BURLINGTON, VT. — RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE: RLJ) has sold the 309-room DoubleTree by Hilton Burlington Vermont in Burlington for $35 million. The sales price represents a 4.5 percent capitalization rate. The buyer was not disclosed. Located at 870 Williston Road, the property features a fitness room, indoor pool, business center and meeting rooms. The hotel is located nearby the University of Vermont and Champlain College.
GLENMOORE, PA. — FPA Multifamily LLC has acquired Stone Rise, a 216-unit apartment community in Glenmoore for $42.5 million. Glenmoore is approximately 41 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Located 900 Selwyn Place, the eight-building property is set on 21 acres and features a unit mix of one- and two-bedroom apartment homes. Mark Thomson, Ed Coco, Carl Fiebig and Fran Coyne of HFF represented the seller, a subsidiary of Preferred Apartment Communities Inc., in the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — RAL Development Services has broken ground on 1300 Fairmount, a 14-story, 624,575-square-foot mixed-use property in Philadelphia. The project will include 478 apartment units as well as 58,759 square feet of retail space. Cope Linder Associates is serving as designer on 1300 Fairmont. RAL Development is the developer. Nobel Learning Communities Inc., a national network of 200 private schools throughout the country, has pre-leased 12,488 square feet at the property and plans to open a Chesterbrook Academy Preschool there. Supermarket chain Aldi has also pre-leased 25,427 square feet of space.
NEPTUNE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $4.2 million sale of an 18,150-square-foot retail property in Neptune. Located at 36 State Route 35, the property is currently occupied by a Family Dollar and a Bubbakoo’s Burritos. Alan Cafiero, David Cafiero and Ben Sgambati of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a developer, in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.
CRANSTON, R.I. — Sweeney Real Estate has brokered the $1.7 million sale of a 25,548-square-foot industrial building in Cranston. Located at 25 Slater Road inside the Howard Industrial Park, the property sits on nearly two acres. Thomas O. Sweeney and Kevin Casey of Sweeney Real Estate represented the seller, Alves Properties LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was G3 Slater Road LLC.
REVERE, MASS. — CBRE/New England has brokered the sale of Ocean 650, a 230-unit multifamily community in Revere. The sales price was undisclosed. Opened in 2017, the community consists of a seven-story building with amenity space and a parking garage on the first two stories. Amenities include two elevated courtyards, a resort-style pool deck, fire pit lounge area and roof deck. CBRE represented the seller, a fund advised by Boston-based TA Realty, in the transaction. The buyer was a fund advised by Greystar.
PHILADELPHIA — UC Funds has provided a $20.5 million construction loan for Phase II of Liberty Square, a mixed-use project in Philadelphia. Located at 236 W. Thompson St., the full build-out will include 191 residential units and 6,700 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The loan will fund the construction of 89 of the residential units and all of the retail space. Amenities will include an underground parking garage, fitness center and a landscaped plaza with dog park. The borrower was undisclosed.
CHELSEA, MASS. — Property management firm John M. Corcoran & Co. has acquired Chelsea Place, an apartment community located four miles northeast of Boston in Chelsea. Built in 2013, the community is currently 98 percent occupied and offers units that average 909 square feet each. Amenities include a resident lounge, coffee bar, fitness center, garage parking, stainless steel appliances, walk-in closets and en-suite laundry. Adam Dunn and Chris Phaneuf of HFF represented the seller, Federal Realty Investment Trust, in the transaction.
IRVINGTON, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.9 million sale of an 8,000-square-foot retail asset net-leased to AutoZone. The property is located at 1128 Springfield Ave. in Irvington, a western suburb of Newark. Alan Cafiero, Ben Sgambati, David Cafiero and Michael DeVita of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a developer, in the transaction. The group also procured the buyer, a private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
SWEDESBORO AND LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a pair of industrial leases totaling 331,794 square feet in New Jersey. In the first deal, UPS renewed its 251,044-square-foot lease at 200 Birch Creek Road in Swedesboro. In the second transaction, Ryder Logistics signed an 80,750-square-foot lease at 395 Pedricktown Road in Logan Township. Both cities are located about 30 miles south of Philadelphia on the western part of the state. A brokerage team led by John Gartland of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlords, both of which were undisclosed, in each of the lease negotiations.
