HARLEYSVILLE, PA. — Green Courte Partners through its fund, Green Courte Real Estate Partners IV and its affiliates, has acquired Arbour Square of Harleysville. Built in two phases and completed in 2014, the 275-unit independent living community was 78 percent occupied at the time of closing. Heritage Senior Living will manage the property. Matt Pyzyk of Green Courte Partners originated the transaction for Green Courte Partners.
BOSTON — Trinity Financial has opened One Canal Apartment Homes, an apartment community located in Boston’s Bulfinch Triangle neighborhood. Apartment Investment and Management Co. (Aimco) invested $195 million in the 12-story, 310-unit apartment community. One Canal features a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, plus 44 luxury penthouses on the building’s top two floors. On-site amenities include a 2,000-square-foot fitness center and a rooftop social deck with a heated pool, fire pit lounge, outdoor theater and 360-degree panoramic views of the city. Additionally, the project features 21,000 square feet of retail space that will house City Winery, a high-end culinary and cultural destination that will offer concerts, food and wine classes.
DOWNINGTOWN, PA. — Gulph Creek Development has developed its eighth hotel in the Philadelphia suburbs. The 115-suite Home2 Suites by Hilton Downingtown-Route 30 features complimentary breakfast and WiFi, a combination laundry and fitness area, Home2 MKT for grab-and-go snacks and an indoor swimming pool. Additionally, each suite features a full-equipped kitchen and modular furniture. Gulph Creek Hotels will manage the hotel, which is located at 975 E. Lancaster Ave. within Ashbridge Commons.
BOSTON — Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) has obtained a $620 million mortgage loan for two life sciences buildings in Boston’s Seaport District. The 15-story, Class A towers include 1.6 million square feet of lab space, corporate office space, structured parking and ground-floor retail space. SNH purchased the towers in May 2014 for $1.1 billion. They are 96 percent leased to Vertex Pharmaceuticals through 2028. Vertex is the manufacturer of hepatitis C and cystic fibrosis pharmaceutical treatments. The 10-year loan is interest-only, carries a fixed interest rate of 3.53 percent and matures in August 2026. SNH will use the loan proceeds to repay a portion of the outstanding borrowings under the company’s $1 billion unsecured revolving credit facility, as well as for general business purposes. Following the repayment, there will be approximately $900 million available under SNH’s unsecured revolving credit facility. “We are pleased to take advantage of the current low interest rate environment to term out the majority of the outstanding balance on our unsecured revolving credit facility and to extend the average maturity of our debt to 8.9 years,” says David Hegarty, SNH’s president and chief operating officer. “We believe that this transaction also highlights the value …
NEW YORK CITY — Tishman Speyer, in partnership with Qatar Diar, is moving ahead with the construction of a 1.1 million-square-foot office and retail project in Long Island City. The project concludes Tishman Speyer’s purchase of 1.8 million square feet of development rights from New York City, which included a 700,000-square-foot office building that the company completed in 2011. Designed by MdeAS Architects, the new commercial project will comprise two 27-story towers connected by a four-story podium featuring a mix of retail, food hall, restaurant and parking garage space. Construction is slated to begin in early 2017, with completion scheduled for 2019. More than 800,000 square feet of the available office space in the development has been preleased, including 250,000 square feet to WeWork, a shared office space provider. Fried Frank acted as counsel to Tishman Speyer in the closing of the company’s $770 million transaction to develop the two towers. The transaction included the acquisition of the site from the New York City Economic Development Corp., an equity investment by Qatari Diar, construction financing and tax benefits from the New York City Industrial Development Agency. The Fried Frank team included Jonathan Mechanic, Tal Golomb, Michael Barker, Michael Werner, Janice Mac …
NUTLEY AND CLIFTON, N.J. — PB Nutclif I LLC, an affiliate of Prism Capital Partners, has signed a purchase and sale agreement with Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. to acquire the pharmaceutical company’s 116-acre former North American headquarters campus in Nutley and Clifton. At the time of the sale, Hackensack Meridian Health and Seton Hall University committed to leasing two major buildings and 16 acres at the property. The buyer plans to make substantial improvements to convert the leased buildings to accommodate the needs of the new Seton Hall-Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. Additionally, Seton Hall will co-locate its College of Nursing and School of Health and Medical Sciences at the site, and Hackensack Meridian plans to create a National Health Institute-designated clinical research center at the campus. The sale is expected to close Sept. 30. Financial terms of the deal were not released.
GREENWICH, CONN. — CBRE has arranged the sale of an office building located at 500 W. Putnam Ave. in Greenwich. Fareri Associates acquired the four-story, 121,000-square-foot property from SL Green for $41 million. The Class A property is located in close proximity to Greenwich Avenue, which features high-end retail destinations and restaurants. Jeffrey Dunne and Steven Bardsley of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Triangle Equities has completed Triangle Plaza Hub, a multi-use complex located in the South Bronx. The $35 million, 88,000-square-foot complex is occupied by Fine Fare Supermarket, Metropolitan College of New York, Brightpoint Health, DaVita Dialysis Center, Vistasite Eye Care, Boston Market and Dunkin’ Donuts. A 3,900-square-foot retail space on the ground floor and a 3,000-square-foot pad site adjacent to the public plaza are available for lease.
MONTGOMERYVILLE, PA. — NAI Mertz has arranged the sale of an industrial building located at 220 Commerce Drive in Montgomeryville. LMP Montgomeryville LLC sold the 65,219-square-foot building to ClientLink Inc. for an undisclosed price. As an existing tenant, ClientLink exercised its option to purchase the property. Located within Montgomeryville Industrial Park, the facility features 4,818 square feet of office space, 41,733 square feet of warehouse space, an 18,000-square-foot production area, four tailgate loading docks and one oversized drive-in door. ClientLink is a production and marketing company that provides a variety of services, including e-commerce, fulfillment, digital and offset printing, direct mail, promotional items, warehousing and logistics. Jeffrey Licht and Adam Lashner of NAI Mertz represented the seller. Nick Adams of Jackson Cross Partners also co-brokered the deal.
PORTLAND, MAINE — The University of Maine has selected Harriman and The Cecil Group, a newly merged architectural firm, to master plan facilities across the seven state campuses in Fort Kent, Presque Isle, Orono, Machias, Augusta, Farmington and Southern Maine, among other locations and sites. The comprehensive suite of documents, which will be created, will guide the future development and management of the university system’s physical campuses. Harriman and The Cecil Group will perform master planning and facilities planning across the university system in a unified effort with all campuses. As part of Maine’s One University Initiative, the planning activities at each individual campus will develop a site-specific identity that integrates with the system as a whole. The university system intends for the master plan to build community engagement, provide opportunity for input and for constituents to have an awareness, understanding and stake in the outcome. Additionally, the comprehensive and long-range plans will be tied to strategic direction and planning of each campus, as well as responsive to current requirements and future development needs. Harriman and The Cecil Group are collaborating with Goody Clancy and Rickes Associates on master planning, campus planning and in-depth facility programming.