NEW YORK CITY — NKF Capital Markets has secured a $60 million loan for the recapitalization of an eight-story mixed-use project under development in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. Located at 325 Lafayette Ave., the property will include 116 apartment units, 40 parking spaces and 16,943 square feet of street-level retail space. Key Food and Starbucks have pre-leased space at the property. Amenities will include a rooftop terrace, fitness center and a media and gaming lounge. NKF secured the loan on behalf of Slate Property Group. The lender was undisclosed. The project is scheduled for completion sometime this fall.
Northeast
PHOENIXVILLE, PA. — CBRE has brokered the $8.1 million sale of Phoenixville Medical Office Building I, a 62,175-square-foot medical office building in Phoenixville. Located at 824 N. Main St., the three-story property was built in 1991 and is currently 90 percent leased. The tenant roster includes Phoenixville Hospital, Clinical Care Associates and Tri-County Urologic. Phoenixville is approximately 27 miles northeast of Philadelphia. Peter Stevens of CBRE represented the seller, Phoenixville Medical Building Associates, in the transaction. The property was sold subject to a ground lease.
Lionstone, Walnut Capital Acquire Pittsburgh Athletic Association Building in Pittsburgh
by David Cohen
PITTSBURGH — Lionstone Investments and Walnut Capital have acquired the Pittsburgh Athletic Association clubhouse, a five-story vacant building in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. The property was built in 1911 and had served as the clubhouse for the Pittsburgh Athletic Association since then. The building features Renaissance Venetian palazzo architecture, a bowling alley, basketball and squash courts and a third-floor swimming pool. The structure was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978. HFF brokered the sale of the building on behalf of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. The buyers plan to refurbish the exterior of the building and convert the interior into 90,000 square feet of office space. Work on the property is expected to take 18 to 24 months.
HAMPTON, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of 15 Route 173, a 30,000-square-foot warehouse in Hampton. Daniel Badenhausen and Andrew Stypa represented the buyer, Kal Freight Inc., in the transaction. The seller was undisclosed. The 13-acre property features up to 20-foot clear heights, cross-docking and 50 loading doors. The price was undisclosed.
MONTCLAIR, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $2.5 million sale of a 70 Park Montclair, a 12,000-square foot office property located in Montclair. Alan Cafiero, Ben Sgambati, David Cafiero and Michael DeVita of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, and the buyer, a partnership, in the transaction. 70 Park Montclair is located at 70 Park St. and currently 83 percent occupied.
TRENTON, N.J. — Arbor Realty Trust has provided a $25 million loan through Fannie Mae for the refinancing of an apartment property in Trenton. The borrower was undisclosed. The 169-unit multifamily property is known as The Village at Lambert Green. Built in 2017, the community features amenities that include chef-style kitchens, 24-hour emergency maintenance, a clubhouse and fitness center. Ronen Abergel of Arbor Realty originated the 12-year, fixed-rate loan.
Fantini & Gorga Arranges $20.5M in Construction Financing for Seniors Housing Community in Massachusetts
by David Cohen
CHICOPEE, MASS. — Fantini & Gorga has arranged a $20.5 million construction loan for Chicopee Assisted Living at RiverMills, an assisted living community in the Western Massachusetts city of Chicopee. Once completed in Spring 2019, the three-story, 80,000-square-foot community will include 95 units. The development will be located along the Chicopee River in the city’s historic RiverMills District. Approximately 20 percent of the units will offer memory care services. An additional 20 percent of the units will be reserved as affordable units. The fixed-rate, nonrecourse loan made at a loan-to-cost ratio of 85 percent is for a period of 15 years.
LEBANON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sale of a 244-acre parcel of land in Lebanon Township. The sales price was undisclosed. The property features open and wooded land and is currently occupied by Pelio Farms. John J. Schilp and Sigmund Schorr of NAI James E. Hanson represented the buyers, New Jersey Conservation Foundation, New Jersey Green Acres Program, Lebanon Township, Hunterdon Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, Victoria Foundation, 1772 Foundation, Leavens Foundation and the New Jersey Water Supply Authority. The seller was Earl Pelio of Pelio Farms. The buyers created a public-private partnership to acquire the land to preserve it from future development and link existing preserved lands to create a greenway of nearly 2,600 acres in northern Hunterdon County.
SOMERVILLE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.3 million sale of a 13,000-square-foot retail property in Somerville. Alan Cafiero, Ben Sgambati and Brent Hyldahl of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed. The two-story building is located at 130 W Main St. in downtown Somerville and is currently occupied by Stickley Furniture Company.
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Lumber supplier Atlantic Plywood Corp. has signed a 46,161-square-foot industrial lease in Farmingdale. Located on a 2.2-acre site at 220 Smith St., the facility features 18-foot clear heights, multiple loading docks and is fully fenced. Barry Cohorsky, Brian Pinnola and Matthew Giugliano of NAI represented Atlantic Plywood in the transaction. The landlord was represented by Brian Lee and Dan Marcus of Newmark Knight Frank.