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GLEN BURNIE, MD. — Locally based St. John Properties has acquired Aviation Business Park, a three-building commercial portfolio comprising 120,000 square feet in Glen Burnie, approximately 10 miles south of Baltimore. St. John acquired the properties — located at 6956, 6958 and 6960 Aviation Blvd. — from Miami-based Adler Real Estate Partners for $13.3 million. The buildings were roughly 63 percent leased at the time of sale. St. John plans to invest $1.5 million to reposition one of the properties to flex/R&D space. Graham Savage, Jonathan Carpenter and Dawes Milchling of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. St. John was self-represented. This marks the second significant acquisition for the company in recent months, following the purchase in November of Triangle Business Park, a 95 percent occupied, four-building portfolio in metro Baltimore comprising 74,000 square feet.

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HOUSTON — Northmarq has arranged a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of a 17,250-square-foot industrial flex property located at 850 E. Little York Road in Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1975 and features 12-foot clear heights, two dock-high doors and six drive-in doors. Michael Borden of Northmarq arranged the nonrecourse loan, which carried a five-year term, fixed interest rate and a 25-year amortization schedule. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — Boffi | DePadova, an Italian furniture provider, will open a 19,694-square-foot showroom at 99 Madison Avenue in Manhattan’s Nomad Design District. The space comprises the entire ground floor, mezzanine, second floor and lower level of the building. The opening is scheduled for spring 2024. Andrew Kahn, Fanny Fan and Adrienne Gallus of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Windsor Management, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.

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ELEVAR-Plano

PLANO, TEXAS — California-based Alvarez & Marsal Capital Real Estate is underway on construction of a four-building, 204,000-square-foot office redevelopment project in Plano. Southern Methodist University (SMU) previously occupied the 16-acre site at 5228-5240 Tennyson Parkway, which can support a single or multiple users. Amenities at the new campus, which will be known as ELEVAR, will include a fitness center, conference center and a bistro lounge. Construction is slated for a third-quarter completion. Cushman & Wakefield is marketing the development for lease.

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HOUSTON — Northmarq has arranged a $5.5 million acquisition loan for a 72,649-square-foot industrial flex property in northeast Houston. Matt Franke of Northmarq arranged the loan, which carried a five-year term and a 25-year amortization schedule, through a national bank. The borrower was not disclosed. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 6410 Cavalcade St. was built on 4.9 acres in 1976 and features 17- to 22-foot clear heights.

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60-Broad-Manhattan

NEW YORK CITY — Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: PDM), an Atlanta-based REIT, has launched a capital improvement program at 60 Broad Street, a 39-story office tower in Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by local firm MA | Morris Adjmi Architects, which is also a tenant at the 1 million-square-foot building, the value-add program will primarily upgrade the entryway, lobby, elevators and amenity spaces. Completion is slated for this summer. JLL serves as the building’s leasing agent.

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NEW YORK CITY — CI US Holdings, a Canadian wealth management firm, has signed a 50,000-square-foot office lease at 101 Park Avenue, a 1.3 million-square-foot building in Midtown Manhattan. John Cefaly and Nicholas Dysenchuck of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, H.J. Kalikow & Co., in the lease negotiations. Mark Robbins and Evan Foley of Avison Young, along with Mitti Liebersohn of Savills, represented the tenant. Other users that have recently committed to 101 Park Avenue include Incline Equity Partners (18,000 square feet) and Five Iron Golf (30,000 square feet).

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4100-W-Galveston-St-Chandler-AZ

CHANDLER, ARIZ. — United Realty M.T.A. has purchased Norte at Chandler, a Class A flex office property located at 4100 W. Galveston St. in Chandler, from an institutional seller for $17.2 million, or $200 per square foot. The 85,797-square-foot, multi-tenant building is 70 percent leased to two investment-grade tenants, Enterprise Holdings and a Fortune 500 semiconductor firm. The single-story, freestanding building was built in 2016 on nearly eight acres. Eric Wichterman, Mike Coover, Steve Lindley and Alexandra Loye of Cushman & Wakefield’s private capital and capital markets teams in Phoenix represented the seller in the transaction.

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By Artie Kerckhoff and Joshua Allen, CBRE For businesses, the conversation around the return to office has shifted. Most companies find themselves considering how to entice workers back instead of when to call them back. It’s an interesting dynamic, born out of stopgap remote-working policies and catalyzed by an employee’s market. Where does this leave the St. Louis office market? The metro’s overall office vacancy rate remained steady at 12.9 percent at the end of the third quarter. Yet, leasing velocity has shown significant improvement with leases signed at newly constructed buildings like Forsyth Pointe & Commerce Tower in Clayton and Edge@West in Creve Coeur. In addition, a handful of tenants have signed new leases at existing prime Class A, amenity-rich buildings such as Centene Plaza C Building, The Plaza in Clayton and Shaw Park Plaza.  The reason for this uptick is a trend that’s playing out in St. Louis and across the country: an overall flight to quality. Prime at a premium At the onset of the pandemic, office users signed short-term extensions and took a wait-and-see approach to get through the immediate crisis. Now, as those extensions expire, they’re migrating to prime Class A office space with collaborative, …

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6070-S-Fort-Apache-Rd-Las-Vegas-NV

LAS VEGAS — Avison Young has brokered the purchase of a medical office property located at 6070 S. Fort Apache Road in Las Vegas. AABECK LLC, an entity of Wound Care Experts, acquired the asset from VUELTA, an entity of a pain management group and former tenant, for $3.6 million. Built in 2008, the 10,000-square-foot property features reserved covered parking, a large waiting room, 12 exam rooms, a break room, billing office and two doctors’ offices. The buyer plans to occupy 5,000 square feet of the facility with the remainder available for lease. Barton Hyde of Avison Young represented the buyer, while Kevin Donahoe of Commercial Specialists represented the seller in the deal.

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