NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. has entered into a 99-year ground lease with the owner of 126-132 Nassau Street, a construction site in Lower Manhattan. The developer plans to build a 215,000-square-foot residential building at the site after demolishing an existing 98,412-square-foot office building. Additional details of the construction plans were not disclosed. However, this land acquisition follows several recently completed SL Green mixed-use projects in New York City, including a student residence hall at 33 Beekman St.; a student residence hall at 180 Broadway in Brooklyn; and a multifamily building at 185 Broadway in Brooklyn.
BOSTON — Tango Therapeutics, a biotechnology company that develops treatments for cancer patients, has signed a 65,000-square-foot office lease in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston. Tango will move its headquarters to 201 Brookline Avenue, a 500,000-square-foot, Class A lab and office building that is currently under construction and slated for completion later this year. Local developer Samuels & Associates owns the property. Jon Varholak, Eric Smith and McKenna Teague of CBRE represented Tango in the lease negotiations.
TYNGSBORO, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7 million sale of a 12-screen AMC Theater in Tyngsboro, located approximately 35 miles northwest of Boston. Located at 440 Middlesex Road, the 39,474-square-foot theater originally opened in 1991. The building was recently renovated to improve all 12 screening rooms, the roof and the parking lot, and now includes a full bar. Glen Kunofsky, Josh Kanter and Anthony D’Ambrosia of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Russell Wachtler, also with Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer, a publicly traded institutional investor based in Florida.
WALTHAM, MASS. — The Stubblebine Co., a CORFAC member, has negotiated the $2 million sale of a 4,600-square-foot industrial building in Waltham, a western suburb of Boston. Located at 1254-1256 Main St., the Class C property was built in 1950 and has been used for light manufacturing. Ellen Garthoff of The Stubblebine Co. represented the seller, 1256 Main LLC, in the transaction. Ben Herman of Valender Properties represented the buyer, private investor Marc Resnick.
State College, PA. — Toll Brothers Campus Living is set to open Phase I of The Yards at Old State, a 1,093-bed student housing development located near Pennsylvania State University in State College. The first phase of development will include 164 fully furnished, cottage-style units. Shared amenities will include a 21,000-square-foot clubhouse, resort-style swimming pool with hot tubs, an indoor basketball court, a state-of-the-art fitness center and study spaces. Phase I is set to open in summer 2020.
WEST CREEK, N.J. — The Walters Group has completed three of the five buildings at its 60-unit Cornerstone at Grassy Hollow development in West Creek, located approximately 55 miles southeast of Philadelphia. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and amenities including a community clubhouse, fitness center and picnic area. Walters expects to complete the remaining two buildings this spring.
VINELAND, N.J. — Columbia Care, a cannabis-based health and wellness company, has purchased a 50,274-square-foot industrial property in Vineland, located approximately 40 miles south of Philadelphia. Situated at 1560 N.W. Blvd., the property features 27-foot ceiling heights and 2,749 square feet of office space. The property was vacant at the time of sale. Jonathan Klear and Fred Meyer of NAI Mertz represented the seller, LS Capital, in the transaction. The sales price was undisclosed.
WEST HAVEN, CONN. — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors LLC has brokered the $2.1 million sale of Woodlawn Shopping Center, a 31,150-square-foot retail center in West Haven, a southwestern suburb of New Haven. At the time of sale, space at the shopping center was leased to 10 retail tenants including several restaurants, a bowling alley and a beauty salon. The property also includes a 20,000-square-foot vacant parking lot across the street. Jeremiah Houlihan of Houlihan-Parnes represented the buyer, a family-owned real estate holding and managing company based in Yonkers, New York. The seller was undisclosed.
MIDDLETOWN, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.9 million sale of The Lincroft Grove, a 12,000-square-foot retail strip in Middletown, located approximately 50 miles south of New York City. Located at 644 Newman Springs Road, the property was leased to several restaurants at the time of sale. ACME Markets and Bank of America Financial Center anchor an adjacent retail center. Jason Petrick of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Michael Lombardi of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer. Both investors were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A joint venture between Jack Sitt Real Estate LLC and GII LLC, a UAE-based financial service firm, has acquired Grand Street Plaza, an office property located northeast of New York City in White Plains. The sales price for the 217,628-square-foot, two-building property was $42.5 million. Located at 140 and 150 Grand St., the Class A property was 90 percent leased at the time of sale, primarily to government- and law-related tenants. Jeffrey Dunne, Steven Bardsley and Jeremy Neuer led a CBRE team that represented the seller, an a fund managed by Westport Capital Partners LLC, in the transaction. The team also procured the the joint venture as the buyer.