James McKissick heads Convergent Property Group. He formerly worked for The Cliffs Communities and Lee & Associates- Greenville.
Using the turtle and the hare metaphor, it is appropriate to associate Atlanta’s medical office market with the turtle and the metro area’s general office market with the hare. With a few exceptions, Atlanta’s medical office market has continued a slow and steady expansion during the last 30 years. While the size of the medical office market is substantially smaller than the general office market, it has not experienced the booms and busts that have plagued general office market over the same 30 year period. On-campus and Class A medical office buildings have consistently enjoyed 85 percent or greater occupancy. The primary difference in the stability of the two segments of office space is that the demand for general office is driven by the state of the overall economy, while demand for medical office is driven more by the health and size of the general population. Metro Atlanta’s population has increased by more than 51 percent since 1990. The last few years have seen slower growth in the medical office market primarily due to the unknowns of the Affordable Care Act law (Obama-care). Initially, there was uncertainty over whether the law would pass or not. After the law passed, then …
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Global Income Trust, a real estate investment trust, has acquired an 817,632-square-foot distribution center in Jacksonville for $42.5 million. The Class A industrial building is located within the 1,500-acre Imeson International Industrial Park. It is fully leased to Samsonite LLC, a subsidiary of Samsonite International S.A., the world’s largest travel luggage company, and serves as the primary North American distribution center for Samsonite.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — CMC Construction Services Warehouse, located at 500 Huger St. in Columbia, has sold to Arnold Realty Co., completing an assemblage of properties to be redeveloped for the University of South Carolina. The industrial property adds 1.6 acres to the University development, which will be constructed as a state-of-the-art student housing project that will serve as a gateway to the University’s campus at Blossom and Huger streets. The complete development site totals four acres. Keith Moore of CBRE/Columbia represented Arnold Realty Co.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Faber Centre, a four-story, 97,000-square-foot Class A office building, has sold to LAF Brothers Properties LLC in North Charleston. Atlanta-based Holder Properties and Charleston, S.C.-based Durlach Associates developed the property in a joint venture. It is currently 94 percent leased to regional and national office tenants. Colliers International represented both parties in the transaction.
MIAMI — An affiliate of Doral, Fla.-based The Easton Group has acquired two adjacent industrial buildings totaling 58,954 square feet at 3939 and 3901 N.W. 27th St. in Miami, just east of the Miami International Airport, for $2.9 million. The existing tenant, GA Telesis, signed a five-year lease as part of the transaction. GA Telesis markets, sells and leases aircraft engines. Espirito Santo Bank handled the transaction’s financing.
TAMPA, FLA. — Monument Leasing Co. has sold a 25,800-square-foot warehouse for approximately $1 million to 7902 Anderson Road Crossings LLC, which plans to occupy the building after significant renovations. The building is located in a predominately<
TAMPA, FLA. — Florida-based Stevens Construction has started construction of a multi-phase revitalization of Florida Hospital Tampa. The master project includes both interior and exterior updates to the building, located at 3100 E. Fletcher Ave. in Tampa. Exterior updates include 202,732 square feet of updated exterior vertical wall surface, the addition of more than 30,000 square feet of impact-rated glass windows on the South, Main and North Towers, and new lighting features. The interior renovation of 355 patient rooms will include new flooring and painting. Florida Hospital Tampa will remain operational throughout the entire project, which is set for completion in the summer of 2014.
PENSACOLA, FLA. — Prudential PenFed Realty, a full-service real estate company serving the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States, has acquired Pensacola-based Prudential Coastal Properties, a full-service real estate agency that serves northwest Florida’s residential and commercial properties. Prudential Coastal Properties has been in business for 12 years and will be renamed Prudential PenFed Realty.