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.
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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.
UPPER DUBLIN, PA. — BET Investments Inc. (Bruce E. Toll Co.) has broken ground on The Promenade at Upper Dublin, a master-planned, mixed-use project in the Philadelphia suburb of Upper Dublin. Development costs are estimated at $200 million. The project’s residential component will include 402 units and 114 active adult homes. Amenities will include a resort-style pool, gourmet kitchens with quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and a fitness center. A planned retail component will feature 128,000 square feet of retail space, anchored by a specialty grocer and outdoor lifestyle store as well as shops and restaurants. A 2.7-acre park, more than three miles of walking trails and an outdoor events stage are also planned. The developer is implementing sustainable design features like green roofs, bike sharing and electric car charging stations. “The Promenade at Upper Dublin will be the an exciting destination, with high-end, state-of-the-art apartments that will include resort-like amenities combined with a lively and interesting combination of restaurants and shops providing a great meeting place for the surrounding communities,” says Michael Markman, president of BET Investments. “This ‘live, work, play’ community, combining commercial and residential uses, will be the first of its kind in Eastern Montgomery County.” Upper …
BOSTON — CBRE has brokered the $65 million sale of Fairlawn Apartments, a 347-unit apartment community in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE represented the seller, AP Fairlawn LLC, an affiliate of ARES Management. The buyer was an affiliate of the DSF Group. The property consists of 12 four-story apartment buildings built between 1965 and 1968.
PITTSBURGH — Maverick Commercial Mortgage has secured $47 million in refinancing for a six-building office portfolio in Pittsburgh. Located within the Parkway West Corridor submarket, the property features 585,000 rentable square feet. Maverick Commercial secured a 10-year, fixed-rate loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through a national lender for the borrower, a joint venture between JDI Realty and Market Street Real Estate Partners. The borrowers acquired the property in 2014. Since acquisition the borrowers have added a new food hall and tenant fitness center, and have performed extensive renovations to corridors, bathrooms and building lobbies. The property is currently 87 percent occupied.
PREIT Signs Three Tenants to Backfill Former Macy’s at Plymouth Meeting Mall in Philadelphia
by David Cohen
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) has inked leases with three new tenants at Plymouth Meeting Mall in Philadelphia. Burlington, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Edge Fitness will open locations at the mall in spring 2019, backfilling the space formerly occupied by Macy’s. PREIT is also negotiating leases with an arts and crafts purveyor and a craft brewery. Current tenants at Plymouth Meeting Mall include LEGOLAND Discovery Center, Dave & Buster’s, Bath & Body Works, CycleBar, H&M, Whole Foods Market and AMC Theatre.
FLEMINGTON, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of 31 North Office Center, a 33,000-square-foot medical office property in Flemington for $3.2 million. Ben Sgambati, Alan Cafiero, Anthony Asencio and Victor W. Nolletti of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a bank/financial institution. Anthony Asencio of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a limited liability company. The class B building is located at 121 State Route 31.