PHILADELPHIA — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $13 million sale of Beechwood Gardens, a 160-unit apartment property in northeast Philadelphia. The sale equates to $81,250 per unit. Clarke Talone, Ridge MacLaren and Andrew Townsend, investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap’s Philadelphia office, represented the seller, a New York-based limited liability company, and the buyer, a local limited liability company. Beechwood Gardens is located at 9805 Haldeman Ave. and is in close proximity to U.S. Route 1 and Interstate 95. Built in 1967 on 5.7 acres, Beechwood Gardens includes 80 one-bedroom units and 80 two-bedroom apartments. More than two-thirds of the units have been renovated.
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NEW YORK CITY — AVANT Capital Partners has originated a $1.4 million bridge loan secured by a condominium portfolio in Brooklyn. The developer of the portfolio used the two-year loan, which carries an interest rate of 10.75 percent, to pay off a discounted construction loan. The 13-story building includes a vacant ground-floor retail space and 38 residential condominiums that were completed and brought to market in 2009. The property is located at 55 Flatbush Ave. in the the Fort Green neighborhood of Brooklyn. Adam Luysterborghs, founding principal at AVANT, originated the loan.
TANNERSVILLE, PA. — EPR Properties has acquired the Camelback Mountain Resort in Tannersville, a city in northeast Pennsylvania, for $70 million. The resort consists of 160 acres of skiable terrain and includes a waterpark, an outdoor adventure park, a 40-lane tubing facility and base lodge. The resort attracts approximately 900,000 visitors annually. The property is currently leased to CBH2O, which has operated the resort since 2005, and has committed to an additional 20-year term. The Camelback Mountain Resort is located approximately 90 miles outside of New York City in the Poconos Mountain region.
NEW YORK CITY — HFF has closed the $35 million sale of a 9,875-square-foot development site in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards neighborhood. HFF worked on behalf of the seller, a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. New York-based real estate developer David Marx purchased the land parcel, located at 448-452 11th Ave. and 556 W. 37th St. Andrew Scandalios and Jose Cruz, senior managing directors, and Jeffrey Julien and Kevin O’Hearn, managing directors, led the HFF team representing the seller.
LIVINGSTON, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $6.3 million sale of a 38,864-square-foot office property in Livingston. David Kelso, an associate director at Marcus & Millichap, marketed the property on behalf of the seller and represented the buyer in the transaction. The office building is located at 301 S. Livingston Ave. and is within walking distance to area amenities, including restaurants, dry cleaners and Kings Supermarket.
CHELMSFORD, MASS. — The RAM Cos. has acquired a 91,476-square-foot office/lab property in Chelmsford, located about 30 miles northwest of Boston. The purchase price was undisclosed. Medical device company Arrow Interventional Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Teleflex Inc., fully occupies the property. Renovated in 2013, the building is situated on 5.7 acres at 16 Elizabeth Drive.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group LLC has arranged $25 million in acquisition financing for a multifamily property in Brooklyn on behalf of Benjamin Werber of Werber Management. A regional commercial lender provided the 10-year loan, which features a fixed interest rate of 3.5 percent. Josh Rhine, vice president at Meridian Capital Group, negotiated this transaction. Originally built as condominiums, the property includes 54 luxury units. The building is located at 202 Eighth St.
NEW YORK CITY — A private Korean-American investor, through his representative in the United States, Tony Park of PD Properties, has purchased a 16,000-square-foot office/retail building in Manhattan for $16.4 million. The six-story property is located at 4 E. 46th St. in the Diamond District and includes 30,000 square feet of unused air rights. The seller was DJM Post Production, a longtime owner that occupied the building for 47 years. David Schechtman, Steven Zimmerman and Paul Nigido of Eastern Consolidated represented DJM and procured the buyer with assistance from Tony Park and Elad Dror of PD Properties. The buyer plans to utilize the property for personal use. Vitae Restaurant recently signed a 10-year lease for the ground-floor retail space, while the upper floors are vacant. Attorneys in the transaction include William Weisner of Tarter Krinsky for the seller and Samuel Ahne of Ahne Law PC for the buyer.
REVERE, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $16.4 million sale of the ground lease on a 120,224-square foot BJ’s Wholesale Club retail store in suburban Boston. The sales prices equates to $136 per square foot. Robert Horvath and Todd Tremblay, both vice presidents of investments in Marcus & Millichap’s Boston office, represented the seller, William Thibeault, owner of Rumney Marshview LLC. The buyer is a local private investor. BJ’s Wholesale Club signed its original 15-year ground lease in March 2008. Built in 2009 on a 13.8-acre parcel, the property is located approximately six miles from downtown Boston at 5 Ward St. in Revere.
NORWOOD, MASS. — CMI Property Inc. has purchased two retail buildings totaling 80,208 square feet, located on an 8.5-acre-site in Norwood, about 20 miles south of Boston. Elliot & Co. LLC represented the buyer, as well as the seller, the Zoppo family, in the transaction. The details of the transactions were not disclosed. The properties are located at 560 – 570 Boston Providence Highway.