Nordblom buys Sun's Burlington campus

Nordblom Co. announced today its $212 million acquisition of the Burlington campus of Sun Microsystems Inc.

Nordblom is a commercial and multifamily real estate firm with offices in Burlington, Brookline, and Boston.

Headquartered in California, Sun Microsystems is a provider of network computing infrastructure solutions.

Jones Lang LaSalle, a Chicago-based real estate money management and services firm, represented Sun Microsystems in the transaction and procured the buyer, Nordblom said.

As part of the purchase, Sun Micorsystems entered into a long-term lease agreement to occupy 450,000 square feet of the 1.4 million square feet of buildings and undeveloped land involved in the transaction, said Nordblom, which will manage the property.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)