NEW YORK CITY-Newly formed Normandy Real Estate Partners snags its first Manhattan office asset in the low to mid-$400s per sf. The buyer says 1370 was being pursued by those squeezed out of the 450 Park Ave. buy. Normandy bought the asset in partnership with Scott Landis.

DALLAS-RentaCrate has unlocked the doors on a 10,500-sf industrial building along Governors Row in Dallas, marking its first Texas location. Scouts are out in Houston for the Massachusetts firm. Brokers, in all, have closed four deals for 25,670 sf.

PORTLAND-A fiduciary for owners of more than four million sf on the West Coast, SKB says C&W has done the best job in submitting potential acquisitions to the company and, with its acquisition of Cushman Realty, brings the most to the table.

BOSTON-Having encountered difficulties finding tenants to fill the 350,000-sf building, Modern Continental Enterprises puts 470 Atlantic Avenue up for sale. The building, on the waterfront, is currently 25% leased and the company is asking for over $100 million.