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NEW YORK CITY — United Realty Trust has purchased Tilden Hall, located at 2520 Tilden Ave. in Brooklyn, for $22.9 million. The sales price equates to a value of $195,726 per unit, or $266 price per square foot, and includes a capitalization rate of 9.8 percent. The nine-story multifamily building includes 117 units and spans 86,000 square feet. Highland Park Development leases the property, which signs biyearly service agreements with the city and its Department of HomelessServices to provide transitional housing, counseling and rehabilitation programs for families in need. Greg Corbin and Amit Doshi of Besen & Associates completed the transaction.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Gaia Real Estate has acquired the 478-unit Winchester Park & Winchester Wood, one of the largest apartment complexes in Providence. The undisclosed price was approximately $115,000 per unit. The acquisition also includes 20 acres of land next to the complex in the neighborhood of Riverside in East Providence. Winchester Park & Winchester Wood includes 79 two-and three-story garden- and townhouse-style apartment buildings and one single-story clubhouse building. Gaia Property Management will manage the apartment community. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE/New England represented the seller and procured the buyer.

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ORANGE, N.J. — Beech Street Capital has closed an $8.4 million Fannie Mae conventional loan for the acquisition of South Orange Towers, a 108-unit mid-rise apartment building in Orange, a western suburb of New York City. The fixed-rate loan has a 10-year term, with 2.5 years of interest-only payments, seven-year yield maintenance and a 30-year amortization schedule. South Orange Towers is 99 percent occupied and includes a pool. The borrower plans to make substantial renovations, including replacing windows, renovating kitchens and retiling and refitting baths. Avi Weinstock and Josh Rhine of Meridian Capital Group LLC originated the transaction, which was financed by Beech Street Capital.

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NEWTON, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sale of a 109,751-square-foot industrial complex at 75 Mill Street in Newton, located about 45 miles east of Newark, for $1.4 million. The seller was Newton Industrial Park LLC. The buyer, Darlington Heritage Properties LLC, intends to hold the site for investment purposes. The two-story property includes 21 units with ceiling heights totaling 15 feet, five tailgates and one drive-in door. Sig Schorr and Joseph Vindigni of NAI Hanson represented both parties in the transaction.

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What comes to mind when you say the name “Hoboken” today? A thriving downtown area filled with young, hip residents, high-class retail and 24/7 traffic that rivals areas of downtown Brooklyn. However, that wasn’t the case 10 years ago. National and regional tenants seeking space would first — and in most cases only — look to the suburban centers that were the heart of New Jersey life. Downtown retail areas were seen as lunch-driven areas boasting only five-day foot traffic and not enough parking. Now mainstays like Starbucks, Chipotle and Panera Bread have all made a home for themselves in Hoboken. What has brought about this change ­ — which has seen Hoboken thrive but also brought about a new era of downtown retail that can be seen in the emerging neighborhoods of Newark and Jersey City? A prime factor in these areas’ rise to prominence has been the massive swell of development, not only in office towers but in entertainment centers and residential hubs. The opening of the Prudential Center in Newark four years ago revitalized the area with more than 200 events each year, including home games for the New Jersey Devils. The project was truly the first …

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NEWTON, MASS. — Bierbrier Development has received approval from Newton officials for Needham Street Village Shops, a 19,000-square-foot, small-shop development at located at 55 Needham St. The project is set to begin construction this summer and will be ready for tenant occupancy in late 2013, with a grand opening slated for March 2014. The Needham Street Village Shops site is a 1.5-acre assemblage of two properties previously occupied by International Bicycle and Skipjack’s Restaurant. Worcester, Mass.-based Commerce Bank provided construction and acquisition financing, which was arranged by Kyle Juszczyszyn and Carlos Febres of CBRE New England.

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NEW YORK CITY — HFF has closed the sale of 166 W. 75th Street, a 207-unit multifamily property with 3,425 square feet of ground-floor retail on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. HFF marketed the property exclusively on behalf of the seller. The 16-story building is located near the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue and 75th Street close to Central Park, Riverside Park, Lincoln Center and the 72nd Street Subway Station. Simon Development Group purchased the asset and intends to renovate the property. Jeff Julien, KC Patel, Andrew Scandalios, Jose Cruz and Kevin O’Hearn led the HFF team representing the seller. The sales price was undisclosed.

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BAYONNE, N.J. — Hollister Construction Services has completed the renovation of a 150,000-square-foot industrial facility in Bayonne, located about 10 miles south of New York City. CenterPoint Properties, a developer, owner and manager of industrial real estate, owns the property. Jersey City, N.J.-based Star Snacks Co., a snack nut products manufacturer, will relocate its distribution facilities to the renovated warehouse, located at 30 Pulaski St. Cortland Morgan Architects were the architects.

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NEW YORK CITY — Cronheim Mortgage has secured $20.6 million in acquisition financing for an eight-building, 229-unit, multifamily portfolio located in the Manhattan neighborhoods of Washington Heights and Inwood. The funding was sourced from two banks, each of which financed four buildings for $10.6 million and $10 million on a nonrecourse basis. The combined facility provided 79 percent loan-to-cost financing for the $26 million multifamily purchase. The 10-year loans carry an average 4 percent fixed interest rate and features a 30-year amortization schedule. David Turley and Janet Proscia of Cronheim Mortgage secured the loans.

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