CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Chicago-based investment management firm Harrison Street has acquired Osborn Triangle, a 676,917-square-foot life sciences property situated adjacent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge. The complex encompasses three buildings, all of which were either recently built or renovated. The sale included a 650-space parking garage. Harrison Street partnered with Bulfinch Cos., a subsidiary of MIT that retains a partial interest in the property, for the acquisition. Osborn Triangle was fully leased at the time of sale to seven tenants, including anchors Pfizer, Novartis International AG and LabCentral, an incubator for life science and biotech startups. MIT will retain long-term ownership of the land. The sales price was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated a 19,799-square-foot office sublease at 1 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan on behalf of Quontic Bank, a privately held financial institution. The company will occupy the ninth floor of the 36-story building for the next six years. Tishman Speyer owns the property. Alexander Chudnoff, Benjamin Bass and Harrison Potter of JLL represented Quontic Bank in the lease negotiations. Greg Taubin, Scott Bogetti and Sean Hoffman of Savills Inc. represented the sublandlord, Trammo, which distributes fertilizers and chemicals.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Related Cos. has broken ground on 360 Rosemary, a planned 300,000-square-foot office building within West Palm Beach’s Rosemary Square neighborhood. The new office building will stand 20 stories and offer 10,000 square feet of amenity space, two indoor/outdoor terraces, seven levels of parking, shared car parking, onsite bike racks, a fitness center and an onsite conference facility. Rosemary Square is undergoing a $550 million transformation from a retail and entertainment center to a vibrant community and destination featuring commercial office space, green spaces, residences, experiential retail and culinary offerings. Rosemary Square sits on 72 acres and is located three miles from Palm Beach International Airport, and adjacent to the West Palm Beach Virgin Trains USA high-speed rail station, which connects West Palm Beach to Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Elkus Manfredi Architects and Leo A. Daly designed 360 Rosemary, which is expected to be complete by early 2021.
NORWOOD, MASS. — Organogenesis, which provides regenerative medicine for the surgical and sports medicine fields, has leased 43,850 square feet of lab and manufacturing space at 333 Providence Highway in the Boston suburb of Norwood. The single-story building consists of 86,450 square feet of office, lab and flex space. Rob Byrne, Paul Leone, Ryan Romano, George O’Connor and Philip Verre of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, The Davis Companies, in the lease negotiations. Landmark Real Estate Advisors represented the tenant.
DALLAS — HFF has negotiated the sale of several office and retail buildings totaling 421,617 square feet within Victory Park, a 75-acre mixed-use development in Dallas. Ryan Shore, Barry Brown and Chris Gerard of HFF represented the seller, Orlando-based investment firm Estein USA. Charlotte-based Asana Partners purchased the properties for an undisclosed price in an off-market transaction. The Victory Park area, located where Uptown and downtown Dallas converge, houses approximately 3,500 apartments, 1.5 million square feet of office space, the W Dallas Hotel and American Airlines Center, home of the Dallas Mavericks and Stars.
CINCINNATI — Viking Partners Fund IV LLC, in conjunction with a fund managed by DRA Advisors LLC, has acquired Towers of Kenwood in Cincinnati. Ajoint venture of Hines and a subsidiary of a real estate fund managed by Oaktree Capital Management LP sold the office property for$80.6 million, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier. Towers of Kenwood is a 404,425-square-foot, seven-story office building located at the intersection of I-71 and Montgomery Road. The property was 97 percent leased at the time of acquisition. Tenants include iHeart Media, Sibcy Cline, UBS Financial Services and JPMorgan Chase Bank. Viking and DRA plan to make some capital improvements to the asset, including upgrades to the restrooms, corridors and lobbies.
CGS3 Arranges $58M Sale of Ground Lease Interest in Brentwood Gateway Office Building in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) has arranged the sale of a ground lease interest in Brentwood Gateway, a 10-story office building in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood. Brentwood Gateway LLC, an affiliate of Vintage Capital Group, sold the asset to Sargossa LLC, an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group, for $58 million. Located at 11611 San Vicente Blvd., the 104,716-square-foot building was built in 1977. At the time of sale, the property was 99 percent occupied by a variety of tenants including Buter, Buzard, Fishbien & Royce; Allison & Partners; and Oaktree Capital Management. David Alvardado and Eoin Gubbins of CGS3 handled the deal. Newmark Knight Frank served as broker for the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction.
PLANO, TEXAS — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) will relocate its North Dallas office to an 8,454-square-foot space at 5201 Tennyson Parkway within Legacy Business Park in Plano. The 124,731-square-foot building was completed in 2015. John Wolf internally represented NKF, which is nearly doubling the size of it old office, in the lease negotiations.
NAPLES, FLA. — A joint venture between Creekside West Inc., GC Partnership Ltd. and FoxRock Newgate 5150 Realty LLC has sold Newgate Center and Park North, a pair of adjacent office campuses in Naples. Newgate Center is a three-building, 80,000-square-foot office campus situated at 5200 Tamiami Trail N., and Park North is a two-building, 19,450-square-foot office property situated at 5125 Castello Drive. David Stevens of Investment Properties Corp. represented the sellers in the transaction. Rainer Filthaut of International Realty Corp. represented the buyer, a private European investment group doing business as Tamiami Newgate LLC.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Coworking firm Spaces has signed an office lease to occupy the bottom two floors of Falls Tower in downtown Greenville. Falls Tower is a 184,000-square-foot office building under construction at 423 S. Main St. as part of Centennial American Properties’ Camperdown development. This marks Spaces’ first location in South Carolina. It will occupy 28,900 square feet, business solutions firm Elliott Davis will occupy 65,000 square feet and Bank of America will occupy 32,000 square feet at Falls Tower. At full buildout, Camperdown will offer office, residential, retail and hotel space, as well as an outdoor courtyard. Centennial American Properties expects to complete Falls Tower in mid-2020. Charles Gouch and Doug Webster of CBRE represented the landlord and developer in lease negotiations.