PEABODY, MASS. — Barton Associates has signed a lease for 50,500 square feet of medical office space at 300 Jubilee Dr. in Peabody. The firm plans to relocate its headquarters to the new space in April. With the relocation, the medical practice is doubling its existing office space at 10 Dearborn Road. Demetri Koutrouvelis and Nicole Miller of Savills Studley represented Barton Associates in the transaction.
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DYER, IND. — Holladay Properties has arranged a 16,280-square-foot lease of a medical office building in Dyer. Franciscan Alliance will occupy space within the Medical Pavilion South building located on the campus of Franciscan Saint Margaret Hospital. Holladay Properties provides leasing and property management services for Medical Pavilion South, a 63,486-square-foot, three-story medical office building. The Franciscan Alliance will open the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Senior Health and Wellness facility on the third floor of the building. The facility provides primary care, diagnostics, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dietician, social worker, CNA, home health support, recreational services as well as access to specialists in cardiology, ophthalmology, dermatology, orthopaedics and geriatrics. The Franciscan Alliance currently operates a similar Senior Health and Wellness Center in Indianapolis. Michael O’Connor of Holladay Properties represented the building owner in the transaction. Holladay Properties also provides property management services for the project.
FRANKFORT, ILL. — Reed Construction will build Riverside Medical Center, a new 20,000-square-foot medical office building for Riverside Healthcare in Frankfort. The property will be located on a 25-acre site at the corner of US 45 and Steger Road. The single-story masonry medical office facility will feature metal panels and a curtain wall glazing system. The medical space will include exam rooms, CT imaging, EKG facilities and infusion bays for Riverside Healthcare, a healthcare system serving the needs of patients throughout the counties of Kankakee, Iroquois, Will and Grundy. Reed Construction will also complete more than 20 acres of site improvements and infrastructure for future development on the property. Scott Pickands and Cy Rangel are the project executives overseeing the project on behalf of Reed Construction. Jack Sbertoli of Reed Construction is leading the project team, which is scheduled to begin construction in April with completion slated for end of the year. Proteus Group is providing the architectural services.
AUSTIN — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Southwest Medical Village, a Class A medical outpatient facility in Austin. Denver-based EverWest Real Estate Partners LLC worked with the buyer to purchase the asset for an undisclosed price. Gary Carr, Eric Mackey, John Alvarado and Robert Hill of CBRE’s Dallas office represented the seller, Harrod Healthcare Development. The fully leased asset has approximately 70,000 square feet of medical office space and offers above-code parking. The property is located at 5625 Eiger Road. Premier Family Physicians, a family medicine practice, anchors the property, which includes 18 other specialty practices.
BERWYN, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the $945,000 sale of a single-tenant medical office building located at 3300 S. Oak Park Ave. in Berwyn. Vanguard Health Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare, occupies the freestanding, 5,990-square-foot building. A Pennsylvania-based real estate fund was the seller. The buyer was a private real estate investor based in Scottsdale, Ariz. Chad Firsel of Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. was the sole broker in the transaction.
Crosland Southeast, Childress Klein Sign Novant Health to Anchor South Charlotte Development
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-based Crosland Southeast and Childress Klein have inked a lease agreement with Novant Health to serve as the medical office anchor of Waverly, a master-planned, mixed-use development that will be located at Providence and Ardrey Kell roads in south Charlotte. Upon its completion in 2016, Waverly will feature a 40,000-square-foot Whole Foods, Novanta Pizzeria Napoletana, Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar, Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt, Modern Salon & Spa, Polished Nail Bar and Quail Dry Cleaners. Gwen Glaeser and Tommy Trimble of CNL Commercial Real Estate represented the developers in the lease transactions. Novant Health will occupy roughly 23,000 square feet of space in Waverly’s first 33,000-square-foot building, which is slated to open this fall. The medical office space will include an urgent care, family healthcare services and physical therapy. Mike Wiles of NAI Southern Real Estate represented Novant in the lease transaction, and the owners were represented internally by James Downs, partner of Crosland Southeast, and Paul DeVine of Childress Klein. Travis Hart of Childress Klein is working on pre-leasing the remaining medical office space.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has arranged the sale of an office building located at 2118 Coney Island Ave. in the Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn. Constructed in the 1990s, the three-story, 4,800-square-foot medical office building sold for $2.2 million. Erik Yankelovich of GFI Realty Services represented the seller and buyer, both of which are local investors, in the transaction.
IRVINE, CALIF. — The Hoag Health Center – Irvine has received $41.2 million in a construction-to-permanent loan. The center will be located at the intersection of Alton Parkway and Sand Canyon Avenue, directly across from Hoag Hospital Irvine. The 150,000-square-foot medical office development contains three Class A, 50,000-square-foot ambulatory care centers with flexible floor plans. It is scheduled for completion in early 2016. The 12-year, fixed-rate loan is interest-only during the two-year construction period. The fixed rate was locked over eight months in advance of the loan closing. HFF’s Zach Koucos, Aldon Cole and Tim Wright secured the loan on behalf of Pacific Medical Buildings (PMB). The firm is also servicing the loan, which was secured through a correspondent life insurance company.
CHICAGO —Leopardo Cos. has completed a multiphase project for the Illinois College of Optometry, an optometric institution. The 28,000-square-foot interior renovation included modernizing aspects of an existing library and converting administrative space to make room for a new elderly eye care center. The library renovations added individual study areas, administrative and academic offices, as well as high-tech conference and student study rooms. The Alfred and Sarah Rosenbloom Center on Vision and Aging is a new elderly eye care facility to be used by the Illinois Eye Institute, a non-profit eye clinic providing eye care, outreach programs and research. Leopardo served as general contractor on the project. Chicago-based architect Jensen & Halstead provide architectural services.
ROYAL OAK, MICH. — Construction has begun on a new Proton Therapy Center at Beaumont Hospital’s Cancer Institute in Royal Oak. Proton therapy is a newer, high-tech alternative to treating certain cancers. The $40 million project will be the first single-room proton treatment center of its kind in Michigan. Upon completion, the two-story Proton Therapy building will span 25,200-square-feet, including a basement. The first floor will house the Proton Therapy Center. The 10,000-square-foot space will include a cyclotron that produces the proton beams and a single-room treatment area. The first patients will undergo treatment at the Proton Therapy Center in the spring of 2017. The 8,000-square-foot second floor will house Beaumont Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Oncology and Hematology program. Along with hundreds of construction jobs, the new Proton Therapy Center will create at least 30 clinical positions at Beaumont. Beaumont will develop the project in cooperation with Proton International, an Atlanta-based proton therapy development group with expertise in all phases of proton therapy development and operations.