Tampa real estate firm makes $37M data center purchase

TAMPA — Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II Inc. has acquired an Andover, Mass., data center for $37 million.

Andover Data Center II, a 153,000-square-foot building on 23 acres and completed in 2000, is fully occupied by a pair of tenants, including a subsidiary of Charter Communications Inc.

The two-story building marks the latest in the Tampa-based real estate investment trust's strategy of buying health care and data-related properties with specialized features.