WATERBURY, CONN. — Hunt Mortgage Group has provided a $5.8 million Fannie Mae conventional loan for the refinancing of a multifamily property located in Waterbury. The borrower is 650 Howard 2017 LLC, a single-purpose, Connecticut limited liability firm backed by key principals Tom Bechard and George Louie. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan features a 30-year fully amortizing schedule with yield maintenance prepayment. Located at 119 and 136 Store Ave., the two-building Store Avenue Apartments offer a total of 113 units. At the time of refinancing, the property was 97 percent occupied.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Summit Hotel Properties (NYSE: INN) has purchased a four-property hotel portfolio for $164 million. The portfolio contains a total of 652 guestrooms. The acquisition includes the 207-room Courtyard New Haven at Yale in New Haven, Conn.; the 148-room Hilton Garden Inn Boston/Waltham in Waltham, Mass.; the 175-room Residence Inn Cleveland Downtown in Cleveland; and the 122-room Homewood Suites by Hilton Tucson/St. Philip’s Plaza University in Tucson, Ariz. The Courtyard New Haven is situated adjacent to Yale University. It is the only Marriott-branded hotel within nearly 10 miles of downtown New Haven. The hotel underwent a renovation of all public spaces and guestrooms in 2016. The Hilton Garden Inn Boston/Waltham is centrally located along the Route 128/Interstate 95 corridor known as America’s Technology Highway. The hotel benefits from strong corporate demand with 16.4 million square feet of office space within three miles of the property and another 1 million square feet under construction. The recently renovated Residence Inn Cleveland Downtown is positioned within the Central Business District’s 9.5 million square feet of Class A office space, which includes the headquarters of Fortune 500 companies Sherwin-Williams, KeyCorp and Cliffs Natural Resources. The Homewood Suites by Hilton Tucson/St. Philip’s Plaza …
TAMFORD, CONN. — LCB Senior Living has broken ground on The Residence at Summer Street, a 104-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Stamford, approximately 25 miles northeast of New York City. LCB will both own and operate the community, which is scheduled to open in summer 2018. Headquartered in Massachusetts, LCB Senior Living owns and/or operates communities throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic states.
NORWALK, CONN. — HFF has secured $100 million in financing for Merritt 7, a six-building, 1.4 million-square-foot office park in Norwalk. The borrower is a separate account managed by New York-based Clarion Partners. Riaz Cassum and Lauren O’Neil of HFF arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through a correspondent life insurance company. Situated on 22 acres along Norwalk River, Merritt 7 comprises six buildings and features a fitness center, conference centers, car care, two full-service cafeterias, a Starbucks Coffee location and a unisex salon. At the time of financing, the office park was 97 percent leased to a diverse tenant roster including General Electric, Factset Research Systems, Datto and Frontier Communications.
HARTFORD AND NEW BRITAIN, CONN. — Up Realty, a New York-based investment group, has purchased three multifamily properties located in Connecticut in three separate transactions totaling $6.7 million. In the first deal, the buyer acquired Mark Twain Apartments, located at 367-381 Farmington Ave. in Hartford, for $2.6 million, or $40,000 per unit. The property features 65 apartments in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. In the second transaction, Up Realty purchased Candlewood Apartments, located at 123-131 Clinic Ave. in New Britain, for $2.6 million, or $66,250 per unit. Situated on 1.7 acres, the property features 40 two-bedroom apartments. In the third deal, the buyer acquired Cardinal Hill Apartments, located at 265 Kensington Ave. in New Britain, for $1.5 million, or $51,724 per unit. The 29-unit property features large studio units with private balconies. Steve Pappas of Chozick Realty represented the undisclosed sellers and procured the buyer in all three transactions.
WILTON, CONN. — Avison Young has brokered the sale of a development site located at 200 Danbury Road in Wilton. The Kent House LLC sold the parcel to 200 Danbury Road LLC for $1.2 million. The buyer plans to develop a mixed-use residential and retail center on the site. Sean McDonnell and Alison Luisi of Avison Young represented the seller in the deal.
DANBURY, CONN. — A joint venture between Quincy, Mass.-based The Grossman Cos. and Southport, Conn.-based Summit Development has completed the disposition of Lee Farm Corporate Office Park in Danbury. CT Property Realty LLC acquired the property for $31.7 million. The five-story building features 215,649 square feet of Class A office space. The joint venture originally purchased the property in 2013.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Bedford Hall Apartments, an apartment property located in downtown Stamford. TR Eastview LLC sold the property to Navarino Acquisitions LLC for $24.5 million. Located at 545 Bedford St., the six-story property features 82 apartments in a mix of one-bedroom/one-bath and two-bedroom/two-bath apartments ranging in size from 441 square feet to 1,056 square feet. Victor Nolletti and Eric Pentore of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
NORTH HAVEN, CONN. — Pearce Real Estate has arranged the sale of an industrial building located at 395 State St. in North Haven. Trilot 7 Enterprises acquired the 18,000-square-foot property for an undisclosed price from Funaro Realty. The buyer operates Nelson Ambulance, Access Ambulance, Connecticut Handivan, Nelcon Towing and Recovery, and The Limo Group. Trilot 7 Enterprises will renovate the property, which is situated on 2 acres. Phil Barber of Pearce Real Estate represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
NORWALK, CONN. — RHYS has arranged the sale of an office building located at 14 Westport Ave. in downtown Norwalk. Watermill Westport LLC sold the three-story Class B building to Philipos Properties for $2.9 million. Constellation Health Services occupies the 32,000-square-foot building, which was built in 1985. Christian Bangert, Cory Gubner and Alex Haendler of RHYS represented the seller, while John Zervos of DVB Commercial represented the buyer in the transaction.