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WEST LEBANON, N.H. — NKF Capital Markets has arranged the sale of The Windalier Portfolio, a retail portfolio located in West Lebanon. The Davis Companies acquired the portfolio from Dead River Properties for $27.1 million. Totaling 230,035 square feet, the portfolio comprises Kmart Plaza, Miracle Mile Shopping Center and North Country Plaza, all of which are located along or near Route 12A. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 96 percent occupied. Kmart, TJMaxx and Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores are tenants at the portfolio. Justin Smith, Robert Griffin and Geoffrey Millerd of NKF represented the seller in the deal.

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PARAMUS, N.J. — Onyx Equities, in a joint venture with Garrison Investment Group, has acquired the leasehold interest in an office building located at 61 S. Paramus Road in Paramus. Mack-Cali Realty sold the 285,000-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. With this acquisition, the partnership’s Bergen County portfolio now comprises 1.4 million square feet across six assets located throughout Paramus and Rochelle Park. Cole Schotz P.C. and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy represented the buyer, while Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Stephen Simonelli and Marc Duval of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.

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NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has provided a $15 million bridge loan for a mixed-use development site located on three adjacent parcels in Brooklyn: 936 and 948 Myrtle Ave. and 258-264 Throop Ave. The borrower, a developer, has received approval for a 154,699-square-foot, three-building, mixed-use project. The developer plans to construct a residential project with rental and condominium units in three interconnected buildings with ground-floor retail space. Site excavation is nearly complete, and the borrower is moving forward with foundation work while pursuing approval for additional support through the Inclusionary Housing and Food Retail Expansion to Support Health programs.

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ORANGE, CONN. — Pearce/George J. Smith Commercial Real Estate has brokered the sale of an industrial building situated on 6.5 acres at 70 Robinson Blvd. in Orange. Robin Equity LLC acquired the 50,666-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. The buyer will repurpose the building for American Seal & Engineering Corp. to serve as its new global corporate headquarters and main manufacturing facility for engineered products, advanced manufacturing technology, and product testing and development. Carl Russell of Pearce/George J. Smith Commercial represented the sellers, ALM Properties and MCM Investments in the deal.

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STAMFORD, CONN. — TH Real Estate, an affiliate of Nuveen, a TIAA company, has completed the sale of The Wescott, an apartment community located in Stamford. A private New Jersey-based investment group acquired the 261-unit property for $67 million. Built in 1986, the property features an indoor/outdoor pool, clubroom with kitchen, media lounge and billiards room, fitness center, tennis courts, basketball court, outdoor courtyard and garage parking. Most units have been renovated with new kitchens, featuring granite counters, stainless steel appliances, and new cabinets, baths, lighting and fixtures. The property also features a 8,500-square-foot vacant commercial space, which was formerly occupied by medical tenants. Jeffrey Dunne, Gene Pride and Eric Apfel of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.

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CLINTON AND MEDFORD, MASS. — Transwestern Consulting Group has arranged two loans totaling $22.8 million for NorthBridge Partners. The loans will finance the acquisition and future leasing costs for two warehouses in Massachusetts. Transwestern secured a long-term, non-recourse $13.9 million loan for 100 Adams Road, a warehouse in Clinton, through Middlesex Savings Bank. The 345,000-square-foot building is fully occupied by five tenants. Completed in 2000, the property features 30-foot clear ceiling heights, 53 loading docks and one drive-in door. Transwestern also arranged a long-term, non-recourse $8.9 million loan for 23 Sycamore Ave. in Medford through HarborOne Bank. The warehouse features 91,000 square feet of high-bay warehouse space.

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PARAMUS, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has facilitated the sale of two retail buildings, located at 80 and 100 W. Century Road in Paramus. The Frisch School, a co-educational high school, purchased the 25,000-square-foot property at 100 W. Century Road, and 80 W. Century LLC acquired the 70,000-square-foot building at 80 W. Century Road. A private entity plans to relocate to 80 W. Century Road, while M&T Bank will occupy the remaining space. M&T Bank sold the properties, which it acquired in 2015 with its acquisition of Hudson City Savings Bank. The acquisition prices were not released. David Bernhaut, Andrew Merin, Gary Gabriel, Brian Whitmer, Frank DiTommaso II, David Sherman, David DeMatteis, Mark Zaziski, William Hartman and Lou D’Avanzo of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal.

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WASHINGTON, PA. — Capital Funding Group, a Baltimore-based lender, has closed a $25.5 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the acquisition of Washington County Health Center, a skilled nursing facility in the Pittsburgh suburb of Washington. Craig Casagrande of Capital Funding originated the loan. No further details were disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — Savanna has launched a $35 million capital improvement plan at Falchi Building, a five-story, 711,194-square-foot office and retail building located in the Factory District of Long Island City in Queens. The capital improvement program will be focused on modernizing the lobby and common areas, including the building systems, and reconfiguring the retail spaces to maximize value. The lobby renovation will revitalize the building entrance and improve the existing ground-floor retail space, which is a food-focused corridor similar to Chelsea Market. The new lobby will include Stonehard flooring, an accent wall with LED backlighting at the entrance, rectangular linear light fixtures, built-in retail millwork kiosks with stone countertops, and black porcelain accent subway tile. The lobby and retail corridor work is scheduled for completion in early 2018. Savanna has retained Cushman & Wakefield to manage leasing efforts at the property.

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Connecticut’s Fairfield County ranks among America’s 40 wealthiest counties with a median household income of $81,268 in 2010. And while some of its current office market data stand at low levels, many indicators point to a bright future. Year-to-date office leasing activity reached 1.7 million square feet as of the third quarter. This amounts to a 21 percent increase relative to the same period one year ago. While this figure stands 3.1 percent below the five-year historical average, overall leasing volume does not take into account a 500,000-square-foot, build-to-suit lease undertaken by Charter Communications at Gateway Harbor Point in Stamford. For the quarter, aggregate office leasing in the county totaled 555,629 square feet. Stamford and Greenwich accounted for more than 77 percent of the total. Major transactions included Bank of America’s 166,000-square-foot lease at 600 Washington Boulevard in Stamford and AQR Capital’s 90,000-square-foot expansion at One Greenwich Plaza. In August, Stamford scored its most impactful corporate attraction of the year when the German-based multinational Henkel moved its North American headquarters from Scottsdale, Arizona, to 155,000 square feet within the BLT Financial Centre at 200 Elm Street. The consumer products firm said its laundry, beauty and home-care divisions are employing approximately …

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