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266,000 SF In New Leases, Renewals Reported At Boca Raton Innovation Campus

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CP Group and DRA Advisors announced more than 266,000 square feet of leasing activity at the 1.7-million-square-foot Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC).

The activity includes three new leases and two renewals from tenants spanning healthcare, tech, and education sectors.

New leases include:

  • Allstar Recruiting Locums LLC leased 42,697 square feet, doubling its space as it relocates from Deerfield Beach.
  • Cinch Home Services signed for 32,888 square feet.
  • EchoTwin AI leased 2,704 square feet for its first office, with the founder relocating from San Francisco.

Renewals include:

  • Modernizing Medicine renewed 127,821 square feet.
  • Everglades University renewed 52,582 square feet.
  • Newtek renewed 7,810 square feet.

Jeff Kelly of CBRE represented CP Group in all transactions.

CP Group is finalizing a $100 million renovation of the former IBM R&D campus, adding amenities such as a wellness center operated by Boca Raton Regional Hospital, dining options, event spaces, fitness studios, and a 1,100-space parking garage.

The firm is also expanding its flexible “worCPlaces” spec suite program. Two completed phases totaling 30,000 square feet are fully leased, and a third phase—including six suites and seven individual offices—is under construction for delivery in January 2026.

BRiC was rezoned in 2023 to allow future development of residential, retail, hospitality, and entertainment uses, opening the campus to the public year-round. The property also serves as a venue for corporate events, community gatherings, and private celebrations.

9 Companies Sign Leases At Boca Raton Innovation Campus

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Nine tenants have signed new leases at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRIC), including two companies that plan to establish their headquarters within the 1.7 million-square-foot facility.

The total leased space amounts to approximately 110,000 square feet, as reported by CP Group, the managing landlord of the complex.

The largest lease, covering 31,350 square feet, was signed by Coastal Waste & Recycling, a Boca Raton-based company that provides sanitation services to several Florida municipalities, including Davie, North Miami Beach, Lantana, Pompano Beach, Cooper City, Coral Springs, and Oldsmar, as well as commercial dumpster services for businesses and multifamily residences.

Currently located at 2481 NW 2nd Ave., Coastal Waste & Recycling plans to move its headquarters to BRIC, according to CP Group. The company has not yet responded to requests for comment.

Another company relocating its headquarters to BRIC is Legacy Healing Center Margate LLC, which operates detox and rehabilitation centers for substance abuse in Fort Lauderdale, Margate, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and Parsippany, New Jersey. Legacy Healing is expected to move in December, according to Jacqueline Tavares, president of Boca Raton-based Newmark Commercial Real Estate.

Other lease deals recently signed at the BRIC were:

  • US Claims, a litigation funding firm, secured 13,519 square feet of office prior to relocating from Delray Beach. Candy Yeung of RE//Max Consultants Realty represented US Claims.
  • Takahami Billing, a revenue cycle management company for healthcare companies, which will move out of an office in Fort Lauderdale and into 10,058 square feet of space in December, said Tavares of Newmark Commercial, who represented the tenant.
  • Lifelong Learning Administration Corporation, an educational nonprofit organization, took a 3,316-square-foot spec suite for its first Florida location. Jason Smithson of NAI San Diego, represented Lifelong.
  • Brandon Hall Group, LLC, a professional development firm, closed on a 2,707-square-foot site. Joe Freitas of CBRE represented Brandon Hall.
  • Verizon, which renewed its lease for 12,965 square feet of space.
  • ABC Preschool, an on-site daycare, renewed its lease for 9,965 square feet. Ryan Nunes and Ryan DePaul of Cushman & Wakefield represented ABC Preschool.
  • Twinlabs Consolidation, a supplement company, renewed its lease for 1,433 square feet of office space.

Jeff Kelly of CBRE represented CP Group in all nine transactions.

 

Source:  SFBJ

 

Stigliano Closes Sale Of Boca Raton Office Buildings

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Reese Stigliano, president of Stigliano Commercial Real Estate, announced the sale of 6501 & 6531 Park of Commerce Blvd. in Boca Raton.

The property consists of 2 multi-tenant office buildings totaling 52,000 square feet. The buildings are situated on 4.35 acres in the prestigious Park at Broken Sound, formerly known as Arvida Park of Commerce, located just north of Yamato Road west of I-95 in Boca Raton.

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The sale closed on December 21 for $8.9 million, which equates to $170 per square foot. Stigliano represented the Buyer, Castle Boca, LLC, in the transaction. CBRE’s Jeff Kelly, Sean Kelly and Dave Wigoda represented the Seller, MTI PROPERTIES FLORIDA LLC.

According to Stigliano, “The transaction took over 6 months to close which is significantly longer than usual in today’s market.”

The Buyer assumed a $5.1 million existing Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) Loan.

“CMBS loans are desirable due to lower interest rates but they are very expensive to prepay and the procedure to assume is arduous. Fortunately, the Seller and Buyer had the patience to work though the loan assumption process,”  he added. 

Stigliano Commercial Real Estate has also been appointed the exclusive leasing agent for the property, which has approximately 13,000 square feet of vacant space.

Reese Stigliano is a recognized leader in the South Florida commercial real estate market, with over 40 years of experience. As President, he focuses on land sales, investment sales and office leasing for the firm. Stigliano’s talent in bringing complicated commercial transactions to a close has been evident throughout his successful brokerage career.

 

Kroger Relocates, Inks Whopping 43,000 SF Office Lease

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The Kroger Co., the largest grocer by revenue in the U.S., has leased 43,000 square feet of office space at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus at 4800-5002 T-Rex Avenue in Boca Raton.

The company will move its office from 5400 Broken Sound Blvd. Northwest into BRIC’s 4700 building. The new office is about the same size, but it will have a more efficient layout with a large contiguous space, landlord Crocker Partners said.

Crocker Partners and Rialto Capital Management paid $179.3 million for the sprawling tech office complex, marking the biggest office sale in the tri-county region at that time since 2016. The 1.68-million-square-foot office park sits on 123 acres in Boca Raton near I-95. It was developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s by IBM as its North American Research and Development facility. IBM closed it in 1996.

The main function of the office is digital operations.

Mitchell Millowitz of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented Kroger in the lease. Crocker was represented by VP Danielle Vennett and CBRE’s Jeff Kelly.

 

Source:  SFBJ

NKF Brokers Three Office Deals Totaling More Than 98,000 SF

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Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) announced the completion of three high-profile office deals in South Florida totaling more than 98,000 square feet.

The flurry of activity illustrates a recent NKF research report showing vacant office space in South Florida dropping to its lowest level since the Great Recession began more than a decade ago.

In the first deal, Oakland Sun Partners, LLC purchased 1 Dambrackas Way, a 48,671-square-foot Class B office building located in Sunrise. Originally built in 1985, 1 Dambrackas Way is also within a short drive to several nearby retail and dining destinations. The new owners purchased the building for $4.02 million.

NKF Executive Managing Director Mitchell Millowitz, NKF Senior Managing Director Ryan Rosalsky and Associate R.J. Ward represented the buyer.

Millowitz also executed a new lease agreement for e-commerce company Vitacost at 4700 Exchange Court at Boca Raton Innovation Campus. The 35,438-square-foot deal is part of an ongoing transformation for the online vitamin and healthy product supplier, which is a subsidiary of Kroger. Vitacost will relocate from its current headquarters at a one-story building in The Park at Broken Sound in August.

A former IBM corporate hub, Boca Raton Innovation Campus features an impressive array of onsite amenities that include a state-of-the-art fitness center, high-tech conference center, food hall, on-site accredited day care center and numerous walking trails. CBRE Executive Vice President Jeff Kelly represented the landlord, Crocker Partners.

“Vitacost conducted an extensive search of amenity-laden office properties in the region to fulfill its charge of finding a modernized, collaborative workplace environment with an abundance of natural light,” said Millowitz. “Boca Raton Innovation Center is the Southeast’s premier science and technology hub, and its proximity to talent and walkable amenities will provide Vitacost with a significant recruiting advantage in the years to come.”

In the third deal, Millowitz, Rosalsky and Ward represented AlphaStaff, a HR outsourcing firm, in its office relocation from Cypress Creek to Sunrise Corporate Plaza. AlphaStaff will occupy 14,604 square feet of space at the Class A office building in Sunrise beginning in January 2020. Built in 1999, Sunrise Corporate Plaza totals 107,748 square feet and is 100% occupied. Madelayne Garcia and Tom Kates represented the landlord, Stiles.

Two of the three transactions occurred in Broward County, which recorded 191 lease deals totaling more than 563,000 square feet in the first quarter of 2019. Broward also accounted for more than 58% of all Class B leasing activity across South Florida in Q1 2019, as limited blocks of availability in Class A buildings continued to aid the Class B sector.

Deborah Fink, Jeff Kelly Sign 40,000 SF Tenant

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CBRE has completed a major 39,788 square foot lease for a Professional Services firm at an office building within The Arbors Campus in Delray Beach, a 245,000 square foot office campus.

Senior Vice President Jeffrey Kelly joined Deborah Fink on the CBRE team representing the landlord.  CBRE’s Jay Dowlen, Charlie Carrocio and John Jaspert represented the tenant. The name of the Professional Services firm has not been disclosed.

The transaction placed the firm at 1615 Congress Avenue and furthers a significant increase in occupancy levels since a change in ownership and management took place less than a year ago.

“Within the past six months, more than 64,000 square feet of new leasing and tenant move-ins have been accomplished at The Arbors,

New ownership and CBRE’s leasing and management teams, coupled with an exceptional campus location and economic value, have attracted prestigious new tenants such as Hospice of Palm Beach County, Regus and a notable Professional Services firm,” said CBRE Vice President Deborah Fink.

Managed and leased by CBRE, The Arbors was purchased by 1615 Arbors North Associates, LLC an affiliate of RexxHall Realty, LLC, based in New Rochelle, NY, through the CBRE Private Capital Markets group one year ago. In that time, the three-building campus has moved from 45% to 66% occupancy.

“The efforts of the CBRE team, combined with ownership’s attention to tenant needs and detail, has given The Arbors a real competitive edge in the marketplace,” said Daniel Stauber, Managing Director of RexxHall Realty, LLC.

Carrocio and Jaspert are a part of the newly formed CBRE Florida Occupier Service Practice Group. Coldwell Banker’s Ingrid Fulmer and Andrea Raskin-Lapis represented Hospice and Jones Lang LaSalle’s Scott Goldstein and Keith Edelman represented Regus.