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.
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.
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.
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 …
ALLENTOWN, QUAKERTOWN AND READING, PA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a total of $61.48 million in refinancing for three multifamily properties in Pennsylvania. Robert Ranieri of NorthMarq Capital’s Greater Westchester, N.Y./Conn. regional office secured the financing through the firm’s seller-servicer relationship with Freddie Mac for each transaction. Located at 1207 E. Congress St. in Allentown, the 548-unit Congress Apartments received $36.3 million in refinancing. The 7-year loan features a 30-year amortization schedule. In Quakertown, the 264-unit Quakertown West apartment community, located at 491 S. Ninth St. received an $18.2 million loan, featuring a 7-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. Additionally, the 148-unit Antietam Arms apartment community, located at 850 Carsonia Ave. in Reading, received $6.98 million in financing, also with a 7-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule.
NEW YORK CITY — Citicore has brokered the sale of a development site located at 207 West 75th St. between Amsterdam and Broadway in the Upper West Side. Howard Neu purchased the 14,750-square-foot site for $13.3 million from Felipe Coello. The site features a 5,000-square-foot property, with a 2,500-square-foot basement. Beach Bum Tanning leases ground-floor space at the building on a month-to-month basis, while the second floor is currently vacant. Timour Shafran and Benjamin Shafran of Citicore brokered the transaction.
FREEHOLD, N.J. — Triangle Equities has received a $7.5 million loan for its 62,000-square-foot retail property, Freehold Raceway Village, in Freehold. The loan was provided by CIBC, and it follows the successful recapitalization of the shopping center. Located at 200-220 Trotters Way, the shopping center is 100 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including Big Lots, Huffman Koos, Dick’s Sporting Goods, The Home Depot, Toys R Us, Raymour & Flanigan and Christmas Tree Shoppes.
BOSTON — Fantini & Gorga has arranged $7 million in permanent financing for a mixed-use portfolio in the John Eliot Square section of Roxbury, a neighborhood in Boston. The financing was arranged on behalf of Roxbury Highland LLC with a major regional financial institution. The four-property portfolio consists of 52 apartments and two commercial spaces, totaling 33,000 square feet of rentable space. Tim O’Donnell and Jason Cunnane of Fantini & Gorga arranged the financing.
CLARK, N.J. — The Provident Bank has closed a $55 million loan for the development of Clark Commons, a 244,450-square-foot shopping center at Raritan Road and Walnut Avenue in Clark. Situated on 28 acres on the former U.S. Gypsum paper plant, the seven-building shopping center will offer 27 retail spaces. Completion is slated for late spring with a proposed grand opening in early August. The center is 100 percent preleased to Whole Foods Market, Home Goods, L.A. Fitness, Michaels, Petco, Ulta, Modell’s and Party City. Krame Development is constructing the center, which was designed by The Dietz Partnership Architects. The Provident Bank and M&T Bank provided the construction financing, with Provident serving as administrative agent. Gregory Lamb of Provident handled the transaction.
LIVERPOOL, N.Y. — Meridian Capital Group and Capital One have arranged an $18 million mortgage for the refinancing for Grenadier Village, a multifamily property in Liverpool. The 25-year, self-liquidating loan, which was provided by a life insurance company, features a 4.63 percent fixed-rate. Located at 100 Kings Park Dr., Grenadier Village offers 534 apartment units. Seth Grossman of Meridian Capital and Greg Reed and Kristen Croxton of Capital One arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.