PATERSON, ORANGE, EAST ORANGE, METUCHEN, OLD BRIDGE, HAZLET AND EAST WINDSOR, CONN. — Kline Enterprises has completed the disposition of a 1,009-unit affordable housing portfolio of seven properties in Paterson, Orange, East Orange, Metuchen, Old Bridge and East Windsor. A joint venture between Hudson Valley Property Group, Red Stone Cos. and Wheelock Street Capital acquired the portfolio for $180 million. Community Realty Management will act as third-party property manager for the portfolio, while retaining the majority of the existing staff members at each of the properties. Walker & Dunlop and Fannie Mae provided acquisition financing. Goodwin Procter LLP, Nixon Peabody LLP and Berman Indictor LLP served as counsel for the buyer in the transaction. Jamie Renzenbrink and Gene Levental of SVN Affordable | Levental Realty brokered the transaction.
WATERBURY, WOLCOTT AND SOUTHINGTON, CONN. — The NHP Foundation-Urban Atlantic Fund I has acquired a four-property seniors housing portfolio in Connecticut for $43 million. The 404-unit portfolio consists of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, with all units contracted for the Project-based Section 8 Housing Assistance Program. The properties are the 150-unit Exchange Place Tower Apartments, located at 44 Center St. in Waterbury; Countryside Apartments I & II, located at 12 Wolf Hill Road in Wolcott and totaling 109 units; and the 145-unit Flanders West Apartments, located at 1 Darling St. in Southington. The name of the seller was not released. The equity fund is a joint venture between PNC Bank, Urban Atlantic and The NHP Foundation.
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA — KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Healthcare platform has arranged an acquisition loan for Baltimore-based Capital Health Group for the acquisition of a three-property seniors housing portfolio in Southeast Pennsylvania. Shortly after acquisition, Capital Health Group refinanced the acquisition/bridge loan through a series of three separate Fannie Mae financings originated by KeyBank’s Commercial Mortgage Group. The properties feature more than 500 units across the three properties. Grant Saunders and Jay Jordan of KeyBank’s Healthcare Group originated the initial acquisition financing, while Charlie Shoop of KeyBank’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged the Fannie Mae financing.
NEW YORK CITY — Alpha Realty has arranged the sale of a multifamily property located at 2342 Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Witnick Real Estate Partners acquired the 16,700-square-foot property from Up Realty for $5.4 million, or $327 per square foot. Lew Mavashev of Alpha Realty represented the seller, while Jacob Aronov, also of Alpha Realty, represented the buyer in the off-market transaction.
MEDFORD, MASS. — Linear Retail has purchased a retail property, located at 85 High St. in Medford, from Case Real Estate Capital for $4.7 million. CVS/pharmacy occupies the 15,700-square-foot property, which was built in 1996. Geoffrey Millerd, Justin Smith, Paul Penman and Matthew Waisnor of NGKF Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal.
PHILADELPHIA — Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has purchased two medical office buildings, located at 8001 and 8040 Roosevelt Blvd. in Philadelphia. An affiliate of George Comfort & Sons sold the properties, which total 86,000 square feet, for $17 million. The properties recently underwent renovations and were 94.7 percent leased at the time of sale. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital anchors the facilities. Ben Appel, Philip Mahler, Evan Kovac and Eric Anton of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
BILLERICA AND MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — The RAM Cos. has acquired two industrial and flex buildings, located at 35 Dunham Road in Billerica and 734 Forest St. in Marlborough, for $10.1 million. The Billerica property offers 65,912 square feet of space and is located within Middlesex Corporate Park. Tark Inc., SciSafe and Microchips Biotech are tenants at the property. Situated within Cedar Hill Business Park, the Marlborough property features 54,884 square feet of industrial space. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to a variety of tenants, including CeQur Corp., Sunrun, Chroma Systems Solutions and Commonwealth Financial Network. The name of the seller was not released.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors has arranged a $12.5 million first mortgage for an office building located at 4 W. Red Oak Lane in White Plains. Christie Houlihan of Houlihan-Parnes secured the non-recourse loan, which features a fixed rate for seven years and a five-year extension option, for the undisclosed borrower. The 132,995-square-foot building was 99 percent leased at the time of financing.
NEW YORK CITY — CTA Architects, as architect, and Brend Renovation, as general contractor, have completed a $10 million exterior renovation of Morningside Gardens, a six-building, 980-unit apartment complex in Manhattan’s West Harlem section, for Morningside Heights Housing Corp. The project repaired 560,000 square feet of façades and 80,500 square feet of roofs. Renovations included repairs to and repointing of the brick façade; replacement and repairs of deteriorated and delaminated metal-clad blue stone window sills; renovations to selection flashings, lintels and concrete balconies and rails; gutter and scupper drain repairs; waterproofing of roofs; replacement of all roof rails; and repairs to rooftop elevator bulkheads. Morningside Heights Housing Corp. manages the apartment complex and support facilities.
RIDGEFIELD, N.J. — KW International has signed a long-term lease for an industrial building located at 2 Bell Drive in Ridgefield. The Carson, Calif.-based company will occupy the entire 83,000-square-foot speculative building. Mike Markey, Jon Tesser and Reid Wilbraham of Colliers International represented the tenant, while Stephen Elman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Sitex Group, in the deal.