COHOES, N.Y. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $21.5 million first mortgage loan for the refinancing of the first phase of The Residences at Lexington Hills in Cohoes. Built in 2016, the multifamily property features 138 units. Chris Black of KeyBank’s National Multifamily Accounts Group arranged the Freddie Mac loan with an eight-year term, three-year interest-only period and 30-year amortization schedule. The undisclosed borrower will use the loan to refinance existing debt.
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Bussel Realty Corp. has arranged the sale of an industrial facility located at 400 S. Second St. in Elizabeth. RLFI-B SPE LLC sold the property to SNR Holdings LLC for $13.2 million. The property features 115,078 square feet of industrial space. Jordan Metz of Bussel Realty represented the seller in the transaction.
WESTBURY, N.Y. — Lesso Group has acquired The Mall at the Source and an adjacent retail building, located at 1504 Old Country Road in Westbury, for $92 million. Totaling 723,326 square feet, the transaction is the largest Long Island transaction to date. Lesso plans to convert the properties into a showroom and retail center for its household goods. The transaction includes the 512,528-square-foot enclosed mall and a 210,798-square-foot retail building, formerly occupied by Fortunoff. Situated on 38 acres and zoned for industrial space, the properties also feature 3,838 parking spaces, 2,813 of which are within a garage. Peter Rossi and Dennis Karr of Newmark Knight Frank represented the buyer in the deal. The name of the seller was not released.
STAMFORD, CONN. — CBRE has arranged the sale of an office building located at 225 High Ridge Road in Stamford. TNREF III High Ridge LLC, a joint venture between Baywater Properties and True North Management Group, acquired the property from RA 225 High Ridge LLC, an entity controlled by RNY Property Trust, for $22.6 million. At the time of acquisition, the 244,104-square-foot property was 81 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Synapse, Bank of America and Mass Mutual. Jeffrey Dunne, Steven Bardsley and Travis Langer of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Monticello Asset Management LLC has provided $34.1 million in financing to Elener Associates LLC and W Management Group, which will use the funds to acquire a 256-bed skilled nursing facility in New York. The four-story building was constructed in 1961 and features 120 resident rooms. It totals 35,525 square feet on 0.82 acres. The name of the facility was not disclosed. The borrowers plan to make improvements to the physical building as well as the operations. Renovations, which will require closing an entire floor at a time, will include addition of a kitchenette, changes to the telecommunication systems and improvements to the fire sprinkler system.
REHOBOTH BEACH, DEL. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the sale of a 10.3-acre development parcel located at the southeast corner of Coastal Highway and Holland Glade Road in Rehoboth Beach. The Corrado Family LLC sold the 448,668-square-foot site to Coastal Station Development Co. for $13.5 million. The buyer plans to redevelop the site, with the first phase featuring a Royal Farms convenience store and Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant. Mike Margolis, Dave Dolan and Neal Dangello of NKF represented the seller in the transaction.
WEEHAWKEN, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the sale of two apartment properties, located at 10-12 48th St. and 4614-16 Park Ave. in Weehawken. A local private investor acquired the properties, which total 38 units, for $6.3 million. The properties were owned by a single seller under the entity names of 10-12 48th St LLC and 4614-4616 Park Avenue LLC. The four-story building on 48th Street features 13 two-bedroom units and four three-bedroom units, while the five-story Park Avenue building features 21 units in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Nicholas Nicolaou of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) has sold the 252-room Dumont NYC in New York for $118 million. The transaction marks Pebblebrook’s exit from the New York market. The upper upscale hotel is located at 150 E. 34th St. at Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. It was built in 1986. The buyer was LeFrak Organization, which plans to convert the hotel into apartments, according to The Real Deal. Dumont NYC was previously part of a six-hotel portfolio Pebblebrook held with joint venture partner Denihan Hospitality Group. Denihan Investments completed a redemption agreement with Pebblebrook that transferred ownership of the jointly owned hotels in October. Denihan became the sole owner of four of the assets. This included The Benjamin, Fifty NYC, Gardens NYC and Shelburne NYC for a total of 917 rooms. Pebblebrook assumed full ownership of Dumont NYC and Manhattan NYC, totaling 870 rooms. Manhattan NYC was then sold to a joint venture between Sioni Group, Patriarch Equities and Highgate for $217.5 million. It was rebranded as the Stewart Hotel. Proceeds from the Dumont NYC sale will be used for general business purposes, which may include reducing Pebblebrook’s outstanding debt or repurchasing some of the company’s common shares. “With …
The latest CoStar Industrial Report for Providence reports that 2016 ended on a positive note on many fronts for the industrial real estate sector. The Providence industrial vacancy rate overall was down to 4.6 percent, a steady drop from 4.8 percent at the end of third quarter 2016, 5.3 percent at the end of second quarter 2016 and 6.4 percent at end of first quarter 2016. Flex projects showed a vacancy rate of 7.1 percent at end of fourth quarter 2016, a sharp drop from a rate that held largely steady for most of 2016 (11.4 percent for end of third quarter 2016, 11 percent at end of second and 11.5 percent at end of first quarter). For warehouse projects, the vacancy rate at the end of fourth quarter was just 4.4 percent, no change from end of third quarter, but down from 5 percent at end of second quarter and 6 percent at end of first quarter. It’s more good news for the state’s industrial outlook that the current administration has prioritized bringing businesses and jobs here. There’s evidence in the CoStar report to support that claim. Look at the third-largest lease signing of 2016. It was enacted by …
CARLISLE, PA. — The United Parcel Service (UPS) has purchased LogistiCenter at Carlisle, a distribution center located at 1 Ames Drive in Carlisle. Dermody Properties sold the 595,000-square-foot center for an undisclosed price. The Class A bulk warehouse facility was built in 2015. Michael Hines, Brian Fiumara, Brad Ruppel and Lauren Dawicki of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
