Cushman & Wakefield To Lease Former Lucent Property

MIDDLETOWN, NJ-A brokerage team from Cushman & Wakefield is leading the leasing effort for a 285,000-square-foot, class A office building here. Owned by an affiliate of Aegon USA Realty Advisors, the property was once home to Lucent Technologies.

Joseph J. Sarno, executive director in C&W’s Edison office, tells GlobeSt.com that Lucent has not physically occupied the building at 480 Red Hill Rd. for approximately six years, although its lease expired two years ago. While the six-story building was unoccupied, the landlord redid the lobbies and landscaping and gutted the interior to open up the floor plans. As a result, the property is suitable for both small and large users, Sarno says, with 47,500-square-foot floors ready for tenant build-out.

Sarno and his team, which includes Jeremy Neuer and Nick Cerulo, are marketing the property at an asking gross rental rate of $24.50 per square foot and tenant electric. “We are offering a very healthy concession package that includes a fairly substantial work letter,” Sarno details. “Ownership is very aware of the market conditions and is prepared to make a very attractive economic package for tenants.”