ORANGE, CONN. — Associated Bank has provided a $27.7 million construction loan to Orange VA LLC for a 56,000-square-foot office building in Orange. The building, which will be located at 200 Edison Road, will house a Veterans Administration Community Care Center. Completion is slated for mid-2019. Services at the center will include primary care, team vocational services, health psychology and peer support services. Brian P. Rogan of the Commercial Real Estate division of Associated Bank originated the loan.
NORWALK, CONN. — Queens Plaza West has acquired the 120-room Dolce Norwalk hotel in Norwalk. The sales price was not disclosed. Lakota Hotels & Resorts will operate the 66-acre facility after renovations and upgrades, which will include updates to the 240-seat ballroom, amenity areas and guest rooms. Situated in the center of Fairfield County, the hotel offers views of outdoor terraces, wide green lawns, wooded areas and ponds. The property features a 10,500-square-foot event space, lap pool, full-sized basketball court, racquetball courts and a fitness center. Dolce Norwalk was acquired for $24.9 million in 2007 by Broadreach Capital Partners.
MYSTIC, CONN. — Fantini & Gorga has secured a $4.6 million first mortgage loan for the acquisition of the Days Inn & Suites in Mystic. A major New England-based financial institution provided the financing to the undisclosed borrower, a long-time client of Fantini & Gorga, as part of a 1031 exchange. The property consists of a 120-room, two-story motel with 51,732 square feet of space on a nearly five-acre lot.
GREENWICH, CONN. — Allied Property Group has orchestrated the sale of a mixed-use building at 171-173 Greenwich Ave. in Greenwich for $6.5 million. The three-story property consists of a 3,700-square-foot retail storefront leased to Club Monaco and four apartment units. Thomas Torelli of Allied Property Group represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and Matt Torrance of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, Winter HPG.
NORWALK, CONN. — Fairfield County-based Angel Commercial has arranged the sale of an 18,500-square-foot flex building at 507 Westport Ave. in Norwalk. The sales price was $2.2 million. Brett Sherman of Angel Commercial represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction. The seller was also undisclosed. The buyer plans to put capital improvements into the property and will occupy part of the building for its own use. The property is located in between Westport and Norwalk and is accessible from I-95 and Route 7.
FARMINGTON, SIMSBURY, CONN. — CBRE has arranged an undisclosed amount of financing for a joint venture between CA Ventures and a global investment manager. The funds will be used for the construction of two seniors housing communities in the Hartford area. Farmington Senior Living in Farmington and Simsbury Senior Living in Simsbury will each offer 80 assisted living units and 40 memory care units. Integral Senior Living will operate the two properties under a third-party management contract. Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the five-year, floating-rate loans with 42 months of interest-only payments. A regional bank provided the two identical loans.
WEST HARTFORD, CONN. — Seritage Growth Properties has sold a $23 million stake in The Corbin Collection, a 163,700-square-foot retail redevelopment in West Hartford, to First Washington Realty. The transaction values The Corbin Collection at $52 million, including costs to complete the project. The $23 million was used by Seritage to repay existing mortgage debt associated with the property. The newly established joint venture partnership between Seritage and First Washington Realty simultaneously closed on a $20 million loan with M&T Bank. The Corbin Collection is a former Sears store and auto center. Retailers who have opened or signed leases at the development include REI, Saks OFF Fifth, Buy Buy Baby, Cost Plus World Market and Shake Shack.
SHELTON, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.3 million sale of Shelton Town Center, a 19,450-square-foot retail center in Shelton. Derrick Dougherty and Mark Krantz of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The undisclosed buyer purchased the property in all cash. Shelton Town Center is located at 350 Bridgeport Ave. and was originally built by the seller in 2006. Tenants at the retail center include a nail salon, pizza shop, liquor store and car rental company.
MILFORD, CONN. — Northeast Private Client Group has arranged the sale of 57 Plains Road, a 17,346-square-foot office building in Milford, for $3.4 million. The property traded at a price that equates to approximately $195 per square foot at a capitalization rate of 7.6 percent. Special features of the property include executive suite floor plans, front and rear parking lots and newly renovated lobby and common areas. Brad Balletto, Rich Edwards and Jeff Wright of Northeast Private Client Group represented the seller, 57 Plains Road LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was Plains Professional Center LLC.
GREENWICH, CONN. — Arch Street Capital Advisors has brokered the sale of an 11-property industrial portfolio located across seven states for $156.7 million. The buyer was an institutional client of Greenwich-based Arch Street Capital. The portfolio totals 2.8 million square feet and is made up of primarily single-tenant, long-term, net-leased, industrial properties.