NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has brokered the sale of a mixed-use property located at the corner of 61st Street and Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. The 9,250-square-foot property features six apartments and two commercial units. The property sold for $2.9 million or $308 per square foot. Adam Hess, Sam Shalumov and Chris Pechlivanides of TerraCRG handled the transaction. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
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Over the last few years, tight conditions in Pittsburgh’s multifamily market have allowed operators to aggressively push rents among all class levels. This year, a surge in multifamily completions will put elevated pressure on vacancies, but more jobs and new households will keep across the board operations in positive motion, supporting another year of rent growth. Developers are expected to build more than 1,600 multifamily units in 2014, the largest expansion of supply in over ten years. Most new multifamily projects in Pittsburgh are located north and south of the central business district where construction costs are lower. For example, in Cranberry Township in the north many units are strategically situated around the newly announced $72 million UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. In southern Pittsburgh, added drilling activity in the Marcellus Shale and energy-related company expansions encouraged demand for rentals, spurring construction of several multifamily and residential communities. A minor overstock of brand-new rentals and single-family homes will move vacancy up somewhat in select submarkets, slowing down the previous year’s persevering rent growth. An improving economy in Pittsburgh and further rent gains will sustain strong buyer demand throughout 2014. Employers will add 24,600 jobs in 2014 to expand employment in Pittsburgh …
WYNCOTE, PA. — Meridian Capital Group, on behalf of Lindy Property Management Company, has arranged a $92.3 million mortgage for the purchase of the Towers of Wyncote located at 8440 Limekiln Pike in Wyncote. The 1,095-unit, three-tower multifamily community the property was originally constructed in 1968 and renovated in 2008. Community amenities include a movie theater, outdoor swimming pool, spa, tennis courts, sports complex, business center and conference room. The 8-year loan, which was 80 percent of the purchase price, features a competitive fixed-rate of 3.625 percent and was provided by a regional balance sheet lender. David Fisher of Meridian Capital’s Iselin, N.J., office negotiated the transaction.
PITTSBURGH, PA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital, on behalf of NSP Inc., has arranged a $139 million refinance loan for a four-property multifamily portfolio. The 1,382-unit portfolio comprises two assets in Pittsburgh, one property in Cincinnati and one asset in Lexington, Ky. The financing was structured as a non-recourse, fixed-rate CMBS first mortgage for $120 million and a $19 million fixed-rate mezzanine financing placed with a third-party investor. The facilities are 5-year, coterminous tenor. Randy Martin and Jon Reible of KeyBank arranged the loan for the borrower.
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the ground lease of Park 80 East for $5.6 million. Located in Saddle Brook, the 75,000-square-foot net-leased office building was purchased by a New York-based exchange buyer for a 6 percent cap rate in an all-cash transaction. Michael Lombardi of Marcus & Millichap’s Net Leased Property Group New Jersey office marketed the property on behalf of the undisclosed seller.
MERRIMACK, N.H. — Calkain Companies has arranged the sale of a two-building, net-leased multi-tenant property in Merrimack. A private buyer acquired the property for $5.3 million. The property is an outparcel to Merrimack Premium Outlets and located near Fidelity Investments’ corporate campus. Tenants of the newly constructed four-tenant center include Starbucks Coffee, Digital Federal Credit Union and Qdoba Mexican Grille. Stanley Wyrwicz of Calkain’s Boston office represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
BOSTON — CBRE/New England has brokered the sale of 95 Border Street located on 1.32 acres in East Boston. Sisson Realty Trust sold the 23,000-square-foot industrial facility to Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) for $1.6 million. NOAH plans to redevelop the site into Coppersmith Village, a transit-oriented residential community. Within walking distance to the MBTA Maverick Station and a planned water taxi station, the property will feature 56 rental apartments and 3,000 square feet of retail space, which is slated for restaurant use. Mark Reardon, David Corkey and Jake Borden of CBRE/New England represented the seller in the transaction.
BRICK, N.J. — Brick-based Tryko Partners LLC has added five skilled nursing facilities, totaling 470 beds, to its Massachusetts portfolio. The company has acquired two properties from Ventas Inc. and entered into a lease contract to operate three additional assets that Ventas will continue to own. Tryko acquired the 88-bed Hammersmith House Nursing Care Center, which will be renamed Chestnut Woods Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, in Saugus, Mass.; and the 87-bed Hillcrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, which will be renamed Valley Stream Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, in Fitchburg, Mass. The Ventas-owned properties to be operated by Tryko include the 132-bed Blueberry Hill Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Beverly, Mass.; the 82-bed River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Lancaster, Mass.; and the 81-bed Oak Wood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, which will be renamed Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, in Webster, Mass. Financing for the two acquisition was provided by The PrivateBank, and Tryko is financing working capital for the three Ventas-owned properties through a regional bank with extensive healthcare lending experience.
CHELSEA, MASS. — NorthMarq Capital’s Boston office has secured a $34.4 million refinance for Parkside Commons Apartments located at 100 Stockton St. in Chelsea. The 238-unit multifamily property is owned by John M. Corcoran & Co. and Guardian Life Insurance Company and managed by Corcoran Management Company Inc. James Murphy of NorthMarq arranged the transaction, which is structured with a 7-year term with five years of interest only payments.
HANOVER, N.J. — Fairfield, N.J.-based Woodmont Properties has opened Woodmont Knolls at Hanover, a luxury apartment community situated on a 15-acre former industrial site along Cedar Knolls Road in Hanover. The property, which is more than 60 percent preleased, features 126 one- and two-bedroom flats and carriage homes. Community amenities include a clubhouse with sports bar and gaming system, strength and cardio center, billiards room, cyber café, dog park, picnic and barbeque area, and a swimming pool with a sundeck. Additionally, the community’s 15-acre setting includes walking paths and green space that runs along the Whippany River and has direct access to the historic Patriots Path, a 35-mile multi-use nature trail operated by Morris County, N.J.