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NEW YORK CITY — KKR & Co. LP, a global investment firm, will purchase approximately 343,000 square feet (the top ten office floors) at 30 Hudson Yards and will relocate its corporate offices to the office tower in 2020. Related Cos. and Oxford Properties Group are developing 30 Hudson Yards. Designed by Bill Pedersen of Kohn Pedersen Fox, the 90-story tower will strive for LEED Gold certification. KKR is the second commercial office tenant to invest in and plan a move to 30 Hudson Yards. In January 2014, Time Warner Inc. acquired approximately 1.5 million square feet of space in the building for its 5,000-plus employees. KKR is the seventh corporate office tenant to announce plans to move to Hudson Yards. Boies, Schiller & Flexner will move its New York City offices to 55 Hudson Yards. Coach Inc. has purchased more than 600,000 square feet of space in 10 Hudson Yards, L’Oréal USA, German software engineering firm SAP and social media-first digital agency VaynerMedia will locate at 10 Hudson Yards when the building opens in early 2016.

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LIVONIA, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has brokered the sale of a 19,346-square-foot medical office building in Livonia, a northwest Detroit suburb. PAK Real Estate Properties LLC sold the building to Premiere Offices LLC for an undisclosed amount. Premiere Offices is the existing tenant and will continue to use the space as psychiatric offices. Dan Verderbar of Friedman represented the seller in the transaction.

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One Dulles Tower Herndon

HERNDON, VA. — Federal Capital Partners (FCP) has purchased One Dulles Tower, a 400,000-square-foot, Class A office building located at 13200 Woodland Park Drive in Herndon, for $84 million. The property is located two miles east of Dulles Airport and a half-mile from both the future Herndon and Innovation Center Silver Line Metro stations. The office tower is fully leased by Booz Allen Hamilton, a business management consultant that will vacate the property before the end of the year. Bill Collins, Paul Collins, James Cassidy, Jud Ryan and Drew Flood of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Corporate Office Properties Trust, in the transaction.

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Kenton Circle Huntersville

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — CBRE has brokered the $27 million sale of Kenton Circle, a 135,757-square-foot, three-building office park in Huntersville, part of the North Charlotte office submarket. Kenton Circle’s anchor tenants include Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Carolinas Realty and IMG. A joint venture between Acre Valley Real Estate Capital LLC and ABS Partners Real Estate LLC purchased the property from Childress Klein and WHI Real Estate Partners LLC. Childress Klein will continue to serve as property manager and leasing agent for the new owner. Patrick Gildea of CBRE’s Charlotte office represented the sellers in the transaction.

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Pioneer-Building-Brooklyn

NEW YORK CITY — Quinlan Development Group and Building and Land Technology (BLT) are redeveloping the 100-year-old The Pioneer Warehouse at 41 Flatbush Avenue in downtown Brooklyn. The $30 million redevelopment of the 10-story property, which will be renamed The Pioneer Building, will result in approximately 235,000 square feet of modern office space and 25,000 square feet of retail space ready for occupancy in second quarter 2016. Located near the Barclays Center and Atlantic Terminal, The Pioneer Building is well along in a comprehensive redevelopment to enhance the building’s barrel-vaulted terra cotta ceilings, brick walls and ornate limestone façade. The interior finishes and exterior enhancements have been designed by architects Beyer Blinder Belle. New features include new, oversized, energy-efficient windows, state-of-the-art tenant-controlled HVAC units, industrial-sized elevator cabs, a renovated lobby, a landscaped roof terrace with views of all of Downtown Brooklyn and the New York Harbor, and an on-site bicycle storage facility. The property owners have named Bruce Mosler, Mikael Nahmias, and Joseph Cirone of Cushman & Wakefield as exclusive leasing agents.

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345-Cilley-MANCHESTER-NH

MANCHESTER, N.H. — CBRE/New England has arranged the sale of 345 Cilley Road, a 6,096-square-foot two-story medical office building in Manchester. CBRE/NE’s Christopher Healey represented the seller, Hassell’s End Properties, and procured the buyer, Peerless Properties LLC, a privately owned company.

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ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, CALIF. — UCLA Health has signed a long-term lease for 18,512 square feet at an office building in Rolling Hills Estates on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The 10-year lease is valued at $5.2 million. This lease brings the Class A office building to full occupancy. It is located at 501 Deep Valley Drive. Eric Lastition and Geoff Ludwig of Colliers International represented the landlord, West Coast Capital Partners.

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NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Bank of America has leased 88,000 square feet of office space in Newport Beach. The space is located at 520 Newport Center Drive. It is directly across from Fashion Island. Merrill Lynch, Private Banking and Investments, Commercial and Business Banking, will occupy the space. The landlord is Irvine Company Office Properties.

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LOS ANGELES — Abrams Artists Agency has leased 15,650 square feet at the Pacific Design Center’s RedBuilding in Los Angeles. The center is located at 8687 Melrose Ave. Abrams is a talent and literary agency. It represents up-and-coming acting talent, as well as established celebrities in film, television and theater. Robert Cavaiola of Savills Studley represented the firm. The landlord, Cohen Brothers Realty, was represented in-house by Marc Horowitz, as well as by JLL’s Josh Wroble.

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HOUSTON — Cousins Properties has completed its multi-million dollar renovation at 3 Greenway Plaza, part of the 4.4 million-square-foot Greenway Plaza campus. The completed renovations include a redone lobby and concourse levels, with marble tile and wood finishes, new lighting fixtures and furniture, commissioned art installations throughout and updated parking garage elevator banks. Cousins is also working on a new, 12,000-square-foot fitness center and improvements to The Shops at Greenway Plaza, set to be completed in the second quarter of 2016. These are the first common area upgrades at Greenway Plaza since 1998.

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