NEW YORK CITY — New York Life Real Estate Investors has originated $205 million in financing for an office tower, located at 757 Third Ave. in Midtown Manhattan. Multi-Employer Property Trust, as advised by Bentall Kennedy (U.S.) Limited Partnership, owns the 503,000-square-foot Class A office property. The loan has a term of 15 years. Eric Becher of New York Life Real Estate Investors’ New York regional office negotiated the transaction.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Colliers International has arranged a long-term 30,000-square-foot lease for Paychex North America Inc. to relocate to One Centennial Plaza in Piscataway. Paychex, a provider of payroll, human resource and benefits outsourcing solutions for small to medium-sized businesses, will relocate to a portion of the first floor of the three-story, 236,961-square-foot office building this fall. The property features a conference and training center, security desk, on-site property management, 24/7 access, a full-service cafeteria and an outdoor seating area. Richard Madison and Jack Callahan of Colliers represented the landlord, while Michael Maroon of Acclaim Group represented Paychex in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES – Gerald J. Sullivan & Associates has renewed its lease for 28,668 square feet of office space at Pacific Financial Center in Downtown Los Angeles. The Class A office tower is located at 800 W. Sixth Street. It is fully occupied. The insurance brokerage firm has resided within the Pacific Financial Center since 1987. It occupies the top two floors of the property. The firm was represented by Jonathan Larsen of Avison Young. The landlord, Pacific Financial Equities, was represented by John Anthony of Charles Dunn Company.
HOUSTON — Texas Children’s Hospital, in collaboration with FKP Architects, will add a $506 million, 19-story patient tower to its campus as part of a $575 million capital investment. The new tower will sit on top of an existing six-story base adjacent to Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women. FKP’s Houston office will lead planning and design for the project, which is expected to be complete in 2018. Pediatric Tower E will initially offer 129 beds for pediatric and cardiovascular intensive care, along with new operating rooms. It will also be the home of the relocated Texas Children’s Heart Center, including a new outpatient clinic, cardiovascular operating rooms, dedicated cardiology beds and catheterization labs. The Heart Center will move out of the West Tower, making way for additional acute care beds. The project will be funded in part from the Texas Children’s Promise Campaign.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — NAI Mertz has brokered three transactions in Cherry Hill. In the first transaction, Byrn Mawr Investments purchased a 28,000-square-foot office building, located at 706 Haddonfield Road, from Multiple Sclerosis Association of America for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to redevelop the property into retail use by demolishing a portion of the building and converting it into parking spaces. Jeff Sloan of NAI Mertz negotiated the transaction. Sloan also represented Multiple Sclerosis Association of America in the acquisition of a 14,400-square-foot office building located at 375 N. Kings Highway. The seller was 375 NKH LLC. In the third deal, SportsArena Employees 137 Welfare Fund sold a two-story 11,683-square-foot office building, located at 1012 Haddonfield Road, to Several Properties and First American Exchange. Marc Cutler and John Brown of NAI Mertz were the sole brokers in the transaction. The prices for the transactions were not released.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $23.8 million sale of Glades Twin Plaza, a 98,312-square-foot boutique office building located at 2300 Glades Road in Boca Raton. Built in 1982 and renovated in 2010, the office property was 77 percent leased at the time of sale. Christian Lee, Jose Lobon, Charles Foschini, Chris Apone and Michael Erickson of CBRE represented the seller, a fund managed by BlackRock, in the transaction. The buyer was Dallas-based L&B Realty Advisors.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Co-owners Grubb Properties and New York Life Real Estate Investors have signed Frontier Capital, a growth equity firm based in North Carolina, to a long-term lease for the top floor of 525 North Tryon Street, a 19-story office building in Uptown Charlotte. Frontier will use the 12,600-square-foot space as its new headquarters beginning in September. Andy Horsey of Cresa Charlotte represented Frontier Capital in the lease transaction. Jonathan Nance of Grubb Properties, along with Meredith Ball and Mark Holoman of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, represented the ownership group.
NEW YORK CITY — RKF has brokered the sale of a 19,008-square-foot commercial condominium located at 100 West 93rd St. on the Upper West Side in New York City. Coltown Properties acquired the property for $16.5 million and subsequently leased the property to Manhattan Children’s Center, a school that provides scientifically based treatment and education to children with autism spectrum disorders. The two-story asset features 13,834 square feet on the ground floor and 5,174 square feet on the second floor. David Abrams and Marc Finkel of RKF represented the buyer, while Michael Dubin of Savvit Partners represented the seller, Starrett Development. Additionally, Abrams and Finkel represented both parties in the lease transaction.
NORTH HAVEN, CONN. — Press/Cuozzo Commercial Services has arranged the sale of a professional/medical building located at 100 Broadway in North Haven. 100 Broadway North Haven LLC purchased the 11,000-square-foot property for $1 million from Bass Inc. Stephen Press of Press/Cuozzo represented the buyer, while Susan Criscuolo, also of Press/Cuozzo, represented the seller in the transaction.
DALLAS — CBRE Capital Markets’ Investment Properties has arranged the sale of NBCUniversal Regional Headquarters, a 75,000-square-foot, single-story Class A office asset in Dallas. The LEED-certified building was completed in 2013. The property is fully leased to NBCUniversal Media LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast Corp., and serves as the regional headquarters, broadcasting and multimedia news facility for NBC/KXAS-TV, Telemundo and NBCUniversal. Olympus Ventures purchased the asset from KDC for an undisclosed price. Eric Mackey, Gary Carr, John Alvarado, Robert Hill and Pete Van Amburgh of CBRE represented the seller.