NEW YORK CITY — Nike Inc. has signed a 15-year lease for retail space at 650 Fifth Ave. in New York City’s Plaza District from landlord SL Green Realty Corp. and partner Jeff Sutton. The retailer will occupy 69,214 square feet, covering seven floors, which is the entire retail component of the 36-story office building. According to the New York Post, the transaction is valued at more than $700 million across the lease’s 15-year term.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — RXR Realty, Brause Realty and ABS Partners have broken ground on 587 Main Street, a mixed-use development located in downtown New Rochelle. The 28-story building will comprise 280 rental units, 28 of which will be affordable; 10,000 square feet of arts and cultural space; 17,000 square feet of commercial space; and 234 on-site parking spaces. Leasing is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2018.
MIDDLETOWN, CONN. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Windshire Terrace, an apartment community located in Middletown. Hampshire Properties acquired the 226-unit property from an affiliate of Fairfield Residential for an undisclosed price. Built in 2000, the property features a pool, clubhouse, cyber café, fitness center, playground, picnic areas and leasing office. Jeffrey Dunne, Simon Butler, Biria St. John, Gene Pride and Eric Apfel of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
MECHANICSBURG, PA. — HFF has secured a $6.1 million loan for a vacant industrial warehouse property located at 4500 Westport Drive in Mechanicsburg. The borrower was a joint venture between Foxfield Ventures and Novaya Real Estate Ventures. Ready Capital Structured Finance provided the non-recourse, interest-only payment loan that features a two-year term and a one-year extension option with flexible pre-payment. The loan facilitated both the acquisition and future funding needs to implement a light capital improvement program at the 178,000-square-foot property. Situated on 11.2 acres, the property features 2,500 square feet of office space, 20 dock doors and 35-foot ceiling heights. Ryan Ade of HFF led the firm’s debt placement team that arranged the financing for the borrower.
ROSELAND, N.J. — The law firm of Connell Foley is relocating its headquarters to 71,000 square feet of office space at 56 at Roseland, an office building located at 56 Livingston Ave. in Roseland. Mountain Development Corp. and Square Mile Capital Management own the property. Connell Foley is relocating its New Jersey headquarters from a nearby location in Roseland and will occupy space on the first and second floors starting in late spring 2017. Other tenants at the property include Lowenstein Sandler LLP and Brown & Brown. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank is the leasing agent for the building.
BOURNE, MASS. — Linear Retail Properties has leased 18,100 square feet to PetSmart at its Bourne Bridge Crossing, a shopping center located at 2 Bridge Approach St. in Bourne. Joel Kadis and Greg Drocz provided in-house representation for the landlord, Linear Retail Properties, while Andrew Bonica of Eastern Retail and Brian Goodwin of Metro Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant in the deal. Additionally, Eastern Mountain Sports is relocating inline to 4,103 square feet and Starbucks Coffee extended its lease at the shopping center. Kadis and Drocz represented Linear Retail, while Ken Green of RCS Real Estate Advisors represented the tenant in the relocation.
NORWALK, CONN. — Trinity Financial has broken ground for the redevelopment of Washington Village in Norwalk. The first phase of the project will result in the construction of 80 mixed-income rental residences: 40 replacement public housing units, 18 affordable tax credit units and 22 market-rate units on two vacant parcels of land at 13 and 20 Day St. in Norwalk. Upon completion, the three-phased redevelopment will replace the present 136-unit Washington Village public housing project with a 273-unit apartment complex with 50 percent of the units designated public housing. The Norwalk Housing Authority, Norwalk Redevelopment Agency and Trinity Financial are working together on the project. The $45 million first phase is slated for completion in March 2018. Dimeo Construction Co. is serving as general contractor for the first phase.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Quadrum Global, Simon Baron Development, Eagle Point Hotel Partners and KSNY has opened Arlo NoMad, a hotel located at 11 E. 31st St. in Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood. The 250-key hotel features self-check-in/check-out kiosks, complimentary WiFi, bedside USB charging stations, music lounges, rooftop terrace and patios. This is the second Arlo hotel that Quadrum has opened in New York City.
NORTH CHELMSFORD, MASS. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $8 million in refinancing for Chelmsford Mills, an office property located at 51 Middlesex St. in Chelmsford. The loan features a 10-year term and a 25-year amortization schedule. The property features 208,698 square feet of office space. Ed Reikstins of NorthMarq secured the refinancing for the undisclosed borrower.
NORWICH, CONN. — O,R&L Commercial has brokered the sale of Briar Hill Plaza, a retail strip center located at 201 Salem Turnpike in Norwich. Easter Seals Goodwill Industries acquired the property from Suncrest LLC for $4.3 million. Built in 2008, the 22,600-square-foot property is anchored by Goodwill. Tim Mahon of O,R&L Commercial represented the seller and procured the buyer in deal.
