STAMFORD, CONN. — Beiersdorf Inc., the US affiliate of global skin care company Beiersdorf AG, has signed a 27,942-square-foot office lease at Stamford Plaza, a 1 million-square-foot campus in southern Connecticut. Margaret Carlson represented the landlord, RFR Realty, on an internal basis, along with agents from Cushman & Wakefield. Edward Tonnessen and Paul Tortora of JLL represented the tenant.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Global accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has signed a 19,450-square-foot office lease at One Stamford Plaza in southern Connecticut. Margaret Carlson represented the landlord, RFR Realty, on an internal basis, along with agents from Cushman & Wakefield. Paul Kaufman of JLL represented PwC, which will occupy the entire eighth floor of the building.
STAMFORD, CONN. — CBRE has negotiated the $84.3 million sale of The Fairfield Apartments, a 263-unit multifamily community in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Stamford. Built in 1996, the property offers amenities such as a clubroom, caterer’s kitchen, three private courtyards, a pool, fitness center and outdoor grilling areas. The CBRE team of Jeffrey Dunne, Gene Pride, Jeremy Neuer, Steve Bardsley, David Gavin and Travis Langer represented the institutional seller in the transaction, while also procuring San Francisco-based FPA Multifamily as the buyer.
STAMFORD, CONN. — A partnership between New York City-based Monday Properties and Neo Capital, an investment advisory firm based in London, has acquired Harbor Landing, a 218-unit multifamily asset in Stamford. The sales price was $73 million. Built in 2018, Harbor Landing features studio, one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center and outdoor grilling areas. Jose Cruz, Steve Simonelli, Michael Oliver, Kevin O’Hearn and Ryan Robertson of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Building & Land Technology and Lubert Adler Real Estate Funds, in the transaction. Michael Gigliotti and Peter Rotchford of JLL arranged acquisition financing for the new ownership. Harbor Landing is part of a 14-acre mixed-use community that features two restaurants, a waterfront boardwalk, marinas with slips for yachts and boats and four office buildings, that include 66,314 square feet of newly redeveloped lab space.
NORWALK, CONN. — Car dealer Garavel Automotive will open a 34,502-square-foot Subaru dealership at the site of the former Best Friends Pet Hotel in Norwalk, located in the southern coastal part of the state. The dealer acquired the 2.3-acre site at 520 Main Ave. for $3.9 million. Jeffrey Gage and Robert Crane of CBRE represented the seller, Morganth Properties LLC, in the land deal. Dan DiBuono of Tower Realty Corp. represented Garavel Automotive.
DARIEN, CONN. — Boston-based mortgage banking firm EagleBridge Capital has arranged $14.7 million in mortgage financing for Darien Crossing, a 77,000-square-foot office complex in Darien, located in the southern coastal part of the state. Darien Crossing consists of three buildings on 5.2 acres that were recently renovated to offer a new café with indoor and outdoor seating, as well as a new fitness center and conference facility. Brian Walsh of EagleBridge Capital arranged the loan through an undisclosed national lender. The borrower was also undisclosed.
NORWICH, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $4 million loan for the refinancing of a 59-unit apartment building located at 206 Washington St. in Norwich, located in the southeastern part of the state. Robert Damigella of MMCC arranged the 10-year loan, which features a fixed interest rate of 3.99 percent for seven years and a 30-year amortization schedule, on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
ORANGE, CONN. — Locally based firm HK Group has brokered the $16 million sale of a 162,036-square-foot warehouse and distribution building in Orange, located in the southern coastal part of the state. The building was constructed on 15.1 acres in 1992 and was fully leased to Restaurant Depot and British paper goods company Bunzl at the time of sale. A seller based in Westchester County, New York, sold the asset to an undisclosed institutional investor. Matthew Keefe and Franco Fellah of HK Group brokered the deal.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Connecticut-based Edgewood Capital Advisors has provided a $3.5 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of eight multifamily properties totaling 30 units in New Haven. The borrower, an undisclosed, locally based investor, will use the proceeds to pay off existing debt, cover closing costs and provide working capital.
TRUMBULL, CONN. — CBRE has negotiated the $82 million sale of The Royce at Trumbull, a 340-unit apartment community located in Connecticut’s Fairfield County. The property was built in 1998 and offers amenities such as a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling areas, an indoor basketball court and an outdoor lounge. Jeffrey Dunne, Gene Pride, Jeremy Neuer, Steve Bardsley, David Gavin and Stuart MacKenzie of CBRE represented the seller, a joint venture between Paredim Partners and LEM Capital, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Connecticut-based Sym Investments, which will implement a value-add program.