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EDGE Brokers $15.9M Sale of Maryland Office Building

by Alex Tostado March 28, 2019

FREDERICK, MD. — EDGE Commercial Real Estate has brokered the $15.9 million sale of Patrick Center, a seven-story office building located at 30 W. Patrick St. in downtown Frederick. Lee Development Group bought the 67,000-square-foot building from West-End Atlas. Patrick Center was 90 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Miles & Stockbridge, Morgan Stanley and PNC Wealth Management. The asset, which was developed in 1987 and underwent renovations in 2015, includes a two-story atrium lobby and marble flooring. Joe Friedman of EDGE represented the buyer in the transaction, and Julian Etches and Joe Donegan of Scheer Partners represented the seller.

March 28, 2019

Development Office Texas Top Stories

Amazon to Expand Austin Tech Hub, Create 800 New Jobs

by Alex Tostado March 28, 2019

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) will expand its Austin Tech Hub and create 800 new jobs by 2020, the company announced today. The tech giant will move into a 145,000-square-foot office space within The Domain, a 304-acre mixed-use development by Austin-based Endeavor Real Estate Group. Dallas-based TIER REIT is the project partner behind The Domain’s office buildings, which will eventually total 2.1 million square feet of Class A space. Amazon’s space will be housed within Domain 10, a 15-story, 299,673-square-foot building. The Austin Tech Hub is one of 17 such North American facilities operated by Amazon. More than 20,000 people are employed across the 17 hubs; Austin employees focus mainly on developing Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon Business, Amazon devices, video game designing and advertising. Amazon already employs approximately 6,600 workers in the Austin area. This employee base includes more than 1,000 corporate-level employees, 3,000 employees in the nearby San Marcos warehouses and 2,600 workers through Whole Foods, according to The Austin American-Statesman. Amazon has created more than 22,000 jobs in Texas since 2011, including more than 1,000 in the past four years, according to Terry Leeper, general manager of Amazon’s Austin Tech Hub. During that same period, the …

March 28, 2019

Acquisitions California Industrial Western

CT Realty Sells 1.1 MSF NorCal Logistics Center Building for $105.3M

by Amy Works March 27, 2019

STOCKTON, CALIF. — CT Realty has sold a newly built, 1.1 million-square-foot industrial facility in Stockton. Bentall Kennedy Limited Partnership, on behalf of its U.S. Core Fund, acquired the asset for $105.3 million. The property is the first phase of development at the 342-acre NorCal Logistics Center. Located at 4532 Newcastle Road, the facility was fully leased to Amazon at the time of sale. The second phase of the NorCal Logistics is under construction and includes 2.7 million square feet spread across five buildings in a mix of speculative and build-to-suit projects. The next building — a 709,556-square-foot facility — is slated for completion at the end of August.

March 27, 2019

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WPT Industrial REIT Acquires U.S. Logistics Portfolio for $226M

by John Nelson March 26, 2019

TORONTO — WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust, a publicly traded company based in Toronto, has increased its U.S. holdings by agreeing to acquire a 13-property logistics portfolio for approximately US$226 million. The industrial buildings total 2.2 million square feet and are situated in infill submarkets across the United States. The property names and addresses were not disclosed, but WPT says the portfolio will increase its scale in Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis. The portfolio also includes assets in three new markets for the REIT, including Los Angeles and Miami. Additionally, WPT has confirmed that eight of the assets are leased to a single tenant and the other five are leased to multiple tenants. “We are very pleased to source a high-quality portfolio acquisition that advances the REIT’s strategic priorities to add scale and diversification with a focus on markets and properties that have the greatest potential to drive long-term growth,” says Scott Frederiksen, CEO of WPT. WPT plans to fund the acquisition with cash on hand and proceeds from its senior unsecured credit facility. In anticipation of the purchase, WPT has received lender commitments to amend and extend the credit facility from US$300 million to $450 million. The REIT expects …

March 26, 2019

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Cousins Properties, TIER REIT Merge to Become Office REIT Powerhouse in Sun Belt

by Taylor Williams March 25, 2019

ATLANTA AND DALLAS — Cousins Properties Inc. (NYSE: CUZ) and Dallas-based TIER REIT Inc. (NYSE: TIER), two of the larger office development and investment firms in the country, have entered into an all-stock merger agreement. The combined company, which will retain the Cousins name, will have an equity market capitalization of $5.9 billion and a total market cap of $7.8 billion. Following the merger, the company will continue to function as a Class A office REIT with a combined portfolio of approximately 21 million square feet spread across various markets in the Southeast and Southwest. Both firms are active in leading office markets like Atlanta, where Cousins is based, as well as Charlotte, Dallas and Austin. Cousins owns several trophy assets in Atlanta’s Buckhead area, including 3348 and 3350 Peachtree, which have about 670,000 square feet combined, as well as 816 Congress and 303 Colorado in downtown Austin. TIER REIT owns 3354 Peachtree, a 560,000-square-foot building in Atlanta, as well as the 40-story Burnett Plaza in Fort Worth and the 1.5 million-square-foot Domain office building in Austin. Under terms of the agreement, Cousins will issue 2.98 shares of common stock in exchange for each share of TIER stock. That rate …

March 25, 2019

Market Reports Office Texas Texas Market Reports

Austin Office Market’s Central Business District: Past, Present and Future

by Taylor Williams March 22, 2019

In 1987, Austin was a relatively quiet market where the major industries were higher education and state government, along with some large technology companies like IBM. Fast forward to 2019 where Austin continues to make national headlines, receiving high accolades as a top place to live and a leading city for millennial growth. This transformation — coupled with an increasing number of companies choosing to move or expand in Austin — begs the question: Why Austin? How did the Texas capital go from a fairly sleepy town to one of the hottest markets in the country? What really accounts for this seismic shift and what does the future hold? The Office Boom Begins In 2004, after the dot-com bust hit Austin, a group of private business leaders felt compelled to take the destiny of the city into their own hands with the creation of Opportunity Austin within the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce. Opportunity Austin was launched with the goal of creating 72,000 regional jobs and increasing regional payrolls by $2.9 billion within five years. To do this, the regional business community invested $14.4 million in the program. These funds allowed the Austin Chamber to increase initiatives for corporate recruitment …

March 22, 2019

Acquisitions Office Texas

TerraCap Management Buys 367,543 SF Office Property in Plano

by Taylor Williams March 20, 2019

PLANO, TEXAS — Florida-based TerraCap Management LLC has purchased Preston Park Financial Center, a 367,543-square-foot office property located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Plano. The Class A complex offers amenities such as a fitness center, deli, conference center and tenant lounge. Gary Carr and Robert Hill of CBRE represented the seller, a joint venture between Griffin Partners and San Francisco-based Stockbridge Capital Group, in the transaction. Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co. has been hired to lease and manage the property. IberiaBank provided debt for the acquisition on behalf of TerraCap.

March 20, 2019

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JLL Agrees to Acquire HFF for $2B in Massive Real Estate Brokerage Merger

by Alex Tostado March 19, 2019

CHICAGO AND DALLAS — JLL (NYSE: JLL) and HFF (NYSE: HF) have entered into a definitive agreement for JLL to acquire all outstanding HFF shares in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $2 billion. Chicago-based JLL, a giant in the commercial real estate industry with a total market cap of approximately $7.4 billion, is a professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. Dallas-based HFF is a full-service commercial real estate financial intermediary. Under the terms of the agreement, HFF shareholders will receive $24.63 in cash and 0.1505 JLL shares for each HFF share. Based on the closing price of JLL stock of $163.02 on March 18, the cash and stock consideration to be received by HFF shareholders at closing is valued at $49.16 per HFF share. When finalized, existing JLL shareholders are expected to represent 87 percent of shareholders, and existing HFF shareholders will make up the other 13 percent. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of this year. Two years ago, JLL unveiled Beyond, its global strategic vision to drive long-term and sustainable growth. As …

March 19, 2019

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Saint Louis University Taps Cullinan Properties to Develop 14-Acre Site

by Kristin Harlow March 14, 2019

ST. LOUIS — Saint Louis University (SLU) has selected Cullinan Properties to develop a 14-acre site at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Chouteau Avenue in midtown St. Louis. The site will house an 850,000-square-foot mixed-use development adjacent to SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, which is under construction and slated for completion in spring 2020. The mixed-use development will connect SLU’s north and south campuses and will include retail, entertainment, restaurant, office and hotel space. Cullinan Properties is partnering with BatesForum and Clayco for design-build services. Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. will handle civil engineering services. Jim Loft, Carrie Hermann and Justin Moses of Colliers International have been selected to lead the office leasing while Patty Kueneke and Kathleen Cullinan Brill of Cullinan Properties will handle all other leasing inquiries. A timeline for construction was not disclosed.

March 14, 2019

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Greater Boston Commercial Market Remains Robust

by David Cohen March 13, 2019

While other U.S. cities have demonstrated volatile economic markets, Boston has sustained a strong, healthy economy for more than 40 years. This economic health coupled with the city’s diversity of industries has had a lasting, positive impact and increased demand for commercial space in the greater Boston market. The snapshot of the Class A and B, lab and office market is strong but shows some signs of regression. Today, overall vacancy for lab and office including sublet space is 12.8 percent, according to research from Colliers International. When you break down the numbers by region, the current downtown Boston office market has 71 million square feet, with a 9.2 percent vacancy rate. Cambridge has 23.6 million square feet of space and 3.8 percent vacancy and the suburbs total 123.5 million square feet with 16.6 percent vacancy. The entire Boston area absorption for lab and office space is 5.2 million square feet. While those stats are favorable compared to the last two years, (2017 with 1.8 million square feet and 2016 with 1 million square feet), they are dwarfed by 2015 which had absorption of 5.8 million square feet. It is also the first time that Class B rents have topped …

March 13, 2019

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