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NEW YORK CITY — Global investment bank Greenhill & Co. has signed a 78,000-square-foot office lease at the former Time & Life building within Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center. Rockefeller Group, which owns the 48-story building located at 1271 Avenue of the Americas, is wrapping up a $600 million redevelopment program that is scheduled for completion by year’s end. Following Greenhill’s relocation from 300 Park Avenue in 2020, the building will be close to fully leased. Michael Geoghegan, Andrew Sussman and Peter Gamber of CBRE represented Greenhill in the lease negotiations. Mary Ann Tighe, Howard Fiddle, John Maher, Evan Haskell and Dave Caperna of CBRE represented Rockefeller Group, along with internal associates Ed Guiltinan and Jennifer Stein.

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GILBERT, ARIZ. — EastGroup Properties has acquired a 23.6-acre land site, located near Germann and Gilbert roads in Gilbert, from the Rockefeller Group for $6.4 million. The REIT plans to develop Gilbert Crossroads Business Park, a two-phase industrial park at the site. Slated to break ground in April, the first phase of the project will include the construction of a 58,000-square-foot building and an 82,000-square-foot facility. Both buildings are speculative development and available for lease. Paul Sieczkowski, Rob Martensen and Phil Breidenbach of Colliers International in Arizona negotiated the land sale. Colliers is also serving as exclusive leasing agent for the new project.

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NEW YORK CITY — Englewood Construction’s retail group has begun construction on a 40,000-square-foot American Girl Place store located at 75 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. American Girl will move to the new space this fall from its current location at 609 Fifth Ave. The 75 Rockefeller Plaza store will be the 12th project Englewood has completed for American Girl since 2008. Cincinnati-based architecture firm FRCH Design Worldwide designed the new American Girl store, which will span two floors with direct entrances from both 51st and 52nd streets.

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Citigroup Center, Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Coretrust Capital Partners has purchased Citigroup Center, a 914,000-square-foot office tower in downtown Los Angeles, for an undisclosed sum. The 48-story tower is located at 444 S. Flower St. in the Central Business District. Notable tenants at Citigroup Center include Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and Arco. The building also includes Equinox, Starbucks, Mendocino Farms and a Citibank branch. Rockefeller Group developed the project in 1981. AC Martin Partners was the designer. Coretrust plans to upgrade the building’s common areas and outdoor space. The property was purchased through Coretrust Value Fund I. The seller was a partnership advised and led by Hines.

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NEW YORK — Paramount Group Inc. (NYSE: PGRE) has agreed to acquire the remaining 35.8 percent ownership interest in 31 W. 52nd St. in New York City from its joint venture partner for approximately $230 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2015. The 29-story, 786,647-square-foot office building is located between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. Paramount Group originally purchased the asset in late 2007 from Hines, Deutsche Bank and RREEF for $595 million, according to media reports. The company declined to name its joint venture partner. “The acquisition of the remaining ownership interest in this distinctive trophy asset offers Paramount an outstanding opportunity to execute on our embedded growth strategy,” says Albert Behler, chairman, CEO and president of Paramount Group. “We believe full ownership of the property is in the best long-term interests of our shareholders, as we continue to focus our efforts on driving NOI [net operating income] growth through strategic and creative leasing and other key initiatives.” The property is currently leased to a number of high-profile tenants including Clifford Chance, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Morgan Stanley, Centerview Partners and an upscale steakhouse, Fogo de Chao. …

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NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of a three-lot land assemblage in the Rockefeller Center area of Midtown Manhattan. HID Acquisition Group, affiliated with Hidrock Realty, acquired the property, which is targeted for residential condo development, for $47 million or $522 per buildable square foot. The assemblage consists of three 25-foot-wide lots: 12 East 48th Street, 14 East 48th Street and 13 East 47th Street. The assemblage allows for 75,300 residential buildable square feet as of right and a total buildable residential envelope of approximately 90,000 square feet if the development is in compliance with the recreation facility bonus in the zoning district. HID Acquisition plans to raze the three existing vacant office buildings and develop a 31-story residential tower on the East 48th Street entrance. The project will include a mix of studio units, one- and two-bedroom apartments and amenities, specifically targeting the international pied-a-terre market. R. Stuart Gross of Eastern Consolidated represented both the buyer and the seller, East 47th Street LLC (City Centre Properties), in the transaction. Morris Missry of Wachtel Missry LLP was the attorney for the buyer, and Peter Koffler of Venable LLP was the attorney for the seller.

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LAKE CITY, FLA. — Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. and the Rockefeller Group will pursue a joint venture development on 4,722 acres of land in the Southeast. Plans for the property, which is owned by Plum Creek, include manufacturing and distribution facilities, inland ports and office buildings. The agreement covers two large tracts of land: about 2,600 acres near Lake City in Columbia County, Fla., and about 2,122 acres near Dublin, in Laurens County, Ga. The companies have also agreed to review other land parcels owned by Plum Creek for consideration of future development opportunities. No timetable for evaluating potential developments has been announced.

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BELLEVUE, WASH. — The Rockefeller Group and Sterling Realty Organization (SRO) plan to develop a 2.4-million-square-foot project on a 5.46-acre site in Downtown Bellevue. The site is owned by SRO. The agreement will allow the partners to develop five adjacent parcels over a phased period of time. The initial plans will include three office towers situated above a podium that will include retail shops and public areas.

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BELLEVUE, WASH. — The Rockefeller Group and Sterling Realty Organization (SRO) plan to develop a 2.4-million-square-foot project on a 5.46-acre site in Downtown Bellevue. The site is owned by SRO. The agreement will allow the partners to develop five adjacent parcels over a phased period of time. The initial plans will include three office towers situated above a podium that will include retail shops and public areas.

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The Rockefeller Group has completed construction of a 325,000-square-foot office building for BASF Corp. at The Green at Florham Park. The building is home to BASF's new North American headquarters. BASF, a diversified chemical company, had been located in an adjacent property in Florham Park since 2004. Construction of the building began in 2010. The facility has been designed to achieve LEED double platinum certification. The Green at Florham Park is a 268-acre, master-planned development.

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