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Kennedy Grabs 22-Story Office for $192M

BOSTON-The Seattle-based company is taking 185 Franklin St. from Verizon and redeveloping the first floor to incorporate 60,000 sf of retail space.

By Ryan Clark | Updated on October 15, 2008

BOSTON, MA-Seattle-based Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel LP, along with an undisclosed institutional partner, is laying out $192 million to buy 185 Franklin St., here, from current owner Verizon Communications Inc. The 22-story, 700,000-sf building is fully leased by Verizon, which will move out in a sale-leaseback arrangement, eventually settling into only 100,000 sf. CB Richard Ellis represented both the buyer and the seller in this transaction.

Kennedy is taking the telephone company’s property and redeveloping the 60-year old building, addressing the common areas and facade. The redevelopment process will take close to three years, adding roughly 60,000 sf of retail space to the first floor and repositioning it as a multi-tenant building. Kennedy owns the property up to one foot from the curb, explains Bob Ratliffe, executive vice president of portfolio management at Kennedy, to GlobeSt.com. This affords Kennedy a unique opportunity to have street level retail open up right into Post Office Square. The repositioning of the property is estimated to run from $50 million to $100 million, according to Ratliffe.

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