NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has arranged the sale of a 55,000-square-foot industrial facility in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. The property sold for $8.5 million, or $155 per square foot. Ofer Cohen, Dan Marks, and Mike Hernandez of TerraCRG represented the seller, Joseph Robles, in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed. The building features open layouts with two drive-in doors and 13-foot ceilings on both levels as well as 290 feet of frontage on Osborn Street.
NEWTOWN, CONN. — Senior Lifestyle Corp. has broken ground on Church Hill Village, a 71-unit assisted living and memory care community in Newtown, located approximately midway between New York City and Hartford. The community will feature 49 assisted living apartments and 22 memory care apartments. The 66,000-square-foot building will be situated on four acres. Development partners for the project include Teton Capital Co. and JRP Architects. The community is scheduled to open in summer 2019.
MERIDEN, CONN. — Pennrose has opened Meriden Commons I, a 75-unit multifamily community in Meriden. The community is the first of a two-phase transit oriented development that will bring 151 mixed-income apartment units and more than 6,500 square feet of retail space to the City of Meriden. Once completed in the fall of 2019, Meriden Commons II will consist of 76 mixed-income apartments. Located at 161 and 177 State St., Meriden Commons I and II are within close proximity to downtown Meriden and Meriden’s Amtrak Center.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the $1.6 million sale of a multifamily building in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens. Stephen R. Preuss, Denise Prevete and Kevin Louie of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Tina M. Ng & Katherine Y. Ng, in the transaction. The buyer was Harry Otterman. Located at 35-15 72nd St., the three-story property consists of six units. Recent upgrades to the building include an updated roof, and boiler within the past four years.
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N.J. — KRE Group, in partnership with Verde Capital, has acquired Thousand Oaks Village, a 304-unit garden-style apartment property in Atlantic Highlands. The 36-acre property sold for $56 million. The seller was not disclosed. Located at 165 Thousand Oaks Drive, the community will be renamed Atlantic Pointe after capital investments that will include unit renovations and upgrades to amenities. Thousand Oaks Village is KRE Group’s fifth garden apartment acquisition within New Jersey in three years.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has provided a $38 million construction loan for the development of a new hotel in Midtown, Manhattan. The borrower, McSam Hotel Group led by New York developer Sam Chang, is currently constructing a 106,827-square-foot, 28-story building that will feature a 320-key Radisson hotel upon completion. Loan proceeds will be used to finalize construction of the building. The ground-up development is slated for completion in the next 12 months. Terms of the loan were not disclosed.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Rochester City Council has approved the renovation plans for Cobbs Hill Village, an affordable seniors housing community in Rochester. The approval was the last step before Rochester Management can begin work on the project. The modernization project will replace several existing structures at the property, which has served as affordable seniors housing since 1957. The new apartments will feature full-size appliances and energy-efficient HVAC systems. Amenities at the community will feature laundry rooms, a fitness center, computer lab and indoor community space accessible to those with mobility issues. Construction, expected to begin later this year, will take place in three phases, allowing current residents to move directly from existing units into newly constructed homes. All 104 units are reserved for persons over the age of 55 with maximum incomes ranging from 30 percent of area median income ($15,550) to 80 percent of area median income ($41,450).
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a 2,919-square-foot retail building in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn. The two-story property sold for $3 million or $1,028 per square foot. Jeffrey A. Shalom of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor. The entire building is currently leased through August 2019 to Free Time Hangout, a Cantonese restaurant.
BAYONNE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a mixed-use building in Bayonne for $1.9 million. Fahri Ozturk and Tyler Van Wagoner of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private owner, in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed. Located at 554-556 Broadway, the building contains 10,260 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 7,510 square feet of second-floor office space. The new owner plans to redevelop the property into a four-story mixed-use building.
CANONSBURG, PA. — HFF has arranged the $90 million refinancing of Zenith Ridge Corporate Campus, a 486,000-square-foot, three-building office park in Canonsburg. HFF represented the borrower, Quattro LP, in securing a 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Starwood Mortgage Capital. Burns Scalo Real Estate currently manages the property. Amenities at the office campus include walking trails, outdoor exercise stations, ping pong tables, communal fire pits, outdoor patios and outdoor meeting areas. Zenith Ridge Corporate Campus is fully leased.
