NORWALK, CONN. — InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has opened its first EVEN Hotels property for the recently launched EVEN brand. Located at 426 Main Ave. in Norwalk, the 129-room hotel is designed to meet guests’ desire to maintain a healthy lifestyle while traveling. The hotel features a three-zone Athletic Studio, including a flex room for spinning and yoga classes, and healthy food and beverage options from its Cork & Kale Market and Bar. The EVEN Hotel Norwalk is owned and managed by IHG. The brand currently has four hotels in the pipeline: one in Rockville, Md.; one in Brooklyn, N.Y.; and two properties in midtown Manhattan.
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NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital (MRC) has completed the disposition of 150 West 84th Street for $12.28 million. The five-story, 13,260-square-foot building consists of 20 residential units. MRC originally purchased the property in 2012 for $7.13 million and spent the last two years renovating and repositioning the building. The buyer was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of 205 St. James Place, a four-story, walk-up apartment building in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood. The eight-unit property sold for $3.95 million or $494,000 per unit, which translates to 17.5 times the rent roll. Constructed in 1930, the 9,316-square-foot building is located within walking distance to the Clinton-Washington Avenues and Franklin Avenue subway stations, which service the C, G and S lines. Shlomo Antebi of GFI represented the seller and Joseph Landau of GFI represented the buyer. Both the seller and buyer are local investors.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $22.5 million loan to refinance a multifamily property located at 680 West End Ave. in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Provided by a regional balance sheet lender, the five-year loan features a 3.33 percent fixed rate. Carol Shelby of Meridian’s New York City office negotiated the transaction. The 13-story building features 58 apartments and seven professional units.
NEW YORK CITY — White Plains, N.Y.-based Acadia Realty Trust has purchased a two-parcel, 1.38-acre site at 2520 Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn. Capital One Bank sold the property for $17.1 million. The 30,000-square-foot property is leased to Capital One Bank and Bob’s Discount Furniture. The acquisition also included a sale-leaseback with Capital One Bank for its portion of the property. Corey Gluckstal and Guy Canzoneri of Sabre Real Estate Group represented the buyer in the transaction.
CAMDEN, N.J. — Love Funding has secured a $17.5 million loan for Broadway Townhomes, a 175-unit townhouse community in Camden. The loan is the first of its kind to be approved under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Rental Assistance Demonstration program. The programs allows proven financing tools to be applied to preserve and upgrade at-rise public and assisted housing and provides for a long-term Section 8 rental assistance contract. The property will be renovated using tax-exempt bonds provided by the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency in combination with 4 percent low-income housing tax credits and the proceeds from the loan, which is being insured through HUD’s 221(d)(4) program. Leonard Lucas of Love’s Boston office arranged the transaction.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — CBRE Group has arranged the purchase of 20 East Halsey Road in Parsippany. GTJ REIT purchased the 75,000-square-foot industrial flex property for $3.3 million. Situated on 7.8 acres, the property has been vacant for more than 20 years. The buyer plans to refurbish the property to accommodate either a single or multiple tenants. Thomas Mallaney and Susan Branch of CBRE represented the buyer in the transaction.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — The New Haven Register has leased 18,000 square feet at 100 Gando Dr. in New Haven. The New Haven Register will occupy two floors of the building, which is known as the Star Supply Building. The new space will house a modern workspace and offer on-site parking for the company’s 160 employees. Praxis Commercial, along with Tim Fegan and David Hansen of CBRE, brokered the transaction for the New Haven Register.
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, PA. — Dermody Properties and Granite Real Estate Investment Trust will start construction on a 750,000-square-foot industrial facility at Berks Park 78 in Bethel Township. Located at 41 Martha Dr., the state-of-the-art industrial warehousing and distribution facility will feature 36-foot clear height, 316 car parking spaces and 322 trailer parking spaces. Dermody Properties is serving as developer and operating partner, and Granite is the majority equity partner on the project. Located off Interstate 78 in the heart of the Pennsylvania I-81/I-78 Industrial Corridor, the 323-acre Berks Park 78 is currently home to distribution operations for Dollar General and PetSmart. Gerry Blinebury, Pat McBride and Adam Campbell of Cushman & Wakefield are marketing the new facility.
WEST CHESTER, PA. — New York Life has acquired Bradford Plaza, a shopping center located at 700 Downington Pike in West Chester, for $35.7 million. The 161,000-square-foot center is 88 percent occupied by Giant Foods, Petco, Walgreens and a Giant fuel station. The 22-acre site also has a 4,300-square-foot proposed pad site for future development. Karen Iman and Gary Gabriel of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.