PLAINFIELD, CONN. — Tomasso Group has completed the disposition of Medical Arts Center at The Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute, located at 201 N. Mountain Road in Plainfield. A publicly traded REIT acquired the property for $30.2 million. At the time of sale, the 72,022-square-foot property was 95 percent leased to Hartford Healthcare, Orthopedic Associates of Hartford and a variety of Hartford Healthcare-employed physicians. Ben Appel, Phil Mahler, Evan Kovac and Doug Rodio of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. Tunxis Management Co., an affiliate of Tomasso Group, will continue to manage the property.
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Colliers Completes $9M Sale and Financing of Office/Flex Portfolio in Waltham, Massachusetts
by Amy Works
WALTHAM, MASS. — Colliers International Boston has arranged the $9 million sale of a two-building office and flex portfolio on behalf of Schernecker Property Services. Boston-based btcRE acquired the portfolio, which includes a 40,000-square-foot office and warehouse building at 179 Bear Hill Road and an 18,000-square-foot flex building at 283 Second Ave. in Waltham. MSPCA, a local non-profit that protects animals, fully occupies the property on Second Avenue. Doug Jacoby, Scott Dragos, Tony Hayes, Tim Mulhall and Dan Hines of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction. Additionally, Tom Welsh, Adam Coppola and John Poole, also of Colliers, arranged $9 million in acquisition and bridge financing for a Massachusetts-based loan fund on behalf of the buyer.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trammell Crow Co., along with joint venture partners Cottonwood Partners and a subsidiary of a private real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital – Real Estate, has signed a long-term lease for nearly 473,000 square feet with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) signed the lease on behalf of the FCC at Sentinel Square III, an 11-story office building that is under construction at 45 L St. N.E. in Washington, D.C.’s NoMa district. The FCC will occupy a portion of the first two floors and the entirety of floors three through 10 by November 2019. The 545,000-square-foot Sentinel Square III is part of the ownership’s 1.3 million-square-foot, mixed-use development. The building is designed to meet Level IV security protocols and LEED Silver standards. Kevin Terry of GSA and the CBRE team of Henry Chapman, Sara Dunstan, Richard Downey and Sarah Maxwell represented the FCC in the lease transaction. The FCC is the first committed tenant at Sentinel Square III.
LANHAM, MD. — A partnership between Chesapeake Real Estate Group and Thompson Creek Window Co. has purchased a six-story, 122,000-square-foot office building located at 4200 Parliament Place in Lanham, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. The partnership acquired the Class A office building and an adjoining land parcel from Mack-Cali Realty Corp. for $6.3 million. The partnership plans to immediately design and permit an additional development on the adjacent land parcel, which can house up to 120,000 square feet of commercial space. Built in 1989, the office building was roughly 33 percent leased at the time of sale. Thompson Creek plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to the property this year, which will increase the occupancy to approximately 48 percent. The company designs, builds and installs replacement windows, doors and siding on existing residential homes throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Christopher Murray of Chesapeake Real Estate Group will be responsible for managing and leasing the project.
ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — A joint venture between Stillwater Investment Group and CrossHarbor Capital Partners has purchased a three-building office campus in Aliso Viejo for $36 million. The campus is located at 26600, 26650 and 26700 Aliso Viejo Parkway. It was built in 1999. The campus totals 161,000 square feet of office space with 2.5 acres of excess land. The site has been the corporate headquarters for QLogic, which Cavium acquired in August 2016. The JV will demolish the campus’ older interior finishes while upgrading all of the common areas. NGKF’s Byron Foss and Greg Tippin represented the seller in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Surgery Partners has opened a 12,000-square-foot surgical facility in Beverly Hills. The new facility is known as Specialty Surgical Center of Beverly Hills. It will specialize in ophthalmology. This is the company’s second surgical center within the Beverly Hills market. Specialty Surgical Center will occupy the ground floor at a multi-tenant medical office that sits adjacent to the Beverly Hills Triangle. Jon Gorczyca and Yarden Drimmer of Cushman & Wakefield represented Surgery Partners.
ELK GROVE, CALIF. — PDM Steel Service Centers has relocated its office from Stockton to nearby Elk Grove. The steel supplier has leased 10,000 square feet at Laguna Gateway. Its new corporate headquarters is located at 9245 Laguna Springs Drive. The new lease brings the 72,000-square-foot building to full occupancy. The landlord is Jackson Properties Incorporated.
New York Life Real Estate Investors Originates $146.6M Loan for Office Building in Jersey City
by Amy Works
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — New York Life Real Estate Investors, on behalf of Dividend Capital Diversified Property Fund Inc., has originated a $146.6 million loan for an office building located at 3 Second St. in Jersey City. The floating-rate loan has an initial term of three years with two one-year extensions.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — CSW Development has completed the disposition of an office property located at 2711 W. Anderson Lane in Austin. Paydar Properties Inc. acquired the two-story, 29,000-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to redevelop the property into 27 Eleven, a mid-rise multifamily and mixed-use development in the near future. Scott LaMontagne and Michael Gonzalez of JLL represented the seller in the deal.
PLANO, TEXAS — Colliers International has arranged the sale of Parkway Commons, an office building located at 5068 W. Plano Parkway in Plano. CapRocq acquired the three-story building for $13.6 million. At the time of sale, the 101,289-square-foot property was 89 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Farmers Insurance, Qualitest and Kenny’s Restaurant Group. John Bowles, Bruce Butler and Susan Gwin Burks of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller, while Kevin Huchingson and Isaac Smith of Colliers represented the buyer in the transaction.