EDGEWATER, N.J. — Waterton has completed the $6 million renovation and rebranding of The St. Moritz, a 225-unit apartment tower in Edgewater, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Waterton operates the community, which received a new outdoor pool and spa with private cabanas, grilling stations and fire pit, as well as an updated lobby, business center and fitness facility featuring all-new exercise equipment. Additional enhancements were made to the parking garage and façade of the building, which Barings Real Estate Advisers owns on behalf of an institutional investor. The 25-story apartment tower was built in 2004 and offers a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 780 to more than 4,000 square feet.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Brady Sullivan Properties has arranged the sale of Deerhaven Preserve and Jefferson Place, multifamily communities in Manchester, for $7.9 million. The two properties total 75 units. Charles Panasis, Ben Kelley and James Tobin facilitated the transaction.
WASHINGTON, CONN., AND KENNEBUNK, MAINE — Elandis, the Americas real estate arm of the Libra Group, has completed a $5 million refurbishment of two of its hospitality assets in New England: The Mayflower Grace in Washington and the White Barn Inn in Kennebunk. Renovations at White Barn Inn included guest room and common area upgrades as well as a new cottage and deck dining spaces. The Mayflower Inn’s refurbishments included upgrades to guestrooms, dining areas and landscaping.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has arranged the sale of 1424 Avenue J, a mixed-use retail and multifamily property in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, for $3.6 million. Di Fara Pizza occupies the property. GFI Realty’s Shulem Paneth and Eli Matyas represented the seller, a foreign investor, in the transaction. GFI’s Sylvia Spielman represented the buyer, a local investor with several properties in the area. The four-story building is comprised of six apartments and four stores, all of which are currently occupied.
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh-based HFF has arranged $210 million in first lien financing for a 10-property retail portfolio totaling 973,985 square feet in Arizona, California, Kansas, North Carolina and Texas. Kevin MacKenzie, Jim Curtin, Cory Fowler, Jamie Kline and Lauren LaFever of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, Westwood Financial Corp., to place a 10-year, $110 million, fixed-rate portfolio loan with a life insurance company and a $100 million senior credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank’s Real Estate Capital Markets Group. The loans were secured in correlation with Westwood’s recent $1.2 billion consolidation and reorganization. The $110 million loan was secured against six retail assets including the 79,575-square-foot Village Plaza in Phoenix; the 65,054-square-foot Plaza Del Rio in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.; the 103,124-square-foot Stateline Village in Prairie Village, Kan.; the 46,789-square-foot Hebron Parkway Plaza in Carrollton, Texas; the 226,414-square-foot Old Town Shopping Center in Dallas; and the 79,226-square-foot Steelecroft Shopping Center in Charlotte, N.C. Tenants at the 91 percent-leased portfolio include Harris Teeter, Sprouts, Hy-Vee, Tom Thumb, Vons, PetSmart, LA Fitness and Michaels. The assets included in the Wells Fargo credit facility included the 77,031-square-foot Camelback Village anchored by AJ’s Fine Foods in Phoenix; the 89,506-square-foot Mercado Del Rancho …
NEW YORK CITY — Red Apple Group and Mc Gowan have completed construction at The Margo, a 15-story, mixed-use building featuring 228 apartments and ground-floor retail space at 180 Myrtle Avenue in downtown Brooklyn. Construction management firm Mc Gowan oversaw construction of the 250,000-square-foot building for developer Red Apple Group. Dattner Architects designed the property. Features include south-facing gardens and terraces, an exercise room, playroom and lounge. More than 10,600 square feet of commercial space anchors the first floor, along with a community area. Additionally, the building has approximately 133 ground-floor parking spaces with the capacity to increase available parking through the use of stackers. The building also features a 114-space bicycle room. Tenants began moving into the building in early September.
WEST BOYLSTON, MASS. — The Stubblebine Company/CORFAC International has arranged a 163,000-square-foot lease at 70 Hartwell Street West Boylston for Curtis Industries, which produces tractors and mowers, as well as recreation and work vehicles. David and James Stubblebine, Al Ringuette, and Rob Stave of The Stubblebine Company represented landlord D & S Realty LLP in the transaction and procured the tenant. The transaction included an existing 53,000-square-foot building and an addition of 110,000 square feet of 24-foot clear high bay distribution space. The expansion will be completed in July 2017.
NEW YORK CITY— Meridian Capital Group has arranged $34 million in acquisition financing for the purchase of a multifamily property with retail and parking, located at the intersection of the Bedford Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill and Williamsburg neighborhoods in Brooklyn. The six-story property, located at 756 Myrtle Avenue, comprises 72 units; 17,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor, partially occupied by Duane Reade; and a 48-car parking garage. Sam Shifer of Meridian negotiated the five-year loan, which provided by a regional balance sheet lender and features a fixed-rate of 3.25 percent as well as an interest-only component.
MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) has arranged the $8 million sale of two adjacent buildings totaling 68,831 square feet in the Hudson Valley community of Middletown. The two properties, 100 and 110 Crystal Run Road, are located in the healthcare-focused district of Middletown near the recently completed Orange Regional Medical Center. They offer immediate access to Interstate 84 as well as close proximity to Route 17, Interstate 87 and the Port Jervis Line, a commuter rail line offering access to Manhattan. The 43,518-square-foot 100 Crystal Run Road is fully leased to law, consulting and healthcare companies, including DaVita Dialysis Center and Cornerstone Environmental Group, while the 24,380-square-foot 110 Crystal Run Road is 95 percent leased. Tenants include Orange Regional Medical Center and Prime Time Early Learning Center. Rob Hinckley, Stephen Simonelli, Michael Oliver, and Jose Cruz of HFF represented the undisclosed seller.
NEW YORK CITY — U.S. Bank, the fifth largest commercial bank in the United States, is relocating its New York City headquarters from 461 Fifth Avenue to Three Bryant Park. Cushman & Wakefield has closed a 68,000-square-foot, multi-level sublease with U.S. Bank at the property, which is owned by the Ivanhoé Cambridge/Callahan partnership. U.S. Bank is subleasing the space from MetLife. Bruce Mosler, John Cefaly, Ethan Silverstein, and Peyton Horn of Cushman & Wakefield represented MetLife in the transaction. U.S. Bank was represented by Michael Burlant, Dale Schlather, Jon Herman and Greg Herman of Cushman & Wakefield. Three floors of Midtown Manhattan office space remain available for sublease at the property.