NEWARK, DEL. — Rockford Capital Partners has acquired two institutional-quality office buildings located at 242 and 248 Chapman Road in Newark. Rockford Capital purchased the properties on behalf of its affiliated value-add investment vehicle, Rockford Real Estate Fund III. Chapman Road Investors, an affiliate of Equus Capital Partners, sold the properties for an undisclosed price. 242 Chapman Road is a three-story, 65,967-square-foot building and 248 Chapman Road is a two-story, 77,974-square-foot building. Together the properties are fully leased to KBR and HP Enterprise Services. Michael Margolis and David Dolan of NGKF represented the seller in the deal.
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ST. LOUIS — Cullinan Properties hosted a grand opening celebration on Thursday, Oct. 6, for Lofts@Euclid, a mixed-use building located at the corner of Euclid and Delmar in St. Louis’ Central West End. The 150,000-square-foot project involved the complete renovation of the historic Langan and Taylor Co. building, which was originally developed by Widman & Walsh. The redeveloped building by Cullinan Properties features 87 loft apartment units, ground-level retail and office space, a fitness center, rooftop deck and clubhouse area. Constructed in 1910, the building is one of the largest commercial buildings remaining in the Central West End historic district. Residents began occupying the building in June, and the building is approximately 70 percent leased.
AUBURN AND FORT WAYNE, IND. — Bradley Company Commercial Real Estate has completed five transactions in Auburn and Fort Wayne. In the first transaction, Carl Diehm of Bradley represented the landlord, Cenway Center, and the tenant, Agri-Labs Inc., in the lease of 2,160 square feet of retail space at 915 Cardinal Court within Cenway Business Center in Auburn. In the second deal, Tyler Binkley of Bradley represented the Feuser Contracting Inc. in the sale of an 11,992-square-foot office building at 7702 Bluffton Road in Fort Wayne. The name of the buyer and acquisition price were not released. In the third transaction, Stanley Phillips and Kelly Castle of Bradley represented the landlord, RITS Ltd. Brokers in the lease negotiation of retail space at 6127 Stellhorn Road within Maplewood Plaza in Fort Wayne. The name of the tenant and lease size were not released. In the fourth deal, Phillips represented the landlord, Fort Wayne Associates, and Binkley represented the tenant, Phil’s Hobby Shop, in the lease of retail space located within Parkwest Center at 3938 W. Jefferson Road in Fort Wayne. In the last deal, Paul Refakis of Bradley represented the landlord, Lynn Leasing, and Kienan O’Rourke of Bradley represented the tenant, Blasius …
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of One Centennial Plaza, a two-building office plaza located off Route 287 South in Piscataway. An Atlanta-based private equity group acquired the property from JPMCC 2005-LDP2 Piscataway Office for $11 million. Connected by a 4,000-square-foot atrium, the 245,106-square-foot plaza is 72 percent occupied by Johnson & Johnson, Paychex and Ingersoll Rand. Jacklene Chesler, Richard Madison, Jonathan Schlussel and Jack Callahan of Colliers represented the seller and sourced the buyer in the deal.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of 1751 Broad Park Circle, an office property located in Mansfield between Dallas and Fort Worth. The 5,776-square-foot medical office building is situated on one-half acre at the corner of Broad Park Circle South and Regency Parkway in a medical office park. Philip Levy of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an unnamed developer, and secured the buyer, a private investor.
CHICAGO — Shopoff Realty Investments has acquired two creative loft office commercial buildings in Chicago for an undisclosed price. At the time of acquisition, the 87,270-square-foot property at 900 N. Franklin St. was 89 percent occupied. The 76,729-square-foot building at 224 N. Desplaines St. was 92 percent occupied. The name of the seller was not released.
Cushman & Wakefield|CRESCO Selected as Leasing Agent for Post Office Plaza in Cleveland
by Amy Works
CLEVELAND — Cushman & Wakefield|CRESCO Real Estate has been selected as the exclusive leasing agent for Post Office Plaza, located at 1500 W. 3rd St. in downtown Cleveland. Built in 1934, the property offers 476,000 square feet of office space. Formerly the M.K Ferguson Building, the property originally served as Cleveland’s main post office and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The property is managed by Forest City Commercial Management.
GRESHAM, ORE. — DDR Corp. has acquired Gresham Town Center, a 296,186-square-foot mixed-use center located in the Portland suburb of Gresham, for an undisclosed price. The retail portion of the property is home to tenants including Best Buy, Bed Bath & Beyond, Craft Warehouse, Cost Plus World Market, Old Navy, Ulta Beauty, Panera Bread, Starbucks Coffee, Old Navy, Men’s Wearhouse, Baja Fresh Mexican Grill and Charming Charlie. The center also contains 12,289 square feet of office space. A 45,000-square-foot, single-tenant LA Fitness located north of the center was also included in the sale. Nick Kassab of HFF represented the seller in the transaction, Westlake Realty Group Inc.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Stockbridge Capital Group has sold Cypress Park West I and II, a two-building, 225,757-square-foot office complex located at 6700 and 6750 N. Andrews Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Hollywood, Fla.-based Naya USA Investment & Management purchased the office buildings from Stockbridge for $43.1 million. Ike Ojala, Hermen Rodriguez and Jorge Portela of HFF represented Stockbridge in the transaction. Situated on 18.5 acres adjacent to a Marriott hotel, the properties were 97 percent leased at the time of sale to Microsoft’s Latin American headquarters, Regus, Sprint, MSC Cruises and Southern Auto Finance Co. The complex’s amenities include an on-site café, conference facility, 24/7 security and a 660-space parking facility with electric vehicle charging stations.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Dallas-based KDC has completed the fourth office tower at the developer’s CityLine mixed-used project in Richardson. State Farm will occupy the new tower, and the giant insurer’s employees are currently in the process of moving into the 500,000-square-foot facility. State Farm now occupies 2.1 million square feet of office space at CityLine. Construction of the tower, known as Four CityLine, started in July 2014. Located at the northeast corner of State Street and North Plano Road across from the other three State Farm office towers, Four CityLine consists of a 12-story office building situated atop a five-level parking structure with approximately 30,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. CityLine now includes the four office towers occupied by State Farm; a 489,000-square-foot office complex for Raytheon; nearly 50 restaurants and stores, including the Whole Foods-anchored CityLine Market; 1,000 apartments with another 1,000 under construction; a 148-room select service Aloft Hotel scheduled to open early next year; a wellness office building anchored by Texas Health Resources, Children’s Health and a fitness center; and an urban plaza designed by Office of James Burnett (OJB), the landscape architect of Dallas’ signature Klyde Warren Park. CityLine’s project team includes general contractor Austin Commercial, architect Corgan Architects, civil …