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November
28, 2007
Kimley-Horn Signs on as First Tenant of the New Two Columbus Center in Town Center of Virginia Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH,
VIRGINIA: Michael B. Divaris,
president of Divaris Real Estate Inc. (DRE), announced the signing of
lease with Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. for
19,000 square feet of office space in Two Columbus
Center, the latest retail and office building being constructed in
the highly successful Town Center of Virginia Beach. Kimley-Horn
is the first tenant to lease space in the six-story Class A
building.
Breaking ground in late 2007, Two
Columbus
Center
will be a 109,000-square-foot glass and brick building conveniently
situated within walking distance to upscale dining, banking, luxury
apartments, retail shops, personal service providers and a private health
club. It will include 13,577
square feet of first-floor retail and 18,000 square feet of office space,
on each of the second through sixth floors, for a total of 103,577 square
feet of gross leasable space. The building will front onto Constitution
Drive and Main
Street, at one of the
gateways into The Town Center.
Kimley-Horn
is one of the nation’s most comprehensive and respected engineering and
land planning firms. With over 2,500 staff in more than 60 offices, it
offers full services in a wide range of disciplines: aviation, the environment, intelligent
transportation systems, forensic engineering, landscape
architecture, land planning, transit, transportation, roads and bridges,
urban redevelopment, water resources and wireless communications.
Michael Divaris, Vivian Turok and
Krista Costa, of DRE’s Virginia
Beach office,
represented the landlord, Columbus Tower II LLC, in the lease
negotiations.
The Town Center of Virginia Beach is
leased by Divaris Real Estate Inc. and is managed by Divaris Property
Management Corp. The Town Center
of Virginia Beach is being developed by Armada Hoffler
Holding Company. Other office
tenants in The Town Center include:
Armada/Hoffler; Bank of America; CitiBank; City
of Virginia Beach’s Economic Development Authority; Divaris Real Estate
Inc.; Fidelity National Insurance; Health Net; Thomas Rutherfoord
Inc.; Troutman Sanders LLP; UBS Financial Services; Wilcox & Savage;
the local CBS affiliate; and U.S. Senator James Webb.
Divaris Real Estate Inc. is
headquartered in Virginia Beach, Va. with offices in Chesapeake, Newport
News, and Richmond, Va.; Charlotte, N.C.; Winston-Salem, N.C.; Atlanta,
Ga.; and Rockville, Md. Divaris
Real Estate and Divaris Property Management Corp. are divisions of The
Divaris Group, an international real estate brokerage and property
management company that currently manages and/or leases in excess of 25
million square feet of prime office, retail and industrial space
throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states.
Divaris Real Estate is a member of
Realty Resources, a national group of independent retail property brokers
and managers covering 91 major markets throughout the U.S. DRE is also the Virginia
affiliate for The CORE Network, a national group of office and industrial
brokers with affiliates throughout the U.S.,
Canada,
Mexico,
Asia
and Europe. These organizations represent corporate
and institutional clients, as well as tenants and buyers in all aspects
of leasing, development and managing properties, acquisitions and land
sales. Gerald S. Divaris is chairman of the Board, and Michael B. Divaris
is president of Divaris Real Estate Inc.
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