NEW YORK CITY — Chesapeake Lodging Trust is converting its property at 30-32 West 31st St. in New York City to the Hyatt Herald Square. The conversion is expected to occur after the completion of a $6 million renovation. The new property is expected to open in the third quarter of this year. Designed by Paul Vega of New York-based VLDG designs, the transformation will include an all-inclusion renovation to each of the 122 guestrooms and a redesign of the lobby and the food and beverage experience. Chesapeake Lodging Trust has entered into a franchise agreement with a Hyatt affiliate to convert the property.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an apartment building, located at 314-316 50th St. in Sunset Park section of Brooklyn. The four-story, 20-unit property sold for $2.7 million to an undisclosed private investor. Matthew Fotis and Jeb Hollingsworth of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the buyer and the undisclosed seller in the 1031 exchange sale.
CLINTON, CONN. — 30 Old Post LLC has purchased an 11.2-acre industrially zoned site in Clinton for an undisclosed price. Located at 30 Old Post Rd., the site offers active rail freight service and was previously used by Cheeseborough Ponds Company/Unilever. The buyer intends to remove the existing building, which collapsed in 2013. Kevin Geenty and Kristin Geenty of The Geenty Group brokered the transaction for the buyer and seller, Old Post Road Associates LLC. Robert Harrington III of Branford, Conn., and Alan Askinazi of New Jersey provided legal representation for the buyer, while Timothy Yolen of New Haven, Conn., provided legal services for the seller.
BELMAR, N.J. — MB1 Capital Partners has purchased the former Freedman’s Bakery building in Belmar for an undisclosed price. The company plans to renovate the property and lease the majority of the building to East Coast Beer Co., which produces a line of craft brews under the Beach Haus label. The new brewery will produce and package malt beverages for distribution to wholesalers and retailers, as well as offer educational tours and tastings. The principals of MB1 Capital Partners have an owner interest in East Coast Beer Co. Additional terms of the sale were not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Silvershore Properties has purchased four multifamily buildings, totaling 37,100 square feet, in Brooklyn for $7.3 million. The company acquired 314 50th Street in Sunset Park (20 units) for $2.7 million, 167 Waverly Avenue in Clinton Hill (eight units) for $2.2 million, 87 Java Street in Greenpoint (four units) for $1.4 million, and 954 Nostrand Avenue in Lefferts Garden (two residential units and three retail shops) for $925,000. The sellers were not disclosed.
PLAINSBORO, N.J. — Affiliates of Harbor Group International (HGI) have acquired Pheasant Hollow, a 439-unit apartment community in Plainsboro. A partnership of Vantage Group and Angelo Gordon & Co. sold the property, which comprises 28 garden-style buildings, for $62.55 million. HGI plans to invest $3 million in common area improvements and interior upgrades at the property, which will be renamed Addison at Princeton Meadows. Additionally the community recently received a new fitness center, leasing center, signage and improved tennis courts and playground facilities. Jose Cruz of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Massey Knakal has completed the sale of eight elevator-serviced buildings in Brooklyn in an all-cash transaction valued at $78 million or approximately $187 per square foot and $173,000 per unit. The properties total 416,352 square feet and 452 rent-stabilized units. The acquisition includes the 42,000-square-foot 357 Avenue P property (53 rental units), the 50,500-square-foot 79 Brighton 11th Street (59 units), the 117,600-square-foot 125 Brighton 11th Street building (112 units), and the 206,432-square-foot, 228-unit Manhattan Beach Estate, located at 200 and 210 Brighton 15th St. and 211, 1511 and 1521 Brightwater Ave. Alex Svetlakou and Bob Knakal of Massey Knakal brokered the transaction. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Direct Realty has sold 334-336 West 46th Street, along Manhattan’s Restaurant Row. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $9.5 million. The property consists of two four-story, mixed-use buildings, including 10 free-market residential units and ground-level commercial space. Additionally, the parcel offers approximately 15,000 square feet of unused development rights. A master lease through January 2015 currently encumbers the residential units, and the lease of the commercial tenant, O’Flaherty’s Ale House Irish Pub, expires in February 2014 with no extension options. David Schechtman and Lipa Lieberman of Eastern Consolidated represented both parties in the transaction.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — L’Occitane en Provence has signed a long-term lease for a Class A warehouse and distribution facility located at 120 Herrod Blvd. in South Brunswick. Forsgate Industrial Partners LP owns the 176,783-square-foot property. Constructed in 1986, the property offers 11,104 square feet of office space, 26-foot ceilings, 16 loading docks and 198 parking spaces. David Knee and Blake Chroman of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the tenant; Catherine Argenio represented the owner in-house.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap represented a private investor in the disposition of 87-67 171st Street in the Jamaica neighborhood Queens. The 26,000-square-foot development site sold for $1.44 million. Matthew Fotis and Lazarus Apostolidis of Marcus & Millichap represented both parties in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed private investor.