FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Commercial-stage cell therapeutics company Celularity has signed a full-building, 147,215-square-foot office lease in Florham Park. The property is part of a two-building office campus at 170-180 Park Ave. that totals 368,780 square feet. The lease marks the largest new office lease in New Jersey for the first quarter of 2019. James Postell, Matt McDonough and Dan Ligorner of Transwestern Commercial Services represented the building owner in the transaction. Charlie Hatfield and Ryan Healy of Colliers International represented Celularity in the transaction.
NORWOOD, MASS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Extra Space Storage, an 83,271-square-foot self-storage facility in Norwood. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 1450 Boston Providence Turnpike, the facility opened in 2016 and is currently 85 percent occupied. The property consists of 1,011 climate-controlled units. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The buyer was also a limited liability company.
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged a $14.2 million construction loan and $3.4 million in equity for the development of Riverstone Town Center, a 63,000-square-foot mixed-use project in Sugar Land, a southwestern suburb of Houston. The property, construction of which is underway and expected to last about nine months, will be located within the Cross Creek master-planned development. Jeff Stein of CBRE arranged 94 percent of the capital stack, including the floating-rate construction loan with a regional bank that carried a 76 percent loan-to-cost structure and a 25-year amortization schedule. The borrower was The Marcel Group, a private developer based in The Woodlands.
SAN ANTONIO — Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital has acquired The Pointe at Ramsgate, a 300-unit apartment community in San Antonio. Built in 1975, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units averaging 682 square feet. Amenities include two pools, a fitness center, outdoor grilling area, resident clubhouse with a full kitchen and a dog park. Westmount will renovate the property’s unit interiors by upgrading the flooring, lighting, cabinetry and plumbing fixtures. Amenity spaces, as well as the signage, paint job and parking lot, will also be refreshed. The property will be rebranded Joule Apartment Homes.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Construction is underway on a new, 150,000-square-foot office in the Fort Worth metro of Grapevine for Paycom, an Oklahoma City-based provider of payroll and human resources software. The groundbreaking ceremony at the 14-acre site was held on Wednesday, April 10, and the company expects to move in to its new space some time in 2020. Paycom plans to accommodate as many as 1,000 employees at the property, the developer of which was not disclosed.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Dallas-based STRIVE has brokered the sale of Arkansas Square, a 30,255-square-foot shopping center in Arlington. Surrouding national retailers include Walmart Neighborhood Market, Walgreens, Subway and Dollar General. Sam House of STRIVE represented the seller, a California-based investor, and procured the buyer, a locally based investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
ALVARADO, TEXAS — REV Recreation Group (NYSE: REGV), a Milwaukee-based manufacturer of emergency and recreational vehicles, has sold a 58,736-square-foot service center in Alvarado, about 30 miles south of Fort Worth. The property, which includes 10,156 square feet of office space, was built in 2008 and expanded in 2017. The sale also includes 12 acres of land. Dan Spika of Henry S. Miller Brokerage represented REV Recreation Group in the sale. Mark Wussow of Commercial Real Estate Services LLC represented the buyer, Illinois-based National Retail Properties LP.
SAN DIEGO — Seattle-based Washington Capital Management, on behalf of its client, has acquired Spectrum Corporate Plaza, an office asset located in the Kearny Mesa submarket of San Diego. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $39.8 million. Located at 9242 and 9246 Lightwave Ave., the 129,146-square-foot office campus consists of two freestanding buildings. At the time of sale, the property was 95 percent leased. Major tenants include Epsilon Systems, Henkels and McCoy, the State of California and San Diego Workforce Partnership. Situated on 6.4 acres, the asset also features 514 parking spaces. Louay Alsadek and Hunter Rower of CBRE represented the seller, while Washington Capital Management represented the buyer, its client, in the deal.
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — CIT Group’s Healthcare Finance business served as the sole lead arranger for $36.8 million in acquisition financing. The borrower, The Sanders Trust, will use the funds to purchase Bakersfield Heart Hospital. The lender was not disclosed. Located in Bakersfield, the hospital specializes in diagnosis and treatment of heart and vascular disease, as well as a wide range of other medical and surgical procedures. The hospital will continue to be owned and managed by its current team of more than 400 employees, cardiologists, physicians and surgeons in Bakersfield and Kern County, Calif.
DENVER — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a two-property multifamily portfolio located in central Denver. An undisclosed seller sold the assets for $8.4 million. The 52-unit portfolio consists of 1339 Vine Street, which was built in 1957, and 1644 Pennsylvania Street, which was built in 1956. Jeff Johnson and Andrew Monette of Pinnacle’s Johnson|Ritter team represented the seller, while Mike Krebsbach of MitchellKrebsbach Investment Group represented the undisclosed buyer in the deal.