The financial services group of Cushman & Wakefield--Robert E. Griffin Jr., Edward C. Maher Jr., Marci Griffith Loeber and Christopher T. Griffin--represented SSR and procured the buyer. "This transaction is a clear example of a regained feeling of confidence among institutional investors in what has historically been one of the single largest technology incubators in the country," says Maher, executive director at Cushman. "This property provides the many key attributes required by today's most demanding investors: marquee tenancy, upside through re-leasing, expandability and debt-free offering terms. There is just so much capital going after so few quality investments that demand is far outstripping the available supply."

The campus is located approximately 20 miles northwest of Boston. The complex was originally designed and developed for GenRad Inc. in 1952 and expanded in phases through 1980. The property consists of a 408,042-sf three-story office building and an adjacent single-story 14,160-sf warehouse/storage building.

The property's expansion over time resulted in the campus' design as a large office core with multiple wings. The design also made the building suited for its eventual conversion to a multi-tenanted "mini-city." In 1998, the property underwent a master-planned renovation.

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