LIVINGSTON, N.J. — HFF has brokered the sale of Livingston Shopping Center located at 530 W. Mount Pleasant Ave. in Livingston. The two-building, 140,000-square-foot power center is 97 percent leased to six national tenants that include Nordstrom Rack, TJ Maxx, Buy Buy Baby, DSW, Cost Plus World Market and Ulta Beauty. Situated on 20 acres, the property was fully repositioned in 2014. A partnership between KABR Group and G&G Investors sold the property to Kite Realty Group for an undisclosed price. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn and Michael Oliver of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
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BROCKTON, MASS. — Bierbrier Development has completed the disposition of Montello Plaza, a freestanding retail property located at the intersection of routes 28 and 37 in Brockton. VEREIT, successor to American Realty Capital, acquired the 64,500-square-foot property for $18.7 million. The property is occupied by Stop & Shop. Frank Giso and David Currie of Choate, Hall & Stewart represented Bierbrier Development. VEREIT handled the transaction on behalf of the entity owner, Cole Credit Property Trust IV Inc. Todd Trombley and Robert Horwath of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction.
SMITHTOWN, N.Y. — Damianos Realty Group LLC has acquired an office building located at 50 Route 111 in Smithtown. The three-story, 50,000-square-foot property sold for $10.6 million. Built in 1984, the property is 96 percent occupied by a variety of corporate and medical tenants, including Merrill Lynch, New York Commercial Bank, Devitt Spellman Barrett LLP and State Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick. The buyer plans to renovate and upgrade portions of the property, and has engaged Mancini Architecture PLLC to redesign the building’s exterior and lobby. John LaRuffa of NAI Long Island represented the seller, while John Finn of Damianos Realty Group provided in-house representation for the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — Cignature Realty Associates has brokered the sale of an apartment building located at 718 W. 171st St. in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. Heritage Realty Services acquired the 21,735-square-foot walk-up property for $7 million. The building contains 22 apartments, with an average rent of $1,490 per month. Lazer Sternhell and Peter Vanderpool of Cignature Realty represented the buyer and the seller, Haven Holding LLC, in the transaction.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — CBRE Group Inc.’s Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance team has arranged a $5 million short-term bridge loan for One Gatehall Drive, a 113,220-square-foot office property in Parsippany. James Gunning, Donna Falzarano and Evan Kleppe of CBRE arranged the financing with a local commercial bank for the borrower, GLB Gatehall LLC. The borrower is a partnership of Glenborough, a privately held full service real estate firm, and a large institutional real estate investor.
TENAFLY, N.J. — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of the Clinton Inn Hotel & Event Center located at 145 Dean Drive in Tenafly. The buyer, 145 Dean Drive LLC, acquired the 119-room property for an undisclosed sum. Ketan Patel and Geoff Davis of HREC represented the seller, Concord Hospitality Enterprises, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $95 million mortgage for the refinancing of an office property located on lower Broadway in Manhattan’s Financial District. The 12-year loan, provided by a life insurance company, features a 3.78 percent fixed rate and six years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Constructed in 1983, the 32-story property offers 403,800 square feet of Class A office space. Abe Hirsch and Daniel Jacob Meridian negotiated the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
DEDHAM, MASS., AND FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Chatham Lodging Trust has acquired two hotels from Claremont Cos. for $55 million, or approximately $298,000 per room. The company purchased the 81-room Residence Inn Boston in Dedham, which recently underwent a $2 million renovation program, and is under contract to acquire the 105-room Residence Inn Fort Lauderdale Intracoastal/Il Lugano in Fort Lauderdale. The 14-story property was converted from a Il Lugano Hotel and Residences to a Residence Inn in 2014. Both properties will be managed by Island Hospitality Management.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged an $8.1 million construction/rehab loan for a corner retail property located in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park South. The loan features a three-year term, with extensions, at an interest rate of LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) plus 4.25 basis points. The loan will cover 100 percent of the project costs, which include significant renovations to the existing building. Preston Flammang of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The name of the borrower was not released.
STORRS, CONN. — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of the Nathan Hale Inn & Conference Center in Storrs. The University of Connecticut (UCONN) purchased the property for an undisclosed sum. Situated on the campus of UCONN, the property features 98 guestrooms. Ketan Patel and Geoff Davis of HREC represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.