WASHINGTON, DC-Foley & Lardner LLP decides to secure its future at Washington Harbour, a 537,000-sf trophy office property, well before its long-term lease expires. The law firm is not only renewing its lease for an additional 15 years, it is also expanding its office space by 75,000 sf to 200,000 sf.
CHICAGO-The second-largest US retail REIT buys 100% of the 1.2-million-sf Four Seasons Town Centre in Greensboro, NC as well as the 50% interest in the 1.4-million-sf Town East Mall in Mesquite, TX that it did not own.
GARLAND, TX-The first 750,000 sf of a one-million-sf development jumps off the drawing board after nearly eight years. The 94-acre Firewheel Town Center launches with retail pre-leasing above 75% and an office team ready to hit the streets next week.
BOULDER, CO-Macerich Co. subsidiary Westcor Development is taking down the Crossroads Mall, converting the enclosed retail center on 62 acres into Twenty Ninth Street, an open-air mall.
NATICK, MA-Heart Rhythm Society Inc. sells 6 Strathmore Rd. to WGFF LP for $2.3 million in a sale-leaseback transaction. The 20,311-sf building, located right off Route 9 in the Natick Business Center, is fully occupied by the society, an international advocacy group, and American Cancer Society Inc.
JACKSONVILLE, FL-St. Johns Phase 1 LLC, the Delaware-based developer of the 28-story, 250-unit Downtown apartment tower, plans a 37-story, 234-unit condominium community in the second phase of a three-phase multi-million-dollar redevelopment in the St. Johns River area of the central business district here.
BOULDER, CO-Twenty Ninth Street will transform the mostly vacant Crossroads Mall into an open-air retail, entertainment, restaurant and office district. Century Theatres and Wild Oats Market sign on as anchors.
ST. LOUIS-The May Department Stores Co. prices a private placement of $2.2 billion of securities in the long-term public debt markets to partially fund its acquisition of the Marshall Field's department store group and nine Mervyn's stores.
BOSTON-Circles leases 22,885 sf at 300 A Street and becomes the newly redeveloped building's first tenant. The 112,000-sf Class A property is located in Fort Point Channel near South Station, Logan Airport and Routes 90 and 93.
LACEY, WA-In a complicated deal involving the assumption of a conduit loan, nine investors from Oregon, Washington, California and Virginia pay $15.6 million for the Lacey Center, a 152,605-sf shopping center that is 95% leased and anchored by Safeway, Big Lots, Dollar Tree and Hollywood Video.