BETHEL, PA. — Dermody Properties and Granite Real Estate Investment Trust leased 500,400 square feet of industrial space at Berks Park 78 in Bethel to a global consumer electronics company. The company will move into the facility in April and use the space for the distribution of its consumer home appliances. Gerry Blinebury and Adam Campbell with Cushman & Wakefield represented Dermody Properties in the lease, while Vincent Ranalli and John Schumacher of CBRE represented the tenant in the transaction.
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LOWELL, MASS. — Novaya Real Estate Ventures has secured two new leases totaling 32,627 square feet at 55 Technology Drive in Lowell. In the first transaction, Lowell General Hospital leased 24,116 square feet to house an expansion for the hospital administrative offices. In the second deal, Contract Logix LLC inked a lease for 8,516 square feet, which will be used for the company’s headquarters. The two-story office building is now 100 percent leased. Additional tenants include Boston Scientific, Borrego Solar and Lowell Five Center Savings Bank. Joel Kahn of Equity Alliance LLC represented Lowell General Hospital, Matt Adams of NGKF represented Contract Logix, and Mark Reardon of CBRE| New England represented Novaya in the transactions.
MELVILLE, N.Y. — RUI Credit Services has expanded its lease by 11,834 square feet at the Melville Square Corporate Center at 1305 Walt Whitman Road in Melville. The company will now occupy 30,845 square feet on the second floor of the 165,310-square-foot office building, which is owned by The Feil Organization. Richard Caputi of Cresa Long Island represented RUI, while Nicholas Forelli and David Turino provided in-house representation for landlord.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Gramercy Property Trust has completed the disposition of a 438,158-square-foot office building at 70 Hudson St. and a 418,000-square-foot office building at 90 Hudson St. in Jersey City for an aggregate gross sales price of $299 million, or $349 per square foot. Prior to closing, Gramercy prepaid the mortgage debt attributable to 70 Hudson and the undisclosed buyer assumed the outstanding loan of $101 million on 90 Hudson. At the time of sale, 70 Hudson was vacant and the exit cap rate was 6.6 percent on stabilized 2016 cash net operating income for 90 Hudson. Net proceeds to the seller equate to $184.8 million.
MECHANICSBURG, PA. — The Hampshire Companies has completed the disposition of a 596,703-square-foot industrial building located at 1225 S. Market St. in Mechanicsburg. Allen Distribution acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Situated on more than 100 acres, the property features ceiling heights ranging from 16 feet to 30 feet, 58 loading doors, one drive-in door, 747 car parking spots and 24 trailer stalls. Additional features include a fire suppression system, office-chiller air handler HVAC system, warehouse rooftop cooling units, gas-fired heating air rotation units, on-site helicopter pad and power sub-station. At the time of sale, the property was 65 percent occupied with an available 205,858 square feet of vacancy. Gerard Blinebury, Marie Connell and Samantha Kennedy of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — McSam Hotel Group, as developer, has broken ground for a 25,000-square-foot Choice Hotel at 337 W. 36th St. in Manhattan. Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect, the 23-story, 89-room hotel is rising on a site that is only 25 feet wide. The hotel will feature a stone base, brick façade and penthouse with an angled mirror-and-glass front.
CARLSTADT, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sale of a newly constructed 53,152-square-foot industrial building in Carlstadt. Loftex Logistics LLC, a Chinese textile company, acquired the property from Sitex Group for an undisclosed price. Located at One Palmer Terrace, the warehouse features 32-foot clear ceiling heights, 52-foot by 60-foot column space, five loading docks with 30,000-pound capacity levelers and one drive-in door. Additionally, the facility features state-of-the-art energy-efficient T-5 fluorescent lighting, 41 on-site parking spaces, a 130-foot truck court with a 60-foot concrete apron. Loftex Logistics plans to use the property as its first fulfillment and distribution center in the United States. Tom Vetter and Jeff DeMagistris of NAI James E. Hanson represented the seller, while Century 21 New Beginnings Realty represented the buyer in the transaction.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Cronheim Mortgage has arranged $18 million in financing for The Carlyle, an apartment building located in Hackensack. Constructed in 1976, the 13-story property features 128 residential units. Andrew Stewart and Allison Moravec of Cronheim secured the financing, which features a three-year fixed rate. The name of the borrower was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of the FreshDirect facility, located at 23-30 Borden Ave. in Long Island City. Fresh Property I LLC sold the property to Atlas Capital for $48 million. The property totals approximately 276,705 square feet on a 654-foot by 329-foot irregular lot, 90 percent of which includes state-of-the-art material management and refrigeration/freezer systems. Since acquiring the property in 1999, Fresh Property I had completed substantial capital improvements and upgrades to a majority of the buildings systems. Bob Knakal, Jonathan Hageman and David Chkheidze of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, while Scott Rosen of Akron Trotter Property Group represented the buyer in the transaction.
BURLINGTON, MASS. — Colliers International has arranged $45 million in refinancing for Third Avenue, a newly constructed Class A retail walking street in located off Middlesex Turnpike in Burlington. Colliers secured the 22.5-year loan, which features a fixed-rate, for Nordblom Co. through Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, a correspondent life company lender. Jeff Black and Kevin Phelan of Colliers represented the borrower in the transaction.