FARMINGTON, CONN. — New England Retail Properties has brokered the sale of the Tractor Supply store located at 361 Scott Swamp Road in Farmington for $3.6 million. New England Retail Properties arranged the transaction between the seller, AEI Property Corp., and the buyer, 361 Scott Swamp Road LLC. The property, a former Frank’s Nursery & Crafts, was acquired in 2010 and opened in 2011 as a Tractor Supply store after a retrofit of the building and grounds. The property, which is nine miles west of Hartford, serves the Farmington, Burlington, Plainville and surrounding markets. Founded in 1939, Tractor Supply has more than 1,700 stores in 49 states.
Northeast
NEWARK, N.J. — Progress Capital has arranged $5.2 million in permanent financing on behalf of West of Hudson Properties for the acquisition of a two-building apartment community in Newark. The lender was Sabal Financial. The terms of the loan include a $5.2 million non-recorse permanent mortgage with five years of interest-only payments at a fixed rate of 3.86 percent. The loan represents a 65 percent loan-to-purchase price accompanied by a 20-year term and 30-year amortization. After the five-year interest-only period expires, the rate will reset. Located at 10-36 Osbornse Terrace and 9 Hedden Terrace, the 70-unit community was fully renovated in 2007. Brad Domenico of Progress Capital arranged the loan on behalf of West of Hudson Properties.
BOSTON — San Francisco-based Iconiq Capital has invested in the 90-year old Taj Boston hotel, located at 15 Arlington St. in Boston. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the Boston Business Journal reports the private equity firm — which manages money for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg — acquired a $196 million stake in the property. A group of investors including New England Development, Eastern Real Estate, Rockpoint Group, Lubert-Adler and Highgate originally acquired the 273-room hotel in 2016 for $125 million, and will retain an interest in the asset. The new partnership plans to execute a major capital improvement program that will include a comprehensive renovation of guestrooms, public areas and food and beverage outlets. According to a release, hotel owners have spent the past two years working with a team of architectural and interior design firms, consultants and engineers to develop a new vision for the property. A construction timeline for the project was not disclosed. Situated at the corner of Newbury and Arlington streets in Boston’s high-end Back Bay neighborhood, the hotel overlooks the Boston Public Garden and is adjacent to the city’s retail district. Amenities include nightly turndown, a 24-hour fitness center, business center, and onsite dining and bar …
PORTLAND, MAINE — Remic Properties has acquired the 34,000-square-foot Maine Eye Center at 15 Lowell St. in Portland for $8.2 million. Both Remic Properties and the seller, Maine Eye SPE LLC, were represented by Stan Johnson Company in the transaction. Maine Eye, an ophthalmology practice, is the sole tenant in the building. The acquisition was part of a 1031 exchange that Remic completed following the sale of a property in Peabody, Mass. Tom St. Jean and Mary Lambert of Brookline Bank served as the qualified intermediary in the transaction.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — HFF has arranged the $3 million sale of a 10,000-square-foot, single-tenant retail building leased to CVS Pharmacy in Allentown. HFF represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was Grove City Property. Located at 1802 Lehigh St., the CVS Pharmacy sees traffic counts of more than 15,000 vehicles per day and is less than a mile from I-78. The building was built in 1996 and is leased to CVS Pharmacy through December 2037.
LEHIGH VALLEY, PA. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a 180-bed skilled nursing facility located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. A regional owner-operator acquired the property for $18.8 million, or approximately $104,000 per bed. The seller was looking to restructure its regional portfolio. Michael Segal and Ben Firestone of Blueprint negotiated the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has arranged the sale of a vacant, six-unit apartment building in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. Located one block from the Jefferson Street L subway station at 1271 Willoughby Ave., the 5,000-square-foot property is situated in a popular retail corridor. Matt Cosentino, Fred Bijou and Eric Satanovsky of TerraCRG brokered the deal. TerraCRG represented the seller, Bushwack LLC, which purchased the property in 2014. The brokerage firm also represented the buyer, Cycamore Capital, an investment firm based in Brooklyn.
NEW YORK CITY — Alpha Realty has brokered the sale of a 10,000-square-foot multi-use building in the Upper East Side of Manhattan for $7 million. The property, located at 148 East 98th St., is a newly constructed six-story elevator building with 11 apartments and one commercial unit. The property sold at a capitalization rate of 3.4 percent. Lev Mavashev and Glenn Raff of Alpha Realty brokered the transaction with Raff representing the seller, a local private investor. Mavashev procured the buyer, Rebar Development Group.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $23.5 million loan for the refinancing of the 130-room Box House Hotel in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. New York-based Ladder Capital provided the loan, which features interest-only payments. The borrower was undisclosed. Cary Pollack and Judah Neuman of Meridian negotiated the terms of the loan. The Box House Hotel is a former warehouse space at 77 Box St. that was redeveloped into a hotel in 2012. The four-story property also features a rooftop event space with views of the Manhattan skyline. Greenpoint is accessible from Manhattan via the G subway line and the East River ferry.
Cross Properties Secures $40M for Renovation of Historic Apartment Community in West Philadelphia
by David Cohen
PHILADELPHIA — Developer and investment firm Cross Properties has secured a $40 million construction loan for the renovation of The Dane, a historic, 241-unit apartment community in West Philadelphia at the Wynnefield train stop. The lender was a syndicate led by Univest Bank. The property, which was built in 1960, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Renovation is now underway to transform the property into a class A apartment building. The project is slated for completion in early 2019.