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NEW HAVEN, CT. — Pearce Real Estate has brokered the $5 million sale of three adjacent multifamily and office properties in New Haven. The properties comprise the Farrel Mansion at 490 Propspect St.; Doane Hall at 492 Prospect St.; Great Hall at 411 Mansfield St. Combined, the properties offer 28,659 square feet that the buyer, Albertus Magnus College, plans to use for additional dorm space. Jamie Cuzzocreo of Pearce represented Albertus Magnus in the transaction. Frank D’Ostilio of Real Living represented the seller, Overseas Ministries.

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NEW YORK CITY — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 5,962-square-foot lease for WiredScore in Lower Manhattan. WiredScore has leased the entire second floor of 155 Wooster Street for three years, starting in September 2019. The company is more than doubling its office size from its previous location at 494 Broadway, where it occupied 2,700 square feet. Dennis Someck, Justin Myers and Conor Krup of Lee & Associates represented WiredScore in the negotiations. Someck and Myers also represented the landlord, Centurion Realty.

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SAN FRANCISCO — CBRE has arranged the sale of an office building located at 747 Front St. in San Francisco’s Jackson Square district. Polidev sold the asset to Bridgeton Holdings for an undisclosed price. Built in 1909, the four-story, 85,500-square-foot property has undergone substantial creative improvements in recent years, including open floor plans and expansive windows that showcase the 12- to 15-foot clear heights. The property also features a private roof deck with 360-degree views of the San Francisco Bay. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased to a diverse tenant base, including Minted and Funding Circle. Kyle Kovac, Mike Taquino, Russell Ingrum, Mandy Lee and Giancarlo Sangiacomo of CBRE’s San Francisco office represented the seller. Mike Walker, Brad Zampa and Megan Woodring of CBRE’s San Francisco office arranged $54.9 million acquisition loan for the buyer. The five-year, non-recourse loan features full-term interest-only payments and a floating rate.

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PLANO, TEXAS — Pennsylvania-based investment firm Equus Capital Partners Ltd. has purchased Legacy Place, a two-building office complex totaling 299,898 square feet in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Plano. Both six-story buildings were built in the late 1990s and are situated on a 15.3-acre site along Tennyson Parkway. Equus Capital will undertake a multimillion-dollar repositioning program that will deliver an enhanced outdoor patio and collaboration area, upgraded lobby, expanded fitness center and a new tenant lounge. The buildings were 88 percent leased at the time of sale. The seller was not disclosed.

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CHICAGO — Ready Capital has provided a $44.4 million loan for the acquisition and stabilization of a 473,000-square-foot Class B office building in Chicago’s East Loop. The nonrecourse, floating-rate loan will provide funds for the leasing costs associated with extending tenants long term and stabilizing the rent roll at market rents, according to Ready Capital. The loan features a 48-month term and a loan-to-cost ratio of 71 percent, with one extension option and flexible prepayment. The borrower was not disclosed.

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BAYFIELD, WIS. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the $7.8 million sale of a 26,640-square-foot office building in Bayfield in upstate Wisconsin along Lake Superior. The National Park Service occupies the single-tenant building, which is located at 37705 Roys Point Blvd. The property serves as a marina, boat maintenance facility and field office for the 21 islands and 43,000 acres of public lands that make up the Apostle Islands National Park. Scott Briggs of Stan Johnson represented the seller, Wisconsin-based Roy’s Pointe LP. Delaware-based Bayfield WI I SGF LLC purchased the property.

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NEW CANEY, TEXAS — The East Montgomery County Improvement District (EMCID) will develop a 30,000-square-foot office building in New Caney, a northeastern suburb of Houston. The property will be located within a 500-acre industrial park that EMCID owns. The development team, which received a $1.5 million grant for the project from the U.S. Department of Commerce, hopes to break ground by October and finish construction within six months. A general contractor has not yet been appointed.

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DALLAS — Common Desk, a locally based coworking concept, has moved its headquarters to Factory Six03, a 215,000-square-foot office building located in the West End area of Dallas. Common Desk opened an 18,000-square-foot coworking space at the property earlier this year. Granite Properties, a privately owned development and investment firm with five offices across the country, owns the building, which was formerly used as a warehouse. Common Desk now operates six coworking spaces in Dallas-Fort Worth, with a seventh coming soon to Trammell Crow Center.

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CHICAGO — Tishman Speyer has released renderings for 320 N. Sangamon, a 13-story, 270,000-square-foot office project in Chicago’s Fulton Market District. Along with its co-developer Goodman & Associates, Tishman Speyer plans to break ground on the project on Thursday, Sept. 26. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2021. The building will feature floor plates ranging from 25,000 to 28,000 square feet. Employees at the property will have access to ZO, Tishman Speyer’s offering of lifestyle services and amenities. Solomon Cordwell Buenz is the project architect. Ellen May and Joe Gordon of Tishman Speyer will market the property for lease.

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CHICAGO — International coworking company Offix has opened its first U.S. office at Catalyst Lofts in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Offix occupies 6,394 square feet at 917 W. 18th St. Besides flexible workspace and private offices, Offix members have access to meeting rooms, business lobbies, a fully equipped kitchen and event lounge. Chad Schroedl and Adam Thomas of SVN Chicago Commercial represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease transaction. Leibel Moscowitz of Vandon Forbes Real Estate represented the tenant.

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