CLEVELAND — Michael Baker Jr. Inc., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corp., has been awarded a one-year, $4.5 million roadway and structure design services contract by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for Phase II of the Lakefront West project on U.S. Route 6 in Cleveland. When completed, the Lakefront West Project will connect Cleveland's west side neighborhoods with the lakefront by creating multi-modal connections along the West Shoreway. The project transforms a 2.5-mile, 50-mph freeway into a scenic, tree-lined, 35-mph boulevard. Baker will provide roadway and structures design, traffic certification and analysis, maintenance of traffic and utility coordination and documentation.
BALA CYNWYD, PA. — A joint venture between Keystone Property Group and Mack Cali Realty Corp. has acquired 15 office properties and three parcels located in suburban Philadelphia submarkets for $233 million. Keystone plans to reinvest in the portfolio by modernizing the office buildings.The partnership will also seek to develop the three parcels, located in Lester, Media and Berwyn, which include up to 162,200 buildable square feet. The acquisition adds approximately 1.7 million square feet of existing office space to Keystone’s portfolio.
FAIRHAVEN, MASS. — Heyman Properties has sold the 212,393-square-foot Fairhaven Commons, located in the Boston suburb of Fairhaven, for $23.8 million. The property, which was built in 1989, is 93 percent leased. Walmart and Marshalls anchor the center. Additional tenants include Sears Hardware, GNC and Wendy's. James Koury and Ben Sayles with HFF represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Pembrook Capital Management LLC has provided a $20 million bridge loan for the refinancing of the Clarendon Gardens apartment complex in Brooklyn. Clarendon Gardens is a 224-unit, seven-building multifamily property totaling 195,000 square feet. The garden-style apartment complex is more than 98 percent occupied and is located at the southeast corner of Kings Highway and Avenue D. The financing Pembrook provided, along with additional $2 million in preferred equity from a separate private investor, enabled the borrower to refinance the existing debt and complete repair work and renovations.
CONCORD, N.H. — NAI Norwood Group has arranged the sale of 247-249 Pleasant St., two 5,356-square-foot office buildings in Concord. Judy Niles-Simmons and Karl Norwood of NAI Norwood Group represented the seller, the State of New Hampshire Department of Administrative Services. The buyer, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, a New Hampshire-based healthcare system, purchased the property for $900,000. Situated on one acre, the two buildings are located across from Concord Hospital.
HOUSTON — Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR) has launched four property redevelopment programs in the Houston metro area as part of a repositioning and rebranding initiative. The properties include Woodlake Plaza, a 106,000-square-foot office building in the Westchase District; Main Park, a 113,000-square-foot medical lab facility near Reliant Stadium and Texas Medical Center; Lion Square, a 118,000-square-foot retail center in the Asian district of southwest Houston; and Torrey Square, a 106,000-square-foot retail center in a predominately Latino district of north Houston. Whitestone purchased the properties for $60 per square foot on average.
IRVING, TEXAS — HREC Investment Advisors has brokered the sale of the Ramada DFW Airport North Hotel in Irving. The 140-room property is located on Ester Road directly off Highway 114 and is in close proximity to the new Irving Convention Center, Gaylord Convention Center Hotel and the Grapevine Mills Mall, besides Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Hank Wolpert of HREC represented the seller in the transaction. Buyer Pramukhraj Irving LLC plans to rebrand the hotel.
HOUSTON — NAI Houston has brokered the sale of a 75,000-square-foot warehouse property in Houston’s Far Northwest industrial submarket. The asset is situated on 10.6 acres at 13813 FM 529. Buyer Deepwater Corrosion Services, a full-service offshore corrosion-control company serving the oil and gas industry, plans to use the building as its new headquarters. John Ferruzzo and Chris Kugle of NAI Houston represented Deepwater in the transaction. Mac Process LLC was the seller.
SAN ANTONIO — Constellation Brands Inc., a global alcoholic beverage company and the No. 1 importer of beer in the U.S., has signed a lease at Eilan, a mixed-use development in San Antonio. Constellation will occupy 13,077 square feet in one of the development’s two four-story office buildings, which feature concrete construction for sound dampening, enclosed loading docks and covered-structure parking. Eilan also includes residential and retail space as well as a hotel, spa and restaurant. Lindsey Tucker and Steve Thomas of CBRE San Antonio, who handle all office leasing at Eilan, represented the development in the negotiations.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Kierland One, a 175,441-square-foot, Class A office building in Scottsdale, has sold to Hines and joint venture equity partner Pacific Coast Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 16430 N. Scottsdale Road in the Scottsdale Airpark submarket. The building was vacant at the time of sale. The seller, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC, acted on behalf of an institutional investor. It was represented by Barry Gabel, Mindy Korth and Chris Marchildon of CBRE’s Phoenix office. The JV represented itself in this transaction.