MORRISVILLE AND RALEIGH, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the largest industrial/office sale in the Triangle region year-to-date, according to Real Capital Analytics. The sale included EastRidge at Perimeter Park in Morrisville and Spring Forest Business Center in Raleigh. The properties span 11 single-story buildings totaling 634,617 square feet. The sales price was not disclosed. The portfolio was 83 percent leased at the time of sale to 24 tenants including IXIA, Adreima, LabCorp, Ascom North America and Allstate. David Finger and Sara Owen of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer, Somerset Properties, will retain Hillman Duncan and Dennis Hurley of Cushman & Wakefield to lease the two properties.
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NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has arranged the sale of an office and retail building located at 310 Lenox Ave. in Manhattan’s Central Harlem section. A group of New York-based real estate investors acquired the property for $21 million. Built in 1940 and improved in 2006, the three-story building consists of approximately 24,659 gross square feet of above-grade space and a full basement of approximately 8,493 square feet. Additionally, the property has approximately 9,313 square feet of additional zoning floor area that is expected to be accessed by the new ownership entity. The property’s best-known tenant is Red Rooster, a restaurant led by chef Marcus Samuelsson. Neil Helman, Charles Kingsley, Jon Epstein and Vincent Carrega of Avison Young represented the seller, National Basketball Players Association, in the transaction.
NEWARK, DEL. — The Emory Hill Companies has completed the second phase of the sale of White Clay Corporate Center, an office and industrial complex in Newark. Shelbourne Global Solutions LLC purchased four of the seven buildings at the complex in 2015, and recently purchased the remaining three buildings to complete the acquisition for an undisclosed sum. The campus totals 493,581 square feet. Neil Killian of NAI Emory Hill represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. NAI Emory Hill manages the property.
For the Dayton office market, it’s all about timing. In one of Miami Valley’s largest office leases in recent memory, CareSource early this year signed a five-year lease to occupy 50,000 square feet on two floors at the 486,000-square-foot Kettering Tower downtown. The nonprofit managed healthcare plan is the largest Medicaid plan in Ohio and the second largest in the United States. CareSource said it will assess current and future business needs and redistribute business units from corporate headquarters and offices at 40 W. Second St. to Kettering Tower. In addition, some staff hired during the first quarter of this year also will be placed at the new location. The CareSource location at Kettering Tower increases the company’s footprint to nearly 600,000 square feet in downtown Dayton. The four downtown Dayton locations — including CareSource’s corporate headquarters at 230 N. Main St., Ballpark Village at 220 E. Monument Ave., offices at 40 W. Second St. and Kettering Tower will support 2,200 staff. The $6 million build-out of the multi-tenant Kettering Tower is specifically designed to accommodate CareSource. Tower Partners LLC, an entity whose investors include New York businessman Albert Macanian, owns the building. But the deal bringing 300 new jobs …
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, a non-traded real estate investment trust based in Newport Beach, Calif., has signed an 8,373-square-foot lease with NeuroCare Outpatient Rehabilitation at the Greenway I office building in Richardson. Amenities at Greenway I include a renovated lobby, corridors and restrooms, on-campus security and fiber optics. The property is located two miles from The University of Texas at Dallas. NeuroCare Outpatient Rehabilitation is a division of NeuroCare Rehab Hospitals LLC. Laura Maczka and Mark Jordan of Sooner Management represented KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT in the transaction. Michael Collins of MedCore Partners represented NeuroCare Outpatient Rehabilitation.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Equitable Commercial Realty (ECR) has arranged the sale of an office property in Austin. 2512 Partners LLC purchased Summit Point, a 24,000-square-foot building located at 2512 S. I-35, for an undisclosed price. Jason Steinberg and Matt Levin with ECR represented the seller.
PHILADELPHIA — NGKF Capital Markets has arranged the sale of 2.0 University Place, a multi-tenant office building located at 30 N. 41st St. in Philadelphia. 2.0 University Place Associates sold the 100,000-square-foot property to a member company of Zurich North America for $41.2 million, or $420 per square foot. The building is the first double-platinum, multi-tenant office property in the United States, with both LEED Platinum Core & Shell v2.0 and commercial interior – LEED v2009 Platinum certifications. Dave Dolan and Brett Segal of NGKF Capital Markets represented the seller, while Roy Rosenbaum and Sean Bannon of Zurich Alternative Asset Management advised the buyer in the transaction.
MALDEN, MASS. — Berkeley Investments Inc. has acquired an office building located at 200 Exchange St. in Malden. An affiliate of KBS Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. sold the 314,176-square-foot property for $21.8 million. The buyer plans to reposition the property into a mixed-used asset with street-level retail, a state-of-the-art data center and approximately 200,000 square feet of creative office space. Coleman Benedict, Chris Phaneuf, Ben Sayles and Mark Campbell of HFF represented the seller, while Gramercy Property Trust, as asset manager, advised the seller on the transaction.
HOUSTON — CityCentre Five is now open in Houston’s CityCentre district. The 192,357-square-foot, Class A office building features 8,216 square feet of ground-floor retail/restaurant space, as well as 690 parking spots. The pedestrian-oriented CityCentre district attracts nearly 15,000 visitors per day. Houston-based Kirksey Architecture and Munoz + Albin designed the 15-story building, which is located at 825 Town & Country Way. Linbeck served as the general contractor. Tenants already committed include Ascot Underwriting, Relevant Solutions and University Lands. Colvill Office Properties is overseeing leasing.
ALLEN, TEXAS — Yeager Office Suites of Allen LLC has purchased a 3.3-acre tract of land in the Dallas suburb of Allen from T&C Investment Venture LP. The property is located on the west side of Watters Road directly across from the newly announced Allen Convention Center at Watters Creek. Yeager Development plans to break ground in July on the two-story, 35,070-square-foot Yeager Office Suites building. Mike Barr of Barr Cos. represented the buyer, and Jane Jan of Jan’s Realty represented the seller. The Yeager Office Suites building will feature 145 office suites, five conference rooms, casual meeting areas, a lobby and reception area and a café. Yeager will develop, construct, manage and lease the project.