Liberty Property Trust has signed a lease with WageWorks Inc. for 76,162 square feet, marking the first tenant agreement to be signed for the company’s Class A office development, Liberty Center at Rio Salado business park in Tempe. Located at 1850 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Building One is a two-story 155,000 square foot development that is designed to achieve LEED® Silver certification, and is slated to come online in October 2014.
“The level of tenant demand for this project is high,” said John DiVall, senior vice president at Liberty Property Trust. “WageWorks is well suited for our new mixed-use business park and its employees will enjoy the contemporary amenities and the live-work-play environment that the park will offer. We look forward to celebrating the opening of their office in Building One later this year.”
“Tempe has been a critical hub for WageWorks and we are excited about expanding our local footprint and moving into the Liberty Center. As our company continues to grow, this facility will become the new home of the WageWorks Service Center, designed to deliver outstanding service to our employer clients and their participants, and help us recruit and retain happy, healthy and productive employees,” said Joe Jackson, CEO of WageWorks.
WageWorks has leased the entire first floor of Building One, and the second floor comprised of approximately 77,000 square feet is available for lease. Building One is a part of Phase I, which when complete will include seven offices and one industrial building. Phase II, which will be located across Priest Road, is slated to include a hotel, retail and additional office buildings. In total the park will offer more than one million square feet of office, industrial, flex and retail space.
Tim Glenn, Jason Moore, Keith Lammersen and Jim Sadler with JLL represented WageWorks and Megan Creecy-Herman represented Liberty in the transaction.
