SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Hudson Pacific Properties has sold a 50,687-square-foot office building in Santa Monica for $35 million. The sale included the redeveloped property and related development land. The firm will use the net proceeds from the sale toward its pending acquisition of Hollywood Center Studios, which is expected to close on May 1.
Parsippany, N.J. — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) arranged the sale of 1 Gatehall Drive, a 114,000-square-foot, four-story, Class A office building in Parsippany, to Lincoln Property Company. HFF represented the seller in the transaction. The property was 63 percent leased at the time of sale; tenants include software, consulting, communications, staffing and foodservice companies. The property is situated along Route 202, in close proximity to Route 10 and Interstates 287 and 80. The HFF investment sales team representing the seller was led by Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Stephen Simonelli and Michael Oliver.
LOS ANGELES — Somerset West Partners LLC has acquired Woodland Hills Corporate Center, a 230,833-square-foot office campus in Los Angeles, for an undisclosed sum. The property is located at 21021-21031 Ventura Blvd. in the Woodland Hills submarket. It is 85 percent leased to more than 60 tenants. CBRE’s Sean Sullivan, Todd Tydlaska and Michael Longo represented both the buyer and seller in this transaction.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — S&S Activewear has signed a 28,746-square-foot office lease at 220 Remington in Bolingbrook. The imprintable clothing, accessory and uniform wholesaler will be moving its office staff to the new location while maintaining industrial operations at 581 Territorial Drive in Bolingbrook. Indevor Development purchased 220 Remington in the summer of 2016, and made renovations to the 81,000-square-foot property including a new parking lot, roof, HVAC system, lobby and elevators. John Millner and Ryan Moen of Bradford Allen negotiated the lease transaction on behalf of Indevor Development. Britt Casey and Ned Franke of Cushman & Wakefield represented S&S Activewear.
MORTON GROVE, ILL. — Celtic Chicago Inc. has moved from Niles, Ill., to an 8,200-square-foot office in Morton Grove, a suburb of Chicago. The marketing agency now occupies the office location at 8120 Lehigh Ave. Jason Hall of Charlie Green Studio designed the interior of the one-story office. The layout, a combination of large and small meeting areas, encourages employee collaboration.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 25,000-square-foot office lease in New York. C&W’s represented Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in securing a 20-year lease at 40 Flatbush Extension in downtown Brooklyn. Callen-Lorde, which is dedicated to meeting the healthcare needs of the LGBTQ community and those living with HIV/AIDS, will open its Brooklyn location in 2019. Carri Lyon and Mitzi Flexer of Cushman & Wakefield represented Callen-Lorde in the lease. Joseph Jemal of ISJ Management represented the landlord, 40 Flatbush Realty Associates.
DALLAS — Baker Botts LP, an international law firm, has renewed its 104,179-square-foot lease at Trammell Crow Center, a 50-story, 1.1 million-square-foot office tower located at 2001 Ross Ave. in downtown Dallas. Ramsey March, Sara Terry and Scott Sowanick of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, Trammell Crow Co., in the negotiations. Phil Puckett and Harlan Davis of CBRE represented Baker Botts.
LOS ANGELES — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital has hired 22 new employees for its West Coast platform. The employees will join the newly formed Los Angeles and San Diego offices, as well as the already existent Irvine office. Bellwether’s West Coast expansion is expected to add more than $1 billion in annual loan volume, bringing the total anticipated loan volume to $6 billion in 2017. The expansion includes nine additional producers, four servicing staff and nine support staff. Bellwether Enterprise also has a Northern California office located in San Francisco.
SOMERVILLE, MASS. — NGKF Capital Markets has completed the recapitalization of 200 Inner Belt Road, a four-story office asset in Somerville. The NGKF Capital Markets Boston team of Robert Griffin, Edward Maher and Matthew Pullen oversaw the recapitalization of the property with North Colony Asset Management on behalf of North River Co. Totaling 190,096 square feet, 200 Inner Belt Road is 97 percent leased to tenants including Harvard University’s Somerville research facility, which includes the Harvard Art Museums Archives, the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis and the museum’s communications division.
STRATFORD, CONN. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered a 10-year lease extension totaling 100,968 square feet for Yale New Haven Health (YNHH) and North East Medical Group (NEMG) at 99 Hawley Lane in Stratford. Jay Hruska of Cushman & Wakefield led the leasing efforts on behalf of the tenants, while Joseph Codi internally represented building owner Mountain Development. YNHH and NEMG will house multiple office and support functions at the location. 99 Hawley Lane, also known as Merritt 8 Corporate Park, is a Class A office building with recently renovated common areas. Amenities include a cafeteria, corporate conference center, fitness center, lobby concierge and structured parking.