Opus Project Lands 30,000-SF Tenant

TIGARD, OR-Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare is taking 30,000 sf at Opus Northwest’s 92,000-sf Southwest Center office building here for its rapidly growing Working Solutions subsidiary, a Portland-based company it acquired last November. The provider of employee-assistance programs will occupy the entire third floor of the three-story building under construction on Durham Road, west of Interstate 5.

Working Solutions, moving from 8,000 sf of class-B space in the Capital Plaza building on Barber Boulevard, is expanding as a result of several new Fortune 500 accounts. The specifics of the lease deal were not immediately available, but Opus is marketing space in the building for $23.50/sf.

With completion slated for the third quarter, the first and third floors in Southwest Center remain available, says Grubb & Ellis’ Brandon Frank, who with Dave Squire represented UnitedHealthcare in the lease negotiations. Grubb & Ellis’ Cliff Finnell, Steve Marcy and Mike Thomas represented Opus Northwest.