YAPHANK, N.Y. — Chelsea Senior Living has completed an assisted living and memory care expansion project at The Chelsea at Brookhaven, located in the Long Island hamlet of Yaphank. The number of units was not disclosed. While the community’s independent living portion has been open for the past two years, the assisted living and memory care building next door recently received licensing approval from the state.
NEW YORK CITY— Hobby Lobby will open a 42,768-square-foot store within a former Babies ‘R’ Us store at The Crossing, a strip center that is part of Staten Island Mall. The store, which is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2023, will be the Oklahoma-based retailer’s first in New York City. Brian Katz and Daniel DePasquale of Katz & Associates, along with Graeme Keith of The Keith Corp., represented Hobby Lobby in its site selection and lease negotiations. Alex Varon represented the landlord, Brookfield Properties, on an internal basis.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Harrison Street has acquired a majority ownership interest in APEX, a student housing community located across the street from the Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate New York. The seller, Michaels, has retained a 2 percent ownership in the property and will continue to oversee operations. The community offers one-, two-, four- and five-bedroom units. Shared amenities include an e-sports arena, outdoor fire pits, a virtual reality studio, electric car charging stations, dual hot tubs, ingenuity labs and a pet spa.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based developer The Moinian Group has broken ground on The Hudson Arts Building, a 200,000-square-foot speculative office project in Manhattan. The project was originally announced in February 2020, but construction was delayed, making it Manhattan’s first office building to be developed on a speculative basis since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Designed by Studios Architecture, the 10-story building will be located across the street from the Hudson River in the Chelsea neighborhood. The building will offer a lounge area, fitness center, dog park, dedicated bicycle room and shower area and 15,250 square feet of outdoor amenity space, including a 12,400-square-foot rooftop terrace. The development team expects the first tenants to be able to take occupancy by early 2024. JLL will market the property for lease.
BLAUVELT, N.Y. — Global logistics operator Realterm has acquired two warehouses totaling 307,275 square feet within Hudson Crossing Industrial Park in Blauvelt, about 30 miles north of Manhattan. The building at 200-400 Oritani Road sits on 21.8 acres and totals 175,775 square feet, and the building at 100 Oritani Road spans 131,500 square feet and is situated on 10.2 acres. Both warehouses feature a combination of drive-in and dock-high loading positions. Brian Fiumara of CBRE brokered the deal on behalf of the undisclosed seller. The sales price was also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Talonvest Capital Inc., a California-based boutique financial advisory firm, has arranged a $27.4 million loan for the refinancing of a self-storage facility located at 2727 Knapp St. in Brooklyn. Kim Bishop, Jim Davies, David DiRienzo, Tom Sherlock and Thalia Tovar of Talonvest Capital arranged the nonrecourse financing through an undisclosed investment management fund on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Clark Investment Group, Metro Storage LLC and Goodfriend Self-Storage. The loan carried a three-year term, floating interest rate and two 12-month extension options.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between locally based investment firm Stonehenge NYC and San Francisco-based Stockbridge Capital Group has purchased The Cole, a 163-unit apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, for $128.2 million. Built in 2002, the building rises 22 stories, spans 164,000 square feet and includes ground-floor retail space. The amenity package consists of a fitness center, package room, a private courtyard, outdoor grilling areas, billiards room and a resident lounge. Daniel Parker, Paul Gillen, Anthony Ledesma and Allie Boyan of Hodges Ward Elliott brokered the deal. The seller was Carmel Partners. The new ownership will rebrand the property as The Cole by Stonehenge.
NEW YORK CITY — BHI, a full-service commercial bank that is the U.S. division of Israel’s Bank Hapoalim, has provided a $33.1 million construction loan for a multifamily project in Brooklyn. The borrower, CW Realty Group, plans to develop a 59-unit project with 30 parking spaces at 251 Front St. in the borough’s Vinegar Hill area. A completion date for the transit-served project was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Lument has provided a $115 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of an undisclosed multifamily property in New York City. The property was originally built in the 1950s and consists of seven residential buildings, 40 commercial units and a parking garage. The loan carries a 10-year term, fixed interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. Nicholas Diamond led the transaction for Lument. The undisclosed borrower will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements.
HAWTHORNE, ELMSFORD AND YONKERS, N.Y. — JLL has arranged a $455 million refinancing loan for a portfolio of 45 properties totaling approximately 2.6 million square feet across three industrial parks in New York’s Westchester County. Bank of America provided the floating-rate, non-recourse loan to the borrower, Robert Main Co. Mike Tepedino, Andrew Scandalios, Jose Cruz, Peter Rotchford and Tyler Peck of JLL arranged the financing transaction. The loan terms were not disclosed. The portfolio is situated in infill locations within in the New York metropolitan area. The properties benefit from significant barriers to entry, limited new supply and access to Interstates 287 and 87. Over the past few years, Robert Martin Co. has made improvements to the properties including new roofs, LED lighting upgrades, solar panel installations, paving and landscaping. The three industrial campuses include Mid Westchester Executive Park at 2 Skyline Drive in Hawthorne; Cross Westchester Executive Park at 100 Clearbrook Road in Elmsford; and South Westchester Executive Park at 7 Odell Plaza in Yonkers, according to the Commercial Observer. The properties are occupied by approximately 300 tenants in a wide variety of industries including warehousing, transportation, mechanical, child care, health technologies and quantum computing research. “This portfolio has …