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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. has arranged a $16 million loan for the refinancing of a 282-bed student housing property located at 17 Locust Ave. in New Rochelle, a northern suburb of New York City. The newly built, 94-unit property serves nearby Monroe College. Steven Rock of Marcus & Millichap arranged the loan that was originated at a 65 percent loan-to-value. The loan features a fixed interest rate of 4.98 percent as well as 18 months of interest-only payments. The borrower was not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment firm RFR Realty has signed office leases with three new tenants at 17 State Street, a 42-story tower in Manhattan’s Financial District. The new leases total approximately 53,000 square feet. Global investment firm Alphadyne Asset Management LP signed a 43,872-square-foot lease extension; finance firm Arles Management inked a 4,318-square-foot lease and real estate investment firm RC BME Holdco LLC signed a 5,042-square-foot new lease. Mitchell Konsker, John Wheeler and Clayton Kline of JLL, along with A.J. Camhi and Ryan Silverman of RFR Realty, represented the building ownership in each of the lease negotiations. JLL represented the tenants in the first two deals, and CBRE represented the tenant in the third transaction.

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — CBRE has negotiated an 83,051-square-foot office lease at 10 Jay Street in the Dumbo area of Brooklyn for Rent the Runway, an online company that provides clothing rental services. The tenant will relocate its headquarters from 345 Hudson Street to the 10-story, 200,000-square-foot property, which was developed by Glacier Global Partners. Frederick Fackelmayer, Alex Benisatto and Sam Mann of CBRE represented Rent the Runway, which plans to move in to its new space in 2020, in the lease negotiations.

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NEW YORK CITY — Cosentini Associates, a division of engineering and consulting firm Tetra Tech Inc., has signed a 60,000-square-foot office lease at 498 Seventh Avenue, a 25-story, 960,000-square-foot tower in Midtown Manhattan. Cosentini plans to relocate its headquarters from 2 Penn Plaza to the new space in the first quarter of 2020. Justin Aronson, Michael Liss, Christopher Mansfield and Adele Huang of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Andrew Conrad and Matt Coudert represented the landlord, George Comfort & Sons, on an internal basis.

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NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between The Moinian Group, a privately held real estate group based in Manhattan, and locally based developer Bushburg Properties is nearing completion of its $160 million multifamily project located at 123 Linden Blvd. in Brooklyn. The property, known simply as 123 Linden, will include 467 units across 26 stories. The Moinian Group’s lending arm provided construction financing for the deal, and the company will also operate the property. Upon completion later this year, 123 Linden will feature 50,000 square feet of amenity space, including indoor and outdoor pools and fitness centers, a basketball court and a dog run.

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CANADAGUIA, N.Y. — ACRES Capital, a New York-based real estate hedge fund, has provided a $37 million construction loan for the Hilton Tapestry Collection hotel in Canadaguia, a hospitality project located near Rochester. The project, which includes the development of a 44-unit condominium building, is valued at $53 million. Miami-based GenX Capital Partners and Boston-based Capstack Finance sourced the loan through ACRES Capital on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.

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ORCHARD PARK AND PITTSFORD, N.Y. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has originated two Freddie Mac loans totaling $65.9 million for the refinancing of a pair of seniors housing properties in Western New York. In the first transaction, KeyBank provided $45.8 million for Orchard Heights, a community in the city of Orchard Park that features 114 assisted living units, 32 independent living residences and 16 memory care units. In the second deal, KeyBank provided $20.1 million for Heather Heights of Pittsford, which offers 72 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. Both properties were built in the 1990s. Carolyn Nazdin of KeyBank secured the loans, both of which carry fixed interest rates, 15-year terms and five years of interest-only payments. The borrower was not disclosed, but Buffalo-based Hamister Group LLC developed both communities.

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NEW YORK CITY — Arizona-based Avana Capital has provided a $65 million loan for the construction of a 26-story AC Marriott Hotel in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Danny Forster & Architecture, the 168-room hotel will be located at 842 Sixth Ave. and will be the tallest hotel in the world to feature modular construction. The borrower was locally based firm 842 Enterprises Inc. Bloomberg reports that guest rooms will be assembled in Poland and shipped to New York, with the opening of the property slated to occur some time next year.

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NEW YORK CITY — A pair of real estate lenders provided a $664.1 million construction loan that will allow JDS Development Group to build the tallest building in Brooklyn. Situated at 9 DeKalb Ave. in the borough’s downtown district, the tower will rise 1,066 feet and will include 425 rental apartments, 150 for-sale condominiums and 120,000 square feet of retail space. JDS and development partner The Chetrit Group expect to deliver the 73-story residential tower in 2022. About 30 percent of the rental units at 9 DeKalb will be capped below market rates. The lenders include New York-based Silverstein Capital Partners and Montreal-based Otera Capital Inc., a subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), one of Canada’s leading institutional fund managers. Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Michael Diaz, Mark Fisherand, Matthew Collins and Sean Bastian of JLL arranged the financing, details of which were not disclosed. SHoP architects is designing the residential tower’s façade to be clad in bronze and glass. New York-based JDS and Chetrit Group originally acquired the 9 DeKalb site in 2016 for $90 million, including air rights for the future development. On the site is a 70,000-square-foot, five-story property that once housed …

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NEW YORK CITY — Savills has negotiated a 34,000-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion for The Innocence Project, a local nonprofit organization, at 40 Worth Street in lower Manhattan. The tenant, which advocates for criminal justice reform, originally leased 20,000 square feet at 40 Worth Street in 2010 and expanded by an additional 3,000 square feet in 2014 prior to this expansion. Roy Lapidus of Newmark Knight Frank represented the landlord, GFP Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. The building was originally constructed in 1929 and houses the East Coast headquarters for The Gap, among other tenants.

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