NORWALK, CONN. — CBRE has arranged a $53.5 million loan for the refinancing of The Berkeley at Waypoint and Quincy Lofts, two multifamily properties in Norwalk, located north of Stamford along the Connecticut coast. The Berkeley at Waypoint was built in 2017 and features 129 units in one- and two-bedroom formats. Quincy Lofts was constructed in 2016 and offers 69 loft-style units in one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Both properties were 95 percent occupied at the time of the loan closing, and 10 percent of the units in both properties are reserved for residents earning less than 80 percent of the area median income. Jason Gaccione, Shawn Rosenthal and Tom Didio of CBRE arranged the funds on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Alex Brown Realty Inc. and Belpointe Capital LLC. Los Angeles-based Thorofare Capital provided the financing.
Connecticut
ELSMERE, DEL. — Philadelphia-based Rittenhouse Realty Advisors has arranged the sale of Parklynn Apartments, a 140-unit multifamily complex located in Elsmere, a western suburb of Wilmington. The garden-style property is located near a major shopping center and several employment hubs, including Wilmington VA Medical Center and the University of Delaware-Wilmington campus. Units include hardwood floors, oversized closets and onsite laundry facilities. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
PLAINFIELD, CONN. — Greystone has provided $7.1 million in bridge financing for the acquisition of Colonial Health & Rehab, a 90-bed skilled nursing facility in Plainfield, located near the Rhode Island border. The borrowers were owner-operators Curtis Rodowicz and Robert Darigan. Lisa Fischman of Greystone originated the loan, with the expectation that it will eventually be converted to FHA-insured financing. The nonrecourse loan features a 35-year term and fixed interest rate.
TORRINGTON, CONN. — Dallas-based SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $2.6 million sale of a single-tenant retail property that is net leased to AFC Urgent Care in Torrington, Connecticut, located west of Hartford. The tenant’s lease term is 15 years. Britt Raymond and Kyle Fant of SRS represented the Connecticut-based seller, which completed construction of the property earlier this year. Terri Frohnmayer of First Commercial Oregon represented the Oregon-based buyer, which acquired the asset via a 1031 exchange.
HAMDEN, CONN. — Arbor Realty Trust Inc. has provided $7.5 million in Fannie Mae DUS financing for Meadow Mills Assisted Living & Memory Care in Connecticut. Located on two acres in Hamden, just north of New Haven near Long Island Sound, the property offers 60 units of assisted living and memory care. The loan includes a 10-year, fixed-rate term on a 30-year amortization schedule and will be used to refinance existing debt. Ari Short of Arbor’s New York City office originated the loan.
FAIRFIELD, CONN. — West Orange, New Jersey-based brokerage firm Sheldon Gross Realty has closed the $30 million-plus sale of seven office and industrial buildings totaling 315,800 square feet in the coastal Connecticut city of Fairfield. The buyer was an institutional investment firm and the seller was undisclosed. Robert Nathin of Sheldon Gross Realty, which has also managed the properties for the past two decades, brokered the deal.
NORWALK, CONN. — Los Angeles-based Thorofare Capital has provided a $53.5 million loan for the refinancing of a 198-unit apartment community in Norwalk, located between Stamford and Bridgeport in coastal Connecticut. The name of the property, which includes 10,350 square feet of retail space and a 228-space parking garage, was not disclosed. The nonrecourse loan carries a five-year term and a floating interest rate. The borrower was also undisclosed.
OAKDALE, CONN. — Lyman Real Estate has negotiated the sale of a 23-acre vacant land parcel in the Montville village of Oakdale. Located at 105 Cottage Road, the property has frontage on Gardener Lake. Ron Lyman of Lyman Real Estate represented both the undisclosed buyer and the seller, Saint Thomas More School Endowment & Development, in the transaction.
HARTFORD, CONN. — Chozick Realty has arranged the $7.5 million sale of Wickham Garden, a fractured condominium in Hartford. Located at 1267 Burnside Ave., the 100-unit complex was built in the mid-1960s and declared a condominium in 1988. Only 10 units were sold at that time, leaving the property as a “fractured” condominium complex with 90 apartment units. Rick Chozick of Chozick Realty represented the seller in the transaction, who acquired the property in the mid-1990s. The buyer was North Point Management.
Chozick Realty Negotiates $14.3M Sale of Student Housing Complex at University of Connecticut
by David Cohen
HARTFORD, CONN. — Chozick Realty has arranged the $14.3 million sale of Willington Oaks, a 128-unit student housing complex at the University of Connecticut in Hartford. The property includes 64 one-bedroom flats and 64 two-bedroom townhouses. Willington Oaks has recently undergone extensive updates including new boilers, roofs, windows, septic systems and connection to municipal water. The property routinely maintains occupancy close to 100 percent. Rick Chozick and Steve Pappas of Chozick Realty represented the seller, Willington Oaks LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was TC NY Associates LLC.