BRISTOL, PA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of 360 George Patterson Boulevard, a 50,000-square-foot life sciences building situated within Bridge Business Center in Bristol, located in Bucks County. At the time of sale, the building was fully leased to Abzena, a pharmacological research and manufacturing company that recently extended its lease through 2032. Stephen Marzullo, Adam Silverman, Robert Zwengler, Ken Zirk, Matthew Knowles and Anthony Hayes of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — WashREIT (NYSE: WRE) has agreed to sell substantially all of its office portfolio to a Brookfield Asset Management private real estate fund for $766 million. The portfolio consists of 12 office assets spanning nearly 2.4 million square feet in metro Washington, D.C. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter. As of May 31, the office portfolio was approximately 83 percent occupied. Six of the properties are located in Northern Virginia — 515 King Street, Courthouse Square, 1600 Wilson Boulevard, Fairgate at Ballston, Arlington Tower and Silverline Center. The other six assets are located in Washington, D.C. They include 1901 Pennsylvania Avenue, 1220 19th Street, 2000 M Street, 1140 Connecticut Avenue, the Army Navy Building and 1775 Eye Street. The sale coincides with WashREIT’s multi-year strategy of transforming into a multifamily REIT. The company has also signed a letter of intent to sell its remaining eight retail assets, and expects to complete that sale in the third quarter. WashREIT says it plans to use the net proceeds from the sales to fund the expansion of its multifamily platform through acquisitions in Southeast markets and to reduce its leverage by repaying outstanding debt. After the transaction …
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark has arranged a $500 million acquisition and construction loan for the redevelopment of 111 Wall Street, a 1.2 million-square-foot office building in downtown Manhattan. The 25-story building spans a full city block. The borrower, a joint venture between Nightingale Partners and Wafra Capital Partners, will reposition the property to feature touchless and smart-building technology and add new amenities. The new suite of amenities will include a 125-seat conference center, café and barista bar, upscale food and beverage options, an event room and a fitness center. The new ownership will also install new windows and HVAC systems. Dustin Stolly and Jordan Roeschlaub of Newmark arranged the financing through an undisclosed direct lender. The redevelopment is expected to take about two years to complete.
RED BANK, N.J. — Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (NYSE: CLI) has sold River Centre, a six-building, 639,490-square-foot office complex in the Northern New Jersey community of Red Bank, for $84 million. First Mile Properties, an affiliate of New York-based Crown Acquisitions, acquired the Class A complex, which was 66 percent leased at the time of sale. The property offers amenities such as a fitness center, tenant lounge and a café with outdoor seating. Andy Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Frank DiTommaso, Seth Zuidema, Kevin Carton and Todd Elfand of Cushman & Wakefield represented Mack-Cali in the transaction. John Alascio, Alex Hernandez, Chuck Kohaut and T.J. Sullivan of Cushman & Wakefield arranged acquisition financing on behalf of First Mile Properties. The deal follows Mack-Cali’s divestiture of other office assets in Northern New Jersey, including its holdings in Short Hills (sold for $255 million) and in Edison and Iselin (sold for $254 million).
RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has brokered the $32.5 million sale of Brookfield Commons, a 90,598-square-foot Class A medical office property located at 6600 West Broad St. in Richmond. Eric Robison, Catharine Spangler and Birck Turnbull of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the seller, an entity managed by Stanley Shield Partnership, in the transaction. Nashville-based Montecito Medical Real Estate acquired the property. Brookfield Commons is a newly renovated medical office property located directly off Interstate 64 along West Broad Street in Richmond’s Midtown district. Built in 1977 and formerly known as the headquarters for the Virginia Department of Transportation, Brookfield Commons underwent a full-scale renovation in 2019. The property was 100 percent leased at the time of sale to four tenants including Central Virginia’s only ENT surgery center, Richmond’s largest pulmonary practice, a full-service imaging center and one of the region’s largest women’s healthcare practices.
ATLANTA — FanDuel Group, a fantasy sports betting and entertainment company, plans to open a new technology office within Ponce City Market in Atlanta. The New York-based company selected the historic development in the city’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood as the new technology hub for its software engineering, product development, user experience and user interface teams. The company plans to grow its Atlanta-based workforce to approximately 900 colleagues over the next five years. These staffers will be housed in a 68,000-square-foot space on the third floor. FanDuel workers will enjoy Ponce City Market’s onsite amenities, including a food court, shops, direct access to the Atlanta Beltline, proximity to an urban Kroger grocery store, furnished corporate apartments, bike storage, fitness options and child daycare. The owner/developer of Ponce City Market, Jamestown, recently unveiled new plans to include 500,000 square feet of new development and neighborhood amenities at Ponce City Market. The new uses include an office building, outdoor courtyard surrounded by 38,000 square feet of shopping and dining and more than 400 units in a new hospitality living concept.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Silver Creek Development has purchased Ascend at Chandler Airport Center, a Class A office property located on 11 acres at 1811 E. Northrop Blvd. in Chandler. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $34.2 million. Build in 2016 and renovated in 2018, the two-story building features 130,642 square feet of office space. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased on a long-term basis as the corporate headquarters of Zovio, a technology services company. Chris Toci and Chad Littell of Cushman & Wakefield represented both parties in the transaction. Greg Mayer, also of Cushman & Wakefield, provided leasing advisory services.
MIAMI — Nuveen Real Estate is nearing completion of renovations at three of its office properties in Miami. The assets are located at 801 Brickell and 701 Brickell in the city’s Brickell financial district and at Waterford Business District, a 250-acre office hub that Nuveen co-owns with Allianz Real Estate. The capital improvements total $55 million in value and include digital, touchless features, new tenant amenities, building systems upgrades and other upscale renovations. The three office properties are slated to be complete by the first quarter of 2022. At 701 Brickell, an office tower in Miami’s Brickell financial district, JLL and Origin Construction are currently leading the remodel in progress. The renovations of the 685,835-square-foot tower comprises a complete remodeling of the main lobby with modern design features and furniture, the addition of a full-service fitness center, installation of touchless entry points and upgrades to the elevator port system to provide touchless access. As part of these capital improvements, an amenity floor was completed last year with a tenants-only lounge and conference center facility. Currently, 701 Brickell has tenants such as Holland & Knight, Kaseya, Expedia and the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. The capital improvements on the other …
LAS VEGAS — The Howard Hughes Corp. has broken ground on two new projects at Summerlin in Las Vegas: 1700 Pavilion and Tanager Echo. Located directly south of the Las Vegas Ballpark, the 10-story 1700 Pavilion will feature 267,000 square feet of office space on three acres. The property will offer touchless entry from the garage to tenant suits and enhanced filtration throughout the building. Completion is slated for third-quarter 2022. The project team for 1700 Pavilion includes Hart Howerton, KGA Architects, Whiting Turner and CBRE as broker of record. Tanager Echo will bring 295 additional residential units to downtown Summerlin as the second phase of the Tanager multifamily project. The planned five- to six-story building will wrap around a 455-space parking garage allowing tenants direct parking access to their floor of residence. The unit mix will include studio, junior one-bedroom apartments and single- and two-bedroom apartments. Community amenities will include a clubhouse with concierge service, co-working area and lounge space, private dining room, a two-story entertainment space with bar, pool table, gaming area, fireplace and oversized seating for large gatherings and an outdoor pool area and spa with private cabanas, lounge seating, a firepit and barbecue areas. Additionally, the …
INDIANAPOLIS — Colliers International has brokered the sale of The Academy Building in downtown Indianapolis for an undisclosed price. The historic office building, located at 429 E. Vermont St., rises four stories and spans 30,436 square feet. Built in 1911 as the girl’s school St. Mary’s Academy, the property is now 87 percent occupied by 21 tenants. Alex Cantu and Alex Davenport of Colliers represented the seller, The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis. Indianapolis-based Shook Realty Group LLC was the buyer.