EWING TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Affiliates of Rubenstein Partners have completed the disposition of Princeton South Corporate Center, a two-building office park in Ewing Township. Located at 100 and 200 Princeton South, the asset offers 268,000 square feet of Class A office space. Rubenstein Partners originally acquired the property in July 2011. Tom Walsh and Joe Garibaldi of Jones Lang LaSalle represented Rubenstein Partners in the transaction. Terms of the deal were not released.
SAN DIEGO — Davlyn Investments has acquired Paseo Summit, a 74,807-square foot, two-building office park located in Carlsbad, Calif., for $16.4 million. The property is 83 percent occupied. Michael Roberts and Brunson Howard of Cushman & Wakefield represented LNR, the special servicer acting on behalf of the lender/seller, in the transaction. Davlyn Investments was self-represented. City National Bank provided the acquisition financing. Davlyn Investments is a San Diego-based owner and operator of apartment communities and commercial property throughout California. To date, the firm has acquired more than $920 million in real estate assets.
MINNEAPOLIS — Investors Real Estate Trust (IRET) has sold four office showroom properties in metro Minneapolis for $26.6 million. The properties include the 205,494-square-foot Plymouth Tech I-V in Plymouth; the 61,138-square-foot Whitewater Plaza in Minnetonka; the 58,300-square-foot Southeast Tech Center in Eagan; and the 45,019-square-foot Burnsville Bluffs II office property in Burnsville. CBRE arranged the sale on behalf of IRET. The sales advance IRET’s portfolio transformation plan to narrow its focus to multifamily, healthcare and bulk industrial properties. IRET continues to sell off substantially its commercial office and retail property portfolios.
NEW YORK CITY — American Realty Capital New York City REIT Inc., a public non-traded REIT, has acquired an office property located at 123 William St. in downtown Manhattan, for $253 million, or $470 per square foot. The 27-story building features 545,000 square feet of rentable space. The acquisition was funded with a combination of cash and mortgage financing.
PEABODY, MASS. — Barton Associates has signed a lease for 50,500 square feet of medical office space at 300 Jubilee Dr. in Peabody. The firm plans to relocate its headquarters to the new space in April. With the relocation, the medical practice is doubling its existing office space at 10 Dearborn Road. Demetri Koutrouvelis and Nicole Miller of Savills Studley represented Barton Associates in the transaction.
CHICAGO — The Boulder Group has arranged the $4 million sale of a single-tenant, First Midwest Bank ground-lease in Chicago. The property is located at 3220 W. 26th St. The building was originally built in 1984 and was renovated in 2007. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the buyer, a Chicago-based investor who purchased the property in a 1031 exchange. A West Coast-based real estate fund sold the property. There are more than 13 years remaining on the First Midwest Bank ground lease, which expires July 1, 2028. First Midwest Bancorp is a publicly traded company with a market capitalization in excess of $1.3 billion.
WALTHAM, MASS. — Transwestern | RBJ has brokered the sale of two office buildings, located at 1432 and 1440 Main St. in Waltham. Charles River Realty Investors and Crosspoint Associates Inc. sold the properties to Ferris Development for $22.3 million. The two-building portfolio totals 134,839 square feet of office space and is 90 percent occupied. Ferris Development plans to upgrade the base infrastructure of the buildings and make cosmetic improvements to the lobbies, common areas and restrooms. Chris Skeffington, Ron Friedman and Roy Sandeman of Transwestern | RBJ represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Akamai Technologies, a provider of cloud services, has signed a 10-year lease for 67,000 square feet at 50 Hampshire in Cambridge. The company will occupy the entire sixth and seventh floors of the building and use the space to expand its Cambridge office, which serves as its U.S. headquarters. BioMed Realty owns the property, which will be 50 percent leased once Akamai takes occupancy. Terms of the transaction were not released.
LOS ANGELES – Human Services Agency of Ventura County has leased 57,200 square feet of office space at Younan Executive Center in the Los Angeles submarket of Simi Valley. The Class A space is located at 2900 Madera Road. The new lease will allow the county agency to consolidate some of its departments under one roof. The landlord, Younan Properties, was represented by Mark T. Leonard, Cory Richmond and Jared Smits of Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura.
LOS ANGELES – Whalerock Industries has leased space at the RedBuilding in West Hollywood’s Pacific Design Center. The center is located at 8687 Melrose Ave. The independent media/technology company will be relocating from nearby Santa Monica. The company was represented by Gayle Landes and Mike Geller of First Property Realty Corp. The 400,000-square-foot RedBuilding is the newest addition to the Cesar Pelli designed Pacific Design Center. The center is owned and developed by Charles S. Cohen.
