FREDERICKSBURG, PA. — Ace Hardware has signed a long-term lease for 1.1 million square feet of distribution space at Lebanon Valley Distribution Center, located at 139 Fredericksburg Road in Fredericksburg. The lease involves a 1.1 million-square-foot cross-docked, 36-foot clear height distribution facility. The existing 874,126-square-foot facility will be expanded by 225,875 square feet and delivered to Ace Hardware for occupancy by year’s end. Joseph McDermott, Jake Terkanian, Vincent Ranalli and David Lind of CBRE represented Ace Hardware. The property is owned by USAA Real Estate Co. and is being developed by Trammell Crow Co.
Northeast
Square Mile Originates $91M Loan for High-Rise Multifamily Property in Philadelphia Suburb
by Amy Works
JENKINTOWN, PA. — Square Mile Capital Management has originated a $91 million whole loan for Metropolitan Properties of America. The loan is secured by 100 York, a 588-unit high-rise multifamily property located in Jenkintown. The property features a tennis court, outdoor swimming pool and an 8,000-square-foot amenity center with a fitness center, aerobics/yoga studio, cardiovascular room, billiards and game rooms, business center, theater and resident lounge. The Boston-based borrower recently renovated the property to Class A standards. Brad Johnson of CBRE arranged the financing.
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided a $59.8 million HUD-insured permanent loan for The Pavilion at Queens for Rehabilitation & Nursing, a skilled nursing facility in Queens. The borrower is Kennedy Management. Fred Levine of Greystone’s Monsey, N.Y., office originated both the bridge and permanent FHA loan for the property. The HUD-insured financing for The Pavilion represents a permanent self-amortizing exit. In 2015, Greystone arranged a bridge-to-HUD loan to finance the acquisition, renovation and rebranding of the 302-bed facility, which includes an onsite 40-bed ventilator-dependent unit and a 12-chair dialysis center.
Sheldon Gross Realty Facilitates $2.7M Sale of Manufacturing Facility in New Brunswick, New Jersey
by Amy Works
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Sheldon Gross Realty has arranged the sale of a manufacturing facility located at 1007 Jersey Ave. in New Brunswick. Macritchie Storage acquired the 50,000-square-foot building, which sits on 3.8 acres, for $2.7 million. Jonathan Glick of Sheldon Gross Realty represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
WINDHAM, MAINE — Cardente Real Estate has arranged the lease of 3,092 square feet of restaurant space in Windham. C2 Realty, a New York-based Japanese restaurant group, will occupy the space at 818 Roosevelt Trail. The landlord is Joy Real Estate of Lisbon LLC. Mark Sandler of Cardente Real Estate brokered the transaction.
BOSTON — Rockpoint Group has completed the disposition of Tower Point, an office building located in the Upper Seaport District of Boston. Germany-based Universal-Investment and an institutional account managed by Northwood Investors acquired the 157,067-square-foot asset for an undisclosed price. The sellers rehabilitated the historic manufacturing facility into a first-class office building, which is 100 percent leased. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen and James Tribble of NKF Capital Markets, along with Timothy Bianchi of Newmark Knight Frank, represented the seller in the transaction.
EDISON, N.J. — Domino’s Pizza has signed a lease for a 182,000-square-foot warehouse, located at 1075 King George Post Road in Edison. Domino’s plans to use the facility, which was developed by Liberty Property Trust, as a food processing and distribution center. Ken Ashley, John Wilkinson, Sam Hollis, Whitney Hembree, Matt Marshall and Jeff Williams of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, while Chuck Fern, also of Cushman & Wakefield, represented the landlord in the lease.
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.
Marcus & Millichap Arranges $4.2M Sale of Retail Strip Center in Cherry Hill, New Jersey
by Amy Works
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.