ELMSFORD, N.Y. — DLC Management Corp., an owner and operator of open-air shopping centers, will relocate its headquarters to a 175,000-square-foot office building located at 565 Taxter Road in the New York City suburb of Elmsford. The move will be effective in August, with construction to begin on the 19,533-square-foot space in May. DLC has collaborated with the Westchester County Industrial Development Agency to facilitate the move. The new office will include open workspaces and collaborative areas for all teams, as well as various meeting and conference rooms able to house up to 90 employees. The property will also include an on-site gym, locker room and cafeteria.
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BEDFORD, ANDOVER & BILLERICA, MASS. — Avison Young, as buyer representative for Atlantic Management, has arranged the purchase of three office/flex buildings in Massachusetts. Atlantic Management acquired the 211,377-square-foot portfolio from Wheelock-Novaya for $26.5 million. The assets are located at 15 Crosby Dr. in Bedford, 200 Bulfinch Dr. in Andover and 5 Federal St. in Billerica. Tenants at the properties include Ocular Therapeutix and Becton Dickinson. Scott Jamieson of Avison Young worked with Joe Zink and Steve Wyman of Atlantic Management on the buyer’s side, while Wheelock-Novaya was represented by Gary Kamin of Wheelock Street Capital and Scott Tully and Shawn Hawthorne of Novaya Real Estate Ventures.
FARMINGTON, CONN. — Second Foundation has purchased a 9,860-square-foot office property located at 21 Talcott Notch Road in Farmington for $1.1 million. SCEN International was the seller of the three-story property, which is located on .99 acres. Sentry Commercial represented the seller and CBRE represented the buyer in the transaction.
PORTLAND, ORE. — ScanlanKemperBard Cos. (SKB) has sold the historic American Bank Building in Portland’s central business district for $53 million. The 15-story creative office building is located at 621 S.W. Morrison St. The American Bank Building was built in 1914.The property was 61 percent leased to tenants like Wells Fargo and The Department of Justice. HFF’s Nick Kucha represented SKB in the transaction. The firm also recapitalized the property with Lionstone Investments, arranging a four-year, floating-rate loan through CIT Bank for the new partnership. The amount of the financing was not disclosed.
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Barak Investors Group and MIP Investment has sold a 103,154-square-foot office building in the Los Angeles submarket of Universal City. Though the price was not disclosed, the JV suggested that the property sold for between $35 million and $40 million. The Class A building is located at 3330 Cahuenga Blvd. It is 92 percent leased to tenants like Extreme Reach, Panasonic, EPSCineworks and Abominable Pictures. The buyers are Cahuenga Investment LLC and Cahuenga Equity LLC. NGKF’s Kevin Shannon Team represented the JV in this transaction.
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — Northwell Health has leased 50,000 square feet of office and industrial space at 2500 Marcus Ave. in Lake Success, a property owned by Nassimi Realty. With the lease, the property is 100 percent occupied. Nearby employers include Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital. Daniel Brandel of CBRE represented Northwell in the transaction. Northwell Health is one of New York’s largest healthcare providers with 21 hospitals and over 550 outpatient practices. Nassimi Realty is a privately held development and investment company specializing in the redevelopment of existing properties.
SALEM, N.H. — Margulies Perruzzi Architects (MPA), an architectural and interior design firm, has completed a 30,000-square-foot laboratory and office facility for Boston Analytical, the life sciences division of Alpha Analytical. Located in Salem, Boston Analytical’s new space houses chemistry and microbiology laboratories equipped with analytical testing equipment. Boston Analytical’s testing services are used by pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and medical device companies. MPA programmed and designed the spaces, including 20,000-square-foot chemistry, stability and microbial labs and 2,000 square feet of ISO 8 to ISO 5 clean rooms.
WESTPORT, CONN. — Brett Sherman of Angel Commercial has arranged the $2.2 million sale of 1555 Post Road E. in Westport. Located on Route 1, the property consists of an 11,461-square-foot office building on .61 acres. Sherman represented the buyer, BAO Partners, which plans to update the building with a new roof, HVAC, windows, masonry and parking lot.
PLANTATION, FLA. — The Green Cos. has purchased Sabadell Financial Center, a five-story, 102,007-square-foot office building located at 150 S. Pine Island Road in Plantation, a suburb in Broward County. Clarion Partners LLC sold the Class A office building to Green Cos. for $19.3 million. The property was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Sabadell United Bank, Quest Workspaces and Ferencik Libanoff Brandt Bustamante & Goldstein PA. Hermen Rodriguez, Ike Ojala and Tracey Goo of HFF represented Clarion Partners in the transaction. James Bernstein, Elizabeth Green and George Brown led The Green Cos. internally. Paul Stasaitis and Maxx Carney of HFF arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate, $12.5 million acquisition loan through Aegon USA Realty Advisors LLC.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Serendipity Labs Coworking has signed two new leases for its coworking office space concept in Columbus. The first location is slated to open this summer in the Fifth Third Center at 21 E. State St. and consists of 14,000 square feet. The second location includes the new construction of 22,000 square feet at 900 N. High St. Renascent Hospitality, owned by Columbus natives Trevor Warner and Scott Somerville, will own and manage the Serendipity Labs in Columbus. Serendipity Labs provides members-only workplaces with meeting facilities at corporate standards, according to the company’s website. Membership to Serendipity Labs includes the use of dedicated private offices, team rooms, lab café and work lounge. Full-time, part-time and day passes are available.