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200-Exchange-St-Malden-MA

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.

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CITYCENTRE-FIVE-Houston-Texas

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.

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yeager-office-suites-allen-texas

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.

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Fort Mill The Lash Group

FORT MILL, S.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $67.1 million sale of The Lash Group headquarters, a 247,834-square-foot, Class A office building located in Fort Mill, roughly 19 miles south of Charlotte. The office building is fully leased to The Lash Group, a subsidiary of AmerisourceBergen Corp. The buyer, 90 North Real Estate Partners LLP, purchased the building from a joint venture between Childress Klein and The Springs Co. Cushman & Wakefield’s Charlotte capital markets team represented the seller in the transaction.

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119-Littleton-Road-Parsippany-NJ

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sale of an office building located at 119 Littleton Road in Parsippany. Commercial Realty Group acquired the 36,216-square-foot building from Hollywood Towne House LLC for an undisclosed sum. The property features two full floors of approximately 12,000 square feet each, in addition to pre-built suites starting at 1,384 square feet. Josh Levering and James Kenah of NAI Hanson represented the seller in the transaction.

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DREXEL HILL, PA. — A partnership between The Hampshire Companies and and MCB Real Estate has received $21.7 million in acquisition financing for Drexeline Shopping Center, a mixed-use center located at 4990-5100 State Road in Drexel Hill, a suburb of Philadelphia. Loan proceeds will be used for the acquisition and a secure line of credit for redevelopment and repositioning of the grocery-anchored shopping center. John Mikula and Michael Klein of HFF arranged the financing, which was provided by Flushing Bank, for the borrower. Situated on 18.4 acres and consisting of five buildings, Drexeline Shopping Center is occupied by more than 40 retail and office tenants, including Shop Rite, Ace Hardware, Anthony’s Restaurant, PNC Bank, Drexel Hill Pediatrics Associates and Children’s Dental Health Associates.

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602-E-South-Street-Arlington-Texas

ARLINGTON, TEXAS — The Central Arlington Redevelopment Group, a collection of private investors, has sold a downtown educational property to Raindrop Turkish House, a nonprofit charitable and cultural organization. The 6,624-square-foot building at 602 E. South St. was built in the mid-1950s as an elementary school wing for the former Arlington High School, which was subsequently razed and redeveloped as the headquarters of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. The seller acquired the property in May 2007 and invested nearly $400,000 into modernizing the structure and re-tenanting it with uses aimed at stimulating investment interest in central Arlington. Raindrop Turkish House previously leased a site at 2102 W. Pioneer Parkway in the nearby town of Pantego. The Houston-based organization, formed in 2000, also has locations in Richardson and nine other Texas cities, as well as centers in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi and New Mexico. The nonprofit addresses social and cultural needs of Turkish-Americans and facilitates integration into American society by cultivating friendships and promoting understanding of diverse cultures. Judy Nitzinger and Eric Anderson of Coldwell Banker Commercial Alliance’s Dallas office represented Central Arlington Redevelopment Group in the transaction. Loren Hillyer of Metro Texas Commercial handled negotiations for the buyer. The single-story …

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38-68-Cornhill-Boston

BOSTON — Chevron Partners has acquired the Sears Crescent building, located at 38-68 Cornhill in Boston. Copley Investments sold the historic property for $23.8 million. Located in Boston’s Government Center neighborhood, the 50,300-square-foot office building is 100 percent leased to 14 tenants and offers street-level retail space. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen and Justin Smith of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the seller in the transaction.

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the-union-dallas

DALLAS — RED Development has begun construction on The Union Dallas, an 800,000-square-foot office, residential and retail project scheduled for completion in 2018. First announced in May 2014, the two-tower mixed-use project will offer 417,000 square feet of Class A office space, 309 residential units and 87,000 square feet of retail. StreetLights Residential is leading design and development for the 23-floor residential tower, which will be known as The Christopher. The development will also include a 10,ooo-square-foot restaurant known as The Henry, which will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. Tenants in the office portion of the development will include Vinson & Elkins, which will lease 82,000 square feet across three floors beginning in 2018. Weaver, the largest independent accounting firm in the Southwest, will move its Dallas office to a 58,000-square-foot space within two floors in the office tower. Located at Field Street and Cedar Springs Road, the mixed-use project is within walking distance of many sports, entertainment, museum and outdoor park venues. Designed by Dallas-based architect HKS Inc., and with DPR as the general contractor, the project will include a 60,000-square-foot Tom Thumb grocery store on the ground floor. Landscape designer Office of James Burnett will design a 21,000-square-foot …

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Riata-Corporate-Park-austin

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Accesso Partners and Partners Group have formed a joint venture to own and operate Riata Corporate Park, an eight-building, 688,433-square-foot office campus in northwest Austin. West Point Partners, of New York City, advised Accesso in the transaction. The joint venture gives Partners Group an ownership interest in the 51-acre office park adjacent to Apple’s new $300 million Austin campus. Riata’s major tenants include Accenture, Quality Systems, NetSuite and Xerox among others. The property has room for expansion with a 5.6-acre parcel that is fully permitted and entitled for development of a 64,550-square-foot office building. The building was constructed between 1998 and 2000 with an average parking ratio of five spots per 1,000 square feet.

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