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Corporate Barter Company Adds Square Footage, Jobs At Fort Lauderdale Office

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A corporate barter company will hire as many as 75 additional employees in South Florida as it increases its presence in Fort Lauderdale.

Greenwich, Connecticut-headquartered Icon International currently employs 54 people at its 15,369-square-foot office on the third floor of the Plaza at Las Olas at 301 East Las Olas Blvd. The company will expand into an 8,220-square-foot space on the eighth floor this summer, stated Serena Coons, Icon’s project manager in Fort Lauderdale.

Once the new jobs are filled, Icon’s Fort Lauderdale operation will have 129 employees.

Icon’s local office houses the company’s media teams (digital, national, and local), accounting team, and sales team.

Founded 35 years ago, Icon International specializes in corporate barter, a sector in which companies exchange undervalued or surplus inventory, capital goods, real estate, or “other assets that aren’t performing or providing ROI [return on investment],” according to the company’s website.

The Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to attracting companies to Broward County, has been courting Icon International to open an office in Broward since 2019, said Maggie Gunther, GFLA’s VP of marketing and communications.

Icon International initially opened a satellite office in the Cypress Center at 6600 N. Andrews Ave. in May 2019, when it was still a subsidiary of New York-based Omnicom Group. In June 2021, Omnicom divested itself of Icon International.
Source:  SFBJ

Downtown Fort Lauderdale Leasing Veteran Norm Adams Joins CBRE As Senior Vice President

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CBRE has hired Norm Adams, who will serve as Senior Vice President in CBRE’s Fort Lauderdale office. Mr. Adams continues a career of pursuing investor leasing opportunities in downtown Fort Lauderdale and Broward County.

“Norm is a proven office advisor with more than 30 years of experience in the downtown market,” said David Bateman, Managing Director for CBRE’s offices in Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton and West Palm Beach. “Not only is he a Fort Lauderdale native and resident, but Norm has the highest leasing volume in the history of downtown Fort Lauderdale. We are excited to welcome him to CBRE.”

Mr. Adams comes to CBRE from South Florida-based full-service real estate firm Stiles, where he oversaw the company’s downtown Class-A office portfolio. In his new role at CBRE, he will continue to represent Stiles, leasing over 300,000 square feet in their downtown Fort Lauderdale portfolio including the Class-A buildings Plaza at Las Olas and AutoNation Tower.

“I’m excited to join CBRE and engage with their global platform that’s known for delivering best-in-class real estate solutions to its clients,” said Mr. Adams.

Joining CBRE is a homecoming for Mr. Adams as he also spent ten years working for Trammell Crow Company. In his career, he has executed more than 500 transactions, valued over $500 million. His accolades include NAIOP’s Broker of the Year and Office Lease of the Year.

 

 

Stiles, Pointe Group Advisors Win Big At TOBYs

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Stiles‘ owned and managed office buildings, the historic Plaza at Las Olas and The AutoNation Building in downtown Fort Lauderdale, were honored with The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) awards from the Fort Lauderdale/Palm Beach Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA).

Overall, Stiles received six distinguished TOBY awards for quality office and retail projects as well as its management personnel.

Stiles corporate headquarters, Plaza at Las Olas, was the recipient of the TOBY award in the Corporate Facility category. Originally built as a two-story structure in the 1940’s, Plaza at Las Olas has been renovated four times over the last eight decades and has become a landmark on Las Olas Boulevard. With its most recent renovation, the property earned LEED certification while being transformed into a contemporary and functional office space boasting nine stories, clean lines, a crisp façade and Class A restaurant and retail on the ground floor.  The property is managed by Stiles property managers Alexandria Brown and Nicki Oneill.

Recipient of the Earth award, The AutoNation Building in downtown Fort Lauderdale was granted top honors for sustainability. The 17-story building is LEED-Gold certified and acknowledged for energy conservation, indoor air quality, green cleaning and tenant education. Managed by Stiles property manager Megan Purdue, the property is located at 200 Southwest 1st Avenue and comprises more than 187,000 square feet of office and 17,000 square feet of retail near Las Olas Riverfront.

In the retail property category, Stiles was honored with a TOBY for its managed shopping center Tower Shops located in Davie. The 368,831-square-foot property is owned by Federal Realty investment Trust and managed by Stiles property manager Danean Belloise.

Stiles is also proud that two of its key personnel, John Braun and Megan Purdue, were honored with the esteemed Engineer of the Year and Property Manager of the Year awards, respectively. Purdue was also presented with the distinguished Ron Macklin Scholarship award for the second consecutive year for her contributions to the industry.

International Place II,  a 95,000-square-foot Class A office building in Sunrise, managed by Miami-based Pointe Group Advisors, was honored with the 2014 “The Outstanding Building of the Year” (TOBY) Award in the category of buildings under 100,000 square feet.

The building’s major tenants include BB&T, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services and Elderly Housing Development Corp. The building is located in the heart of Broward County’s Sawgrass neighborhood, just minutes away from Sawgrass Mills and the BB&T Center.

The TOBY Awards were held at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort and Spa in Fort Lauderdale, on Nov. 7, 2014.

 

Norm Adams Closes 15,000 SF Las Olas Lease Deal

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National firm Fanatics Mounted Memories, the memorabilia and collectibles division of online retailer Fanatics, has leased 15,295 square feet of headquarters space at the Plaza at Las Olas, where it will be relocating from Plantation.

Founded in 1995, Fanatics is one of the largest online retailers of officially licensed sports merchandise. According to the company, Fanatics powers the e-commerce sites of all major professional sports leagues, including the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, PGA; major media brands, including ESPN, NBC Sports, CBS Sports, and FOX Sports; and hundreds of collegiate and professional team properties.

Stiles Director of Leasing Norm Adams represented the building owner in the transaction.

“Thanks in part to increased consumer confidence, the office market is seeing tenants take a flight to quality in premium locations,” said Adams. “With first-class entertainment and business at its doorstep, Las Olas product has outperformed the overall Broward office market. Las Olas has experienced positive absorption, stable vacancy and increased lease rates.

Stiles is responsible for leasing and property management for Plaza at Las Olas. The 105,000 square-foot building is home to Vibe Lounge and YOLO restaurant.

The Fanatics Inc. lease brings the building to 100% occupancy.