INDIANAPOLIS — Colliers International has brokered the sale of Waterfront Office Park, an office park located at 2611-2780 Waterfront Parkway E. Drive in Indianapolis. New Boston Fund sold the four-building, 201,276-square-foot park for an undisclosed price. Alex Cantu, Rich Forslund and Matt Langfeldt of Colliers Indianapolis | Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal. The name of the buyer was not released.
NUTLEY AND CLIFTON, N.J. — PB Nutclif I, an affiliate of Prism Capital Partners, has completed its previously announced purchase of the 116-acre former Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. North American headquarters campus in Nutley and Clifton. The company plans to reposition the campus as a mixed-use development anchored by a medical school. In July, Hackensack Meridian Heath and Seton Hall University committed to leasing two buildings and 16 acres at the property. Seton Hall and Hackensack Meridian will immediately start improvements to convert the leased buildings to accommodate the needs of the new Seton Hall-Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. Seton Hall will co-locate its College of Nursing and School of Health and Medical Sciences at the site, and Hackensack Meridian plans to create a National Health Institute-designated Clinical Research Center on the campus.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Choyce Peterson Inc. has arranged the lease of 29,000 square feet of office space at 701 Westchester Ave. in White Plains. Pentegra Retirement Services is relocating its headquarters from 108 Corporate Park Drive to the new location. John Hannigan and Alan Peterson of Choyce Peterson represented the tenant, while Brian Carcaterra of CBRE represented the landlord, Normandy Real Estate Partners, in the transaction.
RICHMOND, VA. — Dominion Realty Partners has purchased a three-building office portfolio totaling 288,416 square feet in Richmond for an undisclosed price. Situated within Boulders Office Park, the purchase of Boulders I, II and III will increase Dominion Realty’s Virginia office portfolio to 450,723 square feet. The portfolio was 76 percent leased at the time of sale to 34 tenants including Timmons Group and Tredegar Corp. Dominion Realty plans to make capital improvements to the portfolio, including upgrades of the common area lobbies, corridors and restrooms, parking lot resurfacing and landscaping improvements. Eric Robison of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
The Raleigh-Durham office market has not only recovered from the Great Recession, it is solidly in expansion mode, and tenants are facing market conditions not witnessed in 15 years. The current cycle has been marked by a prolonged period of limited development activity. While job growth in the local market has been rebounding for more than five years, the construction pipeline has only recently filled in a meaningful way, and a large portion of the development activity in 2014 and early 2015 was driven by build-to-suits. With Class A vacancy now at a 15-year low, speculative development is heating up again. While projects totaling 1.4 million square feet were underway in the first quarter, most of this product will not be delivered until 2017 or later, and approximately half of the space has already been spoken for. In the near term, the market heavily favors landlords. The Triangle office market began 2016 with strong activity as tenants absorbed 453,997 square feet, driving vacancy down by 40 basis points to 12.1 percent. This figure is down by 180 basis points on a year-over-year basis and has fallen from a cyclical high of 18.7 percent. Class A vacancy ended the first quarter …
ST. PAUL, MINN. — SARA Investment Real Estate has acquired River Park Plaza, an office building located at 10 River Park Plaza in St. Paul, for an undisclosed sum. The eight-story property features 328,947 square feet of office space. At the time of sale, the building was 88 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including St. Paul Pioneer Press, Comcast and Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare. The transaction is SARA’s first acquisition in the St. Paul market. The name of the seller was not released.
LAWRENCE, KAN. — Colliers International has arranged the acquisition of an office building located at 401 Arkansas St. in Lawrence. Kinetikos Bodywork Therapy purchased the 1,691-square-foot office building from George R. Learned Estate for an undisclosed price. Kirsten Flory of Colliers represented the buyer, while Doug Brown of McGrew Commercial represented the seller in the deal.
ALPINE TOWNSHIP AND PORTAGE, MICH. — Midwest Realty Group has arranged two leases totaling 6,049 square feet of retail space in Alpine Township and Portage. In the first deal, Great Lakes Outpost LLC leased 3,862 square feet of retail space at 4147 Alpine Ave. in Alpine Township. This location will be the online retailer’s first brick-and-mortar store. Midwest Realty Group represented the tenant and landlord, Alpine Valley LLC in the transaction. In the second deal, Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC leased 2,187 square feet of office space at 3275 Cooley Court in Portage. Midwest Realty Group represented the tenant and landlord, Cooley Park I LLC, in the transaction.
KATY, TEXAS — Trademark Property Co. has entered into an agreement with Westside Ventures to develop an 82-acre mixed-use development at the northwest corner of I-10 and Mason Road in Katy. Planning will continue in the coming months for the initial 60-acre phase, which will include retail, restaurant, residential, hotel and office space. The site, which is part of a larger 107-acre tract owned by Westside Ventures, will be developed in phases over several years. Phasing and a construction timeline will be scheduled following planning.
CHINO, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a mixed-use building located at 4774 Riverside Drive in Chino. A private investor based in Orange County, Calif., sold the 8,000-square-foot property for $2.2 million, or $278 per square foot. A private Chino Hills-based investor acquired the retail/office property, which is fully occupied by Mother’s Nutritional Center, WIC, T-Mobile Cell Tower and two medical office tenants. Frank Vora of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while Leo Gao of Reno Business Investment Group represented the buyer in the deal.