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Garmin Takes Space at Bank of America Center

KANSAS CITY, MO-Parking is a key component of the deal, which marks the first multi-tenant transaction for the Bank of America Operations Center since 2004.

By Danielle Anderson | Updated on December 06, 2006

KANSAS CITY, MO-Garmin International Inc., a developer of GPS devices, has signed an 18,392-sf lease at the Bank of America Operations Center at 2001 N.E. 46th St. here. A key component of the deal, which includes two renewal and expansion options, is a commitment from landlord American Financial Realty Trust to expand parking at the 320,381-sf Bank of America Operations Center.

Garmin, which takes possession of its space on Feb. 1, initially plans to relocate about 50 call center employees from its headquarters in Olathe, KS, to the Bank of America Operations Center. Over the next year, the company expects to hire up to 100 more employees to work at the location. The parking lot expansion, which will add 150 spaces near Garmin’s entrance to the facility, is slated for completion in early summer. Rick Eiseman, managing director of office leasing and sales for AFRT, tells GlobeSt.com that the expansion will bump the parking ratio on the Garmin space to 8/1,000 sf. The parking ratio for the operations center is about 6/1,000 sf.

The Garmin deal marks the first multi-tenant lease transaction for the Bank of America Operations Center, which was acquired by AFRT as part of a portfolio purchase during fourth quarter 2004. Once Garmin moves in, the building will be 78% occupied, Eiseman says. Bank of America has a 15-year lease for most of the building, which was built in 1982 as a light manufacturing facility for Wilcox Electric. The property was later converted into a Tier-2 Facility by Bank of America.

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