NEW YORK CITY — Urban View Development has received $10.2 million in construction loans for two ground-up condominium developments in Brooklyn’s East Bushwick neighborhood. SKW Funding provided the loans, $5 million and $5.2 million, for the two projects at 301 Covert St. and 1229 Putnam Ave. Urban View Development plans to construct 38 condominium units, 19 at each site, which are currently vacant lots. Each project will offer 17 one-bedroom units and two two-bedroom units, with prices ranging from $470,000 to the mid-$700,000s. Menelik Tefera of SKW Funding originated and the led the due diligence and execution of the loans.
CLIFFSIDE PARK AND PATERSON, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has brokered the sales of three multifamily properties located in Cliffside Park and Paterson. Debbie Pomerantz of Gebroe-Hammer represented the sellers in both transactions. Nicholas Nicolaou, also of Gebroe-Hammer, represented the buyer in the Cliffside Park deal, while Pomerantz represented the buyer in the Paterson transaction. In Cliffside Park, an undisclosed buyer acquired a three-story building, located at 319 Palisade Ave., with 19 condominium-style units for $5.45 million, or $286,842 per unit. The one- and two-bedroom units feature hardwood floors, spacious layouts, central air conditioning and in-unit washers/dryers. Community amenities include a ground-level parking garage with direct elevator access. The name of the seller was not released. In Paterson, an undisclosed seller sold two buildings, located at 764-768 21st St. and 549-553 E. 38th St., for $3.2 million to an undisclosed buyer. The properties offer a total of 34 separately metered residential units.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of 926 Plaza, a retail strip center located at 926 Haddonfield Road in Cherry Hill. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $4.2 million, or $298 per square foot. The UPS Store, Sherwin Williams, Primo Hoagies and local businesses occupy the 14,123-square-foot property. Shannon Bona, Mark Taylor and Derrick Dougherty of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller, while Michael Lombardi, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer in the transaction.
MIDDLETOWN, PA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $76.1 million sale of Capital Logistics Center in Middletown. An affiliated entity of Dermody Properties purchased the five-building industrial portfolio from a joint venture partnership of Woodmont Industrial Partners and AEW Capital Management. Cushman & Wakefield’s Gerry Blinebury and Gary Gabriel represented the seller. The buyer was represented in-house. Capital Logistics Center totals 1.3 million square feet and is 74 percent occupied. An additional 133,800 square feet remains available for development. The property is located near I-81 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $20.5 million sale of 30-58 34th St. and 30-64 34th St., a pair of five-story apartment buildings totaling 70 units in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. The sales price equates to almost $293,000 per unit. Peter Von Der Ahe, Joe Koicim, Shaun Riney, Noah Kossoff and Dylan Walsh of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Takis Tsagronis, and procured the buyer, Urban American. Located near the 30th Avenue subway station, the properties total 49,600 square feet and feature 48 one-bedroom units, 16 two-bedroom units and six three-bedroom units.
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J. — AutoZone, QuickChek and MedExpress Urgent Care have become the first tenants to open at Hanover Crossroads, an under-construction shopping center in Cedar Knolls. Additional tenants soon to open include T.J.Maxx, HomeGoods, Five Below and ULTA Beauty. Key Properties is the developer for the 107,000-square-foot project, which is now nearly 80 percent leased. Located at 110 East Hanover Ave., Hanover Crossroads is located on the former site of Berlex Laboratories. The property was rezoned from office/laboratory to retail use in 2010.
WALTHAM, MASS. — Blackstone Mortgage Trust has provided $135 million in financing for 830 and 828 Winter St., an existing lab building and a planned lab facility in the Boston suburb of Waltham. HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, King Street Properties, in securing the financing through Blackstone. Loan proceeds will be used to refinance 830 Winter St., which spans 185,000 square feet, and to construct 828 Winter St. Completed in 2001, 828 Winter St. is home to tenants including Praecis Pharmaceuticals, ImmunoGen, GlaxoSmithKline and Histogenics Corp. The new property at 828 Winter St. will include 144,910 square feet across three stories along with a four-level parking garage. King Street broke ground on the project in October 2016 and is planning for a delivery date of July 2018. The HFF debt placement team representing the borrower included Greg LaBine and Porter Terry.
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. — Keystone Property Group has received zoning approvals for the development of SORA West a transit-oriented mixed-use development in the Philadelphia suburb of Conshohocken. Upon completion, SORA West will include a central plaza surrounded by a 250,000-square-foot office building, retail and dining space, a 171-key hotel, the existing Conshohocken Firehouse and a 950-space parking structure. The project will be located adjacent to the Conshohocken SEPTA train station, near Route 76 and Route 476. Keystone is now in the process of finalizing the plans and pursuing land development approvals. In addition to office, retail, hotel and community uses, the developer is assessing the viability of adding a residential component to the property. Keystone is headquartered in SORA East, which is located one block away from SORA West.
LANCASTER, PA. — HJ Sims has secured $98 million in financing for Brethren Village, a continuing care retirement community in Lancaster. In 2016, Brethren hired Sims to serve as senior managing underwriter for the proposed refinancing of 2008 bonds on the facility. Sims worked with Brethren Village’s independent municipal advisor to pair the refinance with financing to develop an independent living expansion project known as Northside Court. The financing consists of fixed-rate refunding bonds structured with serial and term bonds, a 25-year maturity and level annual debt service. The 2017 refunding bonds include optional redemption provisions of 10 years to enable Brethren to repay the bonds prior to maturity. The Northside Court project financing was structured as a variable rate, tax-exempt direct placement with one bank. The term of the bank commitment is 10 years with a 25-year principal amortization.
BOSTON — WS Development has hired architecture firm OMA to design a mixed-use project located at 88 Seaport Blvd. in Boston. The project, located in Boston’s Seaport District, is OMA’s first commission in the city of Boston. OMA’s Shohei Shigematsu will lead the design efforts at 88 Seaport, which upon completion will include nearly 425,000 square feet of office space, 60,000 square feet of retail on the first two floors and 5,000 square feet of civic/cultural use. Construction is slated to begin in 2018 and finish in 2020.