EAST HAVEN, CONN. — O,R&L Commercial has arranged a long-term lease for 26,460 square feet of retail space at Foxhaven Plaza, located on Foxon Road in East Haven. Flippin Out, dba Rockin’ Jump Trampoline Park, will open a location at the shopping center in early February. Rich Guralnick of O,R&L Commercial represented the landlord, Foxhaven Plaza LLC, while David Gorback of Colonial Properties represented the tenant in the deal.
EAST HAVEN, CONN. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $22.5 million in Fannie Mae refinancing for East Farm Village, a multifamily property located in East Haven. The 240-unit property operates under a Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments contract and provides affordable housing units for low- to moderate-income families. Situated on 7.6 acres, the property features a community room, fitness center, solarium, library, playground, laundry facilities, elevator, on-site security and 24-hour maintenance. Erik Storz and Al Clemente of KeyBank arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
AVON, CONN. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged six separate refinancing loans totaling $40.7 million for Apple Rehab, a skilled nursing provider based in Avon, a suburb of Hartford, Conn. The facilities refinanced are The Clipper Home in Westerly, R.I.; T.A. Coccomo Memorial in Meriden, Conn.; Hewitt Health & Rehabilitation Center in Shelton, Conn.; Plainville Health Care Center in Plainville, Conn.; Apple Rehab Colchester in Colchester, Conn.; and Waterbury Extended Care Facility in Watertown, Conn. The facilities total 517 skilled nursing beds. Aaron Becker led the Lancaster Pollard team in arranging the six FHA-insured loans. Each loan has a 30-year term and fixed interest rate. The refinancing will allow Apple Rehab to lower its debt service and increase its replacement reserves.
NORWICH, CONN. — Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III has acquired a two-building medical office portfolio in Norwich for $15.6 million. Totaling 56,265 square feet, the portfolio includes Wawecus Medical Center and a building located at 105 Wawecus St. Yale Cardiovascular, Eastern Connecticut Endoscopy, Connecticut GI and Norwich Ophthalmology occupy the portfolio. Lisa Menin of Jacobson Properties and John LaBella of RE/MAX Right Choice brokered the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
STAMFORD, CONN. — J. Philip Commercial Group Brokerage has arranged the sale of an industrial building located at 184 Selleck St. in Stamford. Dr. Philip Putter of Spot On Veterinary acquired the building from Tom Anderson and John Savage of Hathaway, Reiser & Raymond for $2.3 million. The buyer will use the 16,000-square-foot building for his Spot On Veterinary practice. Fritz Chery of J. Philip Commercial represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
PLAINFIELD, CONN. — Tomasso Group has completed the disposition of Medical Arts Center at The Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute, located at 201 N. Mountain Road in Plainfield. A publicly traded REIT acquired the property for $30.2 million. At the time of sale, the 72,022-square-foot property was 95 percent leased to Hartford Healthcare, Orthopedic Associates of Hartford and a variety of Hartford Healthcare-employed physicians. Ben Appel, Phil Mahler, Evan Kovac and Doug Rodio of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. Tunxis Management Co., an affiliate of Tomasso Group, will continue to manage the property.
ROCKY HILL, CONN. — CBRE/New England has brokered the sale of a portion of Greenfield Village, a condominium property located in Rocky Hill. An affiliate of The Simon Konover Co. acquired 151 units of the 231-unit condominium community from an undisclosed seller for $13.6 million. The acquired portion features 79 one-bedroom and 72 two-bedroom townhouses with an average size of 778 square feet. Built in 1965, Greenfield Village comprises 56 two-story garden-style buildings offering a total of 231 condominiums. Simon Butler, Biria St. John, Jeff Dunne and Gene Pride of CBRE/NE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
TORONTO AND GREENWICH, CONN. — Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: MST.UN), a Toronto-based multifamily REIT, has entered into an agreement with an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group whereby Starwood will acquire all of Milestone’s subsidiaries and assets. The transaction, which is expected to close in the second quarter of this year, is valued at $2.85 billion (USD). Milestone’s board of trustees has unanimously approved the acquisition and recommends that its shareholders vote in favor of the transaction. Milestone’s shareholders will receive $16.15 per share in cash upon closing, and the REIT expects to continue paying its monthly distributions in the normal course through closing. Milestone REIT’s portfolio consists of 78 garden-style apartment properties comprising 24,061 apartment units that are located in 16 major metropolitan markets throughout the Southeast and Southwest. Nearly half of the REIT’s holdings are in Texas. The transaction’s average price per apartment unit of approximately $120,000 compares favorably to Milestone’s current book value of approximately $109,500 per apartment unit. Starwood’s acquisition of Milestone’s portfolio of multifamily properties and operating platform of more than 1,200 employees will allow the firm to grow its multifamily footprint, especially in the Sunbelt region, where Starwood owns more than 67,000 …
WINDSOR, CONN. — Sentry Commercial has arranged the lease of an industrial facility located at 4 Market Circle in Windsor. A&S Innersprings USA leased the 59,100-square-foot building, which is situated on 7.5 acres, from Market Circle LLC. Sentry Commercial represented the undisclosed landlord, while Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the deal.
HARTFORD, CONN. — Thorofare Capital has secured a $40 million floating-rate commercial mortgage for the acquisition of an office building in Hartford. Proceeds of the loan will also be used for tenant improvements and leasing commissions at the 283,640-square-foot building. Kevin Miller and Felix Gutnikov of Thorofare Capital arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
