Corporate Real Estate
Viacom’s New 1.6 MSF Office Lease Now Manhattan's Largest
SL Green, which has been extremely busy in the Times Square submarket of Manhattan during the past year, has just notched another record: The signing of what the firm calls Manhattan’s largest office lease, which keeps media giant Viacom in the 1515 Broadway building through 2031.
$600M Mixed-Use Development in Atlanta Suburb Gets Green Light
Avalon, a $600 million, 87-acre mixed-use project to be developed in Alpharetta, Ga., by North American Properties, passed its last regulatory hurdle Monday night when the Alpharetta City Council approved the development.
Avison Young to Open NYC Office
Canada’s largest independently owned commercial real estate services company has made its debut in the Big Apple.
Hines, J.P. Morgan Begin Construction on 415 KSF Office Building in La Jolla
Hines and its joint venture partner — a group of institutional investors advised by J. P. Morgan Asset Management — have broken ground on the second office tower at La Jolla Commons in San Diego’s University Towne Center submarket. The project will result in a 415,000-square-foot building that will be occupied in its entirety by LPL Financial.
GlenStar, USAA Spend $152M for Chicago Board of Trade
Two of the three buildings that comprise the Chicago Board of Trade complex at 141 W. Jackson have been sold to a joint venture of GlenStar Properties L.L.C. and USAA Real Estate Co. for approximately $151.5 million.
$480M Buy Nets CommonWealth Partners 872 KSF Seattle Office Building
CommonWealth Partners has purchased Seattle’s Russell Investments Center for $480 million. CBRE, which orchestrated the sale on behalf of Northwestern Mutual, described the trade of the 872,026-square-foot property as “the largest single-asset office sale in the Western United States since 2006.”
Cassidy Turley Named Leasing Agent for 1.1 MSF New Jersey Office Portfolio
Normandy Real Estate Partners has tapped Cassidy Turley to serve as the leasing agent for a 1.1 million-square-foot office portfolio in New Jersey, and in turn, Cassidy Turley has welcomed two of the real estate developer’s team members to the firm.
Bloodletting Continues as Grubb/NKF Merger Develops
In BCG’s takeover of Grubb & Ellis, it’s becoming clear that the new acquisition will be placed under the assets of Newmark Knight Frank, not alongside them, as the two companies join to create Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.
Omni Group Buys Chicago's 200 N. LaSalle for $101M from Younan Properties
Omni Group, a private developer based in Vancouver, has spent $101 million to become the new owner of 200 N. LaSalle in Chicago, acquiring the asset from Younan Properties. The 30-story, 645,170-square-foot building sits in the heart of the city’s financial district.
Rising Realty Partners Acquires 440 KSF PacMutual Building in Downtown L.A.
Rising Realty Partners, helped by funds from Mount Kellett Capital Management, has acquired the landmark 440,000-square-foot PacMutual building in Downtown Los Angeles and plans a significant repositioning for the property.