RADNOR, PA. — Keystone Property Group has leased Keystone Executive Center in Radnor to Main Line Health. The tenant plans to consolidate most of its corporate offices and its Home Care Network into the two-story, 100,462-square-foot office building, which is located at the intersection of Route 30 and Interstate 476. The new lease is valued at $22.8 million. Mark Gola of Gola Corporate Real Estate represented Main Line Health. Keystone was represented by Jeff Mack of GVA Smith Mack. Financing was provided by Sovereign Bank.
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PLAINSBORO, N.J. — Cranbury, N.J.-based Sweetwater Construction Corp. has completed an approximately 77,000-square-foot renovation of Siemens' Plainsboro office and research building, which is located at 755 College Rd. Improvements included the addition of two conference rooms, two multi-purpose rooms, two glass-enclosed “huddle rooms” and new finishes throughout the building. Approximately 350 Siemens employees work at the office, which is one of two the company occupies in Plainsboro.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Gilbane Development has delivered a new 83,000-square-foot build-to-suit office property for Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Arizona Program Management Center. McShane Construction completed the three-story, state-of-the-art office building and an adjacent two-story parking structure, which are located at the northwest corner of Price and Dobson roads within 4 miles of Interstate 10 in Chandler. Dallas-based Gromatzky Dupree & Associates provided the architectural services for the development, which is applying for LEED Silver certification.
LAS VEGAS — Crisci Builders has completed construction on its new two-story, 15,256-square-foot commercial office building, Crisci Professional Plaza, located at 8845 W. Flamingo Rd. in Las Vegas. Crisci Builders will occupy 9,450 square feet of the development, which includes a 48-foot-tall rotunda with a dual-spiral staircase. Construction on the facility began in January 2009.
DALLAS — Dallas-based oil and natural gas company EXCO Resources has leased an additional 30,450 square feet at Lakeside Square in Dallas. The company now occupies more than 152,600 square feet at the Class A building, which is located at 12377 Merit Dr. Celeste Fowden and Burson Holman of CB Richard Ellis negotiated the transaction between EXCO and the landlord, Younan Properties.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has arranged four leases totaling 47,005 square feet at 550 North Bailey Avenue, a seven-story, 122,828-square-foot office building located in Fort Worth. Engineering firm Dunaway Associates signed a lease for 30,304 square feet; law firm Cotten Schmidt signed a lease for 12,406 square feet; energy firm GSE Consulting signed a lease for 3,040 square feet; and financial services firm Sandlin Capital signed a lease for 1,255 square feet. All of the tenants will take occupancy in the fourth quarter. Whit Kelly of JLL represented the landlord, locally based Goff Capital. Pat McDowell of JLL represented Cotten Schmidt, and David Walters and Ryan Matthews, also of JLL, represented Dunaway Associates. The four leases bring the building to 60 percent occupancy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Superior Court for the District of Columbia has appointed San Diego-based Douglas Wilson Cos. receiver of a 442,000-square-foot office building. The property is located on Half Street in Washington. Currently halfway complete, the property was designed to LEED Silver standards. The firm has also been appointed receiver of a 243,000-square-foot building at 100 M St. in Washington.
NEW YORK CITY — NAI Global has brokered the sale of a five-story garage building in New York City for $29.5 million. The 40,000-square-foot building is located at 318 E. 48th St. It was purchased by the Government of the Republic of Singapore, which plans to convert the building into an office building that will house its Mission to the United Nations and Consulate offices. The government is currently located at 231 W. 51st St. Gil Robinov of NAI's New York City office represented the buyer. David Noonan of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, Chapman Consulting Group.
CHESAPEAKE, VA. — The U.S. General Services Administration, acting on behalf of the U.S. Coast Guard, has signed a lease renewal for 61,992 square feet with First Potomac Realty Trust. The 10-year lease allows the Coast Guard to occupy the entire Crossways Commerce Center III building in the Crossways Commerce Center Business Park in Chesapeake. The tenant leases an additional 73,263 square feet elsewhere on the property.
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. has closed on a $215 million loan for the refinancing of 100 Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. The loan carries a 5-year term with two 1-year extension options and a 6.64 percent fixed interest rate. The proceeds will be used to retire the property's existing $175 million mortgage as well as complete a $72 million renovation of the property that began in 2007. The lender was a group of banks that includes DekaBank, Helaba, PB Capital Corp., Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG and Modern Bank. SL Green owns 100 Park Avenue in a joint venture with institutional investors advised by Prudential Real Estate Investors. The tower totals 36 stories and 825,815 square feet.