EAST LONGMEADOW, MASS. — Money360 has provided a $4.2 million bridge loan for Longmeadow Medical Center, a 22,000-square-foot medical office building. The property is located at 294 North Main St. in East Longmeadow, approximately five miles southeast of Springfield. Terms of the recourse loan include a 24-month term and an 8 percent interest rate. The borrower was undisclosed.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Fantini & Gorga has secured a $28.3 million construction loan for St. James Place, a mixed-use development in the Porter Square neighborhood of Cambridge. Located at 2013 Massachusetts Ave., the development will feature 46 residential condominiums, ground-floor retail and underground parking. Derek Coulombe, Tim O’Donnell and Despina Hixon of Fantini & Gorga secured financing for the undisclosed borrower through a mid-sized regional bank. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.
BOSTON — MassHousing has provided $45.7 million in acquisition and rehabilitation financing for a 201-unit affordable housing portfolio in Roxbury and Dorchester. The housing portfolio, formerly owned by the late Lorenzo Pitts, includes the Lawrenceville Apartments, Infill I, Infill II, Crawford House, Thane Street Apartments and the Gardner Apartments. MassHousing provided the borrower, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC), with a $26 million construction and permanent loan, an $18 million tax credit equity bridge loan and a $1.7 million Section 13A preservation loan. JPNDC will make extensive capital improvements as part of the transaction including masonry repairs, kitchen upgrades and bathroom upgrades, as well as updates to the electrical and plumbing systems. Of the 201 units in the portfolio, 175 are affordable to households earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income (AMI) and 26 apartments are affordable to households earning at or below 80 percent of AMI. The AMI for Boston is $107,800 for a family of four.
SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the $1.9 million sale of a retail property in South Deerfield. Located at 31 Elm St., the 4,786-square-foot property is triple-net leased to convenience store chain Cumberland Farms. Britt Raymond, Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther and Kyle Fant of SRS represented the seller, a local developer, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor.
BEVERLY, MASS. — HFF has arranged a $33 million loan to refinance North Beverly Plaza, a 197,471-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center in Beverly, approximately 26 miles north of Boston. Located at 55 Dodge St., the property is anchored by a 65,000-square-foot Shaw’s supermarket and features a tenant roster that includes CVS, People’s United Bank, Staples and Chipotle. Greg LaBine and Amy Lousararian of HFF secured the long-term, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, North Beverly Plaza LLC, an entity of Mugar Enterprises. The lender was TD Bank.
DEVENS, MASS. — Quiet Logistics has signed a 355,000-square-foot, full-building industrial lease in Devens. Located at 64 Jackson Road, the warehouse and distribution facility was built in 2000 and is set on more than 34 acres. The property features 26 foot clear heights, full air conditioning and humidity control and a full-service cafeteria. Rick Schuhwerk, Ed Jarosz Tony Coskren, Brian Pinch and Lizzie Kusbit of NKF represented the owner, GFI Partners, in the transaction. Quiet Logistics is a fulfillment provider specializing in e-commerce solutions.
SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $1.9 million sale of a single-tenant retail property in South Deerfield. The property is triple-net leased by Cumberland Farms Inc. The newly developed 4,786-square-foot property is situated on just under two acres of land at 31 Elm St. Britt Raymond, Matthew Mousavi, Patrick Luther and Kyle Fant of SRS represented the seller, a local developer, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Fantini & Gorga has arranged a $27 million construction loan for Park 77 Apartments, a 93-unit multifamily community in the Alewife neighborhood of Cambridge. Terms of the financing were not disclosed. Located at 77 New St., the property is walking distance from the Metro Boston Transit Authority’s Alewife Station. Derek Coulombe, Tim O’Donnell and Despina Hixon of Fantini & Gorga arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower through a large regional lender.
GARDNER, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.6 million sale of Washington Park Apartments, a 48-unit apartment property in Gardner. The property is located at 61 W. Broadway. Matthew Pierce of Marcus & Millichap’s Boston office represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor.
MALDEN, MASS. — Cornerstone Realty Capital has arranged the $3.4 million refinancing for a two-property portfolio in Malden. The two properties include a nine-unit apartment building and a two-story industrial building on Maplewood Street. The industrial facility was renovated in 2004 and includes seven commercial units. Andrew Saccone of Cornerstone secured the fixed-rate financing on behalf of an undisclosed borrower. Terms of the financing included an interest-only payment period followed by a 25-year amortization schedule. The lender was undisclosed.