SOMERVILLE, MASS. — A development team of DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners and Leggat McCall Properties has topped out a 290,000-square-foot life sciences project at 100 South St. in Somerville, located on the northern outskirts of Boston. The project is part of the Boynton Yards development and will house lab and retail space as well as a four-story underground parking garage. Architecture firms SGA and Hashim Sarkis Studios designed the project, and Shawmut Design & Construction served as the general contractor. Construction began in June 2019 and is expected to be complete next summer.
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LEWIS CENTER, OHIO — Trilogy Real Estate Group, a Chicago-based real estate investment, property management and development firm, has purchased The Mirada in the Columbus suburb of Lewis Center for an undisclosed price. The 256-unit apartment community, built in 2018, spans 224,635 square feet on nine acres. It features studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and was 95 percent leased at the time of acquisition. Amenities include a pool, grilling area, sand volleyball court, clubroom, game area and fitness center. The seller was undisclosed.
BENSENVILLE AND SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Venture One Real Estate, through its acquisition fund VK Industrial V LP, has acquired a four-building industrial portfolio spanning 126,086 square feet in the suburban Chicago communities of Bensenville and Schaumburg. The purchase price was not disclosed. The properties are located at 401 Eastern Ave., 501 Eastern Ave. and 1231 Ellis St. in Bensenville and 635 Remington Road in Schaumburg. The Bensenville properties are all single- Stenant buildings and are fully leased. The Schaumburg facility is home to multiple tenants and is currently 82 percent leased. Venture One plans to make improvements to the Schaumburg building’s 9,507-square-foot vacant space. Eric Fischer of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller. VK Industrial V LP is a partnership between Venture One and Kovitz Investment Group.
READING, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The Madison Building, a 113,300-square-foot office property in Reading. Originally built in 1927, the property is situated on 1.1 acres and rises 12 stories. Craig Dunkle, Jackson Day and Mher Vartanian of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The trio also procured the buyer, an out-of-state developer that will convert the building into a Class A apartment complex. The Madison Building was 97 percent vacant at the time of sale.
Joint Venture Acquires Cadence Tucson Student Housing Community Near University of Arizona
by Amy Works
TUCSON, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Pebb Student Living and Coastal Ridge Real Estate has acquired The Cadence Tucson, a 456-bed student housing community located near the University of Arizona, for an undisclosed price. The community offers studio, one-, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom, fully furnished units with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, hot tub, rooftop fire pit, grilling station, onsite retail space, fitness center, tanning salon, sauna, gaming lounge and coffee bar. The seller in the transaction was undisclosed.
Harsch Investment Properties Begins Construction of 150,000 SF Tropical Speedway Commerce Center Near Las Vegas
by Amy Works
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Harsch Investment Properties has started construction of Tropical Speedway Commerce Center in North Las Vegas. This new development will bring the company’s total holdings in metro Las Vegas to 30 properties totaling more than 10.5 million square feet. Totaling 150,000 square feet, Tropical Speedway Commerce Center will feature 28-foot to 32-foot minimum warehouse clear heights, 36 dock-high doors and eight grade-level doors, 221 parking spaces, a 130-foot minimum truck court and ESFR sprinklers. Completion is slated for second-quarter 2021. The facility will accommodate users ranging from 14,875 square feet to 150,000 square feet. The project team includes R&O Construction as general contractor and VLMK Engineering + Design and VTN Consulting Engineers as the design team. JLL’s Jason Simon, Xavier Wasiak and Rob Lujan will oversee leasing at the property.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — JLL has secured two office leases totaling 63,089 square feet at Woodcrest Corporate Center in Cherry Hill, a suburb of Philadelphia. Digital platform provider Conduent Business Services LLC renewed its 30,887-square-foot lease, and Penn Interactive Ventures, an operator of mobile gambling apps, signed a lease for 32,212 square feet. Dan Close and Rick Widerman represented the landlord, Crown Properties, in both sets of negotiations.
YORK COUNTY, MAINE — A subsidiary of New York-based Power REIT has acquired a three-acre site in York County that houses a 32,800-square-foot cannabis cultivation facility that is under construction. Locally based cannabis grower Sweet Dirt is the operator of the greenhouse, which is expected to be complete by the end of the year. The site also houses a 2,800-square-foot distribution building. The seller was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Venture Capital Properties has negotiated a 24,000-square-foot lease at a vacant parcel that formerly housed a warehouse at 5200 1st Ave. in Brooklyn. The tenant, valet parking service Park Pro Systems, will use the property to store its vehicles but will not develop any portion of the site. Jacob Stavsky of Venture Capital Properties represented both Park Pro Systems and landlord John Luhrs in the off-market deal.
City of Huntington Beach, California Acquires Land Parcel for Affordable Housing Development
by Amy Works
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — The City of Huntington Beach has purchased a 0.78-acre undeveloped land site located at 17631 Cameron Lane within a residential community in Huntington Beach. A private investor sold the asset for $3 million. The city plans to develop low-income housing on the site, which is currently being used as a temporary homeless shelter. Dan Blackwell and George Felix of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.