HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. — Redwood Realty Advisors has brokered the sale of a mixed-use property located at 192 Boulevard in Hasbrouck Heights. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $5.4 million in a 1031 exchange. The property features 32 apartments and 10 commercial spaces. Thomas McConnell, Kevin McCrann, Steven Matovski and Saul Ramirez brokered the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
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NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property located at 273 Lenox Ave. in Central Harlem. The four-story building sold for $3 million, or $811 per square foot. The approximately 3,699-square-foot property features two residential units and two commercial spaces. Jesse Deutch, Victor Sozio, Josh Berkowitz, Matthew Gillis and Josh Kwilecki of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller, a private investor, while POG Real Estate Inc. procured the buyer, a private investor, in the deal.
JACKSON, MISS. — BankPlus, a Mississippi-based bank with more than 60 locations and total assets exceeding $2.6 billion, will join The District at Eastover, a $125 million, 21-acre mixed-use development in Jackson. BankPlus will anchor a 67,000-square-foot office building that features traditional office space and a drive-thru banking facility on the ground floor. The ground floor of the BankPlus building will feature 17,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space with frontage on I-55 and The District Plaza. The District Land Development Co. is the master developer of the mixed-use project, which will feature loft apartments, office space, retail and restaurant tenants, a high-end movie theater and a Marriott Residence Inn. This month, Baker Donelson and Cosmich Simmons & Brown will move into their new office spaces in One Eastover Center, a 125,000-square-foot office building at The District that was completed in late 2015. The District Land Development plans to complete construction on the BankPlus project by April 2017. The new BankPlus office will house commercial lending, commercial real estate, cash management, private banking, wealth management, wealthplus and business development services.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a mixed-use property located at 265 Pleasant Ave. in Manhattan’s East Harlem neighborhood. A private investor acquired the seven-story, 19,584-square-foot mixed-use building for $10 million in a 1031 exchange. The property features one commercial unit, which is occupied by Rao’s Restaurant, and 22 residential units. Thomas Gammino and Lev Kimyagarov of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
COLUMBUS — A joint venture comprised of CASTO, The Daimler Group and The New Albany Company has unveiled plans to develop a 320-acre, mixed-use project in Columbus. Hamilton Quarter, which will be located at the State Route 161 and Hamilton Road interchange, will include over 700,000 square feet of office space, 1 million square feet of retail, restaurant, and entertainment space, up to 800 multifamily units and 130 senior living units. The development will also include hospitality components. The development team and the City of Columbus will also develop the S-Curve extension, a new roadway that will connect the Hamilton Road exit directly with Hamilton Road to the west. In addition to the S-Curve extension, part of Dublin Granville Road will be rerouted to allow for a Central Boulevard to be constructed. The Central Boulevard will be a walkable, destination space that will feature Main Street-style restaurants and retail spaces. The first wave of development on Hamilton Quarter is expected to begin in late 2016 or early 2017.
CLEMMONS, N.C. — Hankins Properties plans to develop Clemmons Town Center, a 246,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Clemmons, a suburb of Winston-Salem. The project will feature retail and restaurants in a Main Street layout, a 139-room hotel, office space, surface parking lot and a two-tiered parking deck. The project will anchor the 340-acre Village Point project, which features a 312-unit apartment community, Novant’s $100 million hospital complex, Morgan Elementary School, WFBMC Medical Plaza and a Publix-anchored shopping center known as Peace Haven Village. Lewisville, N.C.-based Gillon Design is the project’s architect. Winston-Salem-based Meridian Realty Group brokered the sale of the 20-acre site between Hankins and the seller, Village Pointe LLC. Hankins has retained Meridian Realty to lease and manage the project, which is slated to break ground later this summer.
Drexel, Brandywine Realty Trust Partner on Philadelphia’s $3.5B Schuylkill Yards Development
by John Nelson
PHILADELPHIA — Drexel University and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) will co-develop the Schuylkill Yards mixed-use community on a 14-acre site in Philadelphia. The development costs weren’t disclosed, but the Philadelphia Business Journal estimates total costs will reach $3.5 billion. Initial phases of the projected 20-year innovation development plan will consist of 5 million square feet of mixed-use real estate on a 10-acre site next to Drexel’s main campus and adjacent to Amtrak’s 30th Street Station. The master-planned neighborhood within Philadelphia’s University City submarket will feature entrepreneurial spaces, educational facilities and research laboratories, corporate offices, residential and retail spaces, hospitality, cultural venues and public open spaces. “Drexel University and Brandywine’s shared vision for the continued renaissance of University City provides a strong foundation for a long-term partnership. Together, we will create a dynamic and world-class innovation hub to attract the brightest minds to our region,” says Gerard Sweeney, president and CEO of Brandywine Realty Trust. “Schuylkill Yards will transform Philadelphia’s skyline as new towers rise on the west side of the Schuylkill River,” he continues. “Brandywine’s existing Cira Centre, EVO and FMC Tower at Cira Centre South projects in University City will provide a synergistic connection to Schuylkill Yards, creating …
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Trademark Property Co. is under contract to purchase 3.5 acres adjacent to its 278,000-square-foot WestBend mixed-use development in Fort Worth’s University District. The parcel is located on University Drive, immediately south of WestBend along the Trinity River. Conceptual planning is underway to develop additional mixed-use space including ground-floor retail with either a hotel or multifamily and condo units above. A Hawthorne Suites hotel currently occupies the site.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a development site located at 123 Linden Blvd. in Brooklyn. New York Congregational Center for Community Life sold the property for $18.5 million, or $558 per square foot. The site currently consists of a four-story, 33,145-square-foot institutional building, which most recently served as office space for several community-based organizations. The site allows for approximately 248,949 residential buildable square feet or about 316,159 buildable square feet of community facility space, along with additional development rights that were transferred from 135 Linden Boulevard. James Nelson and Matt Nickerson of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.
PASSAIC, N.J. — Redwood Realty Advisors has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property located at 102 Main St. in Passaic. The asset sold for $2.3 million. The building features 25 apartments and five commercial spaces. Thomas McConnell, Kevin McCrann, Jeremy Wernick and Marco Capozzoli of Redwood Realty brokered the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.