NEWTON, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $15.2 million sale of Curtis Arms Apartments, a 44-unit multifamily building located in the western Boston suburb of Newton. The property consists of four buildings that each house 11 two-bedroom units on a 1.8-acre site. The Curtis Family originally developed the property in 1969 and sold it to an undisclosed buyer. Tony Pepdjonovic and Evan Griffith of Marcus & Millichap brokered the deal.
MENDON, MASS. — A joint venture between Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC and regional developer Bluewater Property Group will develop a 205,445-square-foot industrial project in Mendon, about 45 miles southwest of Boston. The site at 23 Cape Road spans 21 acres, and the building will feature a clear height of 32 feet, 34 dock doors, 135-foot truck court depths, 206 car parking spaces and 20 excess trailer parking spaces. Construction is scheduled to begin later this month and be complete by summer 2025.
BOSTON — CBRE has brokered the sale of a 200-unit apartment complex in East Boston. Built in 2018 and known as Boston East, the six-story building houses studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a clubroom with meeting space, sky lounge and terrace, fitness center and community arts space. Simon Butler, Biria St. John, John McLaughlin and Brian Bowler of CBRE represented the seller, an affiliate of Los Angeles-based investment firm American Realty Advisors, in the transaction. CBRE also procured the buyer, Goldman Sachs Alternatives.
By Taylor Williams Heath Ledger, squaring off against Batman as The Joker, observed, “so this is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immoveable object.” The late great actor’s metaphor for the stalemate that ensues when entities of equal and opposing power collide could almost be used to describe the current state of the Boston retail market. For while the sector continues to see high levels of tenant demand and the locale retains an array of proven demand drivers, the lack of new supply means that a ceiling of sorts on the growth of the market as a whole is taking shape. And the factors that form the foundation of this ceiling are very unlikely to bend, much less break. Minimal gains in new inventory have long plagued the Boston retail market, and the current scenario is no exception. According to data from CoStar Group, the market added 518,000 square feet of new space in the 12-month period that ended June 30 but absorbed approximately 1 million square feet of space during that time. Vacancy thus remains extremely tight at 2.3 percent. In formulating its latest report on the Boston retail market, CoStar noted that Beantown retailers would “largely …
BOSTON — JLL has arranged $27.3 million in acquisition financing for a portfolio of two industrial buildings totaling approximately 315,000 square feet in New England. The addresses were not disclosed, but the buildings are located in Central Massachusetts and the greater Hartford area. Andrew Gray and Ryan Parker of JLL originated the nonrecourse financing through an undisclosed life insurance company. The borrower was locally based investment firm Northbridge Partners. Both buildings are leased to tenants on long-term deals.
REVERE, MASS. — Tremont Realty Capital, a division of locally based investment firm RMR Group, has provided a $40 million loan for the refinancing of SpringHill Suites by Marriott Boston Logan Airport Revere Beach hotel. The 168-room hotel is located on the eastern outskirts of the city near the Wonderland MBTA public transit station. HREC Investment Advisors arranged the loan, which carried a two-year initial term with three one-year extensions. The borrower was not disclosed.
WORCESTER, MASS. — Eastern Union has arranged a $13.3 million construction loan for a 931-unit self-storage facility that will be located in the central Massachusetts city of Worcester. The four-story facility will consist of 93,186 net rentable square feet of climate- and non-climate-controlled space across units with an average size of 100 square feet. Marc Tropp of Eastern Union arranged the loan, which was structured with a 36-month term, 65 percent loan-to-value ratio and an interest rate that is equivalent to 300 basis points over SOFR over the construction and lease-up period. CubeSmart will operate the facility. The lender was an undisclosed local bank, and the borrower was also not disclosed.
BOSTON — Locally based investment firm Tremont Asset Management has received a loan for the refinancing of a multifamily property located at 1955-1963 Commonwealth Ave. in the Brighton area of Boston. The amount was not disclosed, but the financing was originated in conjunction with a loan for a condo property in Nashua, N.H. The total value of the refinancings of those properties, which total more than 80 units combined, is $11 million. Patrick Boyle and Rose Liu of Colliers originated both loans through a balance sheet lender and a regional bank.
BOSTON — The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has signed a 10-year, 106,000-square-foot office lease in downtown Boston. The DCAMM handles facilities management and real estate services and is bringing together employees from six state agencies to two full floors at One Federal Street, a 1.1 million-square-foot building owned by Tishman Speyer. Occupancy is slated for early 2025. Jeffrey Moore and Victoria Robinson of Tishman Speyer negotiated the lease.
FOXBOROUGH, MASS. — MassDevelopment has provided $22.2 million in tax-exempt bond financing for an 80-unit affordable seniors housing project in the southern Boston suburb of Foxborough. These units represent the first part of a multi-phase project that will add 200 affordable seniors housing units to the local supply. All of the one-bedroom units will be rented to households earning up to 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), though 20 units will also be available for households earning up to 30 percent of AMI. The developer, an entity doing business as Walnut Street Phase One 4 LLC, is a joint venture that includes Affordable Housing and Services Collaborative Inc., Peabody Properties Inc. and The Onyx Group. Citizens Bank purchased the bond.