BOSTON — Locally based developer The Fallon Co. has completed construction of a 310,000-square-foot office project for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual) in Boston’s Seaport District. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 10. Construction of the build-to-suit property, which will be located within the $4 billion Fan Pier mixed-use development, began in June 2019. Approximately 1,000 employees will work at the 17-story building, which will serve as a hub for the company’s digital and technology divisions.
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ROSEMONT, ILL. — Celero Commerce, a financial tech company, has renewed its 27,000-square-foot, full-floor office lease at Pointe O’Hare in Rosemont. The Class A office tower is located at 9550 W. Higgins Road. Celero inherited the Chicago-area office following its acquisition of Transnational Payments in October 2020, marking the sixth acquisition for the company since its formation in November 2018. Celero has approximately 260 employees with continued plans for expansion. Campbell Puckett, Andrew Kaplan and Jon Springer of CBRE represented Celero in the lease.
POWAY, CALIF. — Stos Partners has purchased a corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility located at 13955 Stowe Drive in Poway. A private seller sold the asset for $8.6 million. Stos Partners plans to implement a series of capital upgrades including interior office rehabilitation, roof repair and HVAC system replacement. Shortly after closing, the buyer secured a tenant to fully occupy the 37,500-square-foot office and manufacturing building. James Duncan and Mickey Morera of Kidder Matthews represented Stos Partners in the transaction. C3Bank provided financing for the acquisition.
PEABODY, MASS. — JLL has negotiated the $6.4 million sale of 8 Essex Center Drive, a 67,544-square-foot office building located in the northeastern Boston suburb of Peabody. The three-story building sits on 8.2 acres and was 83 percent leased at the time of sale. Kerry Hawkins and Scott Carpenter of JLL represented the seller, PGA Realty, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, an entity doing business as Essex Drive Realty LLC.
HOUSTON — Impact Networking, an Illinois-based provider of cloud-based cybersecurity and marketing services, has signed a 16,000-square-foot office lease at East River, a 150-acre mixed-use development in Houston’s Historic Fifth Ward. Locally based developer Midway is underway on vertical construction of the first phase of East River, which includes office, retail and restaurant space. A timeline for Impact Networking’s move-in was not disclosed. Midway also recently announced an initial slate of retail and restaurant tenants that have committed to East River.
BERWYN, PA. — Florida-based investment firm Accesso has acquired Westlakes, a four-building, 455,183-square-foot office campus located in the northwestern Philadelphia suburb of Berwyn. Situated on 40.4 acres, Westlakes was 92 percent leased at the time of sale with a weighted average remaining lease term of 4.7 years. Tenants include PNC Bank, Brinker Capital, Montgomery McCracken, Chartwell Investment Partners and Amring Pharmaceuticals. Amenities include multiple dining options, two fitness centers and walking trails. The seller was locally based investment and development firm Keystone Property Group. The sales price was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — CLEAR (NYSE: YOU), a locally based provider of identity verification services, has signed a 119,000-square-foot office lease at 85 Tenth Avenue in Manhattan. The company will occupy two floors at the 11-story building, which was originally constructed in 1913. Jared Horowitz and Jason Perla of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Edward Riguardi and Anthony Cugini of Vornado Realty Trust and Stephen Winter of Related Cos. represented building ownership on an internal basis.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has secured a $48.9 million loan for Tower 101 and Centre 101, two connected Class A office towers near downtown Fort Lauderdale. Melissa Rose and Giancarlo Paone of JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, Greenwich, Conn.-based Ivy Realty, to secure the three-year, floating-rate loan through Rialto Capital Management. The loan was meant to refinance existing debt and fund future capital improvements and leasing costs. Tower 101 is a 21-story office tower that connects to the six-story Centre 101. The properties are collectively 75.6 percent leased. Building amenities include 24-hour security, conference facilities and a courtesy shuttle to the Broward County Courthouse. In 2020, Ivy Realty renovated the property including outfitting the structured parking with electric vehicle charging stations and upgrading the full-service café and common areas, as well as modernizing the exterior entrance. Located at 101 NE 3rd Ave., the towers total 230,757 square feet. The towers are situated close to the Fort Lauderdale Brightline inner-city rail station, which connects to Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.
Pendulum Partners, Long Wharf Capital Purchase 111,384 SF Office Property in Culver City
by Amy Works
CULVER CITY, CALIF. — A partnership between Irvine-based Pendulum Property Partners and Boston-based Long Wharf Capital has acquired an office building in Culver City. Watt Properties and Edge Principal Advisors sold the asset for $55.9 million in an off-market transaction. Located at 3000 S. Robertson Blvd., the four-story building features 111,384 square feet of office space. Current tenants include Kaiser Permanente and WeWork. Mike Longo, Todd Tydlaska, Sean Sullivan and Greg Grant of CBRE represented the seller. The CBRE team also procured acquisition financing for the buyer from a regional bank.
CHICAGO — MoLo Solutions, a third-party logistics company within the transportation industry, has signed a 93,710-square-foot office lease at 167 N. Green St. in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood. MoLo connects clients with truck drivers and other shipping solutions. The company plans to expand significantly over the next few years. The property features a meeting area, onsite parking, gym, rooftop garden and NBA-sized basketball court. Kayla Beljan of MB Real Estate represented MoLo in the lease. Paige O’Neil and Annie Aldrich of Shapack Partners represented the undisclosed landlord.