High Watermark Sale Comps
This Boston landmark last sold for $930M ($518 PSF) in December 2010
200 Clarendon, John Hancock Tower
Where was Marcus Partners’ first office located?
75 Park Plaza in Boston’s Back Bay
What 1979 event prevented Paul Marcus from becoming a nuclear engineer?
Three Mile Island
What is a “Texas Doughnut/Texas Wrap” design?
Multifamily buildings which are wrapped around a central parking garage
Which brokerage shop had the most sales by total dollar volume in 2021 across the U.S.? (all product types) Bonus points for closest to $ volume.
CBRE, $93.5B. Which was 20.9% of total market share.
What is the name of KKR’s $332M ($802K/Unit) Seaport Acquisition?
NEMA Boston located at 399 Congress Street
How large was Marcus Partners Fund 1 and what year did it close? (half points for either answer)
$125M, September 2010
This recent DC hire was a cheerleader in college.
Yuri Blazar
What is the tallest building in New York City, and how tall is it (In Feet and Floors)?
One World Trade Center, 1,776 Feet (104 Floors)
This industrial owner completed the nation's first multi-story warehouse in Seattle's Georgetown Crossroads district in 2018. This firm is the largest warehouse portfolio owner in the U.S.
Prologis
Which FAANG company recently purchased the 1.3B SF St. John’s Terminal in NYC for $2.1B in September 2021?
What is MP’s largest tenant by dollars? (Excluding Gingko Bioworks)
Advance Stores Company, Inc. as of 12/31 (by dollars) – note this is in Marcus Partners (not DMP)
This MP Principal grew up with a Trinidadian accent.
Andrew Dolinsky
According to the Wallstreet Journal, as surging demand followed Covid-19 related shutdowns of mills and depleted the country’s steel supply, steel production in the U.S. rose by X% from 2020 to 2021.
19%
Which brokerage firm had the largest market share of Class A industrial leasing transactions in the Baltimore/Washington corridor in 2021? Bonus Points for closest % of market share.
CBRE, 92% of market share
In 2019, this soft drink company botched the sale of its iconic office building on 5th Avenue in NYC. After selling its property for $909.3M ($2.6K PSF) in August 2019, it was immediately flipped for $955M ($2.7K PSF) in September 2019.
Coca Cola
What was Fund 1’s LIRR?
17.34% Net IRR
This development team member has traveled to 49 of the 50 states.
Levi Reilly
Lab buildings have 100% outside air based on X.X-X.X cfm per usable SF for tenant areas.
1.4-2.0
Who is Cambridge’s 5th largest office/lab landlord? Bonus Points for closest SF.
DivcoWest, 2.3M SF
Fully leased to WeWork, this copper façade gilded office property in Downtown DC sold for $1.1K PSF in July 2019. The state-named Avenue it sits on is named after which New England state?
Rhode Island
What was the best performing asset in MP history (Gross Profit)?
Charles River Plaza
Which MP team members are part of sets of multiples? Name 3 employees.
Pat Sousa, Jack Ingham, Brianna Ryan
What are PFAS and what are the names of the chemicals "PFAS" refers to?
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances – a group of chemicals used to make fluoropolymer coatings and products that resist heat, oil, stains, grease, and water.
Who is Cambridge’s 4th largest office/lab landlord? Bonus Points for closest SF.
Boston Properties, 2.4M SF