MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — Richards Barry Joyce & Partners (RBJ) has brokered four lease transactions that total 87,700 square feet at Marlborough Technology Park in Marlborough. John Lashar and Paul Leone of RBJ represented the landlord, Normandy Real Estate Partners in the four transactions. Bistream, Inc. will occupy 26,801 square feet of the 82,423-square-foot building, located at 245 First St. Cushman & Wakefield represented Bistream in the transaction. Mentor Graphics signed a lease renewal for 16,376 square feet of the 80,724-square-foot building, located at 300 Nickelson Rd. Mentor was represented by CresaPartners. MetroWest Medical Center signed an 18,872-square-foot lease of the 74,735-square-foot building, located at 100 Nickelson Rd. Cushman & Wakefield represented MetroWest in the transaction. Finally, New Energy Alliance signed a 25,671-square-foot lease at 300 Nickelson Rd. and was represented by CB Richard Ellis. The 100 and 300 Nickelson Rd. properties are now at full occupancy.
NEW YORK CITY — A 25-unit, single-room occupancy property has been traded for $850,000. The five-story building, which is located at 566 W. 182nd St., was vacant at the time of the trade. The new owner will continue to operate the building as a residential property. Neil Gronowetter of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller, West 182nd Realty, and procured the buyer, GSC Washington Heights LLC, in the transaction.
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — No Body Denied Health Club has signed a 21,500-square-foot lease to anchor the 66,000-square-foot Echo Plaza shopping center, located at the intersection of Mountain Avenue and U.S. Route 22. Adding No Body Denied is part of a renovation that the owner, Larken Associates, is completing. Ethan Goldsmith of Levin Management Corp. facilitated the transaction for the owner. Joseph D’Agostino of Lance Bram Commercial Brokerage represented No Body Denied.
NEW YORK CITY — Boston Capital has invested in Harriet Tubman House Apartments, an affordable housing project under development in Harlem, Hew York City. The project, which is being developed by locally based West Harlem Group Assistance, will consist of the rehabilitation of a former homeless shelter. Two buildings will be renovated and a third building will be constructed. The new community will contain 53 units in a mix of two studios, 13 one-bedrooms, 26 two-bedrooms and 12 three-bedrooms. Sixteen of the units will be set aside for formerly homeless residents. Amenities will include 1,500 square feet of community space with a community room and laundry facilities; a sixth floor common roof deck; and a meeting space with a kitchen, a pantry and a resident recreation area. The construction timetable was not released.
BERNARDSVILLE, N.J. — Denholtz Associates has acquired a 56,000-square-foot, Class A office building at 150 Morristown Rd. in Bernardsville. The building was acquired in a joint venture partnership that included Becker Brothers. Located in the desirable I-287 corridor just outside Morristown in Somerset County, the facility offers units from 800 to 1,500 square feet and recently underwent substantial upgrading by its former owners. The building features a two-story lobby, 24/7 access, executive covered parking and award-winning property management. The building is directly off of Route 202/206 and is in close proximity to Routes 78, 287, public transportation, shopping, restaurants, banking, and hotels.
NEW YORK CITY — Peter Berk and Michael Sonnabend, formerly affiliated with AFC Realty Capital, recently formed PM Realty Capital and its subsidiary PM Hotel Finance Group. The firm, which is headquartered at 845 Third Ave. in Manhattan, New York City, will offer real estate investment banking services on a nationwide basis. Together, the duo brings a combined 40 years of experience to the marketplace. Berk, who will spearhead the firm’s hotel practice, has financed more than $5 billion of hotels representing more than 20,000 rooms in his career.
PITTSBURGH — Five Below, a value retailer geared toward teens and pre-teens, has signed a lease for its 100th store and its first in the Pittsburgh market. The new store, which will be located in the Waterworks Shopping Center on Freeport Road, is slated to open in November. The retailer also has plans to open three more locations in Butler, Cranberry and Altoona, Pennsylvania, next year. With the signing of the lease for its 100th store, Five Below will operate in nine states on the East Coast, from New Hampshire to Virginia. The company plans to open 10 to 15 additional stores in the Pittsburgh market and grow to more than 200 total locations over the next 2 years. In addition, Five Below is evaluating new markets from New York, Ohio and North Carolina, among others, for entry.
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — CB Richard Ellis' (CBRE) Patrick Murphy, Donald Sperling, Greg Barkan and Scott Larson have negotiated three lease transactions at Metropolitan Center in Saddle Brook. Corporate Synergies Group, a global provider of software and consulting solutions to IT infrastructure, signed a 13,545-square-foot lease. The firm relocated its operations from Paramus. The tenant was represented by Curtis Foster from Cushman & Wakefield and John Gillespie from Newport Commercial Real Estate Advisors. Cambrex Corp., a leading supplier of products and services for the life sciences industry, signed a 10-year, 10,486-square-foot lease renewal agreement. Cambrex was represented by Jay Garibaldi, Matt Kirby and Michael Witko of The Garibaldi Group. Children's Place, a national clothing retailer, completed a 31,000-square-foot lease renewal and short-term extension within this Class A property. The tenant was represented by Thomas Consiglio of Resource Realty. Murphy, Sperling, Barkan and Larson of CBRE represented the landlord, CBRE Investors, in all three of these transactions. Situated at Exit 16W off the New Jersey Turnpike at the junction of routes 3 and 120, the 422,000-square-foot Metropolitan Center is conveniently located just 15 minutes from the Lincoln Tunnel. Both Newark Liberty International Airport and Teterboro Airport are within 10 miles, and …
PHILADELPHIA — Target has opened five new stores in the Philadelphia area totaling more than 650,000 square feet of retail space. The stores are located Cheltenham Square in Cheltenham; Upland Shopping Center in Pottstown; Exeter Commons in Exeter; Lower Nazareth in Easton; and Airport Plaza in Allentown. Each of the new stores will feature expanded grocery sections, a Starbucks Coffee and a Target Pharmacy. Steve Niggeman, Tom Londres and Mark Gerlach of Metro Commercial Real Estate negotiated the leases for all five locations.
BERNARDSVILLE, N.J. — New Jersey-based Denholtz Associates has purchased a 56,000-square-foot office building located in Bernardsville. The building, a Class A property situated at 150 Morristown Rd., was acquired by Denholtz in a joint venture with Roseland, N.J.-based Becker Brothers. The sellers, RAIT Financial Trust and NPV Direct, recently completed substantial renovations to the property. Terms of the transaction were not released.