Office

8-King-Road-Rockleigh-NJ

ROCKLEIGH, N.J. — CBRE Group Inc. has arranged the sale of an office/life science building located at 8 King Road in Rockleigh. Marcus Partners, on behalf of its Marcus Capital Partners Fund I sold the property to Charter Realty Group for an undisclosed sum in a 1031 exchange. The 204,495-square-foot building is 100 percent net leased to Spectra Laboratories on a long-term basis and guaranteed by its parent company, Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. The facility serves as Spectra’s mission critical testing facility for the eastern half of the United States. Jeffrey Dunne, Kevin Welsh, Brian Schulz, Lee Asher and Chris Bodnar of CBRE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.

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Waterfront-Corporate-Center-III-Hoboken-NJ

HOBOKEN, N.J. — Jet.com has agreed to expand its headquarters at Waterfront Corporate Center III in Hoboken. The e-commerce startup will commence its build out of the space that will double the size of its corporate office by an additional 40,000 square feet for a total of 80,000 square feet. SJP Properties in partnership with USAA Real Estate Co. developed the three-building, 1.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development. Launched in 2015, Jet.com is an e-commerce venture led by Marc Lore, former CEO and co-founder of Diapers.com and parent company Quidsi. Scott Peck and Brian Wilson of Resource Realty represented Jet.com, while Peter Bronsnick provided in-house representation for the landlord, SJP Properties, in the transaction.

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Courvoisier Centre Brickell Key Island Miami

MIAMI — A joint venture between KeyBank Real Estate Capital and an affiliate of Walton Street Capital LLC has closed a $106.5 million loan for the recapitalization of Courvoisier Centre in Miami. Built between 1986 and 1990, the two-building, Class A office complex spans 343,000 square feet and features an upscale retail arcade and attached structured parking. The property is situated at 501 and 601 Brickell Key Drive on the upscale Brickell Key Island, a 23-acre manmade island. The loan was arranged on behalf of the borrower, Orlando-based Parkway Properties Inc. KeyBank originated the 10-year loan, which carries a fixed interest-only rate of 4.6 percent through maturity and a 60 percent loan-to-value ratio. KeyBank will service the loan through maturity. Masaveu Corp., a Spanish investment company, bought an 80 percent stake in the asset from Parkway Properties for roughly $175 million, and Parkway Properties still retains a 20 percent interest in the property. Parkway Properties bought Courvoisier Centre in April 2014 from Tishman Speyer for $145.8 million.

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Oakbrook North

NORCROSS, GA. — Rothenberg-Rosenfield, a private real estate investment firm based in New York, has acquired Oakbrook North, a 700,000-square-foot flex office complex in Norcross, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. The buyer purchased the 11-building complex from Irvine, Calif.-based Sperry Equities for $36.6 million. The property is situated on a 50-acre parcel along Oakbrook Parkway. Rothenberg-Rosenfield plans to invest $1.5 million to upgrade the property, which was 74 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as American Megatrends, PulteGroup and YesVideo. Colliers International represented Sperry Equities in the transaction. Reinsurance Group of America provided acquisition financing. The buyer has hired David Nash of Nash Commercial Real Estate to lease the asset. With the addition of Oakbrook North, Rothenberg-Rosenfield is now operating over 1.2 million square feet of commercial assets in Atlanta.

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NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of the fee interest in 10 E. 34th St., an office property located in Manhattan. The asset was sold for $51.7 million, or $946 per square foot, in an all-cash transaction. The 10-story commercial loft building consists of full-floor units and a total rentable space of 54,680 square feet plus an additional 2,500 square feet in the basement designed for use by the ground-floor retail tenant. Bob Knakal, John Ciraulo and Jonathan Hageman of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.

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BOSTON — CIM Group has acquired an office building located at 95 Berkeley St. in Boston’s South End for an undisclosed sum. CIM made the acquisition with Boston-based Center Court Mass. Constructed in 1920, the six-story building features 114,000 square feet of office space and a below-grade parking structure. The property was last renovated in 1988.

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EL PASO, TEXAS — Pima Medical Institute has purchased a 40,000-square-foot building in El Paso to expand its medical course offerings. The school will relocate from a smaller campus on Burnham Road to the former Saddleblanket Co. building at 6926 Gateway Blvd. East in fall 2016 once renovations are complete. Upon closure of Anamarc College in June 2014, Pima Medical stepped in and began teaching the former college’s 76 occupational therapy assistant students. In addition to the current program offerings of occupational therapy assistant, medical assistant and medical administrative assistant, more programs will be added to the new location, including certificate programs in dental assistant, pharmacy technician, veterinary assistant, central sterile processing and phlebotomy technician. Rebecca Rojas of CBRE’s El Paso office, along with Nancy McClure of CBRE’s Tucson office, represented Pima Medical Institute in the site search and sale negotiations.

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DALLAS — KBS Realty Advisors has signed two renewal leases totaling 13,590 square feet at Parkway Office Center in Dallas. IOA Nine Hundred Executive Suites signed a 9,376-square-foot lease, and Great Southern Video signed a 4,214-square-foot lease. Renovated in 2012, Parkway Office Center is a Class A, two-building office park offering 224,289 rentable square feet. Located off the Dallas North Tollway between Spring Valley Road and Quorum Drive, tenants can access restaurants, retail shops, public transportation and Dallas’s central business district. Amenities at the property include a deli, conference center, parking garage, tenant lounge, security and on-site management. Michael Griffin of Transwestern represented IOA Nine Hundred Executive Suites, and Bob Acuff of Colliers represented Great Southern Video in their respective deals. Trey Smith and Lauren Napper of Cushman & Wakefield represented KBS Realty Advisors.

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ROSEVILLE, CALIF. — Tri Counties Bank has acquired a 40,000-square-foot office building in Roseville for $7.9 million. The building is located at 3700 Douglas Blvd. within the Slate Creek Corporate Center. It will serve as Tri Counties’ new regional headquarters. Robb Osborne, Cole Sweatt and Brandon Sessions of TRI Commercial/CORFAC International represented the buyer. The seller was Ellis Partners LLC.

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WAUWATOSA, WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged a 3,728-square-foot office lease at The Forum in Wauwatosa, approximately seven miles west of Milwaukee. Larson Engineering Inc. will occupy the space at 3333 N. Mayfair Road. Mayfair Forum LLC is the landlord. John Dulmes and Dan Walsh of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction.

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