Colliers Tapped To Lease Newly Renovated East Boca Office

Fresh off the heels of its recent acquisition and a multimillion-dollar capital improvement infusion, 1200 North Federal Highway is getting a new leasing team and rebranding refresh.

The Colliers South Florida office leasing team, led by Senior Vice President Darcie Lunsford, has been chosen to handle leasing and marketing of the 137,000-square-foot, all-glass midrise, which spans nearly a city block at the T-intersection of Federal Highway and Glades Road.

The building was acquired in August by veteran South Florida office owner and operator Allen Chelminsky. Since his acquisition, Chelminsky has invested more than $3 million to renovate common areas, restrooms, landscaping, fountains and the building exterior, update mechanical systems, upgrade the roof, restore the parking lot and garage, and add state-of-the-art security systems and new property-wide LED lighting. The four-story building also offers a newly refurbished onsite café, lushly landscaped indoor courtyard and exterior dining areas, reserved under-building executive parking, and electric vehicle charging stations.

“When we buy an asset, we don’t waste time or spare any expense to rapidly bring it up to our high-quality portfolio standards,” said Chelminsky. “There is no part of the building that we have not carefully designed and curated to offer corporate tenants the best business environment in Boca Raton.”

The reposition ushers in a new wave of modernized office space and leasing opportunities for the residentially-dense and highly amenitized east Boca Raton market.

“The building now looks and feels wholly renewed and refreshed while offering that secret-sauce combination— contemporary space with economic value— that we find missing in the East Boca market,” says Lunsford. “Historically, tenants in East Boca could either pay up for modern space or trade down to older, dated buildings. Now you can find both quality and value in what is arguably one of the most prominent and easily accessible locations in the Federal Highway submarket.”

Chelminsky maintains a long-standing real estate presence across the South Florida and the Treasure Coast, owning and operating more than 2 million square feet of commercial buildings from Miami to Port St. Lucie.