DREXEL HILL, PA. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $40 million loan for the refinancing of the Drexelbrook Apartments in Drexel Hill. The borrower is William Key, a general partner of Drexelbrook Associates LLC. The 10-year loan features a floating rate of 129 basis points over the one-month LIBOR and interest-only payments for the full term. Drexelbrook Apartments features 90 buildings and more than 1,200 residential units. Jim Bologno and Paul Gilbert of Meridian Capital Group’s Iselin, N.J., office negotiated the transaction.
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NEW YORK CITY — RKF has brokered the sale of a retail property, located at 197-205 Smith St. in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill neighborhood. The 20,000-square-foot property sold for $18.5 million. The property offers 10,000 square feet on the ground floor and a 10,000-square-foot basement. Included in the sale are air rights for 10,000 buildable square feet that allows for future expansion. Brian Segall and Ernie Getz of RKF represented the seller, John Dee Corp., and the buyer, a partnership between Jackson Group, Aurora Capital and ACHS Management, in the transaction.
MALVERN, PA. —Hayden Maguire Real Estate Fund has made its second acquisition. The fund acquired a 151,447-square-foot office building, located at 1200 Atwater Dr. in Malvern, for $23 million. The property features modern architectural design, light-filled lobbies under glass canopies and an on-site café. The property is situated on 388 acres surrounding an 80-acre spring-fed lake. Hayden Maguire Real Estate Investments and Maguire Investment Management are partners of the fund.
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Jeanette Apartments, an apartment building located in Bloomfield. The 34-unit building sold for $1.75 million. Located at 268-272 Bloomfield Ave., the building consists of 34 sponsor-held apartments in a garden-style condo complex with parking for 50 cars. The building offers a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as a small office space. Nat Gambuzza, Kevin Taub and John Veniero of Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office represented both parties in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an Upper West Side portfolio, a six-building mixed-use portfolio located in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The portfolio features 152 multifamily units, 7,900 square feet of retail space and 62,655 square feet of air rights for future development. A private investor acquired the portfolio for $80.75 million, or approximately $515,000 per unit. The properties are 500 Cathedral Parkway, 3143 Broadway, 3147 Broadway, 3149 Broadway, 111 West 104th St. and 242 West 109th St. This is the first time the properties have changed hands in 30 years. Marco Lala of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the seller and buyer, both private investors, in the transaction.
HOLYOKE, MASS. — Brick, N.J.-based Tryko Partners has acquired the Mont Marie skilled nursing and age-restricted affordable housing campus in Holyoke. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield (SSJ Springfield) sold the property for an undisclosed price. The 52-acre property includes the 84-bed Mont Marie Health Care Center, as well as the Mont Marie Senior Residence and St. Joseph Residence, which offer a total of 80 senior HUD rental units. The purchase was financed through CapitalSource. SSJ Springfield will retain use of the property’s chapel and cemetery through a lease agreement with Tryko.
NEW YORK CITY — CPEX Real Estate has brokered the sale of a development site at 2515-2517 Voorhies Ave. in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay area. The two-lot site sold for $2.7 million, or $105 per buildable square foot. The 19,000-square-foot site is zoned approximately 25,650 buildable square feet of residential use. Additionally, the property was delivered with approved plans for construction. Sean Kelly, Orah Mansher, Sean Sears and James O’Neill represented the seller, Babe Realty Holding, in the transaction. The buyer, Hen Hui Gu Inc., was represented by Empire State Realty Group.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has arranged the sale a multifamily building, located at 43 Lexington Ave. in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood. The 3,200-square-foot building, which features four apartments and a full basement, sold for $1.75 million. The building offers two one-bedroom units and two two-bedroom units. Additionally, the basement is currently occupied by an art studio. Ofer Cohen, Melissa Warren, Dan Marks, Peter Matheos and Michael Hernandez of TerraCRG represented both the seller and buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — North Shore-LIJ has acquired 600 Community Drive in Long Island’s Manhasset for $65 million, or $260 per square foot. A partnership led by The Carlton Group’s Chairman Howard Michaels sold the property. Prior to the sale, the building’s ownership group made significant renovations to the property: achieved zoning approval to lease 80,000 square feet of the building for medical office use; approved and implemented a new renovation plans, including interior and improvements and a new façade entrance; and developed a solid pipeline of tenant activity, which allowed the property to become a multi-tenanted building. North Shore-LIJ has been a sub-tenant at the office building for the past eight years.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Onyx Equities and Rubenstein Properties has begun the redevelopment project at 30 Montgomery St., a 15-story, 320,000-square-foot office building in Jersey City. The $20 million redevelopment will bring the building, which was built in the early 1970s, up to modern standards and position it has a premiere office and retail property in Jersey City. The project includes a $5 million exterior window replacement program, enhanced streetscape, ground-floor retail expansion, refurbishment of the façade, modernization of the HVAC system, a new conference center, elevator landing and restroom renovations, and a new, expanded two-story entry lobby. Onyx and Rubenstein purchased the building earlier this year. Completion of the renovation is slated for mid-2015.