Cushman & Wakefield Negotiates Major Leases Totaling 72,000 Square Feet
On behalf of Merrimack Office Properties, Cushman & Wakefield today announced the
completion of two major lease transactions involving 72,000 square feet of first class office
space. The combination of both leases recently brought 11 Continental Boulevard in Merrimack
from a vacant property to 100 percent occupied. Cushman and Wakefield Executive Director
Thomas P. Farrelly and Director Denis Dancoes II and Associate Sue Ann Johnson represented the
Landlord—Merrimack Office Properties—in both transactions.
“These two transactions bring growing corporations offering attractive high paying
jobs to Merrimack and they fill a significant void in the local office market,” said
Thomas P. Farrelly, executive director of Cushman Wakefield’s New Hampshire offices.
Cushman & Wakefield initially negotiated a 60,000 square foot office lease with
Compuware Corporation, a recognized industry leader in enterprise software and IT
services. The company expanded and relocated from Nashua. It serves the world's
largest IT organizations, including 95 percent of the Fortune 100 companies.
With the Compuware agreement in place, Cushman & Wakefield subsequently leased the
remainder of the building to Oztek Corporation in a 12,000 square foot office
transaction. Oztek Corp. was founded in Merrimack, NH in 1997 to provide superior design
engineering services and specialty products to the motion control and power electronics
industries.
Originally, 11 Continental Boulevard was a 176,000 square foot Texas Instruments engineering
design center used as a silicon wafer fabrication plant. Approximately 100,000 square feet of
that structure was demolished. The site was then subdivided and developed by Regency
Centers to accommodate a retail grocery store anchored strip center built for Shaws Supermarket
and several smaller tenants. The remaining engineering design center was redeveloped by
locally owned Merrimack Office Properties and presently sits as a finely appointed 72,000
square foot Class A office complex on 7.5 acres. The facility is directly adjacent to
Exit 11 on the F.E Everett Turnpike, less than 30 minutes from the Manchester Airport and one
hour from Boston.
Monks & Company represented Compuware and Valentine & Scanlon represented Oztek
Corporation in the recent lease transactions.
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