KGW Announces Jon Bayless as Board Member
June 2010 - KGW Real Estate is pleased to announce the addition of Jon Bayless to its board. Jon is Managing Director of Sevin Rosen Funds and served as Chairman of both Landmark Graphics Corporation and CIENA Corporation, two public companies funded by SRF. He is currently serving on the boards of AirWalk, AppTrigger, Extenet, GENBAND, NetSocket, Vidyo, WaveBender and Xtera Communications.
KGW
Completes SensorLogic Headquarters Relocation
Plano, Texas
March 2010 - KGW Real Estate completed the relocation of SensorLogic's corporate offices to 2701 Dallas Parkway in Plano, Texas. KGW's negotiations resulted in an upgrade in facility quality while reducing occupancy costs by 30%. KGW also supported the liquidation of old furniture, as well as locating the best moving company for their relocation.
KGW
Hired By SensorLogic For New Headquarters Facility
Dallas, Texas
December 2009 - KGW Real Estate has been hired by SensorLogic to handle the search for a new headquarters facility in the Dallas area. KGW is looking at facility alternatives in Dallas, Plano and Frisco
KGW
Completes Visionary Legal Technologies
Headquarters Relocation
Dallas, Texas
November 2009 - KGW Real Estate completed the relocation of Visionary Legal Technologies' corporate offices to Carrollton Center, 1555 Valwood Parkway. Visionary Legal will benefit from substantial cost savings and upgraded facilities. They plan to occupy by January 1, 2009.
TREOF II - KGW Real Estate Launches Second Property Acquisition Fund
October 2009 - KGW Real Estate and KGW Capital have launched the Texas Real Estate Opportunity Fund II that will invest in undervalued commercial properties throughout the State of Texas.
KGW
Renews And Expands National Client In Northern
New Jersey
September 2009 - KGW Real Estate completed a renewal and expansion of a national client in its Northern New Jersey regional office located at Eisenhower Plaza. After an extensive market survey and relocation analysis, KGW negotiated a below-market renewal and expansion along with an extensive tenant improvement allowance as well as other benefits to our client.
KGW Completes Relocation Of Client In Columbus, OH
July 2009 - KGW Real Estate completed the relocation of an office client to Corporate Center IV in Columbus, Ohio resulting in a 30% reduction in occupancy costs and an upgrade in facilities. KGW completed a thorough survey of the Columbus market prior to finalizing negotiations at Corporate Center.
KGW Companies Relocating To Park Center In Plano, TX
May 2009 - KGW Real Estate and KGW Capital have leased space for their new corporate headquarters at Park Center located at 2400 North Dallas Parkway in Plano, Texas. KGW plans to occupy their new state-of-the-art facility located on the top floor by September 1, 2009. Construction is slated to begin in July.
KGW Completes Two Fort Worth, Texas Projects
April 2009 - KGW Real Estate completed two new leases at Western Place in Ft. Worth, Texas including a lease renewal as well as a new regional office for a national client. KGW’s negotiations resulted in upgraded facilities and a occupancy cost savings of over 23%.
KGW Hired By Visionary Legal Technologies For Headquarters Facility
March 2009 - KGW Real Estate has been hired by Visionary Legal Technologies of Dallas to handle their upcoming corporate headquarters project. After back-to-back years of rapid growth, Visionary has outgrown their current facility. KGW will begin the formal search process this month.
KGW Completes Class A Sublease In New York City
February 2009 - KGW Real Estate completed a Class A sublease at the CitySpire building at 156 W. 56th Street in Manhatten. In a market saturated with new sublease opportunities, KGW was able to locate a great credit subtenant and negotiate a win/win sublease agreement.
KGW Completes Fort Myers, Florida Project
January 2009 - KGW Real Estate completed a lease renegotiation at 2891 Center Point in Fort Myers, Florida for a national client resulting is a 26% savings in occupancy costs as well as substantial tenant improvements to the facility.
KGW Completes Los Angeles, CA Relocation Project
January 2009 - KGW Real Estate has completed a major relocation project in Los Angeles, CA for a national client resulting in a major upgrade of facilities and a cost savings of almost 30%. The new office space located at 6200 Canoga Avenue will be completed and ready for occupancy in June 2009.
KGW Completes Relocation Project in San Antonio
November 2008 - KGW Real Estate has completed a relocation project in San Antonio, Texas for a national client resulting in an upgrade of facilities and a cost savings of almost 22%. The new office space located at 85 Northeast Loop 410 will be completed and ready for occupancy in February 2009.
KGW Markets Class A Office Space in New York City
October 2008 - KGW Real Estate has been hired by Teneros, a Silicon Valley company, to market their Class A office space located at the CitySpire Building in Manhatten. The brand new space is located at 156 W. 56th Street in New York.
KGW Completes Large R&D Project in Houston, Texas
October 2008 - KGW Real Estate completed a major relocation project for Kraton Polymers of Houston, Texas. Kraton’s Research & Development facility will be relocating from the Shell Westhollow Technology Center to a new 82,000 rsf facility located at 16400 Park Row in Houston. The new facility will provide Kraton employees and clients with cutting edge technology. KGW was able to negotiate a lease package resulting is a 45% reduction in Kraton’s overall occupancy costs. Kraton is scheduled to occupy in February 2009 after construction is completed.
KGW Completes Tampa, Florida Project
June 2008 - KGW Real Estate completed a lease renegotiation at 2202 North Westshore Boulevard in Tampa, Florida for a national client resulting is a 10% savings in occupancy costs as well as substantial tenant improvements to the facility.
KGW Completes Concord, California Project
May 2008 - KGW Real Estate completed a lease renegotiation at 1001 Galaxy Way in Concord, CA for a national client resulting is a 15% savings in occupancy costs as well as substantial tenant improvements to the facility.
KGW Completes Orange, California Project
March 2008 - KGW Real Estate completed a large headquarters relocation for a national client this month. After months of negotiations, KGW closed a lease agreement on behalf of its client for a long term lease at 500 Orange Tower in Orange, CA. Maguire Properties owns the building and will be commencing construction of the premises for occupancy on July 1, 2008.
KGW Chosen By National Equipment Firm
February 2008 - KGW Real Estate was chosen by H&E Equipment Services to handle its national real estate needs. H&E, a publicly-traded company with 70 locations nationwide, provides heavy equipment sales and leasing to local governments, municipalities and contractors across the United States. KGW will be working with H&E to improve on their real estate strategy to maximize shareholder value.
KGW Completes Rockville, Maryland Project
February 2008 - KGW Real Estate completed a large office relocation for a Baltimore client who chose Shady Grove Plaza in Rockville, MD for its new location. KGW completed a thorough survey of several buildings in the area and after months of negotiations chose Shady Grove Plaza. McShea & Company, the landlord, is planning to have construction of the space completed for an August 1, 2008 occupancy.
KGW Opens New York Office
January 2008 - KGW Real Estate is pleased to announce the opening of its New York office after business in that area had grown dramatically. KGW chose 1133 Westchester Avenue in White Plains, the former IBM regional office, for its first East Coast office location.
KGW Completes Sacramento, California Project
November 2007 - KGW Real Estate just completed lease negotations on behalf of a local client for a long term lease at Lava Ridge Office Park in Roseville, CA. KGW was able to negotiate a very attractive package for its client who needs to occupy on July 1, 2008. KGW negotiated with a local CB Richard Ellis office who represents the development..
KGW Completes Cleveland, Ohio Project
September 2007 - KGW Real Estate completed an office space transaction for a local client in the Independence, Ohio market. The long term lease was negotiated with Hines at 3 Summit Park, a Class A office development. The client will occupy on February 1, 2008 after extensive build-out is completed.
KGW Completes Phoenix, Arizona Project
August 2007 - KGW Real Estate completed a large office relocation for a Dallas-based company with a regional office in Phoenix. The office was the result of a local acquisition. KGW negotiated with Transwestern, the agent for the Corporate Center in Phoenix. Construction of the space is scheduled to be completed and ready for occupancy on November 1, 2007.
(November 2006) -- KGW Real Estate announced its pending acquisition of 21 acres in the Energy Corridor area of Houston. The land is part of the famous LH7 Ranch, a Texas Historical Landmark which dates back to the late 1800's and was responsible for saving the longhorn breed. The tract backs to the George Bush Park, a 7000 acre protected area which provides amenities including hike & bike trails, fishing lakes, picnic areas, and horseback riding. “Houston’s Energy Corridor is booming and we are thrilled to have acquired this choice development site. It is an absolutely awesome location with George Bush Park out our back door and I-10 out our front door. We are looking at several options but a corporate office campus seems to be the greatest need in the area.” says Kevin White, CEO of KGW Real Estate. Click here for more information
The Texas Real Estate Opportunity Fund 1
(October 2006) -- WTREC, GP, LLC is pleased to announce the launch of the Texas Real Estate Opportunity Fund I (TREOFI) which is raising $5,000,000 for strategic commercial real estate investments throughout Texas. “Texas is providing some incredible investment opportunities. Our team is having great success in finding deals that fly below the radar of institutional buyers thereby providing us with excellent economics” says Kevin White, General Partner. TREOFII will follow closely behind raising approximately $20,000,000. Click here to request additional information
Insurance
Firm Pre-leases 22,500 SF in Relocation
(Towson, Maryland) -- Tuesday, February 07, 2006) Fairmount
Place III, an 88,000-sf office building in the three-structure Fairmount
Office Park, will open its doors later this year to BenefitMall now that
the company has pre-leased 22,500 sf of space at the class A property.
The insurance brokerage firm will make the move from its current location
in nearby Cockeysville about 10 miles away to the Towson area. KGW
Real Estate's Kevin G. White represented in negotiations with...more
(Houston, Texas) -- March 29, 2006) Ninety days after Total Petrochemicals USA vacated 150,000 square feet, 144,419 square feet have been leased by three firms in World Houston Plaza, 15710 JFK Boulevard -- including KRATON Polymers who leased 29,876 square feet to relocate its headquarters from 700 Milam downtown. The Krayton Polymers deal is a 11-year lease...more>
03/02/06
Houston Picked for Commercial Realty Firm: Major Office Complex Predicted
in 3–5 Years
(Houston,
Texas) – The commercial realty firm of KGW
Real Estate said today it has opened a Houston office managed by veteran
marketing executive Paul D. White and is exploring sites in Houston for
major office and high-rise developments similar to Greenway Plaza.
“Houston
is growing and will need major new office space in the next 3-5 years
to accommodate rapid growth of small to medium companies, and movement
of major companies to the area,” said Kevin G. White, president
of KGW.
He said he expects the Houston office to become the largest of the firm’s
locations that now include Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and Silicon Valley.
“Office space fundamentals are improving rapidly in most Texas markets
as the economy expands, jobs are created and office space is leased. Growth
in jobs and corporate profits fuel the surging Houston office market where
even after a major corporate failure only 19 percent of office space is
unoccupied“, KGW
reports.
“Texas real estate is selling at a record pace beyond the robust population growth that fuels Houston’s expansion, and investor activity in commercial real estate is increasing dramatically,” White said. “While our initial investor groups were mainly within the state of Texas, we now work with investors from all over the U.S. as well as abroad.”
Investment grade real estate has become an attractive asset category sought after by institutions, pension funds and foreign investors, the company said, adding that demand for product has often exceeded supply and demand should not slacken in coming years. Also, the cost of construction of office space has increased by some 11 percent in the past 12 months, raising the base price of other new or renovated properties, the company added. W manages commercial real estate investments for wealthy individuals and corporations and provides tenant representation, acquisitions and development services. “Investment grade real estate should be part of a diversified portfolio.” White said.
KGW Real Estate represented a number of companies that relocated to and within Houston the past months including Kraton Polymers Inc., which is relocating from Pennzoil Place to World Houston Plaza at Greenspoint.
Dallas Business Journal
"Young Company Is Off To An Impressive Start"
By Jill Glass
(October
27, 2006)
– Friends and business associates who have seen Kevin White
launch, grow and sell companies knew before he did that a business enterprise
was likely in his future. In 2005, White finally decided to “just
do it” and took the leap to start his own firm. Just a little more
than a year later, KGW
Real Estate has earned an impressive reputation and already has
expanded nationwide with offices in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Silicon
Valley and Los Angeles.
“I will never forget a good friend telling me, ‘Kevin, you don’t need to wave the flag of one of the big firms to get a ton of business. Your reputation and experience stands on its own. In addition...more
