PARSIPPANY, N.J. — The Birch Group has purchased a 191,249-square-foot office complex in Parsippany, located approximately 30 miles west of New York City. The complex comprises two buildings located at 99 and 119 Cherry Hill Road that were 88 percent leased at the time of sale. Jeffrey Dunne, Jeremy Neuer and Steve Bardsley led a CBRE team that represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The team also procured the Birch Group as the buyer. The sales price was undisclosed.
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HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated the sale of Concourse at Westway, a 130,223-square-foot office building located at 4700 W. Sam Houston Parkway in Houston. Built in 1999, the Class B property was 56 percent leased at the time of sale. Trent Agnew, Kevin McConn and Marty Hogan of JLL represented the seller, EverWest, in the transaction. The buyer was Houston-based investment firm Griffin Partners, which will implement a value-add program.
DALLAS — Travel advisory firm TripActions has signed an 88,490-square-foot office lease at Renaissance Tower, a 56-story office tower located at 1201 Elm St. in downtown Dallas. Dennis Barnes, Clay Gilbert and Ben Davis of CBRE represented the landlord, a partnership between Moinian Group and SMA Equities, in the lease negotiations. Evan Hammer, David Harris and Jade Scott of Whitebox Real Estate, along with Bo McNally and David Bergeron of T3 Advisors, represented TripActions.
Burgess Properties Brokers $11.8M Sale of Three Office Buildings in Malden, Massachusetts
by Alex Patton
MALDEN, MASS. — Burgess Properties Inc. has brokered the $11.8 million sale of three office buildings totaling 34,696 square feet in Malden, a northern suburb of Boston. Located at 15-23 Pleasant St., 11 Dartmouth St. and 17 Dartmouth St., the buildings are situated in close proximity to each other as well as to the Malden Orange Line T and Commuter Rail Stop transit lines. Steve Nohrden of Burgess Properties represented the seller, North River Malden II, in the transaction. Nohrden also represented the buyer, Boston-based developer Quaker Lane Capital.
CINCINNATI — Neyer Properties has hired Cushman & Wakefield to manage a portfolio of office properties totaling 1.9 million square feet throughout greater Cincinnati. The portfolio includes buildings such as 36 E. 7th Street, Centennial Plaza III, Baldwin 200, Keystone Parke I and Fountain Pointe I and II. Marnie Castleberry of Cushman & Wakefield will serve as account manager for the portfolio. Cincinnati-based Neyer is one of the largest property owners in greater Cincinnati.
DALLAS — Locally based investment firm Ricchi Group has acquired Optima Business Park, a 200,000-square-foot office park located at 8777 N. Stemmons Freeway in northwest Dallas. The property, which previously served as the headquarters for cosmetics firm Mary Kay, consists of an eight-story building that was constructed in 1976 and a five-story building that was added in 1985. Len Wood of American Group LLC represented Ricchi Group in the transaction. Jay Lucas of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Optima Stemmons LLC.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 218,312-square-foot office lease renewal at 3201 N. Sylvania Ave. in Fort Worth. Rick Hughes of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corp., in the lease negotiations. James Whitney represented the landlord, Sylvania Industrial Park Inc., on an internal basis.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Q2 Holdings, a provider of cloud-based software, has signed a full-building lease to occupy Aspen Lake Three, a 128,990-square-foot office project under construction in Austin. The developer, a joint venture between Patrinely Group and USAA Real Estate, plans to begin construction on the Class A project this spring. Will Douglas, Russell Young and Harrison Schuhmacher of JLL represented Q2 Holdings in the lease negotiations. Ben Tolson of AQUILA Commercial and Dennis Tarro of Patrinely Group represented the joint venture.
HOUSTON — LandPark Advisors LLC has brokered the sale of a 68,000-square-foot office building located at 397 N. Sam Houston Parkway in Houston. The building is situated on three acres near Beltway 8, Interstate 45 and George Bush Intercontinental Airport and includes a three-story parking deck. Will McGrath and Ryan Burnaman of LandPark Advisors represented the seller, JLC Omni LLC, in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.
NorthMarq Arranges $185M Loan for Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Campus in Arizona
by Amy Works
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — The San Diego office of NorthMarq has arranged a $185 million loan for the recently completed Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems’ campus in Chandler. A life insurance company funded the fixed-rate loan, which amortizes over 23 years. Eric Flyckt, Wyatt Campbell and Casey Allred of NorthMarq secured the loan for Northrop Grumman, an aerospace and defense technologies designer and manufacturer. The campus comprises a three-story, Class A office building totaling 352,545 square feet and a 269,852-square-foot manufacturing facility. The property serves as Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems’ Launch Vehicle Division Headquarters. Designed and manufactured at the campus, the launch vehicles transport cargo to the International Space Station, launch satellites and are used for military functions. The campus is located within San Diego-based Douglas Allred Co.’s Park Place, a 200-acre business park situated at the intersection of Loop 101 and 202 freeways.