NEW YORK CITY — Two former Eastern Consolidated principals have launched a commercial division at Compass in the firm’s New York metropolitan region. Adelaide Polsinelli and Ronda Rogovin will help the residential brokerage firm build an investment sales team, following Eastern’s closure in July. Compass Commercial will focus on providing technology, marketing and support to help agents grow their business in the commercial real estate sector. The team also includes agents Mitchell Goldstick and Trystan Polsinelli.
NEW YORK CITY — CIT Group has arranged a $45 million construction loan for a nine-story, mixed-use condominium project in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. The project will be called The Cast Iron House and will consist of 13 condominium units as well as ground-floor retail. The financing will fund the development and restoration of the property. CIT arranged financing for the borrower, 361 Broadway Associates Holdings LLC, through and undisclosed lender.
HARRISBURG, PA. — Hotel owner-operator MCR has acquired the 107-room TownePlace Suites Harrisburg Hersey in Harrisburg. The price was undisclosed. The property is 10 miles from the 121-acre Hersheypark theme park in Hershey. Located at 450 Friendship Road, the hotel features free daily buffet-style breakfast, 24-hour fitness center, on-site laundry service and an indoor pool as well as a whirlpool.
NEW YORK CITY — Natixis has provided a $30 million loan for the acquisition of a five-story self-storage facility in the Ft. Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. The property is located at 202-208 Tillary St. Kathy Anderson and Brad Domenico of Progress Capital arranged the financing on behalf of borrowers Joy Construction and Maddd Equities. The new owners plan to continue self-storage operations while they evaluate potential redevelopment opportunities.
BOOTHWYN, PA. — CBRE has negotiated the $8.9 million sale of a two-property flex portfolio in Boothwyn. The portfolio consists of a two-story office building and a single-story industrial facility totaling 50,028 square feet, as well as an adjacent 3.2-acre land parcel. Steve Marzullo and Adam Silverman of CBRE represented the seller, affiliates of RedGo Development. The buyer was an affiliate of SSH Real Estate. Both properties are fully occupied by Pentec Health Inc. The two-story office building was built in 2008 and contains 17,668 square feet of office space. The single-story industrial facility was built in 2006 and contains 32,360 square feet of office, pharmacy, lab and warehouse space.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $3.2 million sale of a net-leased 7-Eleven in Providence. The 2,958-square-foot property is located at 270 Broad St. Randy Blankstein and John Feeney of The Boulder Group represented the seller, an East Coast-based real estate fund, in the transaction. The buyer was an investment group based in Arizona. 7-Eleven is signed to the property through August of 2030.
NEW YORK CITY — Barone Management has purchased the former Angel Guardian Home in the Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn for $37.5 million. The seller was undisclosed. The New York-based development company plans to redevelop the site into a 300,000-square-foot mixed-use project. Sixty percent of the property will be devoted to approximately 150 market-rate condos, with an additional 15 percent reserved for affordable housing. The remaining 25 percent will be split between seniors housing and an educational use. Construction is expected to begin in 2019.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. — KeyBank has provided a $20.2 million CMBS loan for the Westchester Self Storage Portfolio, a two-facility portfolio in Westchester County. The two properties, known as Yorktown Self Storage and Bedford Self Storage, consist of 1,235 units and total 114,216 square feet. Each property includes gated entrances, security cameras and climate-controlled units. Jacob Proctor of KeyBank arranged the non-recourse, fixed-rate financing with a 10-year interest-only period for an undisclosed borrower. The loan was used to refinance existing debt.
TETERBORO, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a 616,992-square-foot industrial building in Teterboro. Goodman acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Situated on 27 acres, the building is climate controlled, has clear heights of up to 32 feet and includes cross-docking. Gary Gabriel, Adam Spies, Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut, Marcella Fasulo, Kyle Schmidt, and Ryan Larkin of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. At the time of sale, the building was fully net leased to an investment-grade tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Cignature Realty Associates has brokered the $6 million sale of a five-story multifamily building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The 8,648-square-foot building is located at 319 E. 93rd St. and was built in 1920. The property includes 10 apartments. Christopher Skitch of Cignature Realty represented the sellers, Diana Cormack and Jonathan Bradshaw, in the transaction. Peter Vanderpool of Cignature represented the buyer, 319 East 93rd Street LLC.