PITTSBURGH — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the 69-room Hampton Inn Pittsburgh/West Mifflin hotel. Built in 1997 and renovated in 2018, the hotel is located about eight miles south of the downtown area and offers amenities such as an outdoor pool, fitness center and a business center. Alexandre Duong and Kevin Laureno of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Seaview Hospitality, in the auction sale. The duo, along with Adam Sklaver and Philip Kates of Marcus & Millichap, also secured the private buyer.
PHILADELPHIA — Grocery chain GIANT will open a 50,000-square-foot store at Andorra Shopping Center in Philadelphia. The center’s owner, Federal Realty Investment Trust, will develop the grocery space from the ground up beginning next year and also reposition 30,000 square feet of existing retail space. The two projects represent a combined investment of $25 million. Repositioning plans include the addition of landscaped plazas, outdoor dining and curbside pick-up spaces as well as expanded sidewalks.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank has signed a 30,000-square-foot office lease in Hoboken. The affiliate of the Japanese lender is taking space on the ninth floor of Building 1 at Waterfront Corporate Center, a 1.5 million-square-foot complex owned by New York City-based SJP Properties. Harrison Russell of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between BEB Capital, Totem, Ofer Cohen and SK Development has topped out a 14-story, 187-unit mixed-income multifamily project at 737 Fourth Ave. in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. Valued at $143 million, the property will house one-, two- and three-bedroom units, with 46 residences to be reserved for households earning roughly 50 percent or less of the area median income. The building will also feature a fitness center, game and media lounge, coworking lounge, private dining and entertainment areas, tenant storage space and a rooftop garden, as well as 6,200 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Completion is slated for fall 2025. Financing for the project consisted of a $96 million construction loan that was co-originated by Canyon Partners and J.P. Morgan and a $25 million equity investment from Tribeca Investment Group.
OLD TAPPAN, N.J. — Locally based developer Hornrock Properties has begun leasing Park & Arbor, a 110-unit multifamily project in Old Tappan, located on the New York-New Jersey border. The property houses one-, two- and three-bedroom units and 21,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Indoor amenities include a fitness center, café, conference rooms, package lockers, children’s playroom and a clubroom/speakeasy with a bar, arcade, card table and billiards. Outside, residents have access to a pool, grilling and dining areas, multiple gardens/courtyards, putting green, pet walking area and a bocce ball court. Information on starting rents was not disclosed.
MILLSTONE, N.J. — California-based brokerage firm Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the $10.3 million sale of a self-storage facility in the Central New Jersey community of Millstone. CubeSmart operates the facility, which was built in phases on a 10-plus acre site between 2021 and 2023. The property totals 59,605 net rentable square feet across 488 units (340 climate-controlled and 148 non-climate-controlled). Milton Braasch II, Ben Tracy and Simon Assaf of Matthews represented the undisclosed seller/original developer in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Lee & Associates has brokered the $6.8 million sale of a 37-unit apartment building in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. The six-story, rent-stabilized building at 75 Pierrepont St. consists of 25 one-bedroom apartments and 12 studios that were fully occupied at the time of sale. Thomas Gammino and Patrick Donahue of Lee & Associates represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The deal traded at a cap rate of 6.2 percent. The deal traded at a cap rate of 6.2 percent.
HARTFORD, CONN. — Law firm Robinson + Cole has opened a new, 75,000-square-foot office at One State Street in downtown Hartford. One State Street, which is owned by Houston-based Hines, overlooks the Connecticut River, and the 24-story, 500,000-square-foot building offers multiple outdoor-based amenities. Washington, D.C.-based architecture firm Studio Alliance designed the space to feature energy-generating glass offices, collaboration spaces to support teams from two to 30 and a focus on exposure to natural lighting throughout. General contractor Pavarini Northeast handled the build-out.
OSSINING, N.Y. — The Independent Development Agency of Westchester County has approved a $94 million affordable housing project in Ossining, about 35 miles north of Manhattan. The site at 30 Water St. formerly housed the operations of Village Department of Public Works. The new development will consist of two buildings with 109 units that will be reserved for households earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income. Floor plans will include 40 one-bedroom units, 60 two-bedroom apartments and nine three-bedroom residences, and the property will also house 3,745 square feet of retail space and 3,968 square feet of community meeting space. Amenities will include a rooftop deck, fitness center and onsite laundry facilities. Locally based firm WBP Development LLC will develop the property. Construction is scheduled to begin in October and to be complete in 2027.
BEDFORD, MASS. — A partnership between Boston-based Camber Development and Connecticut-based Wheelock Street Capital has completed a 147,000-square-foot industrial and life sciences project in Bedford, about 20 miles northwest of Boston. The project represents Phase I of a larger manufacturing campus known as 44 Middlesex, and the second phase will also center on the delivery of a 147,000-square-foot building. Construction of that facility is expected to begin in 2025 and to last about a year. Both buildings will be two-story structures and will have 105,000 square feet on the ground floor and a 42,000-square-foot mezzanine space on the second floor, as well as clear heights of 36 feet. Newmark is the leasing agent for the development.