Northeast

33-West-End-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Oak Grove Capital has arranged $82 million in refinancing for 33 West End Avenue Apartments, a 211-unit apartment building located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The floating-rate loan has a 20-year term with a 35-year amortization and a one-year lockout. The 25-story apartment building features a variety of amenities, including 24-hour concierge services, a fitness center, a tenant lounge, shuttle services to the train station, in-unit and ground-floor laundry rooms and an outdoor terrace. C.W. Early of Oak Grove Capital arranged the Fannie Mae loan for the borrower, Atlantic Development.

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Odyssey-Charter-School-Wilmington-DEL

WILMINGTON, DEL. — Odyssey Charter School, a Delaware public charter school, has acquired 36 acres of land located in Barley Mill Plaza in Wilmington. The acquisition and redevelopment of the new school campus was financed through the issuance of $34.7 million in bonds by The Delaware Economic Development Authority. Odyssey Charter School currently serves 933 students in grades kindergarten through seventh. The school plans to add grades eighth through 12th in successive years until to become a full K-12 school in the beginning of the 2019-20 academic year. Scott Matthews and Geoff Grosso of Tarabicos Group LLP served as legal counsel to Odyssey Charter School, while Emilie Ninan of Ballard Spahr LLP served as bond counsel in the transaction.

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Eleven80-Newark-NJ

NEWARK, N.J. — Cronheim Mortgage has arranged $28.1 million in financing for Eleven80, a 37-story residential property in Newark. The three-year loan features a floating rate. Andrew Stewart and Dev Morris of Cronheim arranged the financing for the borrower, an affiliate of KBS Capital Advisors. Located at 1180 Raymond Blvd., the 418,797-square-foot building features 317 units. Originally built in 1929 as an office building, the property was converted in 2007 into an apartment building. The building also includes 7,567 square feet of retail space, which is occupied by TD Bank and a convenience store. Eleven80 features a 24-hour doorman, shuttle service, bowling alley, billiards room, library and 8,000-square-foot fitness center.

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West-New-York-NJ

WEST NEW YORK, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged $6.5 million in financing for the acquisition of a 32-unit apartment building in West New York. The 30-year loan features a 30-year amortization schedule, a 3.25 percent fixed rate and a 75 percent loan to value. Joseph Belgiovine of MMCC’s New Jersey office arranged the financing on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.

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SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — CBRE FAMECO, a retail division of CBRE Group, has brokered the $5.5 million sale of the former 6th Avenue Electronics store, corporate office and warehouse facility at 22 Route 22 in Springfield. The undisclosed buyer plans to convert the 70,040-square-foot property into an 85,000-square-foot Metro Self Storage facility. The climate-controlled property will feature state-of-the-art security, two sets of elevators, four drive-in loading bays and an office component. Steven Winters of CBRE FAMECO represented the undisclosed seller, while Ed Horne of HK Commercial Realty Advisors LLC represented the buyer.

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NEW YORK CITY — Trevian Capital has funded a $22 million first-mortgage bridge loan for a five-story, 17,247-square-foot building in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. The loan was used to pay off a matured first mortgage and to fund the conversion of the upper floors into four full-floor residential condos and reconfigure the ground-level retail cellar and sub-cellar. Terms and details of the transaction were not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $15.5 million in refinancing for a multifamily property in New York City. The seven-year loan, which was provided by a local savings bank, features a 3.37 percent fixed-rate and interest-only payments for the full term. Located at 1380 Riverside Dr., the 19-story property features 138 residential units and views of the Hudson River and George Washington Bridge. Isaac Filler of Meridian Capital’s New York City office negotiated the transaction. The name of the borrower was not released.

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56-Milliken-Portland-ME

PORTLAND, MAINE — Marblehead, Maine-based JHR Development has completed the sale of an industrial building located at 56 Milliken St. in Portland. Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. purchased the 200,625-square-foot facility, which is situated on 30 acres, for $10.5 million. Milliken Portland Partners LLC, a subsidiary of JHR, originally purchased the facility in December 2011 for $6.5 million. The firm significantly improved the property to accommodate the needs of the tenants, AdvancePierre Foods and Paradigm Windows. CBRE|The Boulos Company’s Portland office brokered the transaction.

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CVS-Salisbury-MA

SALISBURY, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a retail property located at Two Lafayette Road in Salisbury. SPC Acquisition Company LLC purchased the 13,225-square-foot building for $7.4 million from Salisbury Ventures LLC. The property is occupied by CVS, under a 25-year lease with four five-year extension options. Bob Horvath and Todd Tremblay of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, while Laurie Ann Drinkwater and Seth Richard, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer in the transaction.

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The New Castle County office market includes roughly 16 million square feet of total inventory with nearly 3 million square feet of that vacant. Vacancy in Class A space has improved somewhat as tenants take advantage of market conditions but these moves have not had much impact on overall vacancy rate. Jackson Cross Partners reports 2014 absorption of 80,000 square feet; although positive, this indicates we have years of recovery before a healthy overall vacancy rate is reached. We are seeing a number of projects that will have some impact on reducing inventory and improving vacancy rates as marginal office space is redeveloped for various non-office uses. These projects include: • A group of local investors purchased 1001 Jefferson Street in the city of Wilmington, which contains 170,000 square feet of office space on approximately 1.4 acres in May 2014, following a failed auction process. The building was recently demolished and the site is now being improved for surface parking, at least temporarily. Although a new office project is not being ruled out down the road, the site is being marketed for other uses, including residential and retail. • 1300 Market Street, also in the City of Wilmington, containing 62,000 …

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