NEW YORK CITY — Three apparel companies have signed office leases totaling 35,458 square feet at 463 Seventh Ave., a 22-story building in Manhattan’s Garment District. Sensual Inc. signed a lease for 23,785 square feet, A.W. Chang Corp. renewed its lease for 8,936 square feet and Blue Duck Trading Ltd. signed a 2,737-square-foot renewal. David Levy of Adams & Co. Real Estate represented the landlord, Arsenal Co., in all three sets of lease negotiations. Built in 1925, 463 Seventh Ave. is located within Penn Plaza and recently underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation.
NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO — Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the $10.7 million sale of Millennium Place East & West, a two-building office portfolio in North Olmsted, a western suburb of Cleveland. The two buildings span nearly 140,000 square feet and are approximately 68 percent occupied. Moen is the anchor tenant. Dan Cooper of Cooper Group represented the seller, an Ohio-based private investment group. A private investor was the buyer. The sales price represents a cap rate of 9.4 percent.
COOPER CITY, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $15.3 million sale of The Centre at Stirling & Palm, a two-building office campus in Cooper City. The assets span 64,436 square feet and were 94 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including BS Hair Shop, Progressive Insurance, Embassy Loans and Sushi Sago. The property is situated at 9900 and 10000 Stirling Road, 25 miles north of downtown Miami. Scott O’Donnell, Greg Miller, Mike Ciadella, Dominic Montazemi and Miguel Alcivar of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, The Centre at Stirling & Palm Inc., in the transaction. Jason Hochman of Cushman & Wakefield arranged $9.5 million in acquisition financing through an undisclosed lender on behalf of the buyer, an entity doing business as 9900 Building LLC.
REDMOND, WASH. — JLL has arranged the sale of 9805 Willows, a single-tenant office property located in Redmond. A joint venture between Graymark Capital and Blue Vista Capital Management sold the asset to Invesco Real Estate for an undisclosed price. Originally built in 1998, the 80,980-square-foot building, which features 14-foot ceilings, is currently undergoing an extensive renovation. Logan Greer, Gerry Rohm, Michael Leggett and Kaden Eichmeier of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller and procured the buyer.
PEORIA, ARIZ. — Newmark has negotiated the sale of Adelante Healthcare Plaza, a two-tenant medical and retail building located at 15525 N. 83rd Ave. in Peoria. A 1031 exchange investor acquired the asset from a private seller for $4.8 million. Adelante Healthcare and MacMedia occupy the 15,566-square-foot property, with Adelante Healthcare as the anchor tenant. Newmark describes the property as “medtail,” a term for traditional retail centers that include a heavy mix of medical office tenants. Steve Julius, Jesse Goldsmith and Chase Dorsett of Newmark represented the seller, while Geoffrey Turbow of CBRE represented the buyer.
BOSTON — BioMed Realty has acquired the former headquarters of John Hancock Life Insurance Co. in Boston and plans to convert the 14-story building into a life sciences facility. The building, which is located at 601 Congress St. in the Seaport District, features floor plates ranging from 19,000 to 50,000 square feet, 11 elevators, 14-foot ceilings on the second and third floors, 12-foot ceilings on the fifth through 14th floors, a fitness center, six-story atrium, two rooftop decks, conference center and a café. The property has sat vacant since 2018 when John Hancock consolidated its Boston offices to its building in the Back Bay district. BioMed, a Blackstone subsidiary, acquired the 485,000-square-foot property from an affiliate of Manulife Investment Management for an undisclosed price. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen and Samantha Hallowell of Newmark brokered the deal. BioMed says the building is ideal for the planned conversion due to its mechanical and structural infrastructure, collaborative meeting areas and strong visual identity. BioMed is yet to select a general contractor for the conversion project, which the San Diego-based company expects to deliver in the second half of 2022. The Seaport District is situated along the Boston Main Channel and is …
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II has completed the sale of an office property located within District 237, an eight-building, 415,492-square-foot office/R&D complex in San Jose. Thor Equities acquired the asset for $50.5 million. Located at 350 Holger Way, the three-story, 96,502-square-foot building was fully renovated in 2019 and is currently 100 percent leased through 2027. The building offers extensive glass lines and efficient floor plates, as well as an outdoor amenity area and upgraded exteriors, landscaping and parking lot. Joe Moriarty, Scott Prosser, Jack DePuy, Russell Ingrum, Brad Zampa and Mike Walker of CBRE Northern California Capital Markets team brokered the transaction. Bruce Fischer, Howard Chu and Amanda Kennedy of Greenberg Traurig LPP’s Orange County office represented KBS as legal counsel in the disposition.
WYOMISSING, PA. — Philadelphia-based Equus Capital Partners has sold a three-building, 262,615-square-foot life sciences portfolio in Wyomissing, located just outside Reading in Berks County. An affiliate of Miami-based Kawa Capital Management purchased the portfolio for an undisclosed price. The buildings are located within the 53-acre Knitting Mills campus and house office and lab space that is leased to tenants such as UGI Energy Services, Teleflex and Tower Health. The site was originally built in the early 20th century as a manufacturing hub for The Berkshire Knitting Mills. Equus bought the site in 2016 with plans to redevelop it into a life sciences campus.
OLD BRIDGE, N.J. — General contractor Unity Construction Services Inc. has completed a 38,000-square-foot office project for regional grocer Key Food’s corporate headquarters in Old Bridge, about 40 miles south of New York City. Key Food is relocating from Staten Island to the new building, which houses open and private offices, conference rooms, a fitness center, an executive suite and a test kitchen. California-based Ware Malcomb designed the project.
By Jonathan Glick, executive vice president, Sheldon Gross Realty Projecting future trends is always challenging, particularly when you’re attempting to do it during a global pandemic. But to date, several promising signs suggest that New Jersey’s office market is moving in a positive direction —sluggishly and bumpily, perhaps — but in an encouraging direction nonetheless. Newly delivered projects can provide insight on where the Garden State’s office market is headed in terms of geography, design, functionality and usage. We offer several examples of 2020 deals that help illustrate these trends. Sheldon Gross marketed and brokered the sale of a two-story 13,000-square-foot office building in Cranbury that featured an appealing location, just off exit 8A of the New Jersey Turnpike. The structure had been for sale and vacant for two years, but its out-of-state owner was willing to wait until a fair market offer materialized, which it did just prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. But with the pandemic unleashed on the market, all communication and negotiations ceased. By May, the prospective purchaser had withdrawn from the transaction. It wasn’t until September that a new deal was negotiated with a buyer that intended to occupy most of the building, rather than sharing …