NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of 14 multifamily properties, with 176 residential units and eight retail stores, located in Upper Manhattan, in two separate transactions. Morningside Partners I LP and 9-11 CPN LLC sold the properties for $58 million to an undisclosed private investor. Thirteen of the walk-up apartment buildings are located on one city block between Manhattan Avenue, Frederick Douglass Boulevard, West 114th Street and West 115th Street in Morningside Heights. The 13 properties, which total more than 125,000 square feet, sold for $47 million, or $376 per square foot. In a separate transaction, a five-story, 23,640-square-foot property located at 9-11 Central Park North sold for $11 million, or $465 per square foot.
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JONESTOWN, PA. — PCCP has partnered with Dermody Properties to acquire a 43-acre site for the development of LogistiCenter 78-81 in Jonestown. The joint venture purchased the site for an undisclosed price from Pennsylvania-based Vision Group Ventures. The Class A distribution center will feature 405,000 square feet of industrial space. Construction is slated to begin immediately and completion is scheduled for spring 2016. The property will consist of a front-load distribution building featuring 36-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system, 81 dock doors, two drive-in doors, clerestory glass to allow natural light, 60-foot loading bays, T-5 lighting, parking for 220 cars and one extra trailer parking space per dock door.
ROXBURY, N.J. — A joint venture between Advance Realty, DeBartolo Development and Invesco has acquired Ledgewood Mall in Roxbury for an undisclosed sum. Built in 1972 and situated on 46 acres, the three-building 517,000-square-foot property consists of a 445,000-square-foot enclosed mall, a 60,000-square-foot outbuilding and a 12,000-square-foot outbuilding. Current tenants include Walmart, The Sports Authority, Marshalls, Barnes & Noble, Ashley Furniture and Ruby Tuesday. Christopher Bellapianta of Advance Realty led the transaction on behalf of the joint venture. The name of the seller was not disclosed.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) has arranged the sale of Halsey Corporate Center, an office building located at 90 E. Halsey Road in Parsippany. Stockbridge Capital Group sold the property to Boxer F3 LLC for an undisclosed price. The 100,000-square-foot building features a three-story, glass-enclosed atrium lobby and full-service cafeteria. At the time of sale, the property was leased to eight companies, including Chemtrade. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Stephen Simonelli and Andrew Scandalios of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
HARRISON, N.Y. — Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. has acquired The Harrison Shopping Center in Harrison. Located on Halstead Avenue, the 25,000-square-foot shopping center is anchored by an A&P Fresh Supermarket, which will be replaced by a prominent grocer. Additional tenants include a bakery, hair salon, florist, restaurants and A&T. Urstadt Biddle acquired the property, which was built in 1957, for an undisclosed price in an all-cash transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
The retail market in Southern Maine remains strong through mid-year 2015. Retail vacancy rates are low, investment sales are up, new retail projects are actively under construction, and plans for new retail developments are on the horizon. Positive trends in Maine’s retail sector have been evident for several years now, indicating that the market has stabilized and there is strong potential for further commercial growth over the next several years. According to Malone Commercial Brokers’ 2014 State of the Market Retail Survey, the Greater Portland retail vacancy rate for 2014 was 3.68 percent, compared to 10.8 percent in 2009. The vacancy rate has consistently dropped every year since 2009, with 2014 marking the lowest vacancy rate in Greater Portland in six years. Initially, annual retail vacancy rate declines in Southern Maine were related to the absorption of empty big boxes and retail centers located in the Maine Mall District in South Portland, as well as the newly created retail hubs built along the Maine Turnpike corridor during the construction boom in the early 2000s. By 2012, one of these new retail hubs located in the City of Biddeford saw Lowe’s, Linen ’N Things, Old Navy, and Best Buy close their …
JERSEY CITY, BRICK AND NEPTUNE, N.J., AND COBLESKILL, N.Y. — Cronheim Mortgage has secured $26.9 million in financing for four individual properties located in Jersey City, Brick, Neptune and Cobleskill. Each loan was structured on a 10/30 basis for affiliated entities of New York-based National Realty & Development Corp. The properties include Old Colony Square, a 100,073-square-foot retail center in Jersey City owned by Grand Street Realty; LHOP Holding LP’s 13-building Lions Head Office Park in Brick; two retail pads in Neptune owned by Red Baron Property Resources LP; and C.P. Plaza LP’s 24,500-square-foot retail center in Cobleskill. Andrew Stewart, Dev Morris and Allison Moravec of Cronheim Mortgage arranged the financing.
SCRANTON, PA. — The Shopping Center Group has brokered the sale of The Mall at Steamtown, located at 300 Lackawanna Ave. in Scranton. Steamtown 300 LLC purchased the property for an undisclosed sum. Situated adjacent to the Steamtown National Historical Site, a railroad museum, the 558,816-square-foot enclosed regional mall was developed in the early 1990s as part of the revitalization of downtown Scranton. The mall is anchored by Boscov’s Department Store. The Shopping Center Group represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
BROOKLINE, MASS. — CBRE/New England has brokered the sale of 1443 Beacon Street, an apartment community located in Brookline, a southwest suburb of Boston. Brookline Associates LP sold the 115-unit property to 1443 Beacon LLC, an affiliate of Boston-based Chestnut Hill Realty, for an undisclosed sum. Built in 1979, the market-rate property offers a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom layouts, with an average apartment size of 928 square feet. The property also features two commercial medical suites, 122 garage parking spaces, a community room, patio area, sundeck, pool and fitness center. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE/NE represented the seller in the transaction.
SOUTH HACKENSACK AND SECAUCUS, N.J. — G.S. Wilcox & Co. has closed two loans totaling $19.7 million for two properties in New Jersey. Gretchen Wilcox and Al Raymond of G.S. Wilcox & Co. originated a $13.5 million loan for a local value-add fund. The loan will be used to acquire a 245,824-square-foot industrial property in South Hackensack. The five-year loan features a 25-year amortization schedule. In the second deal, Wilcox and David Fryer arranged a $6.2 million loan for a 100,000-square-foot, fully occupied industrial property in Secaucus. The 10-year loan features a 25-year amortization schedule. The borrower was not disclosed. Mutual of Omaha, a correspondent lender, provided funding for both loans.