Two players that dominate the list are New York-based Related Companies, headed by Stephen Ross, which is the biggest office landlord in West Palm Beach by a long shot, and Boca Raton-based CP Group, which made a number of trades this year in both directions.
Maintaining those spaces will mean additional costs, like heat or cooling, but Angelo Bianco, CP Group’s managing partner, said his company was adding outdoor lounge space “to every building we own.” Some new designs focus on flexible indoor-outdoor spaces, like an airy lobby coffee shop with indoor seating and garage-door type walls that can be opened to patio space.
The new partner in the joint venture is DRA Advisors, a New York-based real estate investment company with $11.2 billion in assets under management. Though news reports said DRA had bought the 123-acre, 1.7 million-square-foot complex where IBM developed the personal computer, CP Group Managing Partner Angelo Bianco called the transaction a “recapitalization,” not a sale.
South Florida just saw its biggest office deal of the year with a huge investment into an office campus in Boca Raton — a gem of land that could be transformed into a destination with 1,000 new residences, as well as stores, restaurants and a hotel.
In an interview with Commercial Property Executive, Angelo Bianco, managing partner at CP Group, and Michael Perrette, the campus’ general manager, share their vision for Boca Raton Innovation Campus and reveal why Industry City was a challenge on a similar scale.
Nearly four years after the City Council effectively killed Crocker Partners’ ambitious plan to create a Midtown office, retail and residential development, the company has a new, equally ambitious plan to revitalize the former IBM campus.
CP Group announced that CBIZ – a leading provider of financial, insurance, and advisory services – has signed a long-term lease extension for approximately 20,000 square feet of office space at One Overton Park in Atlanta’s Cumberland submarket.
CP Group sees boost in leasing at iconic Boca office building shortly after completing comprehensive renovation program
The goal by national office owner-operator is part of a ULI Greenprint initiative and marks the latest in a series of ESG-focused projects launched in 2021
The appointment of the experienced CRE executive comes weeks after the national office landlord purchased a prominent downtown Denver office tower