NORTH HAVEN, CONN. — Hartford HealthCare Corp. will open a new 40,700-square foot facility in the 273,452-square-foot North Haven Pavilion retail center in North Haven, a northern suburb of New Haven. Hartford HealthCare provides a range of medical services including air ambulance, behavioral health and rehabilitation, and skilled nursing and home health services. The facility will occupy space in the former Sports Authority building, joining tenants including Target and Michaels. National Realty & Development Corp. is the owner of the retail center. The facility is slated to open this summer.
WESTPORT, CONN. — Flexible workspace provider Serendipity Labs has opened a 23,000-square-foot coworking office space in Westport, an eastern suburb of Stamford. The space is located at 55 West Boston Post Road Homeclear Serendipity Westport LLC owns the office building.
MILFORD, CONN. — Connecticut-based private equity firm Stone Harbour Capital has acquired a 162,000-square-foot office building in the coastal Connecticut city of Milford. Built on 12 acres in 1988, the four-story property was formerly known as Merritt Crossing. Stone Harbour will rebrand the building as Great River Corporate Center and introduce a value-add program that will deliver an upgraded café, coffee bar, fitness center, coworking spaces and conference center, as well as dining and recreation areas. Renovations are set to start this month with completion slated for summer 2020. The seller was not disclosed.
SHELTON, CONN. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Avalon Shelton, a 250-unit multifamily community located in Shelton, a western suburb of New Haven. Built in 2013, Avalon Shelton offers one- and two-bedroom units with amenities including a fitness center, pool, resident lounge and covered structured parking with direct access to each residential floor. The property is located along the bank of the Housatonic River. Jeffrey Dunne, Gene Pride and Stuart MacKenzie of CBRE represented the owner, AvalonBay Communities, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Merion Realty Partners.
STRATFORD, CONN. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Atria Stratford, a 100-unit assisted living and memory care seniors housing community located in Stratford. Developed in 1999, the 87,000-square-foot community features 76 assisted living and 24 memory care units. A publicly traded REIT sold the property to partners of Woodbine Senior Living for an undisclosed price. Ben Firestone, Steve Thomes, Michael Segal and Alex Florea of Blueprint facilitated the sale.
HARTFORD, CONN. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment has provided a $14 million construction loan for the Phase II redevelopment of Westbrook Village, an affordable housing community in Hartford, Connecticut. Additionally, Key Community Development Corp. has provided $12.7 million in low-income housing tax credit equity for the project. The borrowers, Pennrose and The Cloud Co., are leading a five-phase redevelopment project of Westbrook Village, a 40-acre plot near the University of Hartford. The plot currently contains mostly vacant apartment and commercial buildings which were completed in the early 1950s. Those buildings are being leveled and replaced by new multifamily and retail constructions. Phase I of the project, which includes 75 housing units, is slated for completion this summer. Phase II of the construction will comprise six buildings with individual units leased at varying rates based on area median income (AMI). Of the 60 units, 45 will be affordable and 15 will be market rate. Of the 45 affordable units, 12 will be for supportive housing designated for individuals and families with incomes at or below 25 percent of AMI; 24 will be designated for individuals and families with incomes between 25 percent and 50 percent of AMI; and nine …
NEWINGTON, CONN. — Jacobson Properties has arranged the $8.8 million sale of Constitution Professional Park, a 31,198-square-foot medical office complex in Newington, a southern suburb of Hartford. Hartford Hospital Eye Surgery Center anchors 55 percent of the three-building complex. Other tenants include Starling Physicians and Select Physical Therapy. Lisa Menin of Jacobson Properties represented the seller, Newington Realty, in the transaction. A national healthcare real estate investor was the buyer.
STRATFORD, CONN. — Coastal States Bank has provided a $13.1 million acquisition loan to affiliates of Woodbine Senior Living to purchase a 100-unit licensed assisted living community in Stratford. Excess funds will be used to help bring the 88,825-square-foot property to stabilization. The name of the property was not released. Woodbine Senior Living partnered with Locust Point Capital, which provided a $5 million preferred equity investment.
With a unemployment rate of 3.9 percent, strong demographics, transportation that provides direct access to New York City and a highly skilled workforce, Westchester County is seeing steady investor interest across all major property types. We have seen significant interest from institutional investors, including pension fund advisors, insurance companies and REITs. This same buyer class has continued to underwrite increased rent growth in the more urban markets of Westchester County — Yonkers, New Rochelle, White Plains — ranging from 2.5 to 4.5 percent depending on occupancy and development pipeline within the local submarkets. This investor group is targeting yields of 5.5 to 6.5 percent in return on cost metrics and purchasing existing assets for cap rates ranging from 4.4 to 5.3 percent, depending on the age, location and upside of the transaction. That spread has historically been between 150 and 200 basis points. Given the need to put capital to work, the spread is now closer to 100 basis points, reflecting more aggressive pricing for the market. This trend is evident in the Westchester market with new construction projects in the transportation-oriented towns. In addition, interest rates have helped keep investors motivated to buy. Low yields have helped to keep …
STAMFORD, CT. — AJH Management has acquired Infinity Harbor Point, a 242-unit high-rise apartment building in Stamford, for $90 million. Completed in 2012, the building features one- and two-bedroom floor plans with amenities including a fitness center with Peloton cycles and an outdoor area with a fire pit and barbecue grills. Jeffrey Dunne, Gene Pride, Jeremy Neuer led a CBRE team that procured AJH Management as the buyer. The CBRE team also represented the seller, an undisclosed institutional owner.