NEW YORK CITY — Hodges Ward Elliott has brokered the $43.8 million sale of a 20-story multifamily tower in the South Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Located at 424 Bedford Ave., the 63,866-square-foot property includes 66 units. Amenities include a fitness center, gardens, BBQ area, dog run and a rooftop deck. Will Silverman, Paul Gillen, Daniel Parker and Ariel Tambor of Hodges Ward Elliott represented the seller, East End Capital and KBS, in the transaction. The buyer was Global Holdings Group.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — HFF has negotiated the sale of the Hyatt House Bridgewater in the central New Jersey community of Bridgewater. Located at 530 Route 22 East, the hotel comprises one two-story building and five three-story buildings. Amenities include a guest market, fitness center, outdoor swimming pool and hot tub, fire pit and 1,500 square feet of meeting space. Daniel C. Peek, Denny Meikleham, Alan Suzuki, KC Patel, Matthew Enright and Kevin O’Hearn of HFF represented the seller, an institutional investor, in the transaction. HFF also secured a seven-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan for the buyer, Gulph Creek Hotels.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has secured a $15 million acquisition loan for a mixed-use development site in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. Located at 90-02 168th St., the parcel allows for 738,000 buildable square feet. Preston Flammang and Anthony D’Amelio of Cushman & Wakefield represented the borrower, BRP Cos., in the transaction. Turnbridge Real Estate Credit Strategies provided the interest-only financing.
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2 million sale of an 11,000-square-foot office property in Bloomfield. Located at 57 Park St., the property is less than half a mile from the Glen Ridge and Bloomfield Train Station. Fahri Ozturk and Richard D. Gatto of Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office represented the buyer and seller in the transaction, both private investors. The property was vacant at the time of sale.
To ring in the New Year, Student Housing Business — sister publication to REBusinessOnline — sat down with Ryan Lang, executive managing director and head of Newmark Knight Frank’s student housing division, to discuss his outlook for the year ahead. SHB: What challenges will your market face in 2019? Where are the opportunities within these challenges? Lang: It appears volatility on the capital markets side will continue to be closely monitored heading into 2019 and beyond. There remains great opportunity as the student market, as a whole, is fundamentally sound and viewed as a risk averse asset class within the larger investment community. SHB: Which submarkets will surprise people in 2019? Lang: While average occupancy at major Tier I universities continues to be stable near 95 percent, we believe several markets that have been supply constrained over the past few academic year cycles will begin making noticeable recoveries. Of note, we believe Texas Tech (Lubbock), Ole Miss (Oxford), and Michigan State (Lansing) have the potential to outperform investor expectations. SHB: What market shifts are you noticing that others haven’t? What would you whisper to clients and prospects? Lang: Along with newer construction product, there are clearly more opportunistic assets hitting the market and more yield driven …
A strengthening rental market is drawing more multifamily investors toward the New Haven metro area. Property fundamentals are rapidly improving, aided by greater renter demand and a lack of new supply pressure. Solid apartment performance, an array of multifamily assets well-positioned for upgrades and region-leading yields offer opportunities for investors, contributing to a record level of deal volume for the market in 2018. Apartment properties in New Haven have performed better over the past 24 months than they have at any point in the last 10 years. Positive job growth has renewed renter demand, facilitating vacancy declines and rent gains. Vacancy has fallen 350 basis points since September 2016 to its current rate of 4.1 percent, and as vacancy contracted, rent growth accelerated. Effective rents began rising in 2017. The pace of growth has been trending upward in 2018, reaching a trailing 12-month appreciation rate of 5.9 percent in September, a four-year high. These improvements are just as evident in the surrounding suburbs south along the I-95 Corridor and north along the I-91 Corridor as they are in the city of New Haven. The increase in absorption and the resulting impact on multifamily operations has been positive in part because …
REVERE, MASS. — Colliers International has arranged a $115 million bridge loan for a former NECCO candy manufacturing facility in Revere. The loan replaces the acquisition financing also arranged by Colliers. Located at 135 American Legion Highway, the 49-acre property includes a single-story, high-bay warehouse and a two-story manufacturing and distribution space. Adam Coppola, Thomas Welch, John Poole and Tonia Jenkins secured the financing on behalf of the borrower, Atlantic Management and VMD Companies. The lender was LoanCore Capital.
MOORESTOWN, N.J. — NAI Mertz has brokered the $13.5 million sale of a 209,000-square-foot industrial property in Moorestown. Located at 540 Glen Ave., the property is currently fully leased to two tenants and features 18- to 24-foot clear heights as well as 40-by-40 foot column spacing. Fred Meyer and Jonathan Klear of NAI Mertz represented the seller, 540 Glen LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was One Liberty Properties Inc.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Greystone Real Estate Advisors has closed the sale of two seniors housing properties in Rhode Island: Chapel Hill in Cumberland and Smithfield Woods in Smithfield. The sales price was not disclosed. Both properties are located in the Providence metro area. Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone Real Estate Advisors represented the seller in the transaction, a publicly traded REIT. The buyer was a partnership between GMF Capital, a New York-based private equity firm, and Meridian Senior Living, which will operate the properties. The communities were built between 1989 and 1999. The properties offer 272 units of assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing.
BETHLEHEM, PA. — Markward Group has negotiated the sale of a 32,000-square-foot flex facility in Bethlehem. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 2147 Ave. C, the property consists of a 30,500-square-foot heated warehouse and 1,500 square feet of office space. Michael Capobianco of Markward Group represented both the buyer, J.G. Petrucci, and the undisclosed seller in the transaction.