NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $1.2 million loan to refinance a 22,500-square-foot apartment building in the Bronx. The 10-year loan includes a fixed interest rate of 3.9 percent for the first five years of the term and a 30-year amortization schedule. Anita Pins, associate director in the firm’s Manhattan office, arranged the refinancing. Built in 1910, the 21-unit apartment building is located at 444 E. 187th St. in the Fordham neighborhood.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. —Benefits Consultants Group Inc., has signed a 21,000-square-foot lease at a Class A office building in Cherry Hill. The 100,000-square-foot office building is located at 51 Haddonfield Road. A joint venture between Bergman Real Estate Group and Time Equities Inc. purchased the property in 2012. Since the acquisition, the joint venture has upgraded areas of the property, including the parking lot and lobby. Anne Klein, senior managing director, and Brian Sherlock, director at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, represented ownership in the transaction. Ken Clyman of Ken Clyman Realty and Klein co-brokered the transaction on behalf of Benefits Consultants Group.
NEW YORK CITY — Boston Properties Inc. has entered into an agreement to sell its 45 percent ground-leasehold interest and related tax credits in Times Square Tower for $684 million in cash. An affiliate of Norges Bank will buy the interest. The property is unencumbered by debt. Boston Properties and an affiliate of Norges Bank will form a joint venture upon closing, and Boston Properties will retain property and leasing management for the venture. Times Square Tower is a 1.2 million-square-foot, Class A office tower located in the heart of Times Square in New York City. The 99 percent occupied property was developed by Boston Properties and completed in 2004. The property is subject to a ground lease with the City of New York with 76 years remaining, and it benefits from a Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program through June 2024. The joint venture will hold the contractual right to purchase the fee interest in the property beginning in July 2024.
BOSTON — Value Place, an economy extended-stay hospitality brand, and Dinosaur Capital Partners, a Boston-based development and investment firm, plan to develop 12 new corporate hotels in the Boston area during the next two years. Boston is Wichita, Kan.-based Value Place’s latest focus in its continuing expansion across the country. Value Place has teamed with Dinosaur Capital Partners to identify, acquire and develop suitable locations, with construction of the company’s first Boston-area, 124-unit property slated to begin in the first quarter of 2014. Initially, Dinosaur and Value Place will focus on acquiring locations in and around Boston, but within Route 495. Jack DeBoer, creator of Residence Inn, Summerfield Suites and Candlewood Suites, founded Value Place.
CLAYMONT, DEL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged $4.8 million sale of River Club, a 90-unit, age-restricted apartment property located in Claymont, a northern suburb of Wilmington. Ridge MacLaren, Andrew Townsend and Clarke Talone, investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap’s Philadelphia office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership, and the buyer, a limited liability company. River Club is located at 7807 Governor Printz Blvd. Built in 1989, the 55-plus community includes 83 one-bedroom, one-bath units and seven two-bedroom, two-bath units. The property features a sundeck overlooking the Delaware River, fitness center, cyber café and gaming room.
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J. — Two companies have signed long-term leases at Cedar Knolls Corporate Center, a 118,000-square-foot, Class A office property in Cedar Knolls. P–Value Communications, a medical communications firm serving the healthcare industry, committed to 8,380 square feet at the office property. The firm is relocating from Parsippany. Chris Conklin and JC Giordano from Jones Lang LaSalle represented P-Value in the transaction. Additionally, OLI Systems, a privately owned simulation technology firm serving chemical manufacturing and engineering service companies, signed a 6,002-square-foot lease at the property. Kathi Sica and John Negri from Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT represented OLI Systems in its relocation from Morris Plains, N.J. Cushman & Wakefield Inc., the leasing agent for the property, represented the landlord, MB1 Capital Partners, in the transactions.
HARRISBURG, PA. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. has arranged a $11.7 million loan for the refinancing of Campus Heights, a student housing property located near Penn State University in Harrisburg. The 10-year loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule and carries a 4.1 percent interest rate. Campus Heights is located at 277 W. Main St., about 0.2 miles from Penn State’s campus. Rent begins at $595 per month for a one-bedroom unit.
MANSFIELD, MASS. — Fantini & Gorga has arranged $3.7 million in permanent first mortgage financing for Rumford 214 Lofts in Mansfield, located about 34 miles south of Boston. Rumford Management LLC, an affiliate of Crugnale Properties, was the borrower. Casimir Groblewski, managing director at Fantini & Gorga, represented the client and arranged the financing. A Massachusetts-based financial institution was the lender. Rumford 214 Lofts is a newly completed multifamily property located next to Mansfield’s commuter rail station. Annino Inc. designed the property, and The Reskon Group of Boston provided construction management services. The four-story building includes 24 loft-style, two-bedroom units and 4,000 square feet of first-floor retail space.
NEW YORK CITY — Colliers International has arranged a 15-year lease at 469 Seventh Ave. with the City of New York leasing 66,800 square feet in the building as part of a large relocation. The multiple-floor space will serve as administrative offices and meeting rooms for the New York City Police Department’s Manhattan south traffic enforcement division. The city agency will occupy part of the ground floor, including a private entrance and elevators, as well as the entire second, third and fourth floors and part of the sixth floor. The 267,000-square-foot office building is situated at the southeast corner of West 36th Street, with access to transportation, including Penn Station and the Port Authority Bus Terminal. The agency is slated to move into its new space in January 2014. Eric Meyer and Marty Meyer and Dan Shavolian of Foremost Real Estate own the building. Keith Cody, John Morrill and Doug Holowink of CBRE Group represented the city of New York in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — A new 132-room Holiday Inn hotel has opened its doors in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood. Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect PC, the eight-story hotel features a red brick façade with blue and green brick inserts. The 60,000-square-foot hotel, located at 150 Delancey St., also features a landscaped courtyard, guest lounge, full-service restaurant and bar, fitness center, meeting facilities and complimentary Internet access.