NEW YORK CITY — Turin, Italy-based Eataly has leased more than 44,000 square feet of ground floor, lower level and rooftop space at 200 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan for its flagship New York City Marketplace. The new eatery will be located in L&L Holdings’ 850,000-square-foot building Flatiron District Building. L&L is completing a $135 million redevelopment program that includes restoration of the property’s façade and infrastructure. Scheduled to open by next summer, the new store will feature a retail center for Italian wine, a culinary educational center and a boutique eateries. Each retail area will be paired with its own dedicated restaurant that will include a wood-fired pizza and pasta bar, a cheese and salami counter, a steak restaurant, a vegetarian restaurant, a crudo and seafood bar and an Italian bar.
LEVITTOWN, PA. — Three retailers have opened at DLC Management Corporation’s new 468,675-square-foot Levittown Town Center in Levittown. Wal-Mart Supercenter, Ross Dress for Less and Famous Footwear will join a roster of retailers that include KFC/Taco Bell, Sonic, Wachovia and The Home Depot. Other retailers are scheduled to open in the center towards the end of the year.
NEW YORK CITY — The Community Preservation Corp. has closed a $2.1 million Freddie Mac loan to refinance a mixed-use rental building located in Manhattan, New York City. The two, five-story buildings are located at 79 Sherman Ave. and 152 Dyckman St. in the borough’s Inwood district and contain 38 apartment units, six retail stores and two office apartments. The owner and borrower is Silpar Realty.
TAUNTON, MASS. — Richards Barry Joyce & Partners (RBJ) has brokered a long-term, 61,500-square-foot lease renewal for Kopin Corp., located at 200 John Hancock Rd. in Taunton. Situated in Myles Standish Industrial Park, the building serves as Kopin’s corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility for its III-V and military display products. The lease is for a 10-year term. John Lashar, Paul Leone and Caleb Hudak of RBJ represented Kopin in the lease. The landlord, Bridgewater Wyman, was represented in-house.
ATTLEBORO, MASS. — Apartment Realty Advisors (ARA) brokered the sale of Crystal Village, a 91-unit apartment community located in Attleboro. The apartment community is situated on 7.3 acres within close proximity to I-95. It contains a 100 percent market rate community comprised of one- and two-bedroom garden style units as well as 30 two-bedroom townhouse units. Amenities include a heated indoor swimming pool, a basketball court, a tennis court, a fitness center, laundry facilities, and a barbecue/picnic area. The property sold for $9 million to Village Residential, a private Massachusetts-based investor. The seller, EQR-Quail Run Vistas, was represented by ARA’s Richard Robinson, Brendan Reilly, Terry Scott and Stephen Ordway.
WESTWOOD, MASS. — FHO Partners has negotiated a 33,857-square-foot lease renewal for office space at 20 Southwest Park in Westwood. The space was leased by Acumentrics Corp. Owned by Maric, Inc., Southwest Park is strategically located I-95 and Route 1. Sean Teague and Leeanne Rizzo of FHO represented Acumentrics Corp.
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Jaime Weiss and Matthew Weiss of Weiss Realty Co. have represented Paljer Company in a 10-year lease transaction with Dollar General for 15,593 square feet at 419 Market St. in Saddle Brook. Consultant Tim Keeley represented Dollar General in the lease transaction. Weiss Realty also brokered a land lease for a new 2,400-square-foot Capital One Bank with drive-through on the site. Construction on the bank is expected to start this summer.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Arbor Commercial Funding has arranged a $7.78 million loan under the Fannie Mae DUS MBS Loan product line. The loan was for a 128-unit property known as the Bridgeport Portfolio in Bridgeport. The 10-year loan amortizes on a 30-year schedule and carries a note rate of 5.9 percent. The loan was originated by Stephen York of Arbor’s New York City lending office. The loan was used to refinance and pull out trapped equity that could be used towards the purchase of additional multifamily properties.
EDISON, N.J. — Groundbreaking will occur Wednesday for Edison Towne Square, an approximately 98-acre mixed-use redevelopment project located in Edison. The project is situated on Route 1 at the site of the former Ford automotive plant, which closed in 2004. Plans for Edison Towne Square include retail and office space, a movie theater and other entertainment tenants, seven restaurants, a hotel with meeting space, walking and bike trails, and a 7.5-acre parcel that will be set aside for a community center for the town. The project is being developed by Secaucus, N.J.-based Hartz Mountain Industries and will be owned by an affiliate of the company. The project architect is Baltimore-based The Development Design Group. The construction timetable was not disclosed.
HACKENSACK AND LIVINGSTON, N.J., AND NEW YORK CITY — Livingston-based Jarmel Kizel Architects & Engineers has completed design work for three new restaurants. The first project is a 1,200-square-foot Bocconi Pasta Pronto & More, located at 363 Essex St. in Hackensack. The restaurant opened in June and is a prototype design for three or four more locations that are planned to open in New Jersey. The second project is Carmine’s Livingston, a 7,300-square-foot restaurant located at 405 Eisenhower Pkwy. in Livingston. The completed project consisted of the adaptive reuse of a former stagecoach stop that had later served as a tavern for 40 years until closing 7 years ago. The final project is a 7,300-square-foot T.G.I. Friday’s that will be located at 1780 Gun Hill Rd. in the Bronx, New York City. Completion is scheduled for this summer. Jarmel Kizel is completing the project on behalf of The Briad Group with assistance from Vornado Realty Trust, the owner of the strip center in which the restaurant pad site will be located.