Office
Clarion Picks up Seattle's 32-Story Qwest Plaza for $137M
CenturyLink has sold 1600 Seventh Ave., a 32-story, downtown Seattle office building, to Clarion Partners for $137 million. The telecommunications giant will continue to have offices in the 598,000-square-foot tower but retailer Nordstrom will be leasing most of the space.
DivcoWest Grabs 170 KSF Class A Building in San Francisco
DivcoWest continues its office property-shopping spree, picking up the 170,200-square-foot building at 701 Gateway Blvd. in South San Francisco. The real estate investment and management firm purchased the Class A property from Broadway Partners.
Lowe to Begin $70M Redevelopment of 13-Story Office Building in D.C. Suburb
Four years after acquiring the property formerly known as 1411 Jefferson Davis Highway in Crystal City, Va., Lowe Enterprises has kicked off a $70 million redevelopment of the building in an endeavor that will become the 308,000-square-foot 1400 Crystal Drive.
KBS REIT Picks Up 522 KSF, Three-Building Dallas Office Complex
In yet another example of REITs getting back in the game, KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III has purchased Town Center Office Park, a 522,043-square-foot, three-building office complex in Dallas’ Plano submarket.
CHRISTUS Health, Auto Parts Distribution Land Major Leases
By Camelia Bulea, Associate Editor CHRISTUS Health has chosen a new headquarters in the Las Colinas business park in Irving, where the company will move its 1,000 employees starting this summer. The 210,000 square feet of office space, called One Macarthur Ridge, is considered to be the perfect facility for the company, meeting its layout, […]
Seaport Square Adds $5 M Innovation Center
By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor A $5 million plan for a new “Innovation Center” at the South Boston Waterfront that would provide low-cost meeting space for start-up businesses and support the high-tech industry was revealed last week by Mayor Thomas Menino. Designed by architecture firm Hacin + Associates Inc, the one-story structure will include 9,000 […]
ULI: Industry to See Improvements Through 2014, Bolstered by Cap Markets
“Is distress in the real estate markets behind us?” was the main question on the minds of the respondents to the latest survey by the Urban Land Institute — and the consensus seemed to be a cautious “yes.”
Boston's New Longwood Life-Sciences Building Leases 154 KSF
Courtesy of a many-layered deal involving multiple joint-venture partners, Boston’s Longwood area will see the construction of a 413,536-square-foot life-sciences center — and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has inked a 154,000-square-foot lease in the property.
1.2 MSF Northmeadow Business Park in Atlanta for Sale
Five years after picking up Northmeadow Business Park in Atlanta for $93.5 million, an affiliate of BPG Properties Ltd. has put a for-sale sign on the 1.2 million-square-foot business park.
Bostonia Partners Secures $72M in Financing for NOAA Weather Center in Maryland
A $72 million financing deal secured by Bostonia Partners L.L.C. helped complete construction on a new NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in Maryland after it was stalled for more than two years because the original developer went bankrupt.