NEW YORK CITY — Florida-based Waterbury Meadow LLC has purchased 3450 Broadway in New York’s Hamilton Heights area for $8.5 million. The six-story, 32,010-square-foot building offers 24 residential units and five retail spaces, including Papa Juan Cigar Room. Built in 1925, the building was 100 percent rented at the time of sale. Lazer Sternhell and Peter Vanderpool of Cignature Realty Associates represented the seller, 3450 Partners LCC, and the buyer in the transaction.
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SUMMIT, N.J. — MRY Associates and Normandy Real Estate Partners have broken ground for the development of 466 Springfield Avenue, a four-story boutique office and retail building in downtown Summit. The 32,500-square-foot building will offer 28,000 square feet of office space and 4,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The property is slated for completion in spring 2015.
NATICK, MASS. — R.W. Holmes has brokered the sale of 679 Worcester Road in Natick. Boston India Realty LLC purchased the 13,000-square-foot office building for $2.7 million from 679 Worcester Road Trust. TalentBurst, an affiliate of the buyer, will occupy the first floor of the building. Craig Johnston and Garry Holmes of R.W. Holmes Realty represented both parties in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. has purchased Ivanhoe Cambridge’s stake in 388-390 Greenwich Street, a two-building, 2.6 million-square-foot office property in Manhattan, in conjunction with a $1.45 billion refinancing of the property. A lending group comprising Citigroup, Bank of China, Wells Fargo and Barclays provided the new 7-year mortgage. The loan, which has an interest at LIBOR plus 1.75 percent, features an initial 4-year term and three 1-year as-of-right extension options. The loan is replacing the former $1.14 billion financing. The refinancing follows the triple-net lease renewal by an affiliate of Citigroup Inc. for the entire 2.6 million-square-foot complex through year-end 2035, and SL Green’s agreement to purchase Ivanhoe Cambridge’s stake. Eastdil Secured arranged the financing of behalf of SL Green. Callahan Capital Properties and Eastdil Secured advised Ivanhoe Cambridge in the transaction. Ivanhoe Cambridge expects to reinvest proceeds, building a national U.S. office platform alongside our strategic partner Callahan Capital Properties.
TUCKAHOE, N.Y. — Roseland, a subsidiary of Mack-Cali Realty Corp., Glenco Group and Mirado Properties have broken ground on 150 Main Street, a multifamily development in Tuckahoe. Designed by Minno & Wasko Architects and Planners, the four-story building will offer 61 one-bedroom and 47 two-bedroom units, as well as 3,500 square feet of ground-level retail space. The apartments will feature hardwood flooring, stainless steel appliances, marble countertops and in-unit washer/dryers. Community amenities include a fitness center, yoga studio, clubroom, and an outdoor terrace with gardens, a water sculpture, stone fireplace pit with seating area and an outdoor kitchen. Additionally, the community will feature a 169-space underground parking garage and 19 surface parking spots. The project is slated for completion in fourth quarter 2015, with units available for occupancy in early 2016.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has brokered the sale of four multifamily properties in Park Slope and Carroll Gardens for a total of $12.5 million. New York-based Slate Property Group purchased 310 12th Street, a four-story, 20-unit apartment building in Park Slope, for $6 million or $410 per square foot. Also in Park Slope, an Israel-based investor acquired 14 Lincoln Place, a four-story, eight-unit building, for $3.5 million, which equates to $391 per square foot and a 3.53 percent cap rate. Additionally, a local investor purchased 96-98 Baltic Street, two four-story, eight-unit buildings in Brooklyn’s Columbia Waterfront district, for $3.1 million or $254 per square foot. Adam Hess, Sam Shalumov and Chris Pechlivanides of TerraCRG handled the transactions.
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Walker & Dunlop has provided $14.5 million in bridge financing through the company’s interim loan program to AFC Forsgate Owner LLC. The borrower, which is a joint venture between Artemis Real Estate Partners, Focus Healthcare Partners and Chelsea Senior Living, plans use the loan to refinance Chelsea at Forsgate. Located in Monroe Township, the 120-unit assisted living facility was originally constructed in 1996 and purchased by the borrower in February 2013. Since acquisition, the borrower has made capital improvements to the property and plans additional improvements. John Pantone and Jim Cope led the Walker & Dunlop team that structured the three-year, interest-only, cash-out transaction.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — CBRE Group has brokered a 173,746-square-foot industrial renewal and expansion lease in New Brunswick. Prime Source Building Products will continue to occupy space at 14 and 20 Van Dyke Avenue as its Northeast distribution hub. The company renewed its lease for 84,824 square feet at 20 Van Dyke Ave. and expanded into 88,922 square feet at 14 Van Dyke Ave. Scott Belfer and Lou Belfer of CBRE represented the landlord, Van Dyke Associates, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Colt Equities and Ruby Ventures has acquired the leasehold of 11 Green Street in New York’s SoHo district. The joint venture plans to develop a mixed-use property at the site, which is currently a surface parking facility. The 13,900-square-foot lot allows for the development of a building featuring more than 75,000 gross buildable square feet, including sub-grade space in a seven-story envelope. Development plans include approximately 16,000 square feet of total ground-floor and lower-floor retail space, as well as more than 30 luxury residential rental units on the second and sixth floors with a partial mezzanine level on the seventh floor.
NEW YORK CITY — New York-based Madison Realty Capital (MRC) is consolidating all future equity and debt investments under a single brand: Madison Realty Capital. Historically, the company’s equity investments were made through Silverstone Property, a 100 percent controlled affiliate. In addition to the rebranding, MRC has acquired 440-442 Tenth Avenue, which includes two mixed-use properties located between 34th and 35th streets in the Hudson Yards district, as well as 2094-2104 Frederick Douglass Blvd., an 11,254-square-foot retail property in West Harlem. The Tenth Avenue properties, which sold for $9.75 million, total 20,000 square feet and offer 34 apartments. The Frederick Douglass property was acquired for $7.25 million.