NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has arranged the sale of a four-story, walk-up apartment building, located at 2105 Foster Ave. in Brooklyn’s Flatbush section. An undisclosed buyer purchased the property for $6.5 million, or $311,900 per unit. The pre-war building totals 26,640 square feet and features 21 apartment units. Erik Yankelovich of GFI Realty represented the undisclosed seller and buyer in the deal.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Marsh & McLennan has renewed its long-term lease at Waterfront Corporate Center II in Hoboken. The global professional services firm will occupy 138,000 square feet of office space at the building for the next 15 years. David Falk, Andrew Sachs, Timothy Greiner and Hope Brodsky of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the tenant, while Jeff Schotz and Peter Bronsnick provided in-house representation for the landlord, SJP Properties.
STATE COLLEGE, PA. — CA Student Living, a division of CA Ventures, and Liberty Mutual have commenced construction on RISE at State College, a 12-story grocery-anchored student housing development located at 532 E. College Ave. in State College. Located across from the Penn State University campus, the 575-bed project is scheduled for completion in summer 2018. The property will feature a mix of studio, one-, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 400 to 1,500 square feet, a 16,500-square-foot Urban Market grocery store, and retail and amenity space on the first and second levels. Additionally, the project will feature a mix of graduate housing, professional residences and student housing. Leonard S. Fiore Inc. will serve as the project’s general contractor, with Boston-based Shepley Bulfinch as the architect of record.
BOSTON — Boston Realty Advisors has brokered the sale of an office building located at 311 Summer St. in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood. Qatar-based Alduwaliya acquired the property for $38.5 million, or $673 per square foot. The seven-story, 57,225-square-foot brick-and-beam building was 100 percent leased at the time of sale. Jason Weissman, Nick Herz and Michael D’Hemecourt of Boston Realty Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
BOSTON — Claremont Brookline Suites has opened the Homewood Suites by Hilton Boston/Brookline. Located at 111 Bolyston St., the 130-suite hotel features an indoor pool, fitness center and complimentary hot breakfast. Claremont Brookline Suites developed and owns the property.
NEWTON, MASS. — Newton-based The RMR Group Inc. has acquired Tremont Realty Capital, a firm that specializes in commercial real estate finance. Boston-based Tremont principally raises debt and equity capital for owners and commercial real estate and serves as a manager of funds invested in commercial real estate loans. The RMR Group purchased the assets of Tremont for an upfront price of $2.2 million, excluding transaction costs. Since its founding in 2000, Tremont has completed more than $4.6 billion worth of commercial real estate transactions and currently has over $200 million of real estate loans under management. The CenterCap Group served as advisor to Tremont in the transaction.
LAKE RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged a $7 million refinance for The Lake Shore Assisted Living Home in Lake Ronkonkoma. Ken Gould of Lancaster Pollard secured the 30-year non-recourse loan through the FHA Section 232/223(f) program. Lake Shore features 200 assisted living units.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Extell Development Co. and SMI USA, the US subsidiary of Shanghai Municipal Investment, has unveiled plans to develop Central Park Tower, a $3 billion residential and commercial tower in Manhattan. When complete, it will be the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere, according to the developers. The 131-story building will feature condos and retail space, including Nordstrom’s first full-line location in New York. The retail space will serve as Nordstrom’s flagship store and will be its second largest location. The seven-story store will total 285,000 square feet, according to Bloomberg. Central Park Tower will be located along Billionaire’s Row on 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan and is slated to open in 2019. “We believe the superb location, views, design and quality of Central Park Tower will make it the most important residential building ever to be built in New York City and expect it to be a great success for Extell and SMI,” says Gary Barnett, founder and CEO of Extell Development Co. Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, which designed the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, and the future world’s tallest building, Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia, will serve as the architect …
WEST NEW YORK AND HOBOKEN, N.J. — Love Funding has closed $75.3 million in loans to refinance Parkview Towers and Clock Tower Apartments, two affordable apartment communities owned by Jefferson-Adams Rehab Co. Located in West New York, Parkview Towers features 684 Section 8 apartments and four market-rate units in two 24-story apartment buildings. Clock Tower Apartments, located in Hoboken, features 90 market-rate units, 68 Section 8 units and 14 special voucher units. Both properties are managed by Parkview Management Corp. Laura Saull-Smith of Love Funding secured the financing from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 223(a)(7) loan insurance program, which allows up to 12 years to be added to an existing HUD mortgage’s remaining term.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.J. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Mid Hudson Center, a retail power center on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie. TFS Investment Group acquired the 235,599-square-foot retail center for $27.5 million as part of a 1031 exchange. The center is anchored by long-term leases with The Home Depot and Stop & Shop. Jeffrey Dunne, David Gavin and Travis Langer of CBRE’s National Retail Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.