Northeast

BOSTON — Construction crews have broken ground on Waterside Place, a 20-story residential tower in Boston. The $120 million, mixed-use project will include 236 apartment units and 10,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. The project will be designed to achieve LEED Sliver certification. The Drew Co. is developing the tower and Commercial Construction Consulting is the project manager. TRO Jung/Brannen will serve as the architect. Suffolk Construction was recently selected to manage the construction. The tower is slated for completion in September 2014.

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BOSTON — Vornado Realty Trust has agreed to sell its Mart segment properties, which includes the Boston Design Center at 300 D. St. SW in Boston, for $228 million. Vornado expects to post a net gain of $144 million on the sales. The properties also include Washington Design Center, the L.a. Mart and the Canadian Trade Shows. The sales of the L.A. and Canadian assets have already closed and Vornado expects the other two showroom properties to close in the current quarter.

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NEW YORK CITY — Staples has signed a 15,584-square-foot lease at 641 Sixth Ave. in Chelsea. The two-level store will include 4,696 square feet of space on the ground floor and 10,888 square feet on the lower level. Staples plans to relocate from 699 Sixth Ave. by this December. Robert Futterman, Gary Alterman and Ross Berkowitz of RKF represented the landlord, Atlas Capital, in the transaction. Chase Welles of SCG Retail represented Staples.

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NEW YORK CITY — Steiner Studios has purchased 142 North 6th St., also known as the Jardin building, for $38 million. The 44-unit apartment building is fully occupied and rents average $53 per square foot. The Jardin was originally designed as a condominium property, however, during construction, developers decided that rentals would be a better move in the market. Amenities include a fitness center, landscaped courtyard and on-site parking. David Behin of MNS represented both the buyer and the seller, Read Property Group, in the transaction.

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HOLDEN, MASS. — Construction crews have broken ground on a three-story, 36,000-square-foot medical office building in Holden. Oriol Health Care, a family-owned healthcare organization, and Reliant Medical Group, a multi-specialty medical group, will occupy the space. The property will be located on the site of the former Holden District Hospital on Boyden Road. Reliant Medical Group will take 17,000 square feet in the building and offer a family medical practice, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology, OB/GYN services and an optical center. Cutler Associates is constructing the property, which is expected to be complete by the spring of 2013. Margulies Perruzi Architects designed the building.

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SEAFORD, DEL. — Flow Smart, a polymer product company, has purchased 213 Nesbit Drive in Seaford for $1.7 million. The 60,000-square-foot industrial building was formerly occupied by Century Window Fashions before slipping into foreclosure in late 2011. Rodney Joyner and Tom Knopp of Sperry Van Ness — Miller Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, WSFS Bank, in the transaction. Rob Harman, also of Sperry Van Ness, represented the buyer.

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BROOKLINE, MASS. — Octagon Property Management has paid $6 million to buy 50-54 Kent St., a 15-unit apartment property in Brookline. The property is comprised of two apartment buildings on a 22,000-square-foot lot. Both buildings are fully occupied. Carl Christie, Dan McGee and Henry Lieber of NAI Hunneman represented the seller, 50-54 Kent Street LLC, in the transaction. They also procured the buyer.

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TEANECK, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates arranged the sale of a distressed apartment building, located at 63 Washington Place in Teaneck, for $1.4 million. Constructed in 1940, the 16-unit building includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The buyer and seller are two, long-time Gebroe-Hammer clients. Greg Pine of Gebroe-Hammer represented both parties in the transaction. The new owner plans to renovate the property.

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WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Eisner Amper, an accounting and tax firm, has signed a lease for 87,000 square feet of office space at MetroTop Plaza II in Woodbridge. The company plans to consolidate staff from several New Jersey offices into the 255,000-square-foot building. The lease term is more than 15 years. Paul Giannone, Kevin Carton and Eric Sobel of Cushman & Wakefield represented the owner, Atlantic Realty & Development Corp., in the transaction. David Simson and Mark Weiss of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the tenant.

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