BOSTON — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a multifamily property located at 256 Parker Hill Ave. in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood. Qianlong Management sold the property to Tremont Asset Management for $9.7 million, or $303,516 per unit. The 32-unit property comprises two garden-level apartment buildings offering a mix of studio and two-bedroom units and 16 surface parking spaces. Christopher Sower, Jen Price, Jonathan Bryant and Maggie Collins of Collins represented the seller. Additionally, Stephen Horan, also of Colliers, coordinated the acquisition financing through JP Morgan Chase on behalf of the buyer.
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G.S. Wilcox & Co. Secures $7M in Financing for Industrial Park in Blackwood, New Jersey
by Amy Works
BLACKWOOD, N.J. — G.S. Wilcox & Co. has arranged a $7 million loan for a six-building industrial-flex park in Blackwood. The loan is fixed for a seven-year term with a 25-year amortization. The 240,000-square-foot property is nearly 95 percent leased to more than 30 tenants. The financing was provided by Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. for the undisclosed borrower.
Greysteel Secures $3.1M in Refinancing for Multifamily Property in Milford, Connecticut
by Amy Works
MILFORD, CONN. — Greysteel has arranged $3.1 million in refinancing for Spinnaker Brook, a multifamily property located at 158 Cherry St. in Milford. The 10-year, non-recourse loan features a fixed rate and three years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was provided by an agency lender under the Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan program. Anton Mattli and John Marshall Doss of Greysteel negotiated the loan for the undisclosed borrower.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of One Centennial Plaza, a two-building office plaza located off Route 287 South in Piscataway. An Atlanta-based private equity group acquired the property from JPMCC 2005-LDP2 Piscataway Office for $11 million. Connected by a 4,000-square-foot atrium, the 245,106-square-foot plaza is 72 percent occupied by Johnson & Johnson, Paychex and Ingersoll Rand. Jacklene Chesler, Richard Madison, Jonathan Schlussel and Jack Callahan of Colliers represented the seller and sourced the buyer in the deal.
METUCHEN, N.J. — Woodmont Properties has opened Woodmont Metro at Metuchen Station, a transit-oriented development located at the New Jersey Transit Metuchen Train Station in Metuchen. Situated at the corner of Pearl and New streets, the property features 273 residential apartments, an indoor pet spa, a swimming pool, outdoor fireplace and barbecue grilling areas. The community was developed by Woodmont Properties and Nexus Parking Systems, which built and operates the parking deck for the Metuchen Municipal Authority.
NORWOOD, MASS. — DPS and TRIA have been selected by Moderna Therapeutics to provide architectural, engineering and project management services for a $110 million, 200,000-square-foot clinical manufacturing facility in Norwood. DPS will provide full architectural and engineering design for the facility, as well as construction management oversight, commissioning, qualification, and validation and procurement services. TRIA will design the facility’s clinical labs, offices, employee facilities and a conference center. Construction of the new facility is slated to begin in October, with completion scheduled for early 2018. Moderna Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering mRNA therapeutics to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients.
Mc Gowan Completes Renovation, Modernization of The Nightingale-Bamford School in Manhattan
by Amy Works
NEW YORK CITY — Mc Gowan, a construction management firm, has completed the renovation and modernization of The Nightingale-Bamford School, a private K-12 school located at 20 E. 92nd St. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Mc Gowan served as general contractor for the project, which included the modernizing of the existing 75,000-square-foot property and integrating 25,000 square feet from two adjacent townhouses into the main building. Renovations included the reconfiguration of spaces to a more user-friendly design; expansion of the existing library for middle and upper schools; the addition of modern teaching technology in classrooms; an upgrade of cafeteria spaces; replacement of all floors, ceiling and millwork; an upgrade of the fire alarm system; and replacement of all light fixtures.
NEW YORK CITY — Target has signed a lease for 27,354 square feet of retail space at 500 E. 14th St. in the East Village. The retailer plans to open a flexible format store at the location within Extell Development Co.’s new mixed-use building. Target will occupy 9,649 square feet on the ground floor and 17,705 square feet on the lower level at the two-story, 56,610-square-foot building. The new Target location is slated to open in 2018. Robert Futterman, Ariel Schuster, Brandon Eisenman and Ike Bibi of RKF represented Extell, while Richard Skulnik and Peter Ripka of Ripco Real Estate Corp. represented the tenant in the deal.
NEW YORK — BH Properties has purchased a portfolio of three New York City hotel leases for $338.2 million. Lexington Realty Trust sold the leased fee positions, which give the owner rights to the rent revenue without actually owning the property, similar to a ground lease. The acquisition is BH Properties’ first transaction in Manhattan and the largest transaction in the firm’s history. The deal was structured as a reverse 1031 exchange. BH Properties restructured its balance sheet to acquire the assets. The firm plans to divest up to 25 properties throughout the country in the next six months. Acquiring the leased fee positions in New York provided the firm with an opportunity to dispose of some properties that are either outside its target market or are no longer a focus for its investment strategy, according to Steve Gozini, the firm’s president. Ascott Residence Trust owns the Element, a 411-room hotel on 311 W. 39th St., and the 369-room Sheraton Tribeca at 370 Canal St. Magna Hospitality owns the 399-room Doubletree Hotel at 8 Stone St. Magna also manages all three assets. The three hotels were built in 2010, opened in 2011 and stabilized in 2012. Magna was the original developer of …
NEW YORK CITY — NorthStar Real Estate Income II has closed on two portfolio transactions in which it committed approximately $370 million of equity capital, substantially investing all of the company’s current investable capital. Through subsidiaries of its operating partnership, NorthStar Income II originated a $98 million subordinate interest investment in a portfolio of 39 industrial properties in 17 states. The more than 6 million-square-foot portfolio is currently 100 percent leased with an average remaining lease term of 11 years. Additionally, NorthStar Income II acquired a diversified portfolio of limited partnership or similar equity interest in 41 private equity real estate funds, managed by 20 institutional-quality real estate managers from a company managed by NorthStar Income II’s sponsor. NorthStar Income II acquired the funds for $273 million, or a price equal to 92.25 percent of the record date net asset value. Twenty-five percent of the acquisition was funded at closing and the remaining will be funded on December 31. Located in 24 states as well as international locations, the properties include mixed-use, multifamily, office and hotel assets.