Reading, MA Nordblom Company and Rubenstein Partners, owners of 55 Walkers Brook Dr., have signed a seven-year, 25,000 s/f lease with Eliassen Group at the property. Eliassen Group, an IT staffing, recruiting and consulting company, will be moving their corporate headquarters from Wakefield to 55 Walkers Brook.
“Tremendous growth presents both opportunities and challenges. In our case, we completely outgrew our previous location, which we occupied for over 19 years. 55 Walkers Brook will have all of the modern technology and comforts to enable us to continue to attract and retain the top talent in the industry, and serve as a great new venue to host our corporate headquarters, which we intend to occupy in Q1 of 2017” said David MacKeen, CEO of Eliassen Group.
55 Walkers Brook is a six-story, 140,000 s/f, class A office tower located off Rte. I-95/128 and less than two miles from Rte. I-93. This building features a fitness center, full-service cafeteria, new building systems, finishes, a lobby, rich landscaping, parking, and continuous ribbon windows that provide natural light.
The 24,000 s/f floor plates allow for open space layouts that support innovation workforce. Area amenities include 526 retail shops, 356 dining options, 18 fitness centers, 17 hotels, 9 day cares, and 9 MBTA stations.
“We are delighted that Eliassen Group has made a long-term commitment to this headquarters building.” said Og Hunnewell, EVP/partner of Nordblom. “They are an exceptional company and we welcome them to our growing list of prestigious companies in this very desirable building.”
Nordblom is a real estate enterprise with a 90-year history of investing, managing and developing properties throughout the New England region and select markets across the country. The company currently owns office, commercial and multi-family properties in the New England and Carolina markets and is committed to creating dynamic work and living environments that further the quality of life for the people who occupy its properties. Headquartered in Burlington, Mass. with offices in Boston, Brookline, and Raleigh, North Carolina, Nordblom has $1.2 billion in assets under management.
Rubenstein Partners, founded in September 2005, is a private real estate investment management and advisory firm with operations throughout the Eastern United States. The firm is led by its founder, David Rubenstein, and a group of senior real estate executives, and is focused on directing and managing value-added office real estate investments, primarily in markets in the Eastern United States that encompass more than two-thirds of U.S. office space inventory. Rubenstein Partners’ predecessor company, The Rubenstein Company, LP and affiliates, founded in 1969, was one of the largest private owner operators of class A office real estate in the Mid-Atlantic, owning and operating a portfolio of assets valued at $1.2 billion at the time of its disposition in 2004. Since 2005, Rubenstein Partners has, on behalf of its investors and clients, invested in more than 10 million s/f of office real estate assets throughout the Eastern United States.
