NEW YORK CITY — Ramp, a provider of automated finance products and services, has signed a 66,000-square-foot office lease in 28-40 W. 23rd St. in Midtown Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The company is relocating to and expanding from a space the Union Square area to the entire second floor of the two-building, 561,000-square-foot complex. Michael Mathias and R.J. Johns of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Mac Roos, Andrew Roos, Michael Cohen and Jessica Verdi of Colliers represented the landlord, Williams Equities.
NEW YORK CITY — Four new tenants have opened stores at Kings Plaza, a 1.1 million-square-foot enclosed mall in Brooklyn. Target, Primark, Zara and Burlington have debuted in a space formerly occupied by Sears. The property has also undergone capital improvements, such as the brightening of the attached parking deck, as well as the addition of new lighting, furnishings and flooring in the center’s second level. Los Angeles-based Macerich owns Kings Plaza.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an office and life sciences REIT based in Pasadena, Calif., plans to open Moderna’s (Nasdaq: MRNA) new global headquarters in Cambridge ahead of schedule. The developer will deliver the 462,100-square-foot property at 325 Binney St. in November. The building will serve as Moderna’s corporate headquarters and also house the company’s core research-and-development operations. The property will be situated within Alexandria Center at the One Kendall Square mega campus, which is located near other life sciences firms and top-tier institutions in the Greater Boston area, including Harvard University and MIT. “We value our longtime strategic relationship with Alexandria. It has been a privilege to work with their team to develop our new headquarters and science center designed to be the most sustainable laboratory building in Cambridge,” says Jamey Mock, chief financial officer of Moderna. Moderna will use the facility to continue to hone and make advances in its mRNA medicines and therapeutics to combat a wide range of diseases, including COVID-19. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is targeting for the new property to achieve LEED Zero Energy, LEED Platinum Core & Shell, Fitwel Life Science and WiredScore Platinum certifications. The property will …
ATTLEBORO, MASS. — RK Centers, an owner-operator with offices in New England and South Florida, has acquired Bristol Place, a 415,404-square-foot retail power center located south of Boston in Attleboro. The center sits on a 45.5-acre site along State Route 1A and is home to tenants such as grocer Market Basket, Home Depot, T.J. Maxx, Burlington, Hobby Lobby, Edge Fitness, Bob’s Discount Furniture and Party City. Nat Heald of CBRE represented the seller, an affiliate of Unison Realty Partners, in the transaction. RK Centers will rebrand the property, which was 96 percent leased at the time of sale, as RK Bristol Place.
QUINCY, MASS. — JLL has arranged a $27 million loan for the refinancing of One Heritage Drive, a 172,849-square-foot office building located in the southern Boston suburb of Quincy. The building is fully leased to Granite Telecommunications. Jonathan Schneider led the JLL team that arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through Metro Credit Union on behalf of the borrower, regional development and investment firm FoxRock Properties. A portion of the proceeds will be used to fund capital improvements.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $5 million sale of a multifamily development site in the Cobble Hill area of Brooklyn. The site at 232 Smith St. allows for 10,000 square feet of buildable space that will include retail usage. Sean Kelly, Nicole Daniggelis, Stephen Vorvolakos, Shimon Shkury and Victor Sozio of Ariel Property Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Paramount Assets, a Newark-based development and management firm that specializes in restoring historic buildings and urban redevelopment projects, has completed Frontier Flats in downtown Plainfield. The building is an adaptive reuse of the former Rosenbaum’s Department Store, which opened in 1927 and closed in the mid-1980s. Frontier Flats now offers 35 market-rate units, an interior courtyard and retail space. The community is currently more than 60 percent leased.
NEW YORK CITY — Marketing and media agency Canvas Worldwide has signed an 18,000-square-foot office lease at One Hudson Square, a 1 million-square-foot building in Manhattan. The building was originally constructed in 1929 and offers a newly renovated lobby, outdoor amenity terrace and a coffee shop. Nick Farmakis of Savills represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. David Falk, Pete Shimkin, Jonathan Fanuzzi, Jon Franzel and Brittany Silver of Newmark represented the landlord, Hudson Square Properties.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture led by SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) has completed the redevelopment of One Madison Avenue, a 27-story, 1.4 million-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan. As part of the project, the development team demolished the existing office building down to the ninth floor and constructed 17 new floors above. One Madison Avenue now features oversized roof terraces with entertainment sky gardens and an 11,000-square-foot roof deck that connects to a 7,000-square-foot, tenant-only amenity space known as “The Commons.” The newly transformed office tower will also eventually house a steakhouse by Michelin-starred chef Daniel Boulud. Multiple tenants have already committed to the building, including Franklin Templeton (347,474 square feet), IBM (328,000 square feet) and Chelsea Piers Fitness (55,780 square feet).
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — American Equity Partners has acquired Harborside 6, a 200,000-square-foot office building in Jersey City, for $46 million. The building is situated within a larger waterfront development known as Harborside that was originally developed by Veris Residential (NYSE: VRE), then known as Mack-Cali Corp. The building can support traditional office tenants as well as healthcare, studio production and creative office users. A Whole Foods Market also recently opened on the building’s ground floor. American Equity Partners has appointed Newmark as the leasing agent.