SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — GBT Realty Corp. has recently purchased a 10.5-acre site in Summerville for South Carolina’s first BJ’s Wholesale Club, a membership warehouse retailer that will also include a BJ’s Gas Station. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based developer purchased the site for nearly $1.9 million. The project will span 87,800 square feet and will be situated at the southeastern quadrant of I-26 and North Main Street (U.S. 17). GBT expects to deliver the Summerville BJ’s Wholesale Club in 2017. BJ’s operates more than 200 locations in 15 states.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Chicago-based Origin Investments has purchased Trinity Place, a four-story, 114,547-square-foot office building located at 1201 Edwards Mill Road in west Raleigh. Origin Investments acquired the Class A building via the $150 million Origin’s Fund 3 from an unnamed institutional real estate fund for $23.5 million. Trinity Place was fully leased at the time of sale and has maintained an average occupancy of 97 percent since 2003. Ryan Clutter and Scott Humphrey of HFF brokered the transaction. Origin Investments has retained Ed Pulliam and Brad Corsmeier of CBRE to market Trinity Place and Foundry Commercial to manage the asset.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Mack-Cali Realty Corp. has completed the sale of three office buildings located at 4, 5 and 6 Century Drive within Mack-Cali Business Campus in Parsippany. A partnership between Bergman Real Estate Group and Time Equities Inc. acquired the properties, which total 280,000 square feet, for $15 million. Built in 1981, the campus features a full-service cafeteria, excess parking and a courtyard with a fountain and picnic areas. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Stephen Simonelli and Marc Duval of HFF represented the seller, while Michael Bergman and Michael Difede of Bergman Real Estate Group, along with Aaron Medeiros of Time Equities, represented the buyer in the transaction.
MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — Nordblom Co. has completed the disposition of two high-tech flex buildings located at 450 and 500 Donald Lynch Blvd. in Marlborough. Atlantic – Fulcrum Realty LLC, a joint venture between Atlantic Management Corp. and Fulcrum Real Estate Partners, purchased the properties for an undisclosed price. At the time of sale, the properties were 92 percent leased with only 9,521 square feet left available for lease at the 59,667-square-foot building at 450 Donald Lynch Blvd. The facility at 500 Donald Lynch Blvd. totals 62,224 square feet. Tenants at the two buildings include New England Cryogenics Center, SENKO Advanced Components and WaterSep BioSeparations Corp. The buildings are part of the 50-acre Solomon Pond Park, a 1 million-square-foot mixed-use development.
PATTERSON, N.J. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged $10 million in Fannie Mae financing for Broadway Towers, a high-rise apartment building in Patterson. Built in 1961, the property features 114 units and two ground-floor commercial spaces. Tom Peloquin of KeyBank arranged the loan, which was used to refinance existing debt. The name of the borrower was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Bestreich Realty Group has arranged the sale of a five-building multifamily assemblage located at 255-265 Linden St. in Brooklyn. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $9.2 million. Totaling 34,900 square feet, the assets feature 39 apartment units. Derek Bestreich, Luke Sproviero and Steve Reynolds of Bestreick Realty Group represented the undisclosed seller and buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has signed a lease with Urban Soccer, an operator of indoor and outdoor competitive and recreation leagues in Europe, at Whale Square in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park. Urban Soccer will occupy 63,000 square feet of space on the third floor of the 500,000-square-foot mixed-use property. Madison Realty Capital acquired the property last summer and is currently redesigning and repositioning the property into commercial space designed for innovative and creative tenants. David Falk, Eric Cagner, Whitten Morris and Joseph Sipala of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented Madison Realty in the deal.
SEATTLE — Mirae Asset Global Investments has acquired the Amazon Phase VIII building in Seattle for $246.8 million. Vulcan Real Estate sold the 12-story, 317,804-square-foot office building. The building, constructed in 2015, includes 5,297 square feet of ground-floor retail space and serves as Amazon’s headquarters. The property, located at 325 9th Ave. N. in the South Lake Union neighborhood, is LEED Gold certified and features 443 parking spaces. Mirae Asset Global Investments is an international investor based in Seoul, South Korea. Kevin Shannon, Ken White and Michael Moll of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) brokered the transaction. David Milestone and Brett Green of NGKF arranged financing for Mirae Asset Global Investments. “Global capital is increasingly recognizing the unique opportunity offered by South Lake Union and the Puget Sound region,” says Shannon, president of NGKF Capital Markets. “Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles sales activity in the CBDs has been dominated by foreign buyers in 2016 and this is yet another example of this.” Amazon has approximately 15 years remaining on its lease. — Christina Cannon
PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, PA. — Meridian Design Build has completed the construction of an automated package sorting and distribution center for developer Scannell Properties. Constructed on a design-build basis, the new facility is located on 59.1 acres in Pittston Township. The 304,317-square-foot building features 99 loading docks, 237 interior van loading positions, 593 auto parking stalls and 350 exterior trailer stalls. Additionally, the facility features 14,734 square feet of office space, a 2,940-square-foot gateway building and a 5,180-square-foot maintenance shop. Architectural services were provided by Precept Design and civil engineering services were provided by Kimley-Horn.
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Holdings has received a $120 million refinancing loan with BNY Mellon and TD Bank of a three-building, 390,000-square-foot office portfolio located at 740 Broadway, 2-20 Astor Place and 440 Lafayette in New York City. The properties are currently more than 93 percent leased with a roster of prominent tenants, including New York University, Walgreens and L2 Inc. The new loan replaces the existing financing held by Mid-First & Amalgamated Bank that was originated in April 2008 and totaled approximately $53 million. Paul Talbot provided in-house representation for Newmark Holdings in the deal.