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BROOMFIELD, COLO. — HFF has arranged the $5.1 million sale of MainStreet at FlatIron, a 93,657-square-foot retail and office center in Broomfield. Jules Sherwood of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller, and procured the buyer, a private investment group based in Boulder. MainStreet at FlatIron includes two multi-tenant buildings with 59,224 square feet of office space and 34,433 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 56.3 percent leased to tenants 10 tenants including Jason’s Deli and CorePower Yoga.

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PLANO, TEXAS — Washington, D.C.-based investment firm PRP LLC has acquired a 264,000-square-foot office building located at 7900 Legacy Drive in Plano. Situated within the 250-acre Legacy West development, the Class A property is fully leased to FedEx and serves as the company’s office and print services global headquarters. PRP acquired the asset in a joint venture with AXA Investment Managers — Real Assets, a subsidiary of French multinational firm AXA. Gary Carr, John Alvarado, Eric Mackey, Evan Stone, Jared Chua and Robert Hill of CBRE represented the seller, KDC Real Estate Developments and Investments, in the disposition of the asset.

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NORWALK, CONN. — HFF has secured $100 million in financing for Merritt 7, a six-building, 1.4 million-square-foot office park in Norwalk. The borrower is a separate account managed by New York-based Clarion Partners. Riaz Cassum and Lauren O’Neil of HFF arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through a correspondent life insurance company. Situated on 22 acres along Norwalk River, Merritt 7 comprises six buildings and features a fitness center, conference centers, car care, two full-service cafeterias, a Starbucks Coffee location and a unisex salon. At the time of financing, the office park was 97 percent leased to a diverse tenant roster including General Electric, Factset Research Systems, Datto and Frontier Communications.

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DALLAS — Granite Properties has opened Factory Six03, a 215,000-square-foot office property located at 603 Munger St. in the West End area of Dallas. Over the years, the 114-year-old building has served as a warehouse, marketplace and movie theater, but was vacant between 2006 and 2015, when Granite acquired it. The redevelopment delivered an additional two floors with views of the Dallas skyline, a tenant lounge, conference center, ground-floor restaurant space, an outdoor plaza and underground parking structure. The first tenant, C1 Innovation Lab by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, moved into Factory Six03 over the summer.  

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RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — The Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency (IDA) has closed on a package of economic benefits for the first phase of Tritec Real Estate Co.’s planned Ronkonkoma hub transit-oriented development project, which is expected to break ground soon. The package was approved unanimously in 2014, but did not close until recently due to the timing of required approvals, including sewer connections, and the acquisition by East Setauket, N.Y.-based Tritec and its partner of various properties at the project site from private owners. The total project, valued at $538 million, is expected to feature up to 1,145 apartments and 545,000 square feet of retail and office space on 50 acres near the Long Island Rail Road station. Phase 1 of the project, which includes the construction of infrastructure and 477,300 square feet of apartments on 11.9 acres, is valued at $112.7 million. The first phase is expected to create 977 construction industry jobs and 76 full-time jobs upon completion. The construction of the first phase is expected to take three years.

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HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Hauppauge Office Park, a three-building office complex located between Long Island Expressway and Northern State Parkway in Hauppauge. Colin Development sold the property to Signature Associates for $61 million. The 282,656-square-foot complex is occupied by Allstate, Bridgehampton National Bank, Crawford & Co., Urban Financial America and Morgan Stanley. Jeffrey Dunne, Steven Bardsley and Philip Heilpern of CBRE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.

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MOUNT PROSPECT, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of a 38,793-square-foot flex office building in Mount Prospect, 22 miles northwest of Chicago, for $4.2 million. The property is located at 585 Slawin Court and is fully leased to Siemens Real Estate, a division of Siemens Corp. The building was constructed in 1987. John Abuja and Michael Lawrence of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer was also not disclosed.

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TAMPA, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $45.1 million sale of Tampa International Business Park, a six-building office park in Tampa’s Westshore submarket, roughly six miles north of Tampa International Airport. Dale Peterson, Zachary Eicholtz, Courtney Snell, Philip Weber and Hans Kaunath of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, TerraCap Management LLC. Real Estate Value Advisors LLC acquired the property. At the time of sale, the office park was 98 percent leased to tenants including WellCare, Gateway One Financial & Lending and MedHOK Health Care. The six buildings were constructed between 1980 and 1986 and renovated between 2014 and 2017. The property offers 1,816 parking spaces, accounting for a parking ratio of 5.61 spaces per 1,000 rentable square feet.

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NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) has agreed to sell 600 Lexington Ave. in Midtown Manhattan for $305 million. The 36-story, 303,515-square-foot office building is located on the corner of 52nd Street and Lexington Avenue in the heart of the Plaza District. The property is 99 percent leased to tenants such as MKP Management, Element Capital Management and Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young. The sale is expected to close by the first quarter of 2018, and generate net cash proceeds of approximately $292 million, according to a news release. Darcy Stacom of CBRE represented SL Green in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed. SL Green acquired 600 Lexington Ave. through a joint venture in May 2010 for $193 million, and took full ownership of the property in December 2015. SL Green is a fully integrated real estate investment trust, focused on acquiring and managing retail and office properties in Manhattan. The company’s stock price closed on Thursday, Nov. 16 at $100.81 per share, down from $104.49 per share one year ago. — Kristin Hiller

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SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Preylock Real Estate Holdings has obtained $195 million in acquisition financing for a seven-property office portfolio in Silicon Valley. The 626,000-square-foot office and R&D campus is located at 2770-2800, 2880 and 2890 Scott Blvd.; 2220, 2300 and 2330 Central Parkway; and 2001 Walsh Ave. All seven buildings are triple-net leased to Nvidia and Huawei. Four of the buildings serve as the U.S. headquarters for Huawei, a multinational telecommunications equipment company that is currently the world’s third-largest smartphone producer. The remaining three buildings are leased to Nvidia, inventor of the graphic processing unit and PC gaming, computer graphics and artificial intelligence innovator. The seven-year, floating-rate loan features an initial five-year term followed by two one-year extension options and full-term, interest-only payments. Meridian Capital Group arranged the loan.

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