Northeast

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Newmark Knight Frank has arranged the $10.7 million sale of a 12,128-square-foot retail strip center in Cambridge. Located at 351-359 Fresh Pond Parkway, the property is fully leased to a tenant roster that includes Bank of America, AT&T, Sherwin Williams, Sleep Number and The Vitamin Shoppe. The retail center was built in 2013. NKF represented the seller, a joint venture between Spellman Ventures and Sydney Associates, in the transaction. The buyer was an affiliate of The Grossman Companies.

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CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J. — HFF has brokered the sale of a 120,000-square-foot office building in Cedar Knolls. Located at 240 Cedar Knolls Road, the four-story property is situated on 14 acres and is approximately two miles from downtown Morristown. HFF represented the seller, MB1 Capital Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was Highstone Equity Group. The building is currently 78 percent leased to a tenant roster that includes JAG Physical Therapy and P Value Communications.

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NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $6.7 million sale of a 14,000-square-foot development site in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn. Located at 153-161 Van Dyke St., the property includes 140 feet of frontage on Van Dyke Street. Jakub H. Nowak, Matthew Rosenzweig and Jesse Kay of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was also a private investor.  

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CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. — Newmark Knight Frank has negotiated the $108 million sale of Eight Tower Bridge, a 16-story, 346,659-square-foot office tower in Conshohocken. The property features a tenant roster that includes Marsh & McLennan Cos., Allied Universal, Penn Mutual, AMG Funds and Airgas. Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen and James Tribble of NKF represented the seller, Barings, in the transaction. The buyer was American Real Estate Partners. The property also includes a seven-level, 1,200-space parking garage.

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NEW YORK CITY — S3 Capital Partners has arranged a $76 million construction loan for a 21-story, 87,655-square-foot hotel in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan. Located at 292 Fifth Ave., the hotel will consist of 182 rooms and a restaurant. The borrower is Sam Chang, the owner and founder of McSam Hotel Group. The lender was undisclosed. Nearby hotel properties include the Ace Hotel, Royalton Park Avenue, The Nomad Hotel and The Langham New York Fifth Avenue. The hotel will be flagged as an upscale boutique hotel brand.

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NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a six-story mixed-use building in Manhattan for $6.8 million. Located at 1469 Saint Nicholas Ave., the 22,008-square-foot property contains 23 apartments and three retail stores. Peter Von Der Ahe, Seth Glasser and Jacob Kahn of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was also a private investor.

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GROTON, CONN. — Institutional Property Advisors has brokered the sale of The Ledges Apartment Homes, a 339-unit multifamily property in Groton. The sales price was undisclosed. The property was built in 2004 and comprises 14 buildings on nearly 30 acres. The average unit size is 1,034 square feet. Victor Nolletti and Eric Pentore of IPA represented the seller, B.A.G. Investments Inc., in the transaction. The buyer was Merion Realty Partners.  

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — SIOR Foundation has announced Aaron Barnard as its new president for the 2018-2019 term. The transition from current president Bill Ginder to Barnard occurred last week at the Society of Industrial & Office Realtors (SIOR) Fall World Conference in Denver. Barnard is a veteran broker in Minneapolis with Cushman & Wakefield and specializes in investment analysis, tenant and landlord representation. Additional 2018-2019 SIOR Foundation officers are President-Elect Chris Curtis (Nugent Curtis Real Estate), Vice President Albert McNeel (Endura Advisory Group) and Treasurer Stan Kleweno (Transpacific Investments). New SIOR Foundation Trustees who began three-year terms at the latest conference include Nancy Morse (Newmark Knight Frank), Jack O’Donoghue (Grant Street Associates/Cushman & Wakefield Alliance), Adrian Arriaga (AAA Real Estate & Investments), Robert Horn Jr. (JLL), Jesse Laikin (Lee & Associates) and Peter Richardson (Primera Cos.). As the largest association of commercial real estate brokers, Washington, D.C.-based SIOR Foundation promotes and funds programs that advance the real estate profession through educational scholarships, research projects, publishing and development of real estate curricula for higher education.

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NORWALK, CONN. — Cronheim Mortgage has arranged an $11.5 million refinancing for SoNo Square, a 94,472-square-foot mixed-use property in Norwalk. Cronheim secured the financing on behalf of borrower SoNo Square Associates, an affiliate of Westport-based David Adam Realty. The lender was undisclosed. Terms of the financing include three years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The tenant roster at SoNo Square includes Lilian August Design warehouse, West Marine and Barteca Restaurants LLC, the owner of the Barcelona Wine Bar and Bartaco chains.

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LANDISVILLE, PA. — RED Capital Group has secured a $7.8 million construction loan for Tobacco Road apartments, an adaptive reuse of a historic building in Landisville. The loan will be used to develop the currently vacant brick property into a 66-unit apartment community. The structure, a former tobacco warehouse, consists of four connected buildings and was built in the early 1900s. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. RED Capital Group secured the financing on behalf of developer, S. B. Conrad. The lender was undisclosed. When completed, the complex will include a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units.

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