NEW YORK CITY — Denham Wolf Real Estate Services has brokered a 10-year, 7,200-square-foot lease at 171 Madison Ave. in Manhattan, New York City, for Lawyers Alliance for New York Inc. (LANY). The company, which provides business and transactional legal services for nonprofit organizations, will use this new space for its general, executive and administrative offices. Paul Wolf and Amy Lawrence of Denham Wolf Real Estate Services represented the tenant in the transaction while Brian Steinwurtzel and Andrew Udis of Newmark Knight Frank represented ownership, a partnership that is part of Newmark Holdings. Details of the lease were undisclosed, but the asking price was $36 per square foot. Built in 1914, the 16-story building features 113,182 square feet.
ATTLEBORO, MASS. — An affiliate of First American Realty has acquired Building 12 and Building 5 in the Attleboro Corporate Campus in Attleboro for $5.27 million. Building 12 is a 213,000-square-foot facility and Building 5 totals 5,650 square feet. The buildings were purchased from Preferred Unlimited, Inc. Building 12 is a state-of-the-art three-story manufacturing building that serves as Sensata Technologies’s global manufacturing headquarters and is leased in its entirety to Sensata Technologies on a long-term basis. Building 5 is also leased on a long-term basis to The BOC Group, Inc. The Attleboro Corporate Campus is a 300-acre mixed-use office and industrial campus located just off Interstate 95.
NEW YORK CITY — The Kaufman Organization recently negotiated a 16-year, 5,000-square-foot lease at 470 Seventh Ave. in Manhattan, New York City, for JPD Restaurant Group. ?JPD plans to open a Pig n’ Whistle Irish pub at the location. Located in the Garment District, the 14-story building was built in 1924 and contains 74,000 square feet. The terms of the lease were undisclosed, but the asking rent for the space was $150 per square foot. Other tenants in the building include Ambient Group LLC, David Tutera, Inc., and Sabara Global Consumer Products. Grant Greenspan, Michael Kaufman, and John Schiliro of the Kaufman Organization represented both the landlord and tenant in the transaction.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. a full-service regional brokerage and investment banking firm, has signed a 10-year, 24,771-square-foot lease at The Treeline Companies’ 1225 Franklin Avenue Plaza in Garden City. Kraig Silver of The Treeline Companies, represented the landlord in-house. Jay Stewart of Grubb & Ellis and Roger Wooster of Sutton & Edwards, Inc. represented the tenant. The five-story, Class A building features 205,000 square feet, as well as amenities such as meeting facilities, executive dining, a fitness center, and on-site owner management. The new lease represents a relocation and expansion for Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, which was previously located at 50 Charles Lindbergh Blvd. in Uniondale, New York. ?
AVENEL, N.J. — Subway has signed on for space at Delco Plaza in Avenel. The 77,928-square-foot neighborhood shopping center is now 100 percent leased. Delco Plaza is located on St. Georges Avenue (Route 35) at Peach Street. Other tenants at the shopping center include Pathmark, Boston Market, Photo Time, Crystal Vision, Golden Touch Jewelers, 99 Cent Max, Hair Designs, BuyRite Liquors, Beauty Castle, Radio Shack, Bank of America, pizza and Chinese restaurants and a nail salon. Ethan Goldsmith of Levin Management Corp., the exclusive leasing and managing agent for the property, brokered the 800-square-foot commitment.
MANCHESTER, CONN. — A 30,000-square-foot Savers recently opened at Crossroads Shopping Center in Manchester. The retail center is located in the northeast corner of Interstate 84 (Wilbur Cross Highway) and Buckland Road on Pavilions Drive. Peter Considine of The Dartmouth Company, represented Savers, and Centro Properties Group, the owner, was represented in-house by Charles Davis of Centro Properties.
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A 526,000-square-foot industrial building located at 199 Lowell Ave., in Central Islip has been sold. The building is a former grocery distribution center that is situated on approximately 45 acres. It had previously been occupied by Ocean Logistics before the company closed the location in a consolidation effort. Bob Gibson and Ed Jarosz of CB Richard Ellis/New England, along with Phil Heilpern, Martin Lomazow and David Zelinski of CB Richard Ellis’ Long Island, N.Y., office, represented Ocean Logistics in the termination of its lease agreement with San Francisco-based 10 Boulevard LLC, the seller of the property. The Silver Group represented 10 Boulevard LLC in the sale of the facility to Sysco Corp. The acquisition price was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY – Matri Holdings and Prudential Douglas Elliman are continuing construction for the new 500 Fourth Avenue condominiums, located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. Scheduled for completion in the late fall, the 12-story tower will feature 156 studio-, one-, two- and three-bedroom residences ranging in size from 539 to 1,456 square feet. The condos will be priced from $342,000 to approximately $1.07 million. The building will also feature an approximately 3,000-square-foot duplex townhouse priced at $1.42 million. The building will also feature 5,000 square feet of amenity space, a Club 500 lounge and a 2,500-square-foot terrace. Amenities include a fitness area, a solarium for yoga and a children’s playroom. Sales have commenced on the property.
PHILADELPHIA — The New Jersey office of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) has arranged a $17 million loan for Columbus Crossing, a 142,166-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center located in Philadelphia. The shopping center is situated on 11.33 acres at 1851 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd. It is currently 97 percent leased by a tenant roster that includes SuperFresh, Old Navy, A.C. Moore, Famous Footwear, Bath & Body Works and Lane Bryant. The center is shadow anchored by The Home Depot and Walmart. The loan carries a 5-year term with a 6.75 percent interest rate and was provided by Susquehanna Bank. The borrower is Cedar Shopping Centers. The transaction was arranged by Jim Cadranell and John Taylor, both of HFF.
BEDFORD, MASS. —Tremont Realty Capital has secured a $4.74 million loan for the refinancing of 54 Middlesex Turnpike, a two-story, 42,500-square-foot office building located in Bedford. The 6.7-acre property also contains a newly constructed, 8,000-square-foot daycare center. The borrower funded the construction of the new daycare out of pocket and was looking for a permanent loan to refinance its existing loan on the office building, in order to recoup some of its investment in the new property. The new loan carries a 20-year term, a 5.75 percent interest rate and an approximately 70 percent loan-to-value ratio. The lender was a local bank. The transaction was arranged by David Ross of Tremont’s Boston office.