MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of two hotels totaling 261 rooms in Middletown, located about 75 miles north of New York City in the Hudson Valley region. The Hampton Inn and Courtyard by Marriott sold for a combined price of $34 million. Andrew Kern and Jerry Swon of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction and procured the locally based buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $147 million loan for the refinancing of three New York City self-storage facilities. The names and unit counts of the facilities, all of which were built in 2017, were not disclosed. Drew Anderman and Ben Nevid of Meridian Capital arranged the loan through Slate Asset Management on behalf of the borrower, Saratoga Springs-based Prime Group.
NEW YORK CITY — Regions Bank has provided an undisclosed amount of financing for a 255-unit transformational housing project in Brooklyn. Nonprofit housing operator HELP USA is leading the development, which will consist of two buildings with 184 and 71 units. Of those, 154 residences will be reserved for individuals who meet the homeless and substance abuse criteria for housing. The site will eventually house four buildings and span a full city block along Blake Avenue. BNY Mellon has also provided $62 million in equity for the project. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm RFR Holding has debuted The Playground + Conference Center, a $25 million amenity complex within The Seagram Building, located at 375 Park Ave. in Midtown Manhattan. The 35,000-square-foot space is a restructuring of the 38-story building’s underground parking garage and features a 3,500-square-foot fitness center, an open multi-sport court, climbing wall, boardroom and a training room. The sport court can support basketball, volleyball or soccer and can also be converted into a 150-person theater for town hall meetings or large-screen presentations. The Playground also houses locker rooms and a hydration lounge and has an onsite fitness director.
CLAY AND BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of the Store Your Stuff Portfolio, a duo of self-storage facilities totaling 748 units in Upstate New York. The facilities, which comprise 83,550 net rentable square feet across 80 climate-controlled units and 668 non-climate-controlled units, are specifically located in Clay and Baldwinsville, both of which are northern suburbs of Syracuse. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an individual/personal trust, in the transaction. The trio also procured the buyer, a limited liability company. John Horowitz of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $176 million construction loan for a 360-unit multifamily project that will be located at 420 Carroll St. in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood. Designed by FX Collaborative and Studio Mainer, the transit-served, waterfront building will rise 20 stories and include roughly 27,500 square feet of retail and commercial space. In addition, 25 percent of the units will be reserved as affordable housing. Christopher Peck, Nicco Lupo, Jeff Julien, Rob Hinckley and Jonathan Faxon of JLL arranged the loan through Bank OZK on behalf of the developer, a joint venture led by The Domain Cos. Completion is slated for December 2024.
NEW YORK CITY — ACORE Capital has provided a $127.5 million loan for the refinancing of 77 Water Street, a 26-story office building in Manhattan’s Financial District. Grant Frankel, Ethan Pond and Tanner McNeil of Eastdil Secured arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Sage Realty and Principal Real Estate Investors that will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements. William Kaufman Co., the parent company of Sage Realty, originally constructed the 614,000-square-foot building in 1970.
NEW YORK CITY — Catholic Charities of Brooklyn & Queens has opened the doors on Pope Francis Apartments of Loreto, a 135-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by RKTB Architects, the development replaces a former Catholic church that closed in 2009. The new residence meets Enterprise Green Communities Criteria, a comprehensive green building framework specifically for affordable housing. The design and development team previously completed the adjacent Monsignor Anthony J. Baretta Apartments, which is considered Phase I of a larger set of redevelopment plans.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment firm DIB Development Group has acquired a roughly 100,000-square-foot industrial property in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood for $19.9 million. The four-story complex was originally constructed in 1917 and is located across the street from the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Gary Mayzlin of Real Estate Trade Co. Inc. represented the seller, Deitsch Realty, in the transaction.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — California-based brokerage group JRW Realty has negotiated the $24.5 million sale of a 61,916-square-foot retail property in the Long Island community of Uniondale. Grocer ShopRite occupies the property, which is also adjacent to a Walmart Supercenter. Aaron Bush of JRW Realty represented the undisclosed, institutional buyer in the transaction. Prodigy Real Estate Group represented the seller, New Jersey-based First National Realty Partners.