First Bank, a North and South Carolina community bank, has signed a 1,274-square-foot lease at the SouthCourt Building in Raleigh, North Carolina. Kaler Walker and John Mikels of Lincoln Harris’ Raleigh office represented the landlord, Torchlight Investors, in the transaction, and Murray Forbes III of Real Estate Associates represented the tenant.

“The addition of a community bank at SouthCourt shows the landlord’s continued commitment to maintaining the property’s reputation as one of Raleigh’s leading office buildings,” Walker said.

The SouthCourt Building, located at 3211 Shannon Road, includes 131,869 square feet of Class A office space featuring panoramic views of Durham and neighboring Chapel Hill and 15,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Torchlight Investors recently completed a renovation of the parking lots and landscaping. Amenities include a landscaped courtyard with a water feature, cherry wood paneling, bronze elevators, decorative wall coverings and granite finishes. A two-story lobby features a steel and bronze monumental stairway.

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Through its affiliation with Lincoln Property Company, Lincoln Harris provides clients with a national platform and unparalleled institutional resources including more than 6,800 employees in 47 administrative offices across the nation. The company manages more than 150 million square feet and last year completed more than $2 billion in real estate transactions on behalf of clients. The Lincoln Harris team members take pride in developing and implementing comprehensive national real estate programs for their clients and cultivating a sense of trust in the communities they serve and the individual transactions they service.