NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has closed a $38 million first-mortgage bridge loan for the acquisition of the former St. John's Queens Hospital building at 90-02 Queens Boulevard in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens. The borrower plans to use the funds to redevelop the 266,322-square-foot medical facility, which has been closed since its operator went bankrupt in 2009. The new ownership, a group of mostly foreign investors led by developer Steve Wu, will repurpose the building, creating a mixed-use project that will include 144 residential units and 118,213 square feet of commercial and community space. The buyer also acquired the four-story, 89,601-square-foot parking garage located behind the hospital building, which features 290 parking spaces.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of 1128 Third Avenue in Manhattan for $9.5 million. Starbucks Coffee occupies the ground floor and anchors the 5,309-square-foot Upper East Side property. The four-story, mixed-use building includes one retail store, one commercial floor and two residential units. Adelaide Polsinelli, senior director and head of Eastern’s retail sales group, arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Chicago-based real estate investment firm L3 Capital LLC. Attorneys Joel Rubin and Joshua Kurtz of Seyfarth Shaw LLP also represented the seller. Ronda Rogovin, principal and senior director with Eastern Consolidated, represented the buyer, a local investor. Attorneys Anthony Cornicello of Cornicello, Tendler & Baumel-Cornicello LLP also represented the buyer.
NEEDHAM, MASS. — Fantini & Gorga has arranged $4.6 million in equity and debt financing for the construction of Webster Street Green, a 10-unit townhouse condominium project in Needham, a western suburb of Boston. Webster Street Green will include 10 two- and three-bedroom units with garages. The equity portion of the financing was placed with a private investment fund, and the debt with a regional bank. Tim O’Donnell, a principal at Fantini & Gorga, arranged the financing.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of 711 Madison Avenue, a mixed-used property in Manhattan, for $49 million. A joint venture of Sitt Asset Management and Ashkenazy Acquisition purchased the five-story property from long-time owner, Madison Immobilier NV. Located at the southeast corner of East 63rd Street, 711 Madison Avenue is anchored by international women’s retailer Roberto Cavalli. The retailer occupies 1,600 square feet on the ground and second floors and the basement. The property also includes nine rental apartments on floors three through five, as well as 10,420 square feet of air rights. Adelaide Polsinelli, senior director with Eastern Consolidated and head of the firm’s retail sales group, arranged the transaction on behalf of the buyer and the seller.
NEW YORK CITY — Whitestone Grocery Shopping Center LLC, an entity controlled by Onyx Equities and Crow Holdings, has sold Waldbaum’s Shopping Center in Queens for $23.9 million. Feil Whitestone LLC, an entity controlled by The Feil Organization, purchased the fully leased, 62,000-square-foot shopping center. The property is located at the intersection of 10th Avenue and 154th Street in the Whitestone neighborhood. Waldbaum’s Supermarket anchors the center and master leases the entire property on a long-term, triple-net basis. The supermarket subleases the remaining portion to a mix of local tenants. Jeffrey Dunne and David Gavin of CBRE’s New York institutional group represented the buyer and the seller in the transaction.
BOONTON AND BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. has acquired two shopping centers in New Jersey. The first retail property is the 63,000-square-foot Boonton A&P Center in Boonton, located about 20 miles northwest of Newark.The shopping center was purchased for $18.4 million and includes an existing mortgage of $7.8 million. The loan requires payments of principal and interest at a fixed rate of 4.2 percent annually until September 2022, according to Urstadt Biddle Properties. Tenants at the property include A&P Grocery Store, Dunkin’ Donuts, Chase Bank, Subway, Supercuts and Sprint. The second property is the 56,000-square-foot Bloomfield A&P Center in Bloomfield, a northern suburb of Newark. The shopping center was purchased for approximately $11 million and includes an existing mortgage of $7.7 million. The loan requires payments of principal and interest at a fixed rate of 6.43 percent annually until August 2016, according to Urstadt. A 30,750-square-foot A&P Grocery Store anchors the center, along with an 8,950-square-foot Walgreens.
NASHUA, N.H. — Linear Retail Properties LLC has acquired a 5,692-square-foot freestanding retail building in Nashua for $3.1 million. Uno Chicago Grill occupies the single-tenant restaurant property, located at 304 Daniel Webster Highway, about 19 miles south of Manchester. The restaurant has been operating at this location since 1988. Rick Rostoff with Spectra Realty represented Linear Retail in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Blackstone Real Estate Advisors LP has secured $186 million in acquisition financing for a 15-property, select-service hotel portfolio on the East Coast. Deutsche Bank provided the five-year, floating-rate loan. The portfolio includes 1,642 rooms that are located in Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Delaware. Peter Nicoletti, executive managing director, and Mathew Comfort, managing director, along with Dustin Stolly and Bill Grice, executive vice presidents, led the Jones Lang LaSalle team, which arranged the financing. “The portfolio benefits from superior sponsorship that provided a significant equity investment of nearly $50 million, as well as their global brand recognition,” says Comfort. “In addition to the strong in-place cash flow, there is limited new supply in each market, which will bolster the portfolio’s performance going forward.”
NEW YORK CITY — Brack Capital Real Estate (BCRE) has sold The Greystone, a 362-unit luxury apartment building at 212 W. 91st St., for approximately $139 million. Acuity Capital Partners purchased the property. BCRE converted The Greystone, which was built as a hotel in 1923, into a luxury residential property in 2009. The Greystone includes apartments ranging from studios to three-bedroom units with modern design elements and premium finishes. Amenities at the property include a resident’s lounge, fitness center, bicycle storage, valet service, landscaped roof lounge and sun deck. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty Group represented the seller and buyer in the transaction. Eastdil Secured acted as an advisor to the seller. Acuity has taken out a $113.7 million loan facility on the property from Ares Commercial Real Estate, which was arranged by Michael Edery of Paradigm Funding.
NEW YORK CITY —Terreno Realty Corp. has acquired JFK Airgate, a four-building property totaling 229,000 square feet, and an adjacent parcel in Queens for $53.1 million. JFK Airgate, located approximately one-half mile north of John F. Kennedy International Airport, is approximately 98.6 percent leased to 18 tenants, including some of the largest international air cargo and logistics firms. The 65,000-square-foot Airgate I is a warehouse with 14 dock-high and three grade-level loading positions and parking for 56 cars at 151-02 132nd Ave. Airgate II is also a warehouse that spans 66,000 square feet with 12 dock-high and three grade-level loading positions and parking for 76 cars at 150-10 132nd Ave. The 73,000-square-foot Airgate III is a distribution building with 18 dock-high and one grade-level loading positions and parking for 138 cars at 152-02 Baisley Blvd. Airgate IV is an office building spanning 25,000 square feet and includes parking for 58 cars at 152-01 133rd Ave. The 0.2-acre paved parcel includes parking for 27 cars at Baisley Boulevard and 132nd Avenue. The estimated stabilized cap rate of the property is 5.3 percent, according to San Francisco-based Terreno Realty Corp.