BOSTON — Boston-based Fantini & Gorga has arranged $13 million to refinance three properties — located at 20 Winthrop Square, 85 Franklin St. and 77 Franklin St. — in Boston’s financial district. Wayne Clough and Despina Hixon of Fantini & Gorga arranged financing with one of the firm’s correspondent insurance companies. The three buildings are conjoined and collectively include 98,350 square feet of office and retail space. A.W. Perry has owned and managed the properties for several decades.
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of BroadAcres Office Park in Bloomfield. Prism Capital Partners and an institutional partner sold the 380,000-square-foot property to P3RE. The four-building, 20-acre property is located along the Garden State Parkway between exits 151 and 153. Cushman & Wakefield’s Gary Gabriel, Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut and Brian Whitmer were involved in the transaction. Prism will remain the leasing and managing agent for BroadAcres Office Park on behalf of P3RE. The new ownership plans a major capital improvement program including rebranding, signage, resurfaced parking lots, new exterior lighting, building common area renovations and a new gym. BroadAcres is 72 percent leased; tenants include Comcast, Capgemini, Bechtel Corp. and Dewberry Cos. Abe Hirsch, Matthew Texler and Paul Kim of Meridian Capital Group negotiated $24 million in financing for the acquisition of the property.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged a $26.4 million bridge loan from G4 Capital that will fund the recapitalization of a ground lease at 285 Schermerhorn St. in Brooklyn. Jonathan Aghravi and Charles Han of Eastern Consolidated represented the borrower, 285 Schermerhorn LLC, which plans to redevelop the site from its current seven-story structure to a 116,433-square-foot, 14-story residential building with 132 condominiums and 3,400 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Brooklyn Community Services owns the property and will maintain its headquarters in the building during and after the construction phase.
SOUTHINGTON, CONN. — Tony Valenti and Ralph Calabrese of R. Calabrese Agency have brokered the sale of three acres of vacant commercial property in Southington to AVA Development LLC. The property is located on the West Street (Route 229) corridor near I-84. The new owner will commence construction on a Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, with groundbreaking scheduled for this spring. S&G LLC was the seller and R. Calabrese Agency was the sole broker involved in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated’s capital advisory division has arranged a $38.5 million construction loan for a 176,130-square-foot mixed-use development at 178-02 Hillside Ave. in Jamaica, Queens. The project will include 131 apartments on floors three through eight, over 10,000 square feet of retail space for a pharmacy, a 25,000-square-foot medical office space on the lower level and a public parking facility. Eastern Consolidated’s Adam Hakim, Andrew Iadeluca and James Murad arranged the transaction with Bank of the Ozarks on behalf of the borrower, Piermont Properties. Located at the northern end of Jamaica, 178-02 Hillside Ave. offers 200 feet of frontage. The corner site is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Jamaica Hills and Jamaica Estates, and above the F-Train 179 Street/Hillside Avenue Subway station.
WESTPORT, CONN. — David Fugitt of Westport-based Vidal/Wettenstein LLC has arranged the $2.6 million sale of 18-26 Imperial Ave. located in downtown Westport. The property is a fully leased five-building medical complex with a total of 7,428 rentable square feet. Amalgamated Realty Company LLC was the seller and Greens Farms Centre Associates was the buyer. Fugitt was the sole broker involved in the transaction.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — The second phase of a three-phase renovation project has begun on The Shops at Riverside, a retail center in Hackensack. Work on the first phase will be completed this summer with the creation of a dining and entertainment district. Offerings will include a movie theater with a lounge and bar operated by AMC, the relocation of The Cheesecake Factory and additional restaurants and specialty stores. The second phase will be completed by the end of 2017 and will involve renovations to both the interior and exterior of the property. Interior enhancements will include new floor tile, a crystal chandelier and water feature, and a sculptural floating stair in the center court near Omega. The refresh will also include additional skylights and raised ceilings. The third phase will redevelop the south mall adjacent to Bloomingdale’s. The existing shops will be reconfigured to create a loop around a central focal point where a portion of the second level will be removed to create 35-foot ceilings.
NORTH ATTLEBORO, MASS. — Stubblebine Co./CORFAC International and Atlantic Commercial Real Estate LLC have arranged the sale of 20 Alice Agnew Dr. in North Attleboro for $3.6M. HTI Medical purchased the property, a 44,450-square-foot office/warehouse building. David Stubblebine, James Stubblebine and Rob Stave of Stubblebine Co., represented the seller, Mercury Trading International, and Mark Kearins of Atlantic Commercial Real Estate LLC represented the buyer. 20 Alice Agnew Drive is the former home of Mercury Trading International and is located in the North Attleboro Industrial Park. HTI Medical was established in 1997 as a provider of clinical laboratory and ultrasound equipment.
CARTERET, N.J. — Circle Squared Alternative Investments and the Hampshire Cos. have acquired land for a planned industrial property in Carteret. The property, located at 1500 Blair Road, will be developed into a 156,000-square-foot warehouse/distribution facility. The project will be constructed on a six-acre parcel of land ground leased for a term of 50 years with two renewal options of 20 and 25 years each.
MADISON AND SHORT HILLS, N.J. — Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (NYSE: CLI) has acquired a 1.1 million-square-foot office portfolio that includes six Class A properties in northern New Jersey for $368 million. The sales price of the portfolio is one of the highest ever recorded statewide in the office sector, according to a news release. RXR Realty LLC sold the portfolio, which includes 1, 3 and 7 Giralda Farms in Madison and 51, 101 and 103 JFK Parkway in Short Hills. The portfolio is 91 percent leased to tenants such as KPMG, Wells Fargo, Merrill Lynch, UBS, Dun & Bradstreet, Investors Bank, Citibank, Franklin Mutual Advisors, Pfizer and Prudential. All of the properties are located in the Route 24 corridor and benefit from a strong retail amenity base, including The Mall at Short Hills, the downtown areas of Morristown, Madison and Summit and the retail offerings along Route 10. “This acquisition signifies Mack-Cali’s substantially expanded presence in the affluent Short Hills submarket — positioning us as the owner of nearly all of the Class A office space, as well as some of the most premier assets in the Madison submarket,” said Michael J. DeMarco, president of Mack-Cali, in a press release. “This transaction exemplifies …
