MERRIMACK, N.H. — Bradstreet & Chandler and Novaya Real Estate Ventures have acquired Heron Cove Office Park, a 152,308-square-foot, three-building office park in Merrimack. Constructed between 1999 and 2001, the park is among the newest office products in the Greater Manchester/Nashua submarket. Castle Hill Partners sold the portfolio to HCOP Merrimack LLC, a joint venture of Boston-based Novaya Real Estate Ventures and Bradstreet & Chandler. Bill Moylan and Roger Dieker of CBRE/NE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Kyle Juszczyszyn and Josh Klimkiewicz of CBRE/NE arranged the financing through East Boston Savings Bank. CBRE/NE’s Roger Dieker, Mike Tamposi and Chris Healey will handle the leasing of Heron Cove going forward. At closing, the park was 59 percent occupied by tenants including Intel Corp., Pennichuck Water Works Inc. and Tyler Technologies Inc.
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PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Emergency Medical Associates (EMA), a provider of hospital emergency room services, has expanded its headquarters to 70,000 square feet at 3 Century Drive in Parsippany. Jon Williams of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction, which added 24,000 square feet to the organization’s space at the KRE Group property. EMA has been located at 3 Century Drive since 2011, when it initially leased two floors. The expansion added a third.
SAN FRANCISCO – Equity Office Properties Trust has unloaded two office complexes north of San Francisco for a reported $100 million. The disposition includes Drake’s Landing, a 130,177-square-foot office complex in Greenbrae, and Wood Island, an 82,731-square-foot complex in Larkspur. Drake’s Landing was purchased by a large life insurance company, while Harrigan, Weidenmuller Co. snatched up Wood Island. The three-building Drake’s Landing is located at 100, 300, 500 Drakes Landing Road. It is 88 percent occupied. The two-building Wood Island is located at 60-80 E. Sir Francis Drake Blvd. It is 95 percent occupied. Both properties are situated near Highway 101, which connects Marin County to San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge. Harrigan, Weidenmuller Co. was represented by Tim Muller, Brian Muller and Jim Clifford of Montgomery Advisors. Equity Office was represented by Michel Seifer, Rob Hielscher and Aaron Herter of Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) Capital Markets.
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIF. — Majestic Realty has broken ground on a 166,000-square-foot speculative office building in the City of Industry. The project will be located at 13300 Crossroads Parkway North in the master-planned Crossroads Business Park. It is scheduled for completion next April. This is the largest Class A office building to be built in the San Gabriel Valley in more than 10 years, according to Majestic. Bank of the West will occupy 93,058 square feet at the new space.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis office of CBRE has arranged the sale of an 11,340-square-foot warehouse and office facility located at 1801 S. Lawndale in Indianapolis. The facility is situated on a 1.7 acres. Mark Writt of CBRE represented the seller in this transaction. The facility was formerly owned by OFP Family Partners Ltd. Chip Barnes of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the buyer, The John M. Sikich Jr. Trust, which plans to expand its operations into Indiana.
CARLISLE, PA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of 1 and 2 Ames Drive in Carlisle, located about 22 miles southwest of Harrisburg, Pa. A partnership of Dermody Properties, operating partner, and PCCP, capital partner, purchased the industrial asset, located within the PA I-81/I-78 Corridor, from a partnership comprising USAA and Trammell Crow Development. The property includes a new, currently vacant, 700,000-square-foot building at 2 Ames Drive, as well as a land site approved for 602,000 square feet at 1 Ames Drive. Gerry Blinebury, Adam Campbell, Pat McBride and Leah Balerno of Cushman & Wakefield handled the sale transaction. Blinebury and Campbell are overseeing leasing for the property.
OAKLAND, CALIF. — American Indian Model Schools (AIMS) has received a $4.5-million acquisition loan for a 41,000-square-foot office building in Oakland that houses the school’s main campus. American Indian Charter School II is located at 171 12th Street. This is AIMS’ largest of its three charter schools within the Oakland area. It contains more than 650 students in kindergarten through 8th grade. The loan was provided by Eagle Group Finance. AIMS was represented by Gilda Rivera of George Smith Partners in the sales transaction. The seller was not named.
CHICAGO — MB Real Estate has completed a 182,000-square-foot office lease to the Board Of Education of The City of Chicago (BECC) within the former Sears department store space at 1 N. Dearborn in Chicago. BECC will relocate its headquarter offices to the property from 125 S. Clark with an occupancy date set for November. MB Real Estate provides management and leasing services at the 17-floor, 940,000-square-foot property and represented ownership in the transaction. BECC will take a portion of the ground floor and the entirety of the lower level, second and third floors for its new offices. Gary Denenberg and Jesse Slack of MB Real Estate represented ownership, while Jeff Samaras and Chad Galayda of Cushman & Wakefield represented BECC in the lease negotiations.
BEDFORD, MASS. — Cassidy Turley today has represented AspenTech in a transaction that will relocate the company’s global headquarters at the end of 2014. AspenTech will move to 20, 22, and 28 Crosby Drive in Bedford into 143,000 square feet, almost doubling in size from its current 75,000-square-foot headquarters in Burlington. After a renovation, the new headquarters will satisfy occupancy for more than 600 AspenTech employees. Michael O’Leary, John Boyle and Brian Hines of Cassidy Turley represented AspenTech in the transaction. Torin Taylor, Rich Ruggiero and Rory Walsh of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord. Crosby Corporate Center is a nine-building office park settled on 52 acres totaling 589,783 square feet.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — MIM-Hayden Real Estate Funds has completed renovations to its office property formerly known as Walnut Hill Plaza located at 150 S. Warner Road in King of Prussia. Improvements to the property include a new entryway, light fixtures and a light sculpture in the atrium, along with renovated common areas and bathrooms. Additional exterior upgrades include new landscaping, a new monument sign and additional parking. The office property is located at the intersection of Routes 422 and 202. According to LoopNet.com, the office complex spans 150,000 square feet.