BOSTON — Shawmut Design & Construction has completed the renovation of the Four Seasons Boston, a 273-room hotel located roughly midway between the state capital’s Back Bay and downtown areas. The project team upgraded the lobby and arrival area and added new art installations. A new lounge and restaurant called Coterie also recently opened at the property. An entity doing business as FSH Boylston Inc. owns the hotel.
NEW YORK CITY — Global Holdings Management Group has purchased Mondrian Park Avenue, a 190-room boutique hotel in Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood. The hotel’s accommodations include rooms with queen and king beds as well as several different types of suites. Mondrian Park Avenue also houses several food-and-beverage establishments, including a rooftop bar. The sales price were not disclosed.
NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. — Northmarq has arranged a $13 million loan for the refinancing of The Opus, a 49-unit apartment complex located in North Arlington, located north of Newark in Bergen County. Built in 2021, the property features one-bedroom units and penthouse suites and amenities such as a rooftop terrace, fitness center and a resident lounge. Robert Ranieri of Northmarq originated the debt, which was structured with a fixed interest rate, five-year term and one year of interest-only payments, through an undisclosed local bank. The borrower was also not disclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — A partnership between National Real Estate Advisors and New Jersey-based Kushner Real Estate Group has topped out The Noble, a 360-unit multifamily project located at 200 Spring Garden St. in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood. Designed by Handel Architects, the 13-story building will house Class A amenities including a pool, coworking lounge, party room, juice bar, dog run and 10,000 square feet of public green space. City Fitness will anchor the retail component with a 17,000-square-foot facility. Preleasing will begin in December, and the first units are expected to be available for occupancy in the first quarter of 2024.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based real estate giant Tishman Speyer will develop a 237-unit affordable housing complex in the Far Rockaway area of Queens. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, with the majority (201) reserved for renters earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income. The remaining 36 apartments will provide supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals. The project will also include 8,000 square feet of retail space and 7,500 square feet of community center space. Completion is scheduled for 2025.
NEW YORK CITY —New Jersey-based financial intermediary Progress Capital has arranged a $42.5 million loan for the refinancing of Bridgemarket, a 100,000-square-foot retail property located at the intersection of East 59th Street and First Avenue in Manhattan. Tenants at Bridgemarket include Gustavino’s, T.J. Maxx, Ship Essentials and Trader Joe’s. Brad Domenico of Progress Capital arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, MADD Equities. The direct lender was not disclosed.
MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — KeyBank has provided $21 million in financing for Community View Apartments, a 61-unit affordable housing project that will be located in Morrisville, about 30 miles southeast of Syracuse. The financing consists of a $9 million construction loan and $12 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity. Residences will serve renters age 55 and above that earn between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. Roughly a third of the units will target individuals that were either formerly or are currently at risk of homelessness or have physical disabilities. John Paul Vachon and Kate De La Garza of KeyBank structured the financing. The sponsor is Christopher Community Inc., a nonprofit based in Syracuse.
HAVERHILL, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.5 million sale of a 142,000-square-foot office building in Haverhill, located north of Boston near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. Built in 1911 and renovated in 2005, the eight-story building, which has conversion potential, was leased to more than 70 tenants at the time of sale. Luigi Lessa and Harrison Klein of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a family ownership group, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Gilbane Development Co., Hudson Cos. and MHANY Management Inc. has received $297 million in financing to develop the second phase of The Peninsula, a mixed-use project in the Hunts Point neighborhood of The Bronx. Construction of Phase II is scheduled to begin later this summer and to be complete in 2026. Phase II of The Peninsula will consist of 359 affordable housing units across two buildings, a 50,000-square-foot public plaza, open green space, a 155-space parking garage and a 20,000-square-foot community center. The site spans a full city block and formerly housed the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center. WXY Studios is the lead architect for the project. The majority (312) of the residences will be reserved for households earning 60 percent or less of the area median income, and the remainder will be set aside for renters that were formerly homeless. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Residential amenities will include a fitness center, children’s play area, tenant lounge and outdoor terraces. The development team is now accepting resident applications. Phase I of the development was completed in 2022 and comprises 183 affordable housing units, a 14,000-square-foot cultural arts …
HOPEWELL, N.J. — A partnership between Lincoln Equities Group and New York City-based H.I.G. Realty will develop a three-building, 380,000-square-foot life sciences project in Hopewell, located just outside of Trenton. The site is located within Princeton West Innovation Campus, which is a redevelopment of the former campus of pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb. The campus also features 250,000 square feet of traditional office space, and 200 acres of the site have been preserved as farmland and open public space. JLL handles leasing of Princeton West Innovation Campus. Construction is expected to begin in January. The partnership acquired the property in summer 2020.
