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PHOENIX — Regent Properties has acquired Desert Ridge Corporate Center (DRCC), a 293,161-square-foot office and retail property in Phoenix, for $58.6 million. The institutional-grade center is located at 20860, 20830 and 20910 N. Tatum Blvd., within the master-planned community of Desert Ridge. DRCC contains two Class A office buildings, in addition to a 17,953-square-foot, multi-tenant specialty retail building. The property is located on land encumbered by a State of Arizona ground lease that has 78 remaining years. Notable tenants at the center include GEICO Insurance, Vantage Retirement, Wells Fargo Bank, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, K. Hovnanian Homes, Summit Energy, SimonMed Imaging and Scottrade. DRCC was built in 2007.

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SAN DIEGO – Viewridge Business Park, a 72,571-square-foot office complex in the Kearny Mesa submarket of San Diego, has sold to MIG Real Estate for an undisclosed sum. The park is located at 4711, 4715 and 4719 Viewridge Ave. It is currently 82 percent leased. Notable tenants include Coastal Credit, YARDI and Vericare. MIG Real Estate represented itself in this transaction, while the unnamed seller was represented by Bob Prendergast and Lynn LaChapelle of Jones Lang LaSalle.

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1745-Broadway-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. has acquired additional ownership interest in the 674,000-square-foot office condominium at 1745 Broadway in New York City. The condominium is leased entirely to Random House. SL Green originally acquired a 32.26 percent stake in the property in 2007 and is now increasing its ownership to 56.88 percent as a result of recent transactions. The majority of the interests, consisting of general partnership and limited partnership interests, where purchased from The Witkoff Group in exchange for SL Green Operating Partnership units. By acquiring these interest, the company has consolidated management of the property. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the 50-story office building was completed in 2003.

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2501 M Street

WASHINGTON, D.C. — PRP LLC has purchased a 100,000-square-foot office building located at 2501 M St. N.W. in Washington, D.C.’s West End for $31.6 million. PRP acquired the property from the Association of American Medical Colleges on behalf of one PRP’s real estate funds in partnership with an institutional investor. PRP will convert the building into a 60-unit luxury residential condominium property with 11,475 square feet of retail space featuring outside dining. PRP plans to begin selling condo units in 2015 and deliver the finished homes by mid-2016.

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Wells Fargo Tampa

TAMPA, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Wells Fargo Center, a Class A, 389,608-square-foot office building located at 100 S. Ashley Drive in downtown Tampa. The 22-story LEED Gold-certified building was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Wells Fargo, UBS, USAA, Valet Waste, Phelps Dunbar, AllegiantMD, Warren Averett and Carlton Fields. Wells Fargo Center features a fitness center, café, full-service bank branch, ATM, new conference center and a complimentary shuttle service. Christian Lee, Dale Peterson, Charles Foschini and Marcos Minaya of CBRE brokered the transaction.

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Davenport-Cambridge-Jamestown

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Jamestown, a national real estate and investment firm, has acquired the Davenport building in Cambridge from DivcoWest for an undisclosed price. The property was originally constructed in 1860 as the Davenport Furniture Factory. In 1987 the seven adjoining buildings were renovated to function as a single four-story, 220,000-square-foot office building. Recently the building underwent an $18 million capital improvements program to bring the property to modern standards. The property is currently fully leased to seven tenants: HubSpot, Sonos, PowerSteering Software, npg, Nimbus, Atlas Venture and Manta. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher and Matt Pullen of Cushman & Wakefield of Massachusetts brokered the transaction.

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2558-Whitney-Hamden-CT

HAMDEN, CONN. — Hamden-based Press/Cuozzo Commercial Services has arranged a long-term lease for Cross Sector Consulting LLP. The company will relocate from its downtown New Haven, Conn., location to occupy 1,750 square feet of office space at 2558 Whitney Ave. in Hamden. Joel Nesson of Press/Cuozzo represented the landlord, Cucinelli Whitney LLC, while Kevin Walker, also of Press/Cuozzo, represented the tenant in the deal.

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SAN DIEGO – An 11,686-square-foot office building in San Diego has sold to Jason R. Larson for $3 million. The building is located at 5925 Kearny Villa Road. The buyer plans to use the first floor of the building as the headquarters for Lars Remodeling and Design. The current tenant will continue to occupy the second floor. The building was constructed in 1991. Larson was represented by Jody VanSumer of San Diego Market Realty. The seller, 5925 Kearny LLC, was represented by Derek Hulse and Derek Applbaum of Colliers International.

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TUCSON, ARIZ. – An 11,036-square-foot medical building in Tucson that is leased to Arizona Oncology has sold to Redyns Development for $2.9 million. The building is located at 1620 W. St. Mary’s Road. Redyns was represented by Stephen Cohen and Russ Hall of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR. The seller, St. Mary’s Silverbell Building LLC, was represented by CBRE’s Mike Sandahl, Wyatt Campbell and Buzz Isaacson.

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ALLEN, TEXAS — Cassidy Turley has arranged a lease renewal for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.’s 62,791-square-foot office space at Allen Station in Allen. Randy Cooper and Craig Wilson of Cassidy Turley represented State Farm in the transaction. John Hendricks and Wilson Brown of CBRE represented the landlord, LIT Finance LP. Allen Station is located at 381 E. Exchange Parkway and spans 220,326 square feet. State Farm has occupied the building since 2004. Allen Station was built in 2001 and is located just east of U.S. Highway 75 on the north side of Exchange Parkway.

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