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MERIDEN, CONN. — KeyBank has provided $51.5 million in financing for a multifamily conversion project in Meriden, located roughly midway between New Haven and Hartford. The sponsor, Trinity Financial, will redevelop the former manufacturing facility of musical instrument maker Aeolian Co. into an 82-unit mixed-income housing complex. The historic building is located at 85 Tremont St. and was originally constructed in 1887. Units will be subject to a range of income restrictions, with 11 residences to be rented at market rates. Amenities will include a fitness center, community room and a children’s play area. KeyBank provided a $24.5 million construction loan as the primary debt component of the financing package, and Trinity secured another $27 million in equity financing from a multitude of different sources. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.

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TOTOWA, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of a 506,723-square-foot industrial park in the Northern New Jersey community of Totowa. Totowa Commerce Center consists of 12 industrial buildings, one office building and a 5.8-acre development site. Building features include clear heights of 21 to 23 feet, 92 loading positions and aggregate parking for more than 1,400 cars. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt, Ryan Larkin and Seth Zuidema of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, New Jersey-based Heritage Capital Group, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Boston-based Longpoint Partners. The park was leased to more than 50 tenants at the time of sale. PGIM Real Estate provided a $63.5 million fixed-rate acquisition loan for the deal.

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NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $18.2 million sale of The Hudson River Hotel, a 15-story, 56-room hotel located at 442 W. 36th St. in Midtown Manhattan. According to LoopNet Inc., the hotel was originally constructed in 1999 and renovated in 2013. Jerry Swon, Robert Hunter and Leo Reilly of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed institutional investment firm, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Hudson West Hospitality.

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ELIZABETH, N.J. — Locally based financial intermediary G.S. Wilcox & Co. has arranged an $11 million loan for the refinancing of a 223,000-square-foot shopping center located at 750 Dowd Ave. in the Northern New Jersey community of Elizabeth. Wesley Wilcox and Albert Raymond of G.S. Wilcox arranged the loan, which carries a 10-year term and a 25-year amortization schedule, through a correspondent life insurance company. The borrower was locally based firm Elberon Development Group.

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NEW YORK CITY — Dice Career Solutions, which provides networking opportunities for the technology industry, has signed a 12,007-square-foot office lease extension in Midtown Manhattan. The company will remain at 1040 Avenue of the Americas, a 24-story building, for the next 10 years. Billy Cohen, J.D. Cohen and Ariel Harwood of Newmark represented the owner, Skyline Developers, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.

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ARMONK, N.Y. — Basis Industrial has received $39.6 million in financing for 100 Business Park Drive, a mixed-use property in Armonk, located north of New York City in Westchester County. Proceeds will be used to refinance existing debt on a 60,000-square-foot warehouse building on the site and to fund construction of a 117,000-square-foot mixed-use building. The new building will house an 82,400-square-foot Extra Space Storage facility, a 26,550-square-foot Sportime pickleball complex and an additional 8,000 square foot of industrial space for Jan-Tile, the primary tenant at the existing warehouse. Basis originally purchased the site in spring 2023. Construction of the new building is slated to begin in July and to be complete in the third quarter of 2025. Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group arranged the debt through Beach Point Capital Management.

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NEW YORK CITY — S3 Capital Partners, a locally based private lender, has provided a $32 million construction loan for the ground-up development of a mixed-use project that will be located in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood. The project at 2700 Church Ave. will consist of 69 residential rental units, 9,796 square feet of retail space and 13,446 square feet of community facility space. Pinchas Vogel and Leah Paskus of Landstone Capital Group arranged the debt through S3 Capital Partners on behalf of the sponsor, Triple C Builders.

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MILTON, PA. ­— The Prestige Group Realty Advisors has brokered the sale of Rockwell Center, a 220-bed former assisted living community in Milton, a borough in Central Pennsylvania. In the early 1980s, a local real estate entrepreneur purchased a former Milton high school and repositioned the property for seniors housing usage. The founder’s family made the decision to close the facility in June 2023. The buyer was a local real estate entrepreneur who plans to reopen the facility.

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DREXEL HILL, PA. — MCB Real Estate, a Baltimore-based development and investment firm, has broken ground on a 60,000-square-foot medical office building in Drexel Hill, a western suburb of Philadelphia. The three-story structure will be known as Drexeline Medical Office Building and is fully preleased to Delaware County Human Services (45,000 square feet) and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (15,000 square feet). Delivery is slated for the second quarter of 2025. Scott Williams of JLL represented MCB in both deals.

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NEW YORK CITY — Atlanta-based fast food chain Chick-fil-A and dog daycare concept Hounds Town USA have signed leases at 809 Atlantic Ave., a 60,000-square-foot mixed-use property in Brooklyn. Chick-fil-A will occupy 5,000 square feet within the building, while Hounds Town USA will occupy 6,000 square feet. The building also houses residential and healthcare space. David Alani and Michael Friedman of Inline Realty represented Chick-fil-A in the lease negotiations, and JLL represented the landlord, Hope Street Capital.

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