IRVING, TEXAS — A10 Capital LLC has signed a seven-year lease for half of the penthouse floor in Canal Centre, a Class A office property on the bank of Lake Carolyn in the Las Colinas Urban Center. The commercial real estate lender is more than doubling in size, leasing 8,160 square feet on the 10th floor of 400 E. Las Colinas Blvd. in Irving. A10 will relocate in early January to space previously occupied by ESPN in the 240,000-square-foot office building. The lease includes a right of first refusal on 4,003 square feet of vacant space on the penthouse level, monument signage and an amenity package with free access to an upgraded fitness center and conference room. Boise, Idaho-based A10 Capital, a commercial real estate lender to the U.S. middle market, first opened its Texas office four years ago, leasing 3,496 square feet at nearby Crestview Tower. The new office is being designed for 25 professionals in management, loan origination and credit and asset management. Canal Centre and its attached six-story parking garage were built in 1983 on a three-acre tract. Amenities include on-site property management, a Wi-Fi café and 24-hour security. Marc Grossfeld and Tabitha Layne of Sunwest Real …
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DALLAS — Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, a Dallas-based law firm, has moved to the McKinney & Olive office building located in Uptown Dallas. The firm is the building’s largest tenant, occupying 115,000 square feet across four floors. The office houses Gardere’s 287 Dallas-based attorneys and legal professionals. Gensler handled the interior design, with work areas featuring a combination of pods, counter-height tables and dedicated and flex space, as well as individual offices with glass walls. Conference rooms can be adjusted for larger or smaller meetings with demountable walls. Archives are now stored electronically, allowing the firm to allocate more space for multi-purpose meeting rooms instead. The firm’s legal library is also now stored digitally.
PLANO, TEXAS — JLL has secured an office lease extension on behalf of NCR Corp. for the company’s 50,341-square-foot office at Tennyson Office Center – Building I. The property is located at 6100 Tennyson Parkway in Plano. JLL’s Steve Thelen and Doug Carignan negotiated the lease extension on behalf of the tenant, a computer hardware, software and electronics company. Marc Grossfeld of Sunwest Real Estate Group represented the landlord, Tennyson Office Center LLC.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Stan Johnson Co., a net lease brokerage firm, has completed the $19.2 million sale of the Midtown Medical Office Building, a 57,404-square-foot, multi-tenant medical office building located at 900 Jerome St. in Fort Worth. Toby Scrivner, Jeff Matulis, Grant Wilkins and Colin Cornell of Stan Johnson’s Healthcare Net Lease Group represented the seller, Ridgeline Capital Partners. Stan Johnson Co. also represented the buyer in the transaction. The property is adjacent to the Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth, a 216-bed short-term acute care facility, and is part of a mixed-use development with both a hotel and restaurants located on site.
DALLAS — Younger Partners has arranged a pair of office leases totaling 27,979 square feet at Park Central 3 and Park Central 4 in Dallas. The deals included a renewal expansion and a new tenant. Younger Partners’ Heather Shover, Kathy Permenter and Sean Dalton represented the landlord, Pittsburgh-based McKnight Realty Partners, in the deals. In the first transaction, Holmes Murphy & Associates expanded its lease by 20,504 square feet to a total of 72,477 square feet at Park Central 4, located at 12712 Park Central Dr. in Dallas. Sarah Hinkley and T.D. Briggs of Peloton Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant. In the second transaction, Supply Sanitation Systems LLC signed a new 7,475-square-foot lease at Park Central 3, located 12700 Park Central Drive Transwestern’s Nora Hogan and Jordan Wade represented the tenant.
CONROE, TEXAS — Pillar has secured a $15.6 million refinancing loan for Heritage at Hooper Hill. The 200-unit multifamily property was built in 2005 and is located in Conroe, just north of The Woodlands in the northern Houston submarket. Cullen O’Grady of Pillar’s Bethesda, Md. office secured the loan on behalf of the borrower, a Washington, D.C.-based commercial real estate property owner and developer. The 12-year, fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule with four years of interest-only payments.
ALLEN, TEXAS — WatchGuard Video, a manufacturer of law enforcement video systems, will be building its new corporate headquarters in Allen, accommodating up to 700 employees. The build-to-suit project will be completed in two phases for a total of 200,000 square feet of office space and a corporate investment of $46 million. WatchGuard’s new corporate headquarters will be located on 12 acres at the intersection of Exchange and Andrews parkways near Cabela’s and Topgolf, just east of Central Expressway. The first phase of the two-story, 140,000-square-foot office facility is expected to cost $36 million and will open at the end of 2017. The company’s second phase, set for a 2022 completion, will add another 60,000 square feet of space and is expected to require an additional $10 million investment. The company expects to move between 280 and 300 employees into the new office, with a total capacity of around 500 employees before further expansion is necessary. The facility will include open group areas for collaborating, training rooms, an outdoor recreation space, indoor racquetball court, gym, health clinic and a “customer experience room” that allows demonstrations of the company’s products.
IRVING, TEXAS — ML Realty Partners has acquired a six-building, 303,687-square-foot industrial portfolio within Union Bower Business Park in Irving. Ranging in size from 30,970 to 64,672 square feet, the buildings are located near Loop 12, Highway 183 and I-35 providing access to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and the Dallas central business district. The portfolio includes: 200 Union Bower Court – 59,330 square feet 300 Union Bower Court – 54,000 square feet 400 Union Bower Court – 58,540 square feet 1001 N. Union Bower Road – 64,672 square feet 1101 N. Union Bower Road – 36,175 square feet 1125 N. Union Bower Road – 30,970 square feet
DALLAS — SVN has arranged the sale of a four-story office building located at 8344 R.L. Thornton Freeway in Dallas. SVN’s Steve Fithian and Robin Francis-Baker represented both the buyer, 4D Circle LLC, and the seller, Ozinus Thornton LLC, in the transaction. The 50,075-square-foot property was built in 1984 and stands on 2.2 acres. The Class B property is more than 90 percent leased to tenants including Resource One, Lira Bravo Law, GAO Construction Services, Farmers Insurance, Reliable Life Insurance, Tillery & Associates, World Impact Dallas, Elim Health, Texas AFT, Staff Force and Dr. Pedro Zevallos.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — NAI Partners has negotiated the sale of 200 acres in Baytown. TGS Cedar Port Partners sold the land to Ravago Americas, a distributor of plastic and rubber materials. The transaction represents the second major development in Phase II of TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park, a 750-acre tract with access to Highway 1405 and Highway 99. Phase I of TGS Cedar Port’s is fully contracted for development and Phase II is ready for development. The industrial park is located in Chambers County near Baytown, and includes 15,000 acres with heavy utilities and industrial and commercial transportation infrastructure. The park is barge and rail served by the Union Pacific and the BNSF Railroads. John Ferruzzo, John Simons and Joel Michael of NAI Partners represented the seller, TGS Cedar Port Partners, during negotiations. Gray Gilbert of CBRE represented Ravago Americas.