NEW YORK CITY — Metropolitan Avenue Associates has purchased a six-story mixed-used building located at 524 Metropolitan Ave. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. Pinny and Moishe Loketch of the Loketch Group sold the property for $11.3 million. The 12,160-square-foot building features 20 apartment units and two commercial spaces, which are leased to Yola’s Café. At the time of sale, the building was fully occupied. Brendan Maddigan, Ethan Stanton and Michael Gignate of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal.
HORSHAM, PA. — The Verrichia Co. has acquired the final three parcels necessary to begin development of Horsham Village Plaza, a retail center located at the intersection of Route 611 and Blair Mill Road in Horsham. The center will feature a 5,585-square-foot Wawa convenience store with six fuel pumps and a 12,900-square-foot CVS/pharmacy, both of which are slated to open in fall 2018. Additionally, the center will feature three pad sites, totaling 17,200 square feet, which are available for lease through Metro Commercial.
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. — HFF has arranged the sale of Huntington Square Plaza, a grocery-anchored retail center located at 3124 Jericho Turnpike in the Long Island community of Huntington. Completed in 2002, the 116,200-square-foot center was fully leased at the time of sale. Tenants include Stop & Shop and Best Buy. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Stephen Simonelli and Michael Oliver of HFF represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The name of the buyer and acquisition price were not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Cignature Realty Associates has arranged the sale of a six-story multifamily building located at 336 Fort Washington Ave. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights. Michael Aryeh of Heritage Realty acquired the property from Fort Washington 336 for $30.8 million, or $402.32 per square foot. Built in 1924, the 76,536-square-foot property features 79 apartment units. Peter Vanderpool of Cignature Realty represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided $21 million in Freddie Mac loans to refinance an eight-property multifamily portfolio in Brooklyn. Anthony Cristi of Greystone originated the loans for the borrower, Steve Lubin. The refinanced properties are 1060 Hancock St., 1315 Sutter Ave., 135 Dupont St., 187 Rochester Ave., 1904 Nostrand Ave., 4515 Snyder Ave. and 802 and 809 Park Place. The properties feature between six and 35 units. The properties received five-year, fixed-rate Freddie Mac Small Business Loans, which include an additional 15 years of floating rate and one year of interest-only payments at an 80 percent loan-to-value ratio.
PITTSBURGH — Walker & Dunlop has closed a $14.9 million construction loan for EVEN Hotel, located within the historic Kaufmann’s department store building in downtown Pittsburgh. The borrower is Reception Hotels and Resorts, which acquired the fifth and sixth floors for the hotel. The hotel will be part of the Kaufmann’s Grand on Fifth, a master redevelopment the former department store that will feature retail, hospitality, multifamily and office space. The loan closed with Orix USA on behalf of Reception Hotels and Resorts. Jacob Cohen of Walker & Dunlop secured the non-recourse loan that features three years of interest-only payments.
WARRENDALE, PA. — Teen clothing retailer rue21 has completed its financial restructuring and emerged from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. The Warrendale-based company began to close approximately 400 underperforming stores in April, and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 15. Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as rue21’s legal advisor, Rothschild Inc. acted as investment banker and financial advisor, and Berkeley Research Group acted as restructuring advisor throughout the process.
MILFORD, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Holland Center, a neighborhood shopping center located at 621-641 Milford Warren Glen Road in Milford. A private buyer acquired the asset for $2 million. Situated on 5 acres, the 10,777-square-foot property was fully occupied by six tenants at the time of sale. Derrick Dougherty, Mark Krantz and Shannon Bona of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, while Mark Taylor, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — The Greater Jamaica Development Corp. has selected a joint venture between BRP Cos. and Wharton Properties to purchase and develop a site located at 90-02 168th St. in the Queens’ neighborhood of Jamaica. The open-air parking lot will become an approximately 500,000-square-foot development with more than 300 mixed-income residential units and more than 70,000 square feet of retail space. Construction is slated to begin in the second half of 2018.
WARMINSTER, PA. — J.G. Petrucci Co. has opened Jacksonville Station, a 151-unit apartment community located at 375 Jacksonville Road in Warminster. The eight-building property features 74 one-bedroom and 77 two-bedroom apartment units with high ceilings, stainless steel kitchen appliances, quartz countertops and in-unit washers/dryers. Situated on 10 acres, the multifamily complex features on-site surface parking, a state-of-the-art fitness center, resort-style swimming pool and resident clubhouse with flat-screen televisions, couches and meeting spaces.