NORTH HAVEN, CONN. — F+F Mechanical Enterprises has signed a 27,573-square-foot industrial lease in North Haven, a suburb of New Haven. The fabricator and installer of mechanical systems is expanding and relocating from 2 Dwight St. to the 132,264-square-foot building at 60 Dodge Ave. Stephen Press of Press/Cuozzo Realtors represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Bradley Soules and Art Ross of Newmark represented the landlord.
PHILADELPHIA — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has provided a $285.5 million loan for the refinancing of Vantage and The View at Montgomery, two student housing properties located on Temple University’s campus in Philadelphia. The Class A communities total 1,816 beds. Completed in 2019, Vantage rises 19 stories with 368 units. The property features more than 30,000 square feet of amenity space, retail offerings and floor plans ranging from studios to four bedrooms. Opened in 2014, The View at Montgomery includes 238 units and is located in the center of Temple University’s main campus. The 14-story building features studios through four-bedroom layouts. The Goldenberg Group acquired the site for Vantage and The View at Montgomery in 2008 as part of a multi-phase student housing project to bring much-needed rental product to Temple University. Walker & Dunlop’s multifamily finance and capital markets teams originated the seven-year, fixed-rate loans through Freddie Mac on behalf of The Goldenberg Group. Additionally, Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners (WDIP) provided a preferred equity investment as part of the refinancings. “In the face of macro headwinds stemming from the financial crisis, the COVID pandemic and nationwide enrollment pressure, the student housing sector has proven its resiliency time and …
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — New York City-basedRockefeller Group has sold Constitution Logistics Center, a 147,000-square-foot industrial property located in the Northern New Jersey community of Piscataway. The buyer was Bridge Industrial. Rockefeller Group acquired the 18-acre site in 2023 and demolished a 100,000-square-foot office building that was previously owned and occupied by WS Audiology/Sivantos Group. Building features include a clear height of 36 feet, 41 loading docks, 3,000 square feet of office space and parking for 123 cars and 57 trailers. Marc Petrella and Michael Kimmel of KBC Advisors represented Rockefeller Group in the transaction.
ANNVILLE, PA. — Berkadia has arranged $12.8 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity financing for Carmany Place Apartments, a 48-unit affordable housing project in Annville, an eastern suburb of Harrisburg. The property will consist of three buildings with 30 two-bedroom units and 18 three-bedroom units that will be reserved for households earning between 20 and 80 percent of the area median income. Brian Blanchard of Berkadia secured the equity on behalf of the sponsor, Völker Development. Fulton Bank purchased the tax credits and also provided construction debt for the project.
IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. — Red Oak Capital Holdings has funded an $8.6 million bridge loan for the acquisition of Irondequoit Plaza, a 205,000-square-foot shopping center located near Rochester. Built on 21 acres in 1980 and last renovated in 2005, the center was roughly 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Citizens Bank, Dollar Tree, Dunkin’ and Big Lots. Polaris Funding arranged the debt through Red Oak on behalf of the sponsor, Sky Capital Group, which also purchased the adjacent Wegmans supermarket. That property is not collateralized by the loan, which was structured with a three-year term and a 65.6 percent loan-to-value ratio. Michael Cleeman of Cleeman Realty Group represented Sky Capital Group in the purchase of the Wegmans store, which totals 102,337 square feet. Sam Seelenfreund, also with Cleeman Realty, represented the undisclosed seller in the Wegmans deal. The combined purchase price was $16.5 million.
HUDSON, N.Y. — Bayview PACE has provided $7 million in C-PACE financing for an adaptive reuse project in Hudson, about 35 miles south of Albany. Pocketbook Hudson is a conversion of the historic Pocketbook knitting mill factory dating to the 1890s into a 70,000-square-foot mixed-use property. Now under construction, the $42 million project will include a 40-room hotel, wellness center, lounge, restaurant, bar and café, as well as spaces devoted to artwork, affordable retail and nonprofit offices. Bayview’s long-term C-PACE financing for Pocketbook’s energy and resiliency components was facilitated with Energy Improvement Corp., the New York State nonprofit that administers C-PACE.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — IAVI has signed a 29,782-square-foot life sciences lease in Jersey City. The nonprofit scientific research organization will relocate its vaccine design and development operations from the Brooklyn Army Terminal to the 350,000-square-foot building at 95 Greene St., which was originally built as a manufacturing facility for Colgate Palmolive. John Isaacs, Joseph DeRosa and Conor Dolan led the CBRE team that represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. RegenLab USA did the same relocation earlier this year.
NEWPORT, R.I. — KSL Capital Partners has received a $72 million loan for the refinancing of Hotel Viking, a 208-room hospitality property located in the coastal Rhode Island city of Newport. The hotel offers an indoor pool, fitness center and more than 14,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space. A joint venture between Smith Hill Capital and Bain Capital provided the debt.
WEYMOUTH, MASS. — CBRE has arranged the $23 million sale of Riverway Plaza, a 250,000-square-foot shopping center in Weymouth, a southern suburb of Boston. Lowe’s Home Improvement anchors the center, which sits on 23 acres. Other tenants include Michael’s, Dollar Tree and Staples. Nat Heald and Jordana Roet of CBRE represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based Skyline Developers has topped out a 97-unit multifamily project at 18 W. 55th St. in Midtown Manhattan. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the building rises 25 stories and spans 152,000 square feet, including 10,000 square feet of amenities and 5,265 square feet of retail space. Construction began in mid-2023, and delivery is slated for 2025. Goldman Sachs financed construction of the project.