FRANKLIN AND MONROE, N.J. — HFF has arranged $24.6 million in refinancing for a two-property industrial portfolio totaling 470,866 square feet in Franklin and Monroe. The borrowers are Matrix Development Group and a fund advised by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing. HFF secured a $17.3 million loan for 1 Heller Park Lane in Franklin and a $7.3 million loan for 20 S. Middlesex Ave. in Monroe through Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC. The 324,337-square-foot 1 Heller Park Lane property features a 296,337-square-foot warehouse building and a 28,000-square-foot truck terminal building. Renovated in 2015, the property is fully leased to Promotion in Motion Inc., a candy and fruit snack manufacturer. Completed in 1992, the 146,529-square-foot warehouse property at 20 S. Middlesex Ave. features 19,069 square feet of office space and is leased to three tenants. Thomas Didio and Jim Cadranell of HFF represented the borrower in the financing transaction.
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ROCKY HILL, CONN. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of Worthington Arms, a 41-unit garden-style apartment complex located at 100 and 200 Laura Lane in Rocky Hill. Sunset Hill Restoration acquired the asset for $3.8 million. The complex features a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments will full basement storage in each building. Philip Gagnon of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller, while Bob Pagani, also of Colliers, represented the buyer in the transaction.
WATERBURY, CONN. — Drubner Commercial Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of a retail property located at 1262 W. Main St. in Waterbury. The Lauren Investment Group of Monroe, N.Y., purchased the property for $2 million. David Theroux of Drubner Commercial, along with Property West LLC, developed the site in 2007. The property is currently leased to TD Bank for the foreseeable future. Theroux handled both the sale and lease transactions.
NEW BEDFORD, MASS. — Congressional Bank’s Healthcare Lending group has closed a $3 million bridge-to-HUD loan and a $1.5 million revolving line of credit for the acquisition and renovation of a skilled nursing facility in New Bedford. The revolving line of credit will fund the ongoing working capital needs of the 107-bed facility. Congressional Bank will close its merger with American Bank on January 1, 2016, and the company’s lending capacity will exceed $10 million, allowing it to expand its lending platform.
WOODSIDE, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an apartment building located at 37-35 64th St. in Woodside. The six-unit property sold for $1.3 million. Shaun Riney, Michael Salvatico and Aryaan Azarbarzin of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, an individual/private trust, and the buyer, a limited liability company, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Ready Capital Structured Finance has closed an $8.4 million bridge loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of two vacant multifamily buildings located at 157-159 Wythe Ave. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. The borrower was Brooklyn Standard Properties. Totaling 8,500 square feet, the three-story buildings feature ground-floor retail space. The assets will undergo a gut renovation, including an extension of the ground floor for commercial use and the addition of one story for residential use. The loan features advances up to 75 percent loan-to-cost, a two-year term with two extension options, along with a funding facility to provide for all future capital expenses and tenant improvement and leasing commissions. Jim Saros of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, an estate, in the sales transaction.
MedAssets Inc. Leases 105,959 SF Office Building at Saddle River Executive Center in New Jersey
by Amy Works
SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — Alpharetta, Ga.-based MedAssets Inc. has signed a 105,959-square-foot full-building lease at Saddle River Executive Center. The Class A office space is located at 1 Route 17 in Saddle River. William McCaffery, Marc Krieger and Steven Getzeiler of Avison Young represented the landlord, Madison Core Property Fund, while John Flack and James Scancarella of Cresa represented the tenant in the transaction.
COLCHESTER, VT. — Doug Nedde of Nedde Real Estate, along with Tracy Cresta, has acquired a 62,000-square-foot office and warehouse facility located at 784 Hercules Drive in Colchester. The vacant building, which was the former Reinhart Food Service building, sold for an undisclosed price. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England has leased the office portion of the property, leaving 47,000 square feet of warehouse space available for lease. The name of the seller was not released.
WILMINGTON, MASS. — Integrated Builders has completed a 29,000-square-foot office and manufacturing build-out for Limbach Company LLC at 46 Jonspin Road in Wilmington. The project included the installation of new flooring, lighting and electrical fixtures, a state-of-the-art HVAC system, partitions and updated fire alarms. The updated facility provides specialized manufacturing space for the mechanical contracting firm. Spagnolo Gisness & Associates Inc. served as architect, while WB Engineers+Consultants provided engineering services for the project.
OLD SAYBROOK, CONN. — The Geenty Group has brokered the lease of 2,299 square feet of space at a multi-tenant flex building located at 20 Research Parkway in Old Saybrook. Iterum Therapeutics US Limited, a biotech start-up firm, will occupy the space within the 20,000-square-foot property. Kevin Geenty of The Geenty Group arranged the transaction. The landlord is Mill Meadow Development LLC.