BOSTON — Charlotte-based commercial lender Barings has provided a $115 million loan for the refinancing of the 471-room Renaissance Boston Seaport Hotel. Built in 2008 and set to be renovated next year, the hotel offers amenities such as 21,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a 10,700-square-foot ballroom, club lounge, recently renovated fitness center, an indoor pool and several food-and-beverage outlets. Eastdil Secured arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between affiliates of Rockpoint, Highgate and hotelAVE.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Regional brokerage firm Horvath & Tremblay has arranged the $11.6 million sale of North End Shops at Livingston Park, a shopping center in Manchester, located near the New Hampshire-Massachusetts border. The property was built on 4.4 acres in 1987 and renovated in 2017. Dollar Tree anchors the center, which was fully leased at the time of sale. Bob Horvath, Todd Tremblay, Aaron Huntley and Matt Nadler of Horvath & Tremblay represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6.4 million sale of an 18,130-square-foot retail strip center in North Bergen, located just outside of New York City. Known as Aaron’s Strip Center due to the furniture and electronics retailer serving as the anchor, the property was fully leased to six tenants at the time of sale. Alan Cafiero, Brent Hyldahl and Devin Perez of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, a local private investor, in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
TOTOWA, N.J. — Wise Foods has signed a 61,000-square-foot industrial lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Totowa. The Pennsylvania-based snack maker is taking space at 70 Maltese Drive, an 84,000-square-foot building that features a clear height of 16 feet, 10 loading docks and two drive-in doors. Andrew Stypa, Daniel Badenhausen and Kyle Janoczkin of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Boston-based Longpoint.
WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — JLL has brokered the $33.4 million sale of Princeton Overlook, a 158,180-square-foot office building in West Windsor, a suburb of Trenton. The building was constructed in 1988 on a four-acre site that can support additional expansion. Jose Cruz, Jeremy Neuer and Bradley Wachenfeld of JLL represented the seller, an entity doing business as Cali Overlook LLC, in the transaction. The trio also procured the buyer, Princeton University, which is a current tenant at the building along with UBS Financial Services and Regus Coworking.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Fulton Bank has provided a construction loan of an undisclosed amount for Phase I of Liberty Storage Center, a 795-unit project in Jersey City. The six-story facility will be located at 300 Thomas McGovern Drive and will span 103,500 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. Michael Klein, Jon Mikula and Ryan Carroll of JLL placed the loan with Fulton Bank on behalf of the borrower, locally based developer Tulfra Real Estate. Liberty Storage Center will ultimately feature 260,000 net rentable square feet of product that will be developed in three phases. Public Storage will be the operator.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $17 million sale of an 11,183-square-foot retail condominium located at 2688 Broadway in Manhattan. The space comprises 8,158 square feet on the ground floor and 3,025 square feet on the lower level and is leased to CVS Health Corp., which has 15 years remaining on the lease. Andrew Berry and Charlie Gravina of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, French investment firm Corum Asset Management, in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Locally based design-build firm TRIA has completed the build-out of a 50,000-square-foot life sciences space in Cambridge, located across the Charles River from Boston. The space is a build-to-suit for biopharmaceutical user Korro Bio, which develops therapies for patients with a range of diseases, and features a multitude of flexible workspaces, meeting and collaboration areas and designated lab facilities. The building is located at 60 First St. and is a redevelopment of a former Sears facility.
WAKEFIELD, MASS. — Boston-based Eastern Bank has signed a 51,751-square-foot office lease in Wakefield, a northern suburb of Boston. The space is located within the 155,000-square-foot building at 601 Edgewater Drive, which is part of a larger 1 million-square-foot campus known as The Edge. Newmark represented the landlord, Hobbs Brook Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. Cushman & Wakefield represented Eastern Bank, which plans to take occupancy in the third quarter of next year.
NEW YORK CITY — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has provided a $204.9 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of a 584-unit apartment tower in the Long Island City area of Queens. The 26-story building at 46-10 Center Blvd. houses studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom residences and one ground-floor retail space totaling 7,733 square feet. Amenities at the property include a fitness center, multiple lounge areas, coworking space and a rooftop terrace. The building is LEED certified. Michael Casey of M&T Realty Capital originated the debt on behalf of the borrower, locally based investment and development firm TF Cornerstone. The loan features a 35-year amortization schedule and full-term, interest-only payments. According to Casey, the loan underwriting offered the borrower “a very competitive structure.” M&T Realty Capital Corp., a Fannie Mae DUS lender, is a wholly owned subsidiary of M&T Bank that provides financing for multifamily properties, commercial income properties and healthcare facilities. In addition to apartments, TF Cornerstone owns more than 1 million square feet of retail space throughout New York City and 2.5 million square feet of office properties in Washington, D.C., and New York City, including Carnegie Hall Tower. — Kristin Harlow and Taylor Williams