VOORHEES, N.J. — An entity related to Interstate Commercial Real Estate Inc. has acquired Laurelwood Corporate Center, an office building located at Haddonfield-Berlin and Laurel Oak Road in Voorhees. Quaker Commercial Properties sold the property for $6.8 million. The building offers 81,577 square feet of Class A office space. Evan Zweben, Jeff Algatt and Brian Sherlock of Colliers arranged the transaction. Additionally, Colliers has been retained by the buyer as its leasing agent for the property.
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NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sale of a multifamily building located at 392 15th St. in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood. A private investor sold the six-story property for $2.7 million. The 4,860-square-foot building features six apartment units: five two-bedroom apartments and one three-bedroom duplex. Five of the apartments are free-market units and one apartment is a rent-controlled unit. Mark Spinelli, Michael Tortorici, Shimon Shkury, Daniel Tropp and Jonathan Berman of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller. The name of the buyer was not released.
Monmouth Real Estate Purchases 338,584 SF Industrial Building in Hamburg, New York, for $35.1M
by Amy Works
HAMBURG, N.Y. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has acquired an industrial building located at 3779 Lake Shore Road in Hamburg. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $35.1 million. Situated on 49 acres, the 338,584-square-foot facility is net leased for 15 years to FedEx Ground Packaging System Inc.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Omni Provident Hotel has completed a $15 million renovation program to its West tower. Renovations at the 564-room hotel, located at 1 W. Exchange St. in Providence, include guest rooms, landings and public spaces receiving fresh designs that complement elements of local New England flair. Each guest room features new vinyl wallcoverings and carpeting, custom bedding and drapery, plush seating, artwork and modern decorative lighting. Upgrades to the guest room bathrooms include new vanities, wallcoverings, illuminated mirrors, and new finishes and materials. Additionally, the guest corridors and elevator lobbies received new carpeting, furnishing, wallcoverings, paint, contemporary light fixtures and artwork.
WARREN, N.J. — Deerwood Real Estate Capital has closed an $11 million non-recourse bridge loan for an office building located in Warren. The loan was funded at nearly 80 percent of the purchase price with an additional future funded amount of 100 percent of leasing cost and capital expenses. The 120,000-square-foot property is occupied by multiple tenants. Yaakov Leiser of Deerwood negotiated the loan for the undisclosed borrower.
WALPOLE, MASS. — RK Centers has acquired a 12.5-acre ground lease of a Stop & Shop in Walpole for $6.3 million. Located at 565 Main St., the ground-lease property includes a freestanding 75,096-square-foot Stop & Shop grocery store. Constructed in 2002, the building also features an in-store Citizens Bank and the site has 398 parking spaces. Geoffrey Millerd and Justin Smith of NGKF Capital Markets represented the buyer in the deal. The name of the seller was not released.
EDISON, N.J. — Pennrose and Middlesex County officials have broken ground for Residence at Roosevelt Park, an affordable seniors housing complex overlooking Roosevelt Park in Edison. The $24.9 million project will restore and convert the historic Roosevelt Hospital — which was built as part of the New Deal through Federal Public Works Administration — into 84 one- and two-bedroom apartments with modern amenities for residents who are 62 and older. The apartment units will be equipped with Energy Star appliances, carpeted bedrooms, tiled bathrooms, cable/internet hookups and air conditioning. Six of the units will serve individuals with physical disabilities, and five will be reserved for homeless households. The property will also offer supportive services to all residents, an on-site management office, community room, fitness room, common laundry rooms, a resident site superintendent, security cameras and card/FOB entry systems, an outdoor patio and resident gardening area. The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, an affiliate of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, awarded the project 9 percent federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits, which will generate nearly $14 million in private equity.
NEW YORK CITY — Thor Equities has acquired 180 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood from an undisclosed seller for $30 million. The company plans to develop a retail building. Designed by Fradkin & McAlpin Architects, the 14,500-square-foot building will feature 120 feet of wrap-around frontage on Bedford Avenue and North Seventh Street. The building will feature brick exterior finishes, floor-to-ceiling glass windows, a 2,500-square-foot roof deck, and 12,000 square feet of floor space divided equally among three floors, including a lower level with 12-foot ceilings. Additionally, the building’s plumbing, electrical and HVAC systems are designed to accommodate a commercial kitchen, should a future tenant need one.
Housing & Healthcare Finance Secures $27M for Seniors Housing Community in Yonkers, New York
by Amy Works
YONKERS, N.Y. — Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) has arranged $27 million in refinancing for an assisted/independent living community in Yonkers. Located on 10 acres, the 195-bed property is the only facility in the area with the Medicaid Assisted Living Program. HHC Finance arranged the financing with an interest rate below 3 percent through HUD for the undisclosed borrower.
Eldorado Stone Leases 432,000 SF Build-to-Suit Industrial Building in Antrim Township, Pennsylvania
by Amy Works
ANTRIM TOWNSHIP, PA. — Eldorado Stone has signed a lease for a 432,000-square-foot build-to-suit industrial building at Antrim Commons Business Park in Antrim Township. The company, which manufactures architectural stone veneer, plans to consolidate two operations currently located in Greencastle, Pa., and Hagerstown, Md., into the facility. The company plans to invest nearly $7 million into the new location. The joint venture ownership between Atapco Properties and Chesapeake Real Estate Group plans to construct the new facility on a 25.4-acre parcel of land on Antrim Commons Drive within the business park. The property is slated for delivery in summer 2017. Antrim Commons Business Park is configured to support up to 6 million square feet of industrial and commercial space. Eldorado Stone received a $250,000 Pennsylvania First Program grant and $114,000 in Job Creation Tax Credits that will be distributed after the new jobs are created.