WRENTHAM, MASS. — Shaq’s Big Chicken, a food-and-beverage concept by NBA legend and TV personality Shaquille O’Neal, will open a new restaurant in the southern Massachusetts city of Wrentham. The square footage was not disclosed. The restaurant will be located within Wrentham Premium Outlet Malls, which is owned by Simon Property Group, and is scheduled to open in the coming months. Other tenants that will also soon debut new stores at the property include apparel retailers Vuori, La Vie en Rose and Rag & Bone.
BOSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7.3 million sale of Bennington Arms, a 28-unit apartment building in East Boston. The three-story building at 720 Bennington St. is located in the Orient Heights neighborhood and houses 17 one-bedroom units and 11 studios, half of which were recently renovated. Evan Griffith and Tony Pepdjonovic of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
WHITMAN, MASS. — Locally based brokerage firm The Stubblebine Co. has negotiated the sale of a 14.3-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in Whitman, located south of Boston in Plymouth County. The site at 215 Bedford St. includes a 23,255-square-foot warehouse and 4.8 paved acres. Matty Drouillard and James Stubblebine of The Stubblebine Co. represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Philadelphia-based Alterra IOS
CHELMSFORD, MASS. — DH Property Holdings (DHPH) has received a $19.2 million construction loan for an office-to-industrial conversion project in Chelmsford, located northwest of Boston. The regional developer plans to demolish a 102,786-square-foot office building at 270 Billerica Road and construct a 91,606-square-foot industrial facility with a clear height of 32 feet, 12 dock positions and parking for 181 cars and 11 trailers. Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Michael Ianno and Stanley Cayre of Walker & Dunlop arranged the loan through Voya Financial on behalf of DHPH.
NORTH ATTLEBORO, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Atlantic Capital Partners has arranged the $18 million sale of a 71,927-square-foot shopping center in North Attleboro, located just outside of Providence. Grocer Stop & Shop has anchored the center, which also houses an Asian restaurant, since its completion in 1993 and remodeled its store in 2018. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Sam Koonce and Danielle Turpin of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the seller in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
BRAINTREE, MASS. — Atlantic Capital Partners, the debt and capital advisory arm of regional firm Atlantic Retail, has arranged a $22.2 million acquisition loan for Marketplace at Braintree, an 85,134-square-foot retail property located on the southern outskirts of Boston. The property is a three-suite condo that is currently leased to Nordstrom Rack and Ulta Beauty, and an undisclosed grocery operator has committed to leasing the third space. Stephen Joseph and Stephen Hassenflu led the Atlantic Capital team that placed the debt on behalf of the borrower, local investment firm Waterstone Properties Group. The direct lender was not disclosed.
MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Everett Street Storage, a 181-unit self-storage facility in Middleborough, located south of Boston in Plymouth County. Built on 2.5 acres in 2017, the property includes 21 climate-controlled units, 140 non-climate-controlled units, two offices and 18 parking spaces across 18,710 net rentable square feet of space. Nathan Coe, Gabriel Coe and Brett Hatcher of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
BEDFORD, MASS. — A joint venture between San Francisco-based Shorenstein Investment Advisors and Boston-based investment firm Tritower has purchased The Xchange, a 480,000-square-foot office and life sciences campus in Bedford, located northwest of Boston. The site of the eight-building development is located along State Route 3 and adjacent to the interchange with State Route 128 and can support future expansion. At the time of sale, The Xchange was 99 percent leased to tenants in industries such as robotics, battery development, diagnostic instruments and advanced materials technology. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
SEEKONK, MASS. — Locally based brokerage firm The Stubblebine Co. has arranged the sale of a 2.6-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) site in Seekonk, located near the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border. The site at 75 Mead St. houses a 17,500-square-foot building. Anawan Realty Inc. sold the property to Philadelphia-based Alterra IOS for an undisclosed price. Matty Drouillard and James Stubblebine of The Stubblebine Co. represented both parties in the transaction.
WAKEFIELD, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $13.6 million loan for the refinancing of Lofts at 27 Water Street, a 46-unit apartment complex located north of Boston in Wakefield. The complex spans two buildings and includes 13,000 square feet of commercial space. Robert Bhat of MMCC arranged the five-year, nonrecourse loan, which carried an interest rate of 5.86 percent and a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio, through an undisclosed agency lender. The borrower is Pasciuto Properties.