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Plaza 85 Business Park

NORCROSS, GA. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Plaza 85 Business Park, a nine-building industrial, office and flex park totaling 191,526 square feet in Norcross. Dennis Mitchell, Matt Wirth, Britton Burdette, Mitchell Townsend and Bo Osgood of JLL represented the seller, Atlanta-based Elmo Enterprises LLC. Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital LLC purchased the park for an undisclosed price. Plaza 85 Business Park is leased to 43 tenants and includes clear heights ranging from 12 to 18 feet, dock-high and drive-in doors and a combination of rear- and front-loading configurations. Since acquiring the property in 2020, Elmo Enterprises executed a property improvement plan that resulted in exterior and interior upgrades, new roofs on some buildings and office space. Situated on 13.8 acres at 5970-6040 Unity Drive, the property has immediate access to Interstate 85.

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PRINCETON, N.J. — JLL has brokered the sale of West Windsor Commons, a two-building, 302,000-square-foot office complex in Princeton. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Bristol Myers Squibb and Merrill Lynch/Bank of America. Amenities include a courtyard, fitness center and a cafeteria. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Steve Simonelli, Alexander Alfier, David Stifelman and Jason Benson of JLL represented the seller, a partnership between insurance companies John Hancock Financial and Manulife, in the transaction. The team also procured the undisclosed buyer.

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LAKE FOREST, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $19.7 million sale of Forest Square in Lake Forest, about 30 miles north of Chicago. The 53,122-square-foot office and retail property is located at 840 S. Waukegan Road and was built in 2008. The building was nearly 90 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tenants include Lake Forest Family Dental, Envision Health, Physical Therapy of Lake Forest, The Hearing Lab, Abbott Laboratories, LoMastro Performing Arts Academy, Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, Jimmy Johns and Starbucks. Stephen Lieberman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, GCP Forest Square LLC. Woodard Properties LLC was the buyer.

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SPRING, TEXAS — NAI Partners has negotiated a 43,230-square-foot office lease at Wildwood Corporate Centre I in the northern Houston suburb of Spring. Jon Silberman and Pierce Beyer of NAI Partners represented the tenant, locally based engineering and construction firm Strike Construction LLC, in the lease negotiations. Steve Rocher and Jason Presley of CBRE represented the undisclosed landlord.

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NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has negotiated a 16,624-square-foot office lease at 444 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant will occupy the entire 14th floor of the 42-story building, which was recently renovated. Paul Amrich, Meghan Allen, James Ackerson and Max Tarter of CBRE represented the landlord, Westbrook Partners, in the lease negotiations. Amrich also represented the tenant, EOS Investors LLC.

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NEW YORK CITY — Reidy Contracting Group has signed a 7,723-square-foot office lease at The Banks Building, located at 58 W. 40th St. in Manhattan. Michael Nazarian and Matt Kashani of Norman Bobrow & Co. represented the tenant, which is expanding and relocating from a 4,000-square-foot space at 120 West 31st Street, in the lease negotiations. Laura Belt Ponomarev represented the landlord, an entity doing business as 58-64 40th St. Corp., on an internal basis.

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LOS ANGELES — Newmark has arranged the sale of Hollywood Media Campus, a 3.5-acre site located at 1350 N. Western Ave. in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. New York City-based The Georgetown Co. acquired the asset from Pasadena-based Gemdale USA for $93 million. The site features a fully leased, 75,593-square-foot office building and an adjacent development parcel. Netflix fully occupies the office building under a sublease from master lessee Zest Finance. The development parcel is a 1.7-acre site with the right to build in accordance with current zoning and the opportunity to increase density with a zoning change. Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Rob Hannan and Laura Stumm of Newmark represented the seller in the deal.

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BURLINGTON, MASS. — SVN | Parsons Commercial Group | Boston has arranged the $8.8 million sale of a 40,000-square-foot office/flex building in Burlington, a northern suburb of Boston. The building sits on three acres just off Route 128 and across from the Burlington Mall. Marci Alvarado of SVN represented the seller, a partnership between two limited liability companies, in the transaction. Dean Blackey and Elizabeth Holmes of RW Holmes represented the buyer, ACCO Properties LLC.

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EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $23.5 million sale-leaseback of 11000 Viking Drive, a two-building office campus totaling 258,850 square feet in the Minneapolis suburb of Eden Prairie. Colin Ryan, David Berglund and Pat Williams of JLL represented the seller, photography company Shutterfly LLC, and the buyer, Tempus Real Estate Partners. Shutterfly will continue to occupy the east building, which rises five stories and was built in 2004. The City of Eden Prairie plans to tear down the vacant west building, which rises four stories and was constructed in 1997. The space will be utilized for native grasses, wildflowers and a paved trail.

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NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has negotiated a 20,293-square-foot office lease at 444 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant will occupy the entire 10th floor of the 42-story building, which was recently renovated. Paul Amrich, Meghan Allen, James Ackerson and Max Tarter of CBRE represented the landlord, Westbrook Partners, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, The Doris Duke Management Foundation, was not disclosed.

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