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ALEXANDRIA, VA. — JLL has brokered the sale of Courthouse Square, a 120,031-square-foot office building located at 510 King St. in the Old Town Alexandria neighborhood. The historic, five-story property is situated near the Potomac River and a Metro station. Melrose Solomon Enterprises acquired Courthouse Square for an undisclosed price. The seller was also not disclosed, but Washington Business Journal reports that Brookfield Properties is the seller. Stephen Conley, Matt Nicholson, Kevin Byrd, Andrew Weir, Jim Meisel and Dave Baker of JLL represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Drake Greer of JLL arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer.

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HOUSTON — IHI Energy Solutions, a provider of carbon reduction technologies, has signed a 17,816-square-foot office headquarters lease at Atrium at Park Ten in Houston’s Energy Corridor area. The deal brings the 140,000-square-foot building to 98 percent occupancy. Kim Shapiro and Mike Martin of Avison Young represented the landlord, Florida-based Accesso, in the lease negotiations. Jennifer Meehan of Savills represented the tenant.

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SPRINGFIELD, VA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $14 million sale of a single-tenant flex office property in Springfield that is leased to Cox Communications. Located at 7741 Southern Drive, the 61,700-square-foot building was delivered in 1993 and has been occupied by Cox and its predecessor ever since. The property features offices, a laboratory, warehouse and auto repair space, as well as five loading bays and 414 surface parking spaces. Andrew Fallon and Philip Wellde Jr. of SRS represented the seller, Vienna, Va.-based WTG Properties Inc., in the transaction. The buyer, an entity doing business as CIA-7741 Southern Drive LLC, is a private real estate investment group based in Northern Virginia.

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CRANSTON, R.I. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.8 million sale of Park Avenue Plaza, a 24,750-square-foot retail property in Cranston. Built on 2.3 acres in 2006, the property was fully occupied at the time of sale, with all tenants operating on triple-net leases. Adam Cohen and Brett Kilar of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a locally based limited partnership, in the transaction. Maria DeAngeli, also with Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer, a Massachusetts-based investor.

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LEHI, UTAH — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Mountain Point Medical Center, a Class A medical office building in Lehi. An affiliate of The Inland Real Estate Group of Cos. sold the asset to an affiliate of Heitman LLC for an undisclosed price. The three-story, 60,000-square-foot outpatient medical building is fully leased to Centura Health through its recent acquisition of Steward Health Care’s ownership interest in its Utah healthcare operations. Tenants include a variety of medical specialities, such as orthopedics, general surgery, radiology, women’s health and ENT. Mindy Berman, Matt DiCesare and Vasili Davos of JLL Medical Properties Group, along with Phil Brierley and Cole Macadaeg of JLL’s Salt Lake City office, represented the seller and procured the buyer.  

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NEW YORK CITY — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $220 million in financing for the conversion of 55 Broad Street in New York City’s Financial District into 571 luxury apartment units. Conversion of the 30-story office tower will occur in phases. JLL arranged the four-year, floating-rate loan through Mexico City-based Banco Inbursa on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Metro Loft Developers LLC and Silverstein Properties. JLL also advised on the procurement and structuring of equity for the deal. The Rudin Family sold the building to the developers for about $173 million, according to Crain’s New York Business. Upon completion, 55 Broad Street will feature studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units along with roughly 17,000 square feet of amenity space. Amenities will include a rooftop pool, fitness center, coworking facilities and sports simulators. The project will be one of the first fully electric residential buildings in Manhattan, leveraging self-contained heating and cooling systems. Mechanical renovations will bring the building to 100 percent carbon neutral and will enable the creation of additional amenities and rentable floor area. Located less than two blocks from the Bowling Green subway station, 55 Broad Street offers connectivity to destinations across the city and the …

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RENO, NEV. — Montane Building Group has commenced tenant improvements at the headquarters of HDR, a company owned by NevDex Properties.  The project, located at 10615 Professional Circle, Suite 201, will span 3,882 square feet and include a modern office space featuring open work areas, private offices, a conference room, a mothers’ room and a break room.  HDR, known for its engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services, employs more than 11,000 people across 200 offices worldwide. The tenant improvement project is scheduled for completion in mid-August.

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NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $30 million loan for the refinancing of Brewster LIC, a 700,000-square-foot office complex located at 27-01 Queens Plaza North in the borough’s Long Island City area. The property, which is currently undergoing a capital improvement program, was 72 percent leased at the time of the loan closing to JetBlue and Amaris. Amenities include a fitness center, conference center, terraces and a designated food-and-beverage facility. Gideon Gil, Lauren Kaufman and Dale Braverman of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the debt through Apple Bank on behalf of the borrower, Brause Realty.

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ANDOVER, MASS. — Newmark has brokered the $58 million sale of two office and life sciences buildings totaling 273,662 square feet in Andover, a northern suburb of Boston. The building at 50 Minuteman Road totals 145,262 square feet and serves as the headquarters of Mercury, a provider of technology solutions for the aerospace and defense industries. The facility at 6 Technology Drive spans 128,400 square feet and serves as a design, development and manufacturing hub for Dräger, a supplier of medical and safety technology products. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen and Samantha Hallowell of Newmark represented the seller, California-based REIT Peakstone Realty Trust, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Boston-based Rhino Capital Advisors.

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