RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale The Lincoln Building, an office property at 45 N. Broad St. in Ridgewood. The 24,000-square-foot multi-tenant property sold for $3.9 million. David Thurston of Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office represented the seller, a partnership, and secured the buyer, a local limited liability company, in the transaction. Additionally, Bruce Whitaker of Ramsey, N.J.-based McDonnel Whitaker served as legal counsel for the seller, while Michael Ochs of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.-based Bertone Piccini provided legal representation for the buyer.
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NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has brokered a 10-year lease for Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman P.C. at 747 Third Ave. in Manhattan. The law firm will occupy the entire 23rd floor, totaling 9,310 square feet, of the Class A office building. The law firm is currently located at 777 Third Ave. and is expected to relocate in second quarter 2015. Michael Gottlieb, Anthony Lopresti and Jason Meister of Avison Young represented the tenant, while Michael Lenchner of Sage Realty Corp. provided in-house representation for the landlord, William Kaufman Organization.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP represented an affiliate of Carr Properties as landlord in a 700,000-square-foot lease of a building to be constructed for Fannie Mae’s new headquarters at 15th and L streets in Washington D.C. The new build-to-suit property will replace The Washington Post’s current headquarters. The lease is the largest ever non-government lease in Washington, D.C. The Fried Frank team was led by real estate partner Franz Rassman and included real estate associates Valerie Kelly, Neil Hood and Matthew Greeson.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE Capital Markets’ investment properties has arranged the sale of a 9,522-square-foot office building at 3108 N. Lamar Blvd. in Austin. A local investment firm purchased the asset from an Austin-based partnership for an undisclosed price. The property is 85 percent occupied and is located near Seton Medical Center and The Heart Hospital of Austin. The main tenant, gift card e-commerce provider QuickGifts Inc., occupies 4,347 square feet. In 2012, the building received several renovations, including new paint on the exterior and common areas, new common area flooring and new interior signage. Walter Saad, Cathy Nabours and Logan Reichle of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Andrew Perkel of Retail Solutions represented the buyer.
HOUSTON — Hartman Short Term Income Properties XX Inc. affiliate Hartman Highway 6 LLC has purchased the Timbercreek Atrium and Copperfield office buildings. The two Class B office buildings total 93,656 square feet and are located in the northwest Houston submarket, along Highway 6 between I-10 and FM 529. Timbercreek Atrium is a three-story, 51,035-square-foot building located at the intersection of Highway 6 North and Timbercreek Place. The property was 79 percent leased at the time of sale. Tenants include The Loken Group, H2O and the Harris County Hospital District. Copperfield Building is a three-story, 42,621-square-foot office building located on Spencer Road. At the time of sale, the property was 80 percent leased to J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, Deep Sea Development and Harvey Home Health. Joshua Lass-Sughrue, Douglas Pack and Sam Hansen of NAI Partners, along with Jordan Summerville of C-III Realty Services, represented the seller in the transaction. Dave Wheeler, Julian Kwok and Russell Turman of Hartman Income REIT represented Hartman Highway 6 LLC.
DALLAS — Colliers International represented the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in the sublease of its 21,713-square-foot office space at 300 Crescent Court in Dallas. Schiff Hardin LLP, a law firm headquartered in Chicago, is the new tenant and will use this space as its new Dallas location. Schiff Hardin is currently in a temporary office at 100 Crescent Court while the company’s space is being renovated. The former Weil space was a secondary floor, which means that a reception area, break room and conference rooms will need to be constructed for Schiff Hardin’s new office. Schiff Hardin will occupy the entire fourth floor once the renovations are complete. Hunter Blanks, Travis Ewert and Scott Hage of Colliers International’s Dallas office represented Weil, Gotshal & Manges in the transaction. Bob Chodos and Steve Levitas of Colliers International Chicago represented Schiff Hardin LLP.
NEW YORK CITY — The Feil Organization has completed 80,000 square feet of new leases at 7 Penn Plaza, a 18-story, 368,000-square-foot building, in New York. Recent leases include TranSystems’ 6,800-square-foot lease on the seventh floor, SourceOne’s relocation to 11,000 square feet on the fourth floor, RCG Longview and Estrich & Co.’s relocation to 17,000 square feet on the 14th floor, Guilford Publication’s 11,500-square-foot lease on the 12th floor, and National Hemophilia Foundation’s lease of 11,000 square feet on the 12th floor. Additionally, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) signed for 23,000 square feet on two floors of the building. All tenants are expected to be open by summer. David Turino of The Feil Organization represented Feil in all the transactions. Michael Beyda of Benchmark Properties represented Guildford; Eric Thomas of Cresa New York represented the National Hemophilia Foundation; Brian Gella and Laurence Briody of CBRE represented RWDSU; and Joseph Mangiacotti of CBRE represented TranSystems in the transactions. Jeffrey Management Corp. is the building’s leasing and managing agent.
LEESBURG, VA. — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and Keane Enterprises Inc. have broken ground on the new global headquarters for K2M Group Holdings Inc., an international medical device company that designs, develops and commercializes technologies and techniques related to the spine. The 146,000-square-foot build-to-suit project will be located in Keane’s Oaklawn master-planned community in Leesburg, a suburb of Washington, D.C. K2M’s new headquarters will be comprised of a 62,000-square foot, three-story office building and an 84,000-square-foot, one-story research and development building. The office building will house general administrative, executive and sales staff, and the research and development building will contain office, conferencing, research and assembly space. TCC and Keane expect to wrap up construction on the project and open for occupancy in early 2016.
CHICAGO — Jones Lang LaSalle Income Property Trust Inc. has acquired a six-story, 366-stall parking garage known as Ohio Ontario Self Park in Chicago for $16.9 million. The parking garage is a component of the mixed-use development located at 33 W. Ontario Street in Chicago’s River North area. The development includes a 59-story, 364-unit condominium tower with its own deeded parking and ground level retail. In conjunction with the acquisition, JLL Income Property Trust entered into a lease with a subsidiary of Imperial Parking, a firm founded in Vancouver in 1962.
MESA, ARIZ. – Phoenix Heart, the valley’s leading cardiology group, has purchased the Talavi Building in Mesa for $6.2 million. The 35,904-square-foot building is located at 5859 W. Talavi Blvd., within the Talavi Business Park. Phoenix Heart currently occupies half of the building. The remaining space is fully occupied by tenants like Credit Union West, John C. Lincoln and Wallick & Volk. Phoenix Heart was represented by Marcus Muirhead of Colliers International. The seller, Credit Union West, was represented by JLL’s Brian Ackerman.