MILFORD, CONN. — Calare Properties has sold a 200,000-square-foot industrial property located at 40 Pepe’s Farm Road in Milford. An unnamed institutional buyer purchased the property for $13.3 million. Calare purchased the property in 2014 and made several upgrades including LED lighting and landscaping improvements. The entire property is leased to a transportation solutions company.
YONKERS & NANUET, N.Y. — Jeremiah Houlihan of Houlihan Parnes Realtors has arranged an $850,000 first mortgage loan for a mixed-use building located at 925-939 Yonkers Ave. in Yonkers. The property consists of a two-story building with the Clairmont Diner on the first floor and three apartments on the second floor, along with an attached one-story building containing an automobile service station. Houlihan also arranged a $1.3 million first mortgage loan for a retail center located at 148-164 E. Route 59 in Nanuet. Tenants include Empire State College, Sterling Optical and Bach-to-Rock music school. The 10-year loans were placed with Savings Banks with a 25-year amortization schedule.
Greater Boston’s office market is continuing a very strong streak, closing 2016 and the fourth quarter on a good note. The year saw 1.4 million square feet positively absorbed with 789,000 square feet absorbed in the fourth quarter. The current vacancy rate is 12.7 percent, slightly lower than the market average over the last five years of 13.6 percent. Average Class A asking rents are $43.12 per square foot, which has appreciated 9.1 percent in the last three years. Neither the quarter nor the year are aberrations. The market is on an extended run of positive returns. Office space in the Greater Boston market has now seen positive absorption in 14 of the last 15 quarters, accumulating 12 million square feet positively absorbed over that period. The Boston CBD contributed 59,000 square feet of positive absorption in the fourth quarter, decreasing the vacancy rate 0.1 percentage points to 9.6 percent. The most absorption of the CBD submarkets occurred in the Financial District, which saw 69,000 square feet positively absorbed. Average Class A asking rents are currently $55.09 per square foot in the CBD, led by Back Bay, which has an average asking rate of $62.51 per square foot. Across the …
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated’s capital advisory division has arranged an $85 million refinancing loan for a 12-story, 140,000-square-foot building with 133 residential and eight commercial units located at 2030 Broadway in Manhattan. Jonathan Aghravi and Charles Han represented the borrower, Ormonde Equities LLC, and secured the loan from a life insurance company. Since acquiring the property in 2004, the sponsor has repositioned it with a series of capital improvements. The property is located in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Lincoln Square, near the Lincoln Center. Transportation is available via the 1, 2, 3, B and C trains.
NEWARK, N.J. — The Berger Organization has acquired 33 Washington Street, a 450,000-square-foot, 18-story office tower located in downtown Newark. The property was built for Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield and is now home to multiple tenants. Located on 1.6 acres across the street from Washington Park, the building is in the James Street Commons Historic District. Nearby attractions include the Newark Museum, John Ballantine House and Newark Public Library. The property sits two blocks from the Newark Broad Street commuter light rail and a half a mile from Newark Penn Station. The tower, which was completed in 1970, features a fitness center, shared conference rooms, on-site parking, a granite lobby and views of the Manhattan skyline. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, LNR Property.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, MOONACHIE & TETERBORO, N.J. — G.S. Wilcox & Co. has secured $56 million in financing for a six-building industrial portfolio located in South Brunswick, Moonachie and Teterboro. Al Raymond of G.S. Wilcox arranged the 12-year loan, which includes a 3.25 percent fixed interest rate. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, one of the firm’s correspondent lenders, provided the financing.
BRISTOL, CONN. — Rick Chozick and Steve Pappas of Chozick Realty Inc. have brokered the sale of Brookside Apartments in Bristol. The sales price was $7 million or roughly $89,743 per unit for the 78-unit garden-style complex. Brookside Apartments was constructed in 1961 and renovated in 2003. The unit mix includes 12 one-bedroom, 41 two-bedroom and 25 three-bedroom apartments, of which 14 are townhouse style. The property is located at 111-159 Union Street. Chozick Realty represented the seller, Bristol Brookside LLC, and procured the purchaser, Up Realty, a New York-based investment group.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — Cronheim Hotel Capital has secured $12 million in financing for a Holiday Inn Express & Suites in King of Prussia, a suburb of Philadelphia. The 10-year, non-recourse CMBS loan includes a fixed interest rate.
PHILADELPHIA — Natixis has provided a $102.8 million first mortgage loan to Post Brothers, which will use the capital to redevelop the historic Atlantic Building in Philadelphia as a 268-unit luxury apartment complex. The Atlantic Building is a 330,000-square-foot, 21-story office building located at 260 S. Broad St. in Philadelphia’s Center City submarket. World-renowned architect Rafael Viñoly designed the building, which was completed in the 1920s. Post Brothers will rename the building The Atlantic. Once the redevelopment is complete, amenities will include a business lounge with conference rooms, clubhouse, fitness center including yoga studio, rooftop swimming pool, roof deck with dog park and grilling areas, and a three-story, 205-space parking garage. “The Atlantic will be another premier residential building that will be similar to previously delivered first-class Post Brothers buildings and will take full advantage of the vibrant and growing Center City market,” says Greg Murphy, head of Natixis Real Estate Finance Americas. Post Brothers acquired the building in 2012 for $27 million, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Philadelphia-based multifamily developer and operator attempted to sell the building to Jefferson Apartments for $50 million in 2014, but decided to proceed with the apartment redevelopment project when that deal …
CHELSEA, MASS. — Homewood Suites by Hilton Boston Logan Airport Chelsea is now open at 145 Beech St. in Chelsea. XSS Hotels owns the 152-suite property, and Colwen Hotels is the manager. Homewood Suites by Hilton Boston Logan Airport Chelsea offers studio and one-bedroom suites with kitchens and separate living and sleeping areas. Amenities include complimentary breakfast, an evening social Monday through Thursday, Wi-Fi, an indoor heated pool and fitness center. The property offers 2,200 square feet of flexible meeting space that can accommodate more than 200 guests.