BOSTON — Leggat McCall Properties, along with its joint venture partner Multi-Employer Property Trust (MEPT), and development advisor Bozzuto Development Co. have filed an expanded Project Notification Form with the Boston Redevelopment Authority for 3.1 acres of land in Boston’s South End. The site was acquired from the Boston Medical Center in late 2014. Spanning the block between Harrison Avenue and Albany Street and East Dedham and East Canton streets, the Harrison Albany project will bring a mix of residential, retail, office and cultural space to the South End. The proposed two-building project will feature 710 apartments, 14,000 square feet of retail space, 40,000 square feet of office space and public open space, including a green promenade between the two residential buildings. Additionally, the existing parking lots will be removed and replaced with underground parking.
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NEW YORK CITY — Multi-Employer Property Trust (MEPT), advised by Bentall Kennedy Limited Partnership, and Cove Property Group have acquired Two Rector Street, a 26-story office property located in Manhattan’s financial district. CIM Group and Kushner Companies sold the 476,000-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. The buyers plan to renovate and reposition the building as a Class A office property. Once renovated, the building is expected to cater to technology, advertising, media and information tenants as well as traditional finance, insurance and real estate tenants.
NEW YORK CITY — Tavros Development Partners, in partnership with Charney Construction & Development and 1 Oak Development, has acquired a development site located at 263-277 S. Fifth St. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh sold the property for $80 million. The development offering consists of a combined four properties (263-277 S. 5th St., 262-272 S. 4th St. and 205 Havemeyer St.) and allows for a buildable envelope of approximately 230,000 square feet. The property’s zoning designation permits both mixed-use and commercial development. James Nelson, Brendan Maddigan and Matt Nickerson of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
NEWTON, MASS. — A joint venture between Angelo Gordon & Co. and Jumbo Capital Management has acquired two office buildings, located at 7-57 and 75-85-95 Wells Ave. in Newton, a suburb eight miles west of Boston, for $62.3 million. The properties total 332,194 square feet. Coleman Benedict and Ben Sayles of HFF represented the undisclosed seller and buyer in the sale. Additionally, HFF worked on behalf of the new owner to secure a five-year, fixed-rate first mortgage financing for $47.1 million, which included funds for the acquisition and a facility for future tenanting and capital costs. Lauren O’Neil and Brett Paulsrud of HFF arranged the financing for the borrower, while Mike Terry and Jonpaul Sallese, also of HFF, represented East Boston Savings Bank in the mortgage transaction.
ROCKLEIGH, N.J. — CBRE Group Inc. has arranged the sale of an office/life science building located at 8 King Road in Rockleigh. Marcus Partners, on behalf of its Marcus Capital Partners Fund I sold the property to Charter Realty Group for an undisclosed sum in a 1031 exchange. The 204,495-square-foot building is 100 percent net leased to Spectra Laboratories on a long-term basis and guaranteed by its parent company, Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. The facility serves as Spectra’s mission critical testing facility for the eastern half of the United States. Jeffrey Dunne, Kevin Welsh, Brian Schulz, Lee Asher and Chris Bodnar of CBRE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Jet.com has agreed to expand its headquarters at Waterfront Corporate Center III in Hoboken. The e-commerce startup will commence its build out of the space that will double the size of its corporate office by an additional 40,000 square feet for a total of 80,000 square feet. SJP Properties in partnership with USAA Real Estate Co. developed the three-building, 1.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development. Launched in 2015, Jet.com is an e-commerce venture led by Marc Lore, former CEO and co-founder of Diapers.com and parent company Quidsi. Scott Peck and Brian Wilson of Resource Realty represented Jet.com, while Peter Bronsnick provided in-house representation for the landlord, SJP Properties, in the transaction.
MIAMI — A joint venture between KeyBank Real Estate Capital and an affiliate of Walton Street Capital LLC has closed a $106.5 million loan for the recapitalization of Courvoisier Centre in Miami. Built between 1986 and 1990, the two-building, Class A office complex spans 343,000 square feet and features an upscale retail arcade and attached structured parking. The property is situated at 501 and 601 Brickell Key Drive on the upscale Brickell Key Island, a 23-acre manmade island. The loan was arranged on behalf of the borrower, Orlando-based Parkway Properties Inc. KeyBank originated the 10-year loan, which carries a fixed interest-only rate of 4.6 percent through maturity and a 60 percent loan-to-value ratio. KeyBank will service the loan through maturity. Masaveu Corp., a Spanish investment company, bought an 80 percent stake in the asset from Parkway Properties for roughly $175 million, and Parkway Properties still retains a 20 percent interest in the property. Parkway Properties bought Courvoisier Centre in April 2014 from Tishman Speyer for $145.8 million.
NORCROSS, GA. — Rothenberg-Rosenfield, a private real estate investment firm based in New York, has acquired Oakbrook North, a 700,000-square-foot flex office complex in Norcross, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. The buyer purchased the 11-building complex from Irvine, Calif.-based Sperry Equities for $36.6 million. The property is situated on a 50-acre parcel along Oakbrook Parkway. Rothenberg-Rosenfield plans to invest $1.5 million to upgrade the property, which was 74 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as American Megatrends, PulteGroup and YesVideo. Colliers International represented Sperry Equities in the transaction. Reinsurance Group of America provided acquisition financing. The buyer has hired David Nash of Nash Commercial Real Estate to lease the asset. With the addition of Oakbrook North, Rothenberg-Rosenfield is now operating over 1.2 million square feet of commercial assets in Atlanta.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of the fee interest in 10 E. 34th St., an office property located in Manhattan. The asset was sold for $51.7 million, or $946 per square foot, in an all-cash transaction. The 10-story commercial loft building consists of full-floor units and a total rentable space of 54,680 square feet plus an additional 2,500 square feet in the basement designed for use by the ground-floor retail tenant. Bob Knakal, John Ciraulo and Jonathan Hageman of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
BOSTON — CIM Group has acquired an office building located at 95 Berkeley St. in Boston’s South End for an undisclosed sum. CIM made the acquisition with Boston-based Center Court Mass. Constructed in 1920, the six-story building features 114,000 square feet of office space and a below-grade parking structure. The property was last renovated in 1988.