MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, PA. — Bennett Williams Commercial has arranged the sale of a 2.64-acre land parcel located at 1400 Toronita St. in Manchester Township. Clearview Associates purchased the property from Round the Clock Diner & Coffee Shop Inc. for $1 million. Keith Kahlbaugh of Bennett Williams represented the buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — ING Capital LLC, part of Dutch global financial institution ING Group (NYSE: ING), has originated a $570 million bridge loan for the acquisition a 37-story skyscraper located at 550 Madison Ave. in Manhattan. ING Capital provided the financing to Olayan America, the U.S. investment arm of The Olayan Group, an international real estate investor based in Saudi Arabia. Olayan America will purchase the office tower, also known as the Sony Building, from The Chetrit Group for $1.3 billion, according to The Real Deal. Ron Cohen of JLL represented Olayan America in the transaction, and Doug Harmon of Eastdil Secured represented The Chetrit Group. Located within the Plaza District of Manhattan, the tower features 852,830 square feet of rentable mixed-use space, including approximately 776,000 square feet of office space, retail frontage on Madison Avenue, and exhibition and museum space. One restaurant tenant currently occupies 5,000 square feet at the tower, which is nearly 100 percent vacant, according to ING Capital. “The property has been maintained to a high standard and has never previously been available to the open market for office leasing,” says Tony Fusco, head of real estate at Olayan America. According to The Real Deal, …
BLOOMFIELD, CONN. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of The Hawthorne at Gillette Ridge, a multifamily property located at 2 Francis Way in Bloomfield. White Eagle Property Group acquired the 246-unit asset from Bouwfonds Hawthorne LP for $52 million, or $211,000 per unit. The property was constructed on a 612-acre mixed-use campus in 2004 by a partnership between Cigna and The Bozutto Group. Victor Nolletti and Steve Witten of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a five-story residential building located at 240 E. 52nd St. in Manhattan. Coutinho Properties sold the asset for $10.5 million, or $1,122 per square foot. The 9,361-square-foot building features 15 one-bedroom units and a fully furnished basement. Hall Oster and Clint Olsen of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, while Stacy Gim of PD Properties represented the undisclosed buyer.
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Tremont Realty Capital has arranged a $6.6 million loan for the refinance of Oakland Ridge MHC, a 100-space manufactured housing community located on the north side of Long Island in Riverhead. The non-recourse loan was structured with a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule with two years of interest-only payments. John Chase of Tremont Realty Capital arranged the loan for the undisclosed borrower.
LAWRENCE, MASS. — Colliers International has brokered the acquisition of a six-story mill building located at 5 Franklin St. in Lawrence. Portland, Ore.-based Taom Heritage acquired the 500,000-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. The property is architecturally significant and the buyer views the building as a unique opportunity to participate in the revitalization of downtown Lawrence. Austin Smith of Colliers represented the buyer, while TA Sullivan Realty represented the seller, Franklin Hampshire Realty Corp.
NEW YORK CITY — KZA Realty Group has arranged the acquisition of a 32,000-square-foot lot located at 857-859 Concourse Village West in the Bronx. 857-59 Hotel LLC purchased the property from Howard Jaffe of 857 Concourse Village and Nydia Valentin of 859 Concourse Village for $1.9 million. The buyer plans to develop a hotel on the site. Kathy Zamechansky and Dan McVeigh of KZA Realty represented the buyer and sellers in the transaction.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Boulevard Plaza, an office building located at 1055 Parsippany Blvd. in Parsippany. A private investor acquired the five-story office property for an undisclosed sum. The 86,000-square-foot property is 85 percent leased to 33 tenants. The building features 10,000- to 15,000-square-foot floor plates, 24-hour access and a grab & go on café. David Bernhaut, Andrew Merin, Gary Gabriel, Brian Whitmer, Andrew Schwartz and Frank DiTommaso of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction.
WEST NEW YORK, N.J. — Redwood Realty Advisors has arranged the sale of an apartment building located on Dewey Avenue in West New York. LS Realty LLC acquired the five-story, walk-up building from Marin Blvd LLC for $4 million, or $135,833 per unit. The property features 30 apartment units. Steven Matovski and Saul Ramirez of Redwood Realty Advisors brokered the transaction.
LINDEN, N.J. — Bussel Realty Corp. has brokered the sale of an industrial property located at 2365 E. Linden Ave. in Linden. New York-based 2365 Linden Corp LLC acquired the property from Edward Cantor for $2.1 million. Situated on 2.1 acres, the building features 23,000 square feet of industrial space. Jordan Metz of Bussel Realty represented the buyer and seller in the deal.