Todd Hawley, SVP with Friedman Real Estate Group, says the dealwas done for more than $100 per sf. "The buyer entails a law firmtenant from Bloomfield Hills and a CPA firm that was elsewhere inFarmington Hills," he tells GlobeSt.com. "They have a relationship,and they wanted somewhere they could move in together while alsohaving a multi-tenant building." The lease rate for the building,now mostly filled, is around $19 to $20 per sf, Hawley says.

He says that though there's very little demand now for officespace in Detroit's Oakland County submarket, there's a lot ofconsolidation, and similar users looking to either sell andleaseback, or users looking to buy into their new property. "Buyersare taking advantage of these situations, but the prices aren'tfire sale, they're a nice fit for everyone involved," he says.

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