KOKOMO, IND. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the $2.7 million sale of a 10,000-square-foot healthcare facility leased to Advanced Medical Imaging in Kokomo in central Indiana. The single-tenant property is located at 2008 W. Boulevard St. Constructed in 2003, the Class B building sits on 1.4 acres near two hospitals. Rachel Walz of Stan Johnson represented the buyer, a Chicago-based private investor. Advanced Nuclear Medicine LLC was the seller.
HOUSTON — Healthpeak Properties, a REIT focused on life sciences, seniors housing and medical office real estate, is underway on construction of a 116,500-square-foot medical office project in Houston. The five-story building is located at 7500 Fannin St. on the campus of The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, about one mile south of Texas Medical Center. The property is 36 percent preleased and is expected to be complete in December 2021. Transwestern is marketing the project, which also includes the construction of a new parking garage. The Woman’s Hospital of Texas was established in 1976 to provide a comprehensive suite of services for women, including obstetrics and gynecology.
SAN FRANCISCO — Gantry has secured $33.3 million in permanent financing for adjacent office buildings in the East Bay region of San Francisco. The assets include a 70,000-square-foot, special-purpose office building and a 65,000-square-foot medical office building. The borrower, a local developer, built both assets under long-term ground leases. Andrew Mekjavich and Ben Johnson of Gantry’s San Francisco office worked with the owner to structure two 10-year, fixed-rate loans with two unique lenders, both on a non-recourse basis. The borrower used the financing to retire the existing debt and execute a business plan, details of which were not disclosed.
HOPEWELL, N.J. — A partnership between full-service real estate firm Lincoln Equities Group and New York City-based H.I.G. Realty Partners has acquired Princeton West Innovation Campus, a 1.2 million-square-foot life sciences property in Hopewell, New Jersey. The 433-acre development, which is located about seven miles from Princeton University, is the former campus of Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS). The New York City-based biopharmaceutical firm announced in late 2016 that it would gradually begin ceasing operations and shutting down the campus, according to centraljersey.com. The sales price was not disclosed, but the property flyer notes that BMS had invested more than $500 million in capital improvements to the campus prior to the sale. “Given the current public health crisis, we anticipate pharmaceutical and life sciences manufacturers to consider ‘reshoring’ and expanding operations in the United States,” says Joel Bergstein, president of Lincoln Equities. “This spacious, modern BMS campus — located in the center of ‘Einstein’s Alley’ in Central New Jersey — is a prime location for continued innovation and expansion.” Lance Bergstein, an acquisition and development officer at Lincoln Equities, pointed to the region’s skilled and qualified workforce as another key driving factor behind the acquisition. “New Jersey has one of the …
HICKORY, N.C. — Flagship Healthcare Properties has purchased three medical office buildings totaling 88,000 square feet in Hickory. The buildings were 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including the Veteran’s Administration Hickory Outpatient Clinic (25,920 square feet), A Woman’s View (20,470 square feet) and practices associated with Frye Regional Medical Center (19,923 square feet). The VA is located at 2440 Century Place SE, 50 miles north of downtown Charlotte. A Woman’s View is located at 915 Tate Blvd. SE, and Frye Regional Medical Center is situated at 420 N. Center St. Flagship Healthcare will provide property management services at the Hickory portfolio. First Horizon Bank provided acquisition financing. The seller(s) and sales price were not disclosed.
HUNTINGTON, IND. — Indiana Physical Therapy Inc. has signed a retail lease for 4,200 square feet at the Huntington Forum Shops in Huntington, about 25 miles southwest of Fort Wayne. The shopping center is located at 2880 Walmart Drive. Stanley Phillips and Dave Horacek of Bradley Co. represented the landlord, SHIV Huntington LLC, in the lease negotiations. Indiana Physical Therapy now operates 19 locations across the state.
NEW YORK CITY — KZA Realty Group has negotiated a 1,730-square-foot medical office lease for Compassionate Medical Practice in The Bronx. Located at 1776 Boston Road, the space is on the ground floor of the eight-story, 72-unit High Hawk apartment building, which features a total of 6,800 square feet of retail space. The lease term is 10 years. The property is located within walking distance of Crotona Park and offers convenient access to interstates 95 and 278.
CARMEL, IND. — Cornerstone Cos. Inc. has purchased a three-acre parcel at 12174 N. Meridian St. in Carmel, a suburb of Indianapolis. Cornerstone plans to develop a 40,000-square-foot medical office building on the site. Known as Carmel Medical Arts Pavilion, the three-story project will be home to four healthcare tenants providing orthopedics, rehabilitation, primary care and pediatric dentistry services. The property will feature covered physician parking and an outdoor terrace on the third floor. Cornerstone will serve as developer, construction manager and property manager. The Indianapolis-based company specializes in healthcare real estate. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.
BOULDER, COLO. — AGC Biologics has acquired a vacant, 300,000-square-foot pharmaceutical plant in Boulder from AstraZeneca. The Japan-based company plans to invest $100 million in the plant and create 280 jobs, according to multiple news outlets. The facility will provide AGC with additional capacity and significantly larger production scale. AGC expects to move into the facility in April 2021, 18 months sooner than it would take to build a new facility, according to the company. In February, the Colorado Economic Development Commission approved a tax credit on the property worth up to $6.4 million. AstraZeneca vacated the 20-acre property in January 2019, according to the Denver Post. The sales price was not disclosed, though the Boulder Daily Camera reports the property traded for $40 million. The Camera also reports jobs at the plant will pay an average of $96,253 per year. “This facility will enable us to continue to advance the development, manufacturing and commercial functions within our dynamic global company,” says AGC Biologics CEO Patricio Massera. Although the specific drugs and research planned for the facility were not disclosed, Massera made reference to “mammalian projects,” suggesting that animal research will take place there. The property is located at 5550 Airport …
DURHAM, N.C. — Grail Inc. will invest $100 million at a new laboratory facility in Durham’s Research Triangle Park, a project that is expected to create about 400 new jobs. Menlo Park, Calif.-based Grail will be able to detect more than 50 types of cancer from a single blood sample at the facility. The average salary at the cancer center will be in line with Durham’s average household income of $71,756 per year, according to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. Over the course of 12 years, the project is estimated to grow the state’s economy by $1.2 billion. The North Carolina Economic Investment Committee approved a Job Development Investment grant, which authorizes the potential reimbursement of $5.2 million to Grail if the company meets specific job creation measures and investment targets. This will mark Grail’s first production lab outside of California. Jay Phillips, Wayne Kumagai, Ben Stern and Doug Brock of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented Grail in the land transaction. Alan Reeves, Joe Gioino, Ramya Sannananjegowda and Bob Hess, also of NKF, advised the buyer on the site selection. A timeline for construction was not disclosed.
