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ATLANTA — CP Group has rebranded CNN Center, an iconic 1.2 million-square-foot office and retail building in downtown Atlanta, to The Center. The property has served as the headquarters for CNN for over 40 years and also features a large food court on the ground level that connects to State Farm Arena, home arena of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks. The site also includes the Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park. CP Group plans to overhaul the former CNN Center to become a hub of world-class retail, dining, content creation and entertainment uses. CP Group has tapped Coleman Weatherholtz of Healey Weatherholtz Properties as The Center’s retail leasing agent and Jeff Keppen and Nicole Goldsmith of CBRE to handle office leasing. In 2021, CP Group purchased CNN Center from AT&T, the former parent company of CNN, in a sale-leaseback transaction that expires this year.

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MCCALLA, ALA. — Graham & Co. Inc. has arranged the $32.3 million sale of a 303,730-square-foot distribution and manufacturing facility in McCalla, about 20 miles southwest of Birmingham. The seller, an entity doing as AMR REIT Prestige Industrial II LLC, developed the property in 2022 as a build-to-suit for Lear, a Tier 1 auto parts supplier. Located at 6700 Jefferson Metropolitan Parkway, the property is situated on nearly 25 acres within the Jefferson Metropolitan Industrial Park along the I-20 corridor. The facility features 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, 45 dock-high doors, a 185-foot truck court and 21,000 square feet of office space. Sonny Culp of Graham & Co., along with Doug Longyear of Cushman & Wakefield, brokered the transaction.

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ATLANTA – PrizePicks, a daily fantasy sports operator based in Atlanta, has selected the Star Metals Offices at 1055 Howell Mill Road for its new corporate headquarters. The owner and office landlord of the building in Atlanta’s West Midtown district is Coral Gables, Fla.-based Allen Morris Co. PrizePicks will occupy 33,000 square feet at Star Metals and will invest $25 million in its new headquarters space. The company estimates it will expand its workforce at the new space by 1,000 employees over the next seven years. Organizations involved in the site selection process for the PrizePicks headquarters include the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Metro Atlanta Chamber, Invest Atlanta, Select Fulton and Georgia Power.

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MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, MASS. — Massachusetts-based life sciences company Cell Signaling Technology has purchased a 50-acre site in Manchester-by-the-Sea, about 30 miles northeast of Boston, with plans to undertake a life sciences redevelopment. Designed by architecture firm HGA, the project will convert the site of an abandoned rock quarry into a research and innovation campus that will feature 250,000 square feet of space. Ten acres of the site are occupied by the Manchester Athletic Club. A construction timeline for the project, which will be developed in phases, is still being finalized.

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BOSTON — Beacon Communities has completed the renovation of Lenox Apartments, a 285-unit affordable housing community in the South End/Lower Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Lenox Apartments comprises 13 buildings and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. According to Beacon Communities, the property was originally built in 1939 as the first public housing project in Boston dedicated to serving African Americans. The renovation was funded through a mix of state and federal housing and historic tax credits, as well as public and private loans.

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CHELSEA, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Northeast Private Client Group (NEPCG) has negotiated the $8.4 million sale of a portfolio of six apartment buildings totaling 27 units in Chelsea, located on the southern outskirts of Boston. The buildings are situated across three contiguous parcels at 31-47 Louis St. Drew Kirkland, Francis Saenz and Jim Casey of NEPCG represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.

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GREENWICH, CONN. — Stark Office Suites has signed a 23,538-square-foot office lease extension and expansion in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Greenwich. The provider of flexible workspace solutions is taking an additional 5,772 square feet at 777 West Putnam, a 134,000-square-foot building located along U.S. Route 1. James Ritman and Benjamin Goldstein of Newmark represented the landlord, New York-based investment firm Shelbourne, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was self-represented.

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REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the $5.4 million sale of Livingston Avenue Center, a 101,621-square-foot shopping center in the Columbus suburb of Reynoldsburg. The fully leased property is home to tenants such as Save-a-Lot, Big Lots and Urban Air. Dan Cooper of Cooper Group represented the seller, a private investment group out of California. The Midwest-based buyer purchased the asset at a cap rate of 8.19 percent.

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OAK BROOK, ILL. — Graycor Construction Co. has completed Wonderverse, a 45,000-square-foot entertainment space at Oakbrook Center in suburban Chicago. The project features a hybrid of physical and multi-media experiences, interactive installations, attractions and experiences, allowing visitors to step into their favorite Sony Pictures stories. Sony is the project’s owner. The space includes escape rooms, virtual reality adventures, bumper cars, racing simulators, an arcade and speakeasy. The project team included Scenario as the owner’s representative and EXP as the architect of record.

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LOS GATOS, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a retail property, located at 52 N. Santa Cruz Ave. in Los Gatos, just south of San Jose. The asset traded for $4.5 million. Built in 1985, the 4,401-square-foot property is fully occupied and offers six commercial spaces. Yuri Sergunin and J.J. Taughinbaugh of Marcus & Millichap’s Palo Alto office represented the undisclosed seller and procured the undisclosed buyer in the deal.

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