Northeast

FRAMINGHAM, MASS. — Normandy Real Estate Partners has purchased MetroWest Place, a five-story, Class A office building in Framingham, for $5.5 million. CRCP Pleasant Street LLC sold the 95,000-square-foot property, which is located at 15 Pleasant Street Connector, about 25 miles west of Boston. Genzyme , a developer of transformative therapies for patients affected by rare and debilitating diseases, has fully occupied the building since 2012. Chris Skeffington, John Lashar, Paul Leone and Roy Sandeman of Richards Barry Joyce & Partners represented CRCP Pleasant Street LLC in the transaction. The new ownership has retained Richards Barry Joyce & Partners as the exclusive leasing agent for the building.

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. — China Construction America Inc. has purchased 445 S. St., a 320,274-square-foot, Class A office building in Morris Township, for $71 million, or more than $221 per square foot. The four-story building is located in Southgate Corporate Park, about 23 miles west of Newark. Lead tenants in the building include The Travelers Indemnity Co. (105,698 square feet) and Marsh USA (54,376 square feet). Andrew Merin, Gary Gabriel, David Bernhaut and Brian Whitmer of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction, while Geoff Schubert and Dorothy Chuang of CBRE represented China Construction America.

QUINCY, MASS. — Grossman Cos. Inc. has signed a five-year lease for 7,195 square feet at One Adams Place in Quincy. Constructed in 1986 and renovated in 2004, One Adams Place is a five-story, 124,777-square-foot Class A office building. Sean Teague and Kate McGovern of Cassidy Turley represented the landlord, CommonWealth REIT, in the transaction. Michael Olson of Grossman Cos. represented his company. Reit Management & Research LLC Real Estate Services manages One Adams Place. Grossman Cos. is a commercial real estate investment, management and brokerage company.