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DETROIT — Microsoft Corp. has unveiled plans to move its Michigan Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) from Southfield to downtown Detroit in early 2018. The company will occupy more than 40,000 square feet in Bedrock’s One Campus Martius building. There are more than 40 MTCs worldwide, which bring together resources to help clients explore their products. Bedrock is the real estate arm of Dan Gilbert’s business portfolio, specializing in acquiring, leasing, financing, developing and managing commercial and residential space. Since its founding in 2011, Bedrock has located more than 160 office and retail tenants to downtown Detroit.

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BOSTON — Synergy Investment has completed the disposition of an office and retail building located at 26 West St. in Boston’s Ladder District. Boston-based Eden Properties acquired the property for $21.8 million. Services Employee International Union occupies a portion of the building on a long-term lease. Scott Dragos of Colliers International Boston represented the seller in the deal.

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ST. ALBANS CITY, VT. — Nedde Real Estate has arranged the sale of an office building located at 242 S. Main St. in St. Albans City. BAART purchased the 6,000-square-foot Knights of Columbus building from Vermont Club Home Association for an undisclosed price. Grant Butterfield of Nedde Real Estate arranged the transaction.

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HOUSTON — Buchanan Street Partners has acquired Sam Houston Crossing II, an office building located at 10344 Sam Houston Parkway Drive in Houston. Duke Realty sold the 160,000-square-foot building for an undisclosed price. Forum Energy Technologies, PEMEX and First American Title Co. occupy the three-story office building. Jared Chua of CBRE represented the seller, while Buchanan Street was self-represented in the transaction.

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DINUBA, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a property net leased to DaVita Dialysis at 520 E. North Way in Dinuba. An individual/personal trust acquired the 9,000-square-foot property for $3.6 million. Mark Ruble, Jamie Medress and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, while Jacob Becher and Christopher Secreto, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer in the deal.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A partnership between KeyBank Real Estate Capital and an affiliate of Walton Street Capital LLC has originated a $204.1 million first mortgage loan for The Woodies Building in Washington, D.C.’s East End. The 10-story, 497,000-square-foot property was constructed in 1897 and was fully redeveloped in 2005. Scott Bois of KeyBank’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, Douglas Development Corp. The 12-year loan features a 10-year interest only period and a 30-year amortization schedule. KeyBank and Walton Street Capital previously closed a $196.3 million first mortgage loan on behalf of Douglas Development for the Atlantic Building, also in Washington, D.C.

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ARLINGTON, VA. — Nestle USA, a subsidiary of global food and drink company Nestle S.A., has decided to move its corporate headquarters from Glendale, Calif., to Arlington’s Rosslyn district. The company will invest $39.8 million to relocate to 206,000 square feet of office space at 1812 N. Moore St. beginning in September. The move is expected to create nearly 750 jobs in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., region. As part of the deal, Nestle USA will receive $6 million from the Commonwealth of Virginia. The grant comprises a $4 million Industrial Development Authority Performance Incentives grant from Arlington County and an additional $2 million from the county for infrastructure purposes. Nestle USA worked closely with Arlington Economic Development in the move.

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CHICAGO — Home Chef has signed a 29,095-square-foot office lease at the Wrigley Building in Chicago. The site will serve as the weekly meal delivery service’s new headquarters. Home Chef previously occupied headquarters space at 225 West Ohio St. The company will occupy the 14th floor of both the North and South Wrigley Towers, which are connected by a sky bridge. John Skalla and Craig Nadborne of Bradford Allen competed the lease transaction on behalf of Home Chef. The transaction is a sublease between Home Chef and Extreme Reach, which was represented by John Ziesmer and Kevin Moore of Avison Young.

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DALLAS — Colliers International has arranged the lease of office space at Rosewood Court, an office building located at 2101 Cedar Springs Road in Dallas’ Uptown district. CyrusOne LLC, a data center solutions and colocation services provider, will relocate its corporate headquarters to 30,137 square feet at the property. David Wetherington, Tyler Howarth and Chelsea Story of Colliers International represented the tenant, while Mike Wyatt and Travis Boothe of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed landlord in the deal.

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NEW YORK CITY — Royal Bank of Canada has renewed its 400,000-square-foot lease of office space at 200 Vesey Street at Brookfield Place New York in Lower Manhattan. RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, will continue to occupy floors 6 (partial), 8-12, 14 and 25 (partial) at the 51-story office tower until 2032. Bruce Mosler, Ethan Silverstein, Dale Schlather, Al Edwards, John Bestill and Chuck Scott of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant. The landlord, Brookfield Properties, was represented in-house.

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