SALEM, N.H., AND SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT. — Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets has arranged $49.6 million in construction financing and joint venture equity for two senior housing developments in New England. The projects are LCB Senior Living’s seventh and eighth senior housing developments since it began its development program in 2013. The properties are The Residence at Salem Woods in Salem and The Residence at Quarry Hill in South Burlington. The Salem property will offer 84 apartments with 88 beds for independent, assisted and memory-care living. Wells Fargo provided $15.6 million in construction financing while the joint venture equity was provided by an institutional investor. The project broke ground in November 2014 and is expected to open in early 2016. The South Burlington property features 102 apartments with 104 beds for independent, assisted and memory-care living. PNC Bank provided $18.4 million in construction financing, while Virtus Real Estate Capital provided $8.5 million in joint venture equity. Construction is slated to begin in January 2015 with a planned summer 2016 opening. Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig and Stuart Kim of Cushman & Wakefield negotiated the transactions.
NEW YORK CITY — HFF has arranged $32 million in non-recourse financing for the development of a 200-key boutique hotel in Manhattan’s Bowery neighborhood. Located at 223-225 Broadway, the hotel will include rooftop amenity space and restaurant and music space with entrances on Bowery and Freeman Alley. The hotel is slated for completion in 2015/2016. HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Omnia Group and Northwind Group, to secure the loan through a global asset management company. Jay Marshall, Christopher Peck and Sam Nidenberg of HFF represented the borrower in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Gaia Real Estate has completed the sale of an apartment building located at 11 Spencer Court in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Persam White LLC purchased the 13-story residential property for $13 million. The 23-unit property features a mix of studio, two-bedroom and duplexes, private elevators, floor-to-ceiling windows, terraces, a gym and a lounge-style roof top deck with views of the Manhattan skyline.
NEW YORK CITY — RFR Holding LLC, along with Real Estate Capital Partners, has acquired 281 Park Avenue South, a landmark building formerly known as the Church Mission House in Midtown South. RFR purchased the six-story, 45,000-square-foot building from the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies for $50 million. Following upgrades that will include new storefronts, mechanical systems and a new office lobby with entrance on 22nd Street, the building will be repositioned as a showpiece for a single office user requiring 28,000 to 40,000 square feet. The building features approximately 6,700-square-foot rentable floor plates, ceiling heights up to 20 feet, a cooper and terra-cotta roof, marble mosaic flooring, stained glass windows, wood wainscoting and plaster ornamentation.
LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Dermody Properties has started construction on a multi-tenant industrial facility at LogistiCenter Logan, its 7.4-million-square-foot industrial park in Logan Township. Located at 1110 Commerce Blvd., the facility will total 171,600 square feet. Upon completion, the facility will be fully operational and suited for e-commerce, food and beverage, and consumer product warehousing and distribution. The facility will feature 32-foot clear heights, 105 car parking spaces and 39 trailer parking spaces. Blue Rock Construction is serving as construction partner for the property, which is being marketed by Colliers International. Great Point Investors LLC is the strategic capital partner on the project. Construction is slated for completion this summer.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of a multifamily building located at 115 Ocean Ave. in Brooklyn’s Prospect Lefferts Gardens section. The 89-unit building sold for $25.7 million, or $290,000 per unit or $295 per square foot. Erik Yankelovich of GFI represented the seller, a local investor, and the buyer, a local family, in the transaction.
GLASSBORO, N.J. — PRP Real Estate Investment Management has completed the sale of the Park Crest Village Apartments, a garden apartment community located in Glassboro. Chelsea Management purchased the 385-unit property for $23 million. At the time of sale, Park Crest Village was 94 percent occupied, up from 88 percent when PRP originally acquired the property in 2007.
NEW YORK CITY — Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates has brokered the sale of two interconnecting warehouses at 33-33 and 33-35 11th St. on the border of Astoria and Long Island City in Queens. JPRG Holdings purchased the properties, which total 57,400 square feet, for $14 million. The property features 19-foot ceilings, frontage along three streets, multiple loading docks and heavy power. Additionally, there is 1,700 square feet of parking on the lot. Prior to the sale, the building was used as the main warehouse for Operative Cake, a baked goods wholesale business. Grant Dolgin and Dmitri Gourianov of Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates represented the seller in the transaction, 33-11 Associates Partnership and Jacobson Realty Corp. Hentze Dor Realty represented the buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sale of the Morrisania multifamily portfolio, a 17-building portfolio located in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. The 676-unit portfolio, which includes one vacant lot, sold for $85.5 million. The 17 buildings total 674,565 gross square feet and are clustered in an area between 165th and 169th streets and Sheridan and Clay avenues. Shimon Shkury, Victor Sozio, Michael Tortorici, Scot Hirschfield and Jason Gold of Ariel Advisors represented the seller, a developer and multifamily operator, and procured the buyer, an affordable housing operator, in the transaction. The new ownership plans to maintain the affordability of the portfolio, which consists of Project Based Section 8 buildings operating under HAP agreements.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an apartment building, located at 974 Saint Nicholas Ave. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. The asset sold for $15.5 million, or $330,000 per unit. Located between 159th and 160th streets, the six-story property features 33 market-rate units, 13 rent-stabilized apartments and one rent-controlled unit. Recent renovations to the building include new parapets, new elevator and mechanicals, new stone flooring through the common areas, new hallway lighting and a full roof replacement. Additionally, the units have been upgraded with new wood floors, new plumbing and electrical, stainless steel appliances and granite countertops. Peter Von Der Ahe, Scott Edelstein, Seth Glasser and Rafi Moskowitz of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented both the seller and the buyer in the transaction.