BOSTON — Bell Partners has purchased Olmsted Place, an apartment community, located at 161 S. Huntington Ave. in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, for an undisclosed price. Bell has renamed the 196-unit property Bell Olmsted Park, and Bell Partners will manage the community. Opened in late 2015, the property features a variety of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, two elevated courtyards and surface and garage parking. The residences feature hardwood floors, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and in-unit laundry facilities. On-site amenities include a resident lounge with bar and audio-visual equipment, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a heated pool and outdoor terraces. The name of the seller was not released.
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NEW YORK CITY — TF Cornerstone has completed the development of 33 Bond, a 25-story apartment development located in Brooklyn. Designed by Handel Architects, 33 Bond features 714 rental units in studio, one- and two-bedroom open-concept layouts, a 24-hour attended lobby, package attendant, club lounge with billiards table, screening room, designated event space, bicycle store, parking garage and an on-site pet grooming space. Residences feature white oak floors, state-of-the-art kitchens with stainless steel appliances, and floor-to-ceiling windows. Additionally, the property features HomeWork, a full-scale collaborative workspace, and 60,000 square feet of retail space occupied by Chelsea Piers, a fitness, health and lifestyle center, and Devocion, a Colombian coffee roaster.
NEW YORK CITY — Lourdes Realty Group has purchased a 100-unit apartment building located at 70 Dahill Road in the Kensington section of Brooklyn. Sentinel Real Estate Corp. sold the property for $33 million. Built in 1934, the 102,000-square-foot building features six studios, 61 one-bedroom, 26 two-bedroom and seven three-bedroom units. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty Group represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
MARGATE, N.J. — Sims Mortgage Funding, a subsidiary of HJ Sims, has arranged a $6.4 million HUD loan for Margate Terrace, an affordable seniors housing community in Margate, a beach community near Atlantic City. The financing will provide cash for improvements and reserves. Margate Terrace Corp., which owns the property, can now preserve the Section 8 designation on the property. Community Realty Management is the operator. Margate Terrace Apartments was developed in the early 1990s under the HUD Section 202 Direct Loan Program. Its primary source of income is a Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Contract, which has a remaining term of approximately 16 years. The Section 8 subsidy is sufficient to fund operations and debt service obligations, but the project had growing capital needs that could not be financed from operations and current reserve balances. The project benefited from a PILOT (Pilot in Lieu of Taxes) and ground lease agreements from the City of Margate. The existing agreements did not meet HUD’s current loan program requirements and needed to be amended to recapitalize the project. Approximately $1.4 million in loan proceeds are escrowed for capital repairs, $350,000 was deposited into a replacement reserve fund and a 15 percent …
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $4M Sale of Multifamily Development Site in Yonkers, New York
by Amy Works
YONKERS, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a multifamily development site located at 1065 and 1073 Warburton Ave. in Yonkers. RMS Warburton LLC acquired the 0.63-acre site for $4 million. Al Mirin, Kate Schwartz and Matthew Torrance of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the sale. The property at 1073 Warburton Ave. has been permitted for the intended construction of a nine-story, 79-unit rental apartment building to be built above an enclosed structured parking. The purchase of 1065 Warburton Avenue added approximately 0.18 acres to the overall property creating a combined site that is estimated to accommodate more than 100 units.
KEENE, N.H. — HJ Sims has closed $93 million in tax-exempt bonds, which will be used toward the development of Hillside Village, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Keene. The borrower, The Prospect-Woodward Home, is the nonprofit operator of an assisted living facility in Keene. The company recognized that there were no CCRCs in the area that would allow seniors to stay in Keene as they age. Eighty percent of the independent living apartments were already reserved at the time of bond closing. Prospect-Woodward expects to break ground this year on the 48-acre campus. New Hampshire Health and Education Facilities Authority issued the bonds. Sims immediately sold 20 percent of the bonds — $18 million — to individual investors. Sims created three series of Entrance Fee Principal Redemption Bonds to capture initial entrance fees from new residents and to reduce debt quickly. The lender expects the program to allow Prospect-Woodward to redeem 40 percent of the bonds within three years.
NEW YORK CITY — Trion Real Estate Management has purchased a five-story, mixed-use building located at 818 10th Ave. in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen. A local interest group sold the building for $11.5 million, or $932.68 per square foot. Built in 1910, the 12,330-square-foot building features 12 residential apartments and two restaurants, Mamasita Mex and White Oak Oyster Bar & Cocktail Lounge. Peter Vanderpool of Cignature Realty Associates represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
UPPER GWYNEDD TOWNSHIP, PA. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the sale of a commercial building located at 212 Church Road in Upper Gwynedd Township, approximately 30 miles north of Philadelphia. Patriarch VIII, a part of Patriarch Management, sold the one-story building to Gorman & Co. for $3.7 million. The buyer plans to convert the 94,000-square-foot building into a high-end, climate-controlled self-storage facility. Neil Shupak and Justin Bell of NKF represented the seller in the transaction.
Aria Legacy Group Buys 65-Unit Multifamily Portfolio in Hartford, Connecticut, for $3.2M
by Amy Works
HARTFORD, CONN. — Aria Legacy Group has purchased Congress Street Apartments, a 65-unit multifamily portfolio located in downtown Hartford. Redbrick Partners sold the portfolio for $3.2 million, or nearly $50,000 per unit. The portfolio comprises 11 historic multifamily townhouses with parking on Congress, Morris and Alden streets. Edward Jordan and Taylor Perun of Northeast Private Client Group represented the seller and sourced the buyer in the deal.
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sale of an office building located at 158 Bergen Turnpike in Ridgefield Park. Wooti Realty LLC sold the 4,500-square-foot building to 158 Bergen Owners LLC for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to relocate its fire and security systems sales business from Brooklyn to the new site. Anthony Cassano of NAI Hanson represented the seller, while Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the transaction.