VALHALLA, N.Y. — Monticello Asset Management has arranged a $20.3 million refinancing for a skilled nursing facility in the New York City suburb of Valhalla. An investment vehicle associated with Monticello provided the bridge-to-HUD loan. The borrower is the owner-operator of the facility. The name of facility was not disclosed; the property features 88 rooms with a total of 160 licensed beds. The property also provides physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, subacute care, orthopedic rehabilitation, wound care and memory care services.
WESTWOOD, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sales of an industrial property and a mixed-use building in Westwood in two separate transactions. John Schilp and Andrew Somple of NAI Hanson represented the buyers and sellers in both deals. In the first deal, DR Music acquired a 16,400-square-foot industrial building located at 40 Carver Ave. in Westwood Industrial Park. 40 Carver LLC sold the building, which features 22-foot ceiling heights and two loading docks, for an undisclosed price. In the second deal, an investor acquired a 2,700-square-foot mixed-use property, which was in foreclosure, for an undisclosed price. A New Jersey banking institution sold the building, located at 57 Jefferson Ave.
SECAUCUS, N.J. — Ripco Real Estate has brokered three new leases at the newly renovated 101 Plaza Center in Secaucus. Habanero Halal Grill, USA Wine Trader’s Club and Dollar Plus have joined the 53,000-square-foot neighborhood shopping center. Additional tenants include CVS/pharmacy, KFC, T-Mobile, Bagel Buffet, Plaza Pizza and Jon Giacomo Hair Salon. Daniel Zappala and Michael Rawlins of Ripco represented the undisclosed landlord in the deals.
BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Investcorp has expanded its U.S. real estate portfolio with $250 million in acquisitions in Boston and Denver. The five investments include 20 buildings totaling 1.8 million square feet of office, industrial, flex and laboratory space. The company’s Boston acquisitions include the four-building Boston Metro Industrial, a 900,000-square-foot development in Boston that is 95 percent leased, and Blackstone Science Square, a 99 percent-leased, 76,038-square-foot office and laboratory property in Cambridge.
NEW YORK CITY — Taconic Investment Partners, in partnership with TH Real Estate and Squire Investment LLC, has acquired a commercial building located at 817 Broadway in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The partnership acquired the 14-story, 140,000-square-foot property in an off-market transaction for $109 million. Built in 1900, the property was designed by George B. Post. Mesa West Capital provided the mortgage financing for the acquisition and redevelopment of the property. The partnership plans to reposition the building into a Class A institutional property.
PITTSBURGH — ALTO Fund II, in a joint venture with M&J Wilkow Ltd., has acquired Plaza at the Pointe, a 149,943-square-foot community shopping center located in Pittsburgh’s Parkway West Corridor. The 94-percent occupied center includes tenants Bed Bath & Beyond, Party City and Old Navy. The name of the seller and sales price were not released.
ALLENTOWN, HAWLEY, DURYEA AND HAMLIN, PA. — Eastern Union Funding has arranged a $12.2 million loan for America’s Realty LLC’s acquisition of a five-property shopping center portfolio in northeastern Pennsylvania. Totaling approximately 332,000 square feet, the portfolio includes Eastside Plaza and Boulevard Plaza in Allentown, Lords Valley Plaza in Hawley, Duryea Plaza in Duryea and Hamlin Plaza in Hamlin. Marc Tropp and Barry Dollman of Eastern Union arranged the financing through Peapack Gladstone Bank for the Pikesville, Md.-based owner/operator. Paul Rumley of Metro Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, a California-based family trust, in the sales transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $13 million in ground-up construction financing for the development of the Marriott Towne Suites hotel located at 38-42 11th St. in Long Island City. The two-year construction loan, provided by a local savings bank, features full-term interest-only payments and an extension option. Midtown Properties, the borrower, is developing the 10-story extended-stay hotel that will feature 133 guest rooms. Eli Finkel and Michael Ryback of Meridian Capital arranged the financing.
Rochester’s story is similar to those of other cities with once prominent downtowns. Starting in the 1970s, businesses and families largely fled to the suburbs as newer and nicer suburban offices were built. Larger companies, including many staple downtown dwellers such as large law and accounting firms, left the downtown in search of free parking, shorter commutes and a suburban lifestyle for their employees. Yet Rochester was a small city with big businesses. Bausch & Lomb was founded in Rochester in 1853. Eastman Kodak started business there in 1888 and beginning in 1906, Xerox Corporation was formed. Kodak is still based in Rochester, though it is a much smaller entity than it was before the digital era, and Xerox moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, years ago. However, the core technology culture never left Rochester. Over the past few years the University of Rochester — the area’s largest employer — received more than $1.9 billion in research money, most of it from the federal government. Organizations like High Tech Rochester, Greater Rochester Enterprise and the Rochester Downtown Innovation Zone have played important roles in the region’s comeback. In 2015, the Rochester region won a nationwide competition and was named the site for …
NEW YORK CITY — HFF has arranged $29.5 million in construction financing for Phase II of The Vineyards at Blue Point, an active adult condominium community restricted to residents age 55 and older in Long Island’s Blue Point area. Evan Pariser of HFF arranged the construction loan through Bank of the Ozarks for the borrowers, Ornstein Leyton Co. and Latus Partners. Upon completion, the 280-unit property will encompass 44 buildings with townhomes and single-level flats. The units will feature oversized master bedrooms, in-unit washer/dryers and attached garages. Situated on 65 acres, the community features a heated outdoor swimming pool and bocce club, along with the Vineyards Club, which includes a fitness center, social rooms and lounge space.