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FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Transwestern has secured a trio of office leases totaling 163,834 square feet at Two Colinas Crossing, a 181,072-square-foot, Class A office property in Farmers Branch. IBM leased 66,018 square feet; Home Point Financial leased 64,788 square feet and an undisclosed financial services firm leased 33,028 square feet. The property, which is now 98 percent occupied, was completed in 2000 and fronts a 110-acre lake with a 10-mile trail system. Duane Henley and Nathan Durham of Transwestern represented the landlord, an affiliate of New York-based REIT Lexington Realty Trust.

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SAN ANTONIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of 12414 Nacogdoches Road, an 11,200-square-foot office property in northeast San Antonio. The two-story property consists of seven suites totaling 8,800 square feet of net rentable space. Joshua Murphy of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were undisclosed limited liability companies.  

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ROSEMONT, ILL. — Meridian Design Build has relocated its corporate headquarters from Deerfield to Rosemont. The design build general contracting firm will occupy 11,500 square feet at Pointe O’Hare, an 11-story office building located at 9550 W. Higgins Road. The new space features collaborative work areas, a café, wall-mounted TVs and LED lighting. Partners in Design Architects provided architectural services. Michael Flynn, Jason Wurtz and Larry Much of NAI Hiffman represented Meridian in the lease transaction. Equity Office owns and manages the office building.

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CHICAGO — GlenStar Properties LLC has acquired 10 acres of land at the Cumberland Avenue interchange in Chicago for an undisclosed price. Chesapeake Hotel Limited Partnership and Host Hotels & Resorts LP sold the land. Upon closing, GlenStar subdivided the property into three parcels. The largest parcel, totaling 3.6 acres, is available immediately for build-to-suit opportunities. The smallest parcel, approximately 2.4 acres, is in the process of being rezoned. An undisclosed buyer purchased the remaining 2.8-acre parcel and subsequently retained the developer to build a new, 150,000-square-foot office building on its behalf.

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KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — CBRE has arranged the sale and acquisition financing of a 14-building office complex located within Renaissance Park in King of Prussia. Radnor, Pa.-based MLP Ventures acquired the portfolio from Liberty Property Trust for $76.9 million. The 641,325-square-foot portfolio consists of 14 single-story office and flex properties. At the time of sale, the buildings were 87 percent occupied. Major tenants include Marsh & McLennan Cos., IKEA, BB&T, RELX Group and MedRisk. Robert Fahey, Jerry Kranzel, Erin Hannan and Jack Corcoran of CBRE Capital Markets represented the seller, and Nick Harris and Steven Doherty of CBRE Debt & Structured Finance procured the financing for the buyer.

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MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates has brokered the acquisition of two office buildings located at 150 and 200 Donald Lynch Blvd. in Marlborough. The Minardi Limited Partnership purchased the two buildings from Pondview JV Owner LLC for $13.1 million. Super Stars Learning Center occupies the 9,257-square-foot building at 150 Donald Lynch Blvd., while Brookfield Power, Western Digital and ReWalk Robotics, among others, occupy the three-story 116,762-square-foot building at 200 Donald Lynch Blvd. At the time of sale, the property at 200 Donald Lynch Blvd. was 95 percent occupied. William Kelleher IV and James Cozza of Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates represented the buyer, while Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the deal.

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NEW YORK CITY — Ready Capital Structured Finance has arranged $6 million in financing for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a mixed-use property in SoHo. The financing is a non-recourse senior floating-rate bridge loan. The property features 7,500 square feet of retail, office and multifamily space.

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It’s impossible to ignore the ongoing boom of new commercial real estate development in downtown Charlotte. Get a glimpse of the skyline from the Interstate 277 loop and you can see the already-present structures standing tall among the handful of cranes and half-completed construction filling in the gaps. More than a dozen projects are currently underway in Center City, with more expected during the next 12 to 18 months. New and Improved Recently opened towers, like 300 South Tryon and 615 South College, have attracted major corporate relocations to downtown CBD, including Regions Bank and Sitehands. Ally Bank just announced its 400,000-square foot move to Ally Charlotte Center, and Crescent Communities just kicked off development of a new tower in the burgeoning Stonewall corridor for a 2020 completion date. Companies seeking the top-of-market space in the city’s newest downtown office developments want to have a presence in the heart of Charlotte’s energy. There, they can recruit elite talent and build their brand. Of course, that presence comes with the highest rental rates and parking costs, in addition to elevated tenant-buildout budgets in a market where construction costs continue to rise. At the other end of the spectrum, some are finding …

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WALTHAM, MASS. — NKF Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Stony Brook Office Park in Waltham. Jumbo Capital and Sound Mark Partners acquired the office park for $80 million. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, James Trible and Samantha Hallowell of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller, Clarion Partners, in the deal. Situated on 16 acres, the office park comprises four interconnected buildings totaling 270,196 square feet of institutional-quality office space at 130 Turner St. and a 3,925-square-foot retail asset at Five Turner St. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased, anchored by Brainshark, Wolters Kluwer, TIAA, Stanley Black & Decker, Ultratech, DDJ Capital Management and Wells Fargo.

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