BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Hampton Inn & Suites is now open in Bridgewater. RD Management owns the 133-room property and developed it in partnership with XSS Hotels. Colwen Hotels will manage the property. Located at 1277 Route 22 W., the hotel is located near I-287 and Bridgewater Commons Mall. Amenities include an indoor heated pool, fitness center, meeting space, 24-hour business center, free breakfast, an on-site lounge and bar, 24-hour snack shop and complimentary Wi-Fi.
NEW YORK CITY — Equicap has secured a $7.9 million land loan for property in the East Village section of Manhattan. The borrower purchased the development site on Second Avenue for $9.15 million and was seeking bridge financing to carry the project through predevelopment. The proposed building will consist of 19,000 square feet of residential and retail condominiums. Equicap executed a closing at 86 percent of the purchase price for the transaction. A future funding component was also added for potential air rights.
MADISON, N.J. — PGIM Real Estate has completed a capital raise of $235 million for PruMex IV CKD, a closed-end real estate fund investing across various property sectors in Mexico. The capital raise included investments from Mexican institutional investors, as well as a co-investment from PGIM. More than half of the capital was raised from existing PGIM Real Estate clients, with the remaining capital coming from new investors. “The strong market fundamentals in Mexico, including a growing middle class, competitive labor costs and manufacturing, and favorable housing policies and regulatory changes, continue to be the key drivers for the development of industrial and residential assets in the country,” says Alfonso Munk, chief investment officer for the Americas at Madison-based PGIM Real Estate. Expanding on the investment strategy of the prior PruMex fund series, which focused solely on industrial real estate, PruMex IV will also invest in multifamily, mixed-use and residential-for-sale properties to create a well-diversified portfolio in Mexico. This fund will invest through PGIM Real Estate’s professionals operating out of the Mexico City office. Target investment markets include the Bajio-Central and north border regions for industrial assets, and the Mexico City metropolitan area for residential-for-sale, multifamily and mixed-use assets. PGIM …
NORWOOD, MASS. — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital has arranged $41.5 million in joint venture equity financing on behalf of John M. Corcoran and Co. for the $199 million acquisition of Windsor Garden Apartments in Norwood. The deal is the first equity financing of Bellwether’s New Orleans-based equity products division since its formation in November 2016. The company’s Todd Johnson arranged and structured the joint venture equity, which was provided by a New York City-based real estate investment fund. Located in metro Boston, Windsor Garden Apartments is a 914-unit apartment community. The complex includes 31 three-story apartment buildings, 36 two-story townhouses and six accessory buildings including a clubhouse and daycare center. Units range from one to three bedrooms and range from 580 to 1,210 square feet. The community features an on-site commuter rail station providing service to Boston’s Back Bay and South Station.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has negotiated the $52 million sale of a multifamily portfolio consisting of four six-story buildings at 60-68 W. 107th Street between Columbus and Manhattan avenues in the Upper West Side. The four buildings include more than 100,000 square feet and include 100 apartments, of which 25 are two-bedroom units and 75 are three-bedroom units. Eastern Consolidated’s Matt Sparks represented the seller, Suehar Associates, which has owned the buildings for over 60 years. The company’s Ron Solarz procured the buyer, FBE Limited.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — HFF has brokered the $25.3 million sale of One Lincoln Center, a 305,594-square-foot office tower in Syracuse. HFF marketed the property on behalf of a private seller and procured the buyer, Zamir Equities. One Lincoln Center is located in the center of downtown Syracuse at 110 W. Fayette St. The property is surrounded by the Syracuse Federal Building, the Pike Block and city hall. The 17-story property is 86 percent leased to tenants including JPMorgan Chase, Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC, Cadaret Grant & Co LLC, Bousquet Holstein, Grossman St. Amour and Arcadis. The HFF investment sales team representing the seller was led by Rob Rizzi, Steven Rutman and Michael Oliver.
NEW YORK CITY — NGKF Capital Markets, serving as advisor to Quality Capital, has arranged a $59 million loan for 827-831 Broadway in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood from LoanCore Capital. The loan will be used to recapitalize the multifamily property by retiring existing debt. Jordan Roeschlaub and Daniel Fromm of NGKF Capital Markets brokered the loan for Quality Capital. 827-831 Broadway consists of three interconnected buildings located at 827 Broadway, 831 Broadway and 47 E. 12th St. The property contains 75 feet of frontage on Broadway, with an additional 28 feet on East 12th Street. The owner purchased the property for $60 million in 2016. The residential units have since been vacated and the owner is completing renovations. The owner plans to hold on to the asset for the foreseeable future.
HARRISBURG AND PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA. — PREIT has added new tenants at two of its Pennsylvania malls. At Capital City Mall in Harrisburg, a lease has been executed with Dave & Buster’s. The 28,000-square-foot dining and entertainment venue will open in fall 2018. At Plymouth Meeting Mall in the Philadelphia suburb of Plymouth Meeting, PREIT has executed a lease with 5 Wits, an entertainment destination named after the five senses. The live-action experience is designed to immerse guests in realistic situations including hands-on challenges requiring teamwork. The 14,000-square-foot location will be located across from LEGOLAND Discovery Center and will open this fall. In addition, CYCLEBAR, an indoor cycling concept, will open a Plymouth Meeting Mall location on May 18.
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Urban Edge Properties (NYSE: UE) has obtained a $100 million loan to refinance Tonnelle Commons, a 410,015-square-foot retail power center in the New York City suburb of North Bergen. The Class A center is located at 2100 88th St. at the corner of Tonnelle Avenue. Tonnelle Commons is fully leased to 16 tenants. Anchors include Walmart, BJ’s Wholesale Club, PetSmart and Staples. Other tenants include Applebee’s, the Vitamin Shoppe, GameStop, SuperCuts and Mattress Firm. The property was built in 2009 less than 10 miles from Midtown Manhattan and four miles from the entrance to the New Jersey Turnpike. The center is situated at the northern edge of Hudson County, the most densely populated county in New Jersey. HFF’s debt placement team, led by Scott Aiese and Mike Tepedino , secured the 10-year, non-recourse, fixed-rate loan. Urban Edge Properties is a REIT that manages, acquires, develops and redevelops retail real estate in urban communities, primarily in the New York metropolitan region. The REIT’s stock closed at $24.93 per share on Thursday, May 11, down from $27.38 one year ago. — Nellie Day
NEW YORK CITY — HFZ Capital Group, a Manhattan-based real estate development and investment company, has secured construction financing for The Eleventh, a mixed-use development located at 76 11th Ave. between 17th and 18th streets. A British financial institution provided HFZ Capital with construction financing for the development. HFZ’s John Shannon directed the firm’s negotiations to secure the financing. Situated on the Far West Side of Chelsea, The Eleventh is slated to open in 2019 featuring two towers between the High Line and the Hudson River. Bjarke Ingels Group designed the project. In addition to residences, Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas will open its flagship North American hotel inside the project. HFZ originally secured $870 million in acquisition and pre-development financing in May 2015 from a consortium of lenders, including JPMorgan, BlackRock and SL Green Realty. Construction of The Eleventh has already begun, and sales of condominium residences will begin later this year.
