SPRING, TEXAS — NAI Partners has negotiated a 43,230-square-foot office lease at Wildwood Corporate Centre I in the northern Houston suburb of Spring. Jon Silberman and Pierce Beyer of NAI Partners represented the tenant, locally based engineering and construction firm Strike Construction LLC, in the lease negotiations. Steve Rocher and Jason Presley of CBRE represented the undisclosed landlord.
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BOSTON — MassDevelopment has issued $53.6 million in tax-exempt bond financing to Washington Pine LLC for the construction of a five-story, 202-unit complex in Boston. Located at 3368 Washington St., the building will house 140 units of supportive housing for individuals transitioning out of homelessness, and the remaining 62 units will be affordable apartments. All residential units will be managed by The Community Builders Inc., while long-term support for all formerly homeless residents will be provided by homeless services provider Pine Street Inn. The project will feature 24/7 front desk security, spaces for resident gatherings, fitness rooms, laundry rooms, a parking garage, two plazas and bike repair and storage. Construction is slated for completion by late 2023. Barings LLC was the corporate bond purchaser.
ELIZABETH, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 138,642-square-foot cold storage facility located in the Northern New Jersey community of Elizabeth. Built in 2016, the property features 60-foot clear heights, 18 temperature-controlled loading docks and 4,800 square feet of office space. In addition, the property was fully leased to Seafrigo Cold Storage at the time of sale. Michael Oliver, Marc Duval, Jordan Avanzato, Nicholas Stefans and Jose Cruz of JLL represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction. The seller, a joint venture between The Avidan Group and Elberon Development Group, was represented in-house.
NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has negotiated a 16,624-square-foot office lease at 444 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant will occupy the entire 14th floor of the 42-story building, which was recently renovated. Paul Amrich, Meghan Allen, James Ackerson and Max Tarter of CBRE represented the landlord, Westbrook Partners, in the lease negotiations. Amrich also represented the tenant, EOS Investors LLC.
WEEHAWKEN, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm Redwood Realty Advisors has arranged the $2.7 million sale of a 21-unit multifamily property in the Northern New Jersey community of Weehawken. The property consists of 20 one-bedroom units and one four-bedroom unit. Steve Matovski of Redwood Realty Advisors brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Reidy Contracting Group has signed a 7,723-square-foot office lease at The Banks Building, located at 58 W. 40th St. in Manhattan. Michael Nazarian and Matt Kashani of Norman Bobrow & Co. represented the tenant, which is expanding and relocating from a 4,000-square-foot space at 120 West 31st Street, in the lease negotiations. Laura Belt Ponomarev represented the landlord, an entity doing business as 58-64 40th St. Corp., on an internal basis.
LOS ANGELES — Newmark has arranged the sale of Hollywood Media Campus, a 3.5-acre site located at 1350 N. Western Ave. in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. New York City-based The Georgetown Co. acquired the asset from Pasadena-based Gemdale USA for $93 million. The site features a fully leased, 75,593-square-foot office building and an adjacent development parcel. Netflix fully occupies the office building under a sublease from master lessee Zest Finance. The development parcel is a 1.7-acre site with the right to build in accordance with current zoning and the opportunity to increase density with a zoning change. Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Rob Hannan and Laura Stumm of Newmark represented the seller in the deal.
Levin Johnston, Taycon Real Estate Broker $36M Sale of El Gato Village Shopping Center in Los Gatos, California
by Amy Works
LOS GATOS, CALIF. — Levin Johnston of Marcus & Millichap and Taycon Real Estate have arranged the sale of El Gato Village Shopping Center, a retail property situated on 3.4 acres in Los Gatos. A family trust sold the asset to a privately held real estate investment and development company for $36 million. Adam Levin of Levin Johnston and Marko Buljan of Taycon Real Estate represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Located at 15710 Los Gatos Blvd., the center features 58,519 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent occupied. Current tenants include Nob Hill Foods, Chase Bank, Los Gatos Café Uptown, Una Mas Mexican Grill, PostalAnnex and Baskin-Robbins.
PHOENIX — GO Industrial has purchased land parcels on the east and west sides of Phoenix for the development of approximately 1.3 million square feet of space in two speculative industrial projects: GO | 99 North and GO | AZ Ave. Located on the west side of Phoenix, GO | 99 North will be a 1.1 million-square-foot facility situated on 70 acres. The building will feature 40-foot clear heights, concrete truck courts, and 217 trailer and 1,315 auto parking stalls. Groundbreaking is slated for third-quarter 2022. The building is the continuation of GO Industrial’s 1.3 million-square-foot GO | 99 industrial project, which is now under construction. Together, the two projects will bring a total of 2.4 million square feet to the area. Located on the East Valley, GO | AZ Ave. will be a 181,655-square-foot building on 10 acres. The facility will feature 32-foot clear heights, concrete truck courts, and 53 trailer and 212 auto parking stalls. Construction is scheduled to begin during the second quarter of 2022. DLR Group is serving as architect for both projects. General contractors have not yet been selected. Andy Markham, Mike Haenel and Phil Haenel of Cushman & Wakefield represented GO Industrial in the …
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Holualoa Cos. has released plans for Dwell: A Work @ Home Community at the intersection of Fifth Street and Farmer Avenue in Tempe. The 129-unit workforce community will complete Farmer Studios, a mixed-use development, and provide housing opportunities for residents in downtown Tempe, Arizona State University and other locations. Holualoa purchased the two-acre parcel for $12 million. The residences will be integrated into two existing office buildings and a pocket park onsite to create a mixed-use development. The community will feature live/work-oriented amenity rooms for residents, conference rooms with green screens, private meeting rooms, a fitness center, dog-friendly features and walkable access to light rail, streetcar, restaurants and other amenities. Architekton and Worksbureau are serving as architects for the project.