BARTONSVILLE, PA. — Aztec Group Inc. has secured a $10.2 million first-mortgage loan for Bartonsville Plaza, a shopping complex located in Bartonsville, a city in northeast Pennsylvania. Bartonsville Plaza is a 49,000-square-foot, four-building retail center anchored by Lowe’s Home Improvement and Kohl’s. Developed by an affiliate of Legend Properties in 2009, Bartonsville Plaza is currently 94 percent leased. Tenants include Sleepy’s, Verizon Wireless, GameStop, Pocono Medical Center, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Great Clips, Sonic and Advance Auto Parts. Ladder Capital, a New York City-based conduit lender provided the 10-year loan, which includes a fixed interest rate and several years of interest-only payments. Howard Taft and Charles Penan of Aztec Group Inc. secured the financing. David Rosenberg of Maverick Capital Partners co-originated the transaction.
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ASHLAND, MASS. — Parsons Commercial Group Inc. (PCG) has completed the $1.9 million sale of 60 Pleasant Street, a 73,475-square-foot industrial warehouse facility in Ashland. Garrett Quinn of PCG represented the buyer, Sixty Pleasant Realty LLC, in this transaction and will continue as the leasing agent for the property. Richard Putprush of REP Realty Advisors represented the seller, Gamewell Realty Inc., in the transaction.
DORCHESTER, MASS. — Wallace Property Co. has completed the renovation of a recently purchased, 48-unit multifamily building in Dorchester, a southern suburb of Boston. Wallace Property acquired the property from the Mayo Group in June 2013 for $5.34 million and immediately began upgrading the property by renovating kitchens and bathrooms in many of the units. The three-story property is located at 5-15 Victory Road.
NEW YORK CITY — On behalf of Nostra Realty, JLL’s capital markets group has sold 12 East 88th Street in New York City to Simon Baron Development Group for $105 million. The 13-story, 65-unit building, located between Fifth and Madison avenues near Central Park, will be converted to luxury condominiums. Richard Baxter, Jon Caplan, Yoron Cohen, Scott Latham, Glenn Tolchin, Jason Gold and Anthony Ledesma led the JLL team in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Hotel owner 10-12 MLane LLC is investing $32 million in a new 25-story, 190-room hotel situated on Maiden Lane between Nassau Street and Broadway in Manhattan. The 76,500-square-foot property will operate under the InterContinental Hotels Group’s (IHG) Hotel Indigo brand. The hotel, which is set to open in 2016, will be the fifth Hotel Indigo hotel in New York City. The hotel will feature approximately 1,450 square feet of meeting space, a fitness center and a rooftop lounge.
BROOKFIELD, CONN. — HKS Capital Partners has arranged a $24.6 million construction loan for a three-story multifamily complex featuring 165 units in Brookfield. The 132,348-square-foot proposed development site is to be called Barnbeck Place Apartments. The 24-month loan rate includes an interest rate below 3 percent and the loan-to-cost was 80 percent.
SECAUCUS, N.J. — CoreSite has celebrated the grand opening of NY2, a 280,000-square-foot data center situated in Secaucus. Sean Brady, Brian Walsh, Lou D’Avanzo and Marc Rosenberg of Cushman & Wakefield are marketing the property. NY2’s features include a connection to CoreSite’s existing NY1 facility in Manhattan and data centers located at 111 8th Ave. and 60 S. Hudson St. in New York and 165 Halsey St. in Newark.
MOUNTAINSIDE, N.J. — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of 1450 Route 22 West, a 41,531-square-foot medical office building (MOB) in Mountainside for $8.5 million, or $203 per square foot. Located near Overlook Medical Center, the building is fully leased to The Center for Ambulatory Surgery, L&M Healthcare Communications and Crest Physical Therapy. Michael Staskiewicz of Lee & Associates-New Jersey LLC represented the seller, ASC Mountainside Realty, which is owned by 36 physicians.
PHILADELPHIA — HFF has closed the sale of Edgewater Apartments, a 290-unit, Class A multifamily complex in the Center City District of Philadelphia. An entity affiliated with JPMorgan purchased the property for approximately $113 million, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal. Edgewater Apartments is located at 2323 Race St. along the Schuylkill River in Center City Philadelphia’s northwest quadrant, known as Logan Square. Completed in 2005, the property includes a 12-story tower with 270 units plus 20 townhomes attached to a five-story, 491-space parking garage. Community amenities at the property include a club room with flat-screen television, fireplace and kitchen, 24-hour fitness center, conference room, business center, concierge service and direct access to the riverfront walkways. Jose Cruz, Andrew Scandalios, Kevin O’Hearn, Jeffrey Julien and Steve Simonelli of HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller. According to HFF, this is the largest multifamily transaction to close in Philadelphia in more than 10 years.
PHILADELPHIA — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $47.3 million sale of Charter Court at East Falls, a 502-unit high-rise apartment complex in Philadelphia’s East Falls neighborhood. Clark Talone, Andrew Townsend and Ridge MacLaren in Marcus & Millichap’s Philadelphia office, represented the seller, Resource Real Estate. Talone, MacLaren and Townsend also advised the buyer, Treetop Development. Charter Court at East Falls includes two 11-story buildings, six commercial spaces, two surface parking lots with a total of 256 parking spaces and a 55-space parking garage. The unit mix is 85 studios, 243 one-bedroom units, 155 two-bedroom apartments, 10 three-bedroom units, two-four-bedroom units and one five-bedroom apartment. Shared amenities include a resort-style pool area with cabanas, a business and fitness center, pet spa and door attendant.