Efforts to contact officials at Morris & Morse to discuss the deal were unsuccessful, but the firm announced in a press release that Richards Barry Joyce & Partners has been retained as exclusive leasing agents for the 80,000-sf building. RBJ's investment sales group also negotiated the purchase of 1400 Computer Dr. on behalf of the buyers. The RBJ brokerage team included Richard Bradbury, Richard Herlihy, John Lashar and Paul Leone, while the latter two brokers will handle the leasing assignment.

In announcing the deal, RBJ officials cited the building's overall quality as a key selling point, with substantial technology incorporated when the structure was constructed in 1991 to be the northeast headquarters for General Electric. Besides the modern element to the building systems, RBJ lists a roster of on-site amenities expected to be attractive to prospective tenants, including a fitness center, and notes visibility along Route 9 and direct access to the Massachusetts Turnpike and Interstate 495 as other benefits.

"It's a really nice play for them," Bradbury says of the buyers. "They got a nice price per-sf that allows them entry into the Westborough market, and they also got a really nice building." A measure of stability is included from the lease to 1400 Computer Dr.'s chief tenant, Carlin, Charron & Rosen, an established accounting firm that occupies the bulk of the space.