Alphagraphics recently leased 840 square feet of space in the Lakeway Town Center in Lakeway, Texas. Travis Waldrop and Sherry Naquin Sanchez represented the landlord, Lakeway Plaza Partners.
Alphagraphics was founded in Tuscon, Arizona in 1970 and now comprises over 260 franchise locations worldwide. The company offers the latest in visual communications technology, including brochure and report design, digital, large and offset printing, email marketing and more.
NAI Austin is one of Austin’s most experienced commercial real estate firms and the Austin area representative for NAI GlobalTM, the industry’s largest global network of real estate service-providers, comprising 5,000 brokers in 325 offices serving more than 55 countries worldwide. For more information on NAI Austin, please visit www.naiaustin.com.
NAI Austin’s Land and Commercial Building Specialist Dean Janeff represented Many Blessings, LLC in its purchase of 3.13 acres of land on Boulder Lane just west of RR 620 in Northwest Austin. Many Blessings, LLC plans to build a 10,000 square foot daycare center, Tutor Time.
Tutor Time provides educational programs during the school year and summer for children, six weeks old to 12 years old. It has over 300 locations in the U.S., Hong Kong, Indonesia, Portugal and the Philippines. The company was started in 1988, and this will be its second location in Austin.
Dean Janeff represented Bright Horizons Children’s Centers, Inc, in the sale of their 10,536 square foot daycare center to the Texas Empowerment Academy in East Austin. The facility is located at 3613 Bluestein Drive, west of U.S. Hwy. 183 South (Ed Bluestein Boulevard).
The Texas Empowerment Academy is a charter school that was started in 1998. It offers small classes for a personal education experience for students, fifth to ninth grades. Tuition is free, and the school has been awarded the Governor’s Educator’s Excellence Award.
NAI Austin’s Retail Specialist Ryan Coleman and Land and Commercial Specialist Dean Janeff leased 4,610 square feet of free-standing restaurant space to Dimassi’s Mediterranean Buffet. The restaurant is located at 4301 West William Cannon in the Costco-anchored Arbor Trails Shopping Center in Southwest Austin.
Dimassi’s Mediterranean Buffet is a Texas-based chain, with this being its eighth location. Their menu is varied, including appetizers like Baba Ghanouge and entrees like kabobs and even dessert. They serve all of their dishes with fresh pita bread. They also cater to surrounding areas.
NAI Global, the premier network of commercial real estate firms and one of the largest real estate services providers worldwide, today announced that 49 NAI member firms and 152 NAI agents were named Power Brokers by CoStar Group, a leading independent information provider for the commercial real estate industry, and Real Estate Forum, a prominent industry trade magazine.
CoStar Group tracks data on commercial properties and transactions throughout the U.S., U.K. and France. The Power Broker awards are presented annually to the top brokerage firms and individual agents in major U.S. markets based on their leasing and sales transaction activities the prior year. NAI received a total of 220 Power Broker awards across 52 markets for its performance in 2007, second only to CB Richard Ellis in total markets served.
“This exceptional showing reflects NAI’s commitment to provide clients with market-leading service,” said Jeffrey M. Finn, NAI Global President & CEO. “Whether they are major corporations, financial institutions or entrepreneurs, NAI professionals have the experience, knowledge and skill to add value in any situation. We are proud of this strong performance and appreciate the third-party recognition of such prominent, independent authorities like CoStar and Real Estate Forum.”
NAI member firms receiving honors include:
• NAI Austin, Austin, TX
• NAI Bergman, Cincinnati, OH
• NAI Brannen Goddard, Atlanta, GA
• NAI BT Commercial, San Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland/East Bay, San Jose/South Bay CA
• NAI Capital, Los Angeles, Orange County, Inland Empire, CA
• NAI Carolantic Realty, Raleigh-Durham, NC
• NAI CIR, Harrisburg, PA
• NAI Commercial Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
• NAI Commercial Properties, Tulsa, OK
• NAI Cummins Real Estate, Akron, OH
• NAI Daus, Cleveland, OH
• NAI DESCO, St. Louis, MO
• NAI Earle Furman LLC, Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
• NAI Farbman, Detroit, MI
• NAI Friedland Realty, Westchester, NY
• NAI Halford, Pensacola, FL
• NAI Heggeman Realty Company, Mobile, AL
• NAI Hiffman, Chicago, IL
• NAI Highland Commercial Group, Colorado Springs, CO
• NAI Horizon, Phoenix, AZ
• NAI Houston, Houston, TX
• NAI Huff Partners, Fort Worth, TX
• NAI Hunneman , Boston, MA
• NAI James E. Hanson, Inc., Northern NJ
• NAI KLNB, Baltimore, MD
• NAI Long Island, Long Island, NY
• NAI/Merin Hunter Codman, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL
• NAI Miami, Miami, FL
• NAI Mid-Michigan Vlahakis Commercial, Lansing, MI
• NAI MLG Commercial, Milwaukee, WI
• NAI Nashville, Nashville, TN
• NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson, Portland, OR
• NAI Ohio Equities, Columbus, OH
• NAI Olympia Partners, Indianapolis, IN
• NAI Piedmont Triad, Greensboro/Winstron-Salem, NC
• NAI Pittsburgh Commercial, Pittsburgh, PA
• NAI Puget Sound Properties, Seattle, WA
• NAI Rauch, Weaver, Norfleet, Kurtz & Co., Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• NAI Realvest, Orlando, FL
• NAI Robert Lynn, Dallas, TX
• NAI Saig, Memphis, TN
• NAI Samuel D. Plotkin & Associates, Springfield, MA
• NAI San Diego, San Diego, CA
• NAI Sullivan Group, Oklahoma City, OK
• NAI The Michael Companies, Maryland/Washington, DC
• NAI Utah Commercial Real Estate, Salt lake City, UT
• NAI Walter Wagner, Jr., Louisville, KY
• NAI Welsh, Minneapolis, MN
• NAI West Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI
This information was released and written by NAI Global. For questions, contact Peter Setaro at psetaro@naiglobal.com.
Amber Oaks has added two new buildings: an addition of 150,000 square feet to the already existing 10-building office park located at the southwest corner of RR 620 and Parmer Lane in northwest Austin. The new buildings H and I have 100,000 square feet 50,000 square feet respectively, with a parking ratio of 5:1,000. This new addition was completed last September and no leases have been signed for space in the new buildings.
Amber Oaks is conveniently located next to Lifetime Fitness, a 120,000 square feet fitness center with various playing courts, a rock-climbing wall, pool and state-of-the-art equipment. There are 40 restaurants within two miles of Amber Oaks, and developers are adding three retail pad sites.
