BOSTON — Locally based developer Chestnut Hill Realty Corp. will build Puddingstone at Chestnut Hill, a 250-unit mixed-income residential community at 201 Sherman Road in Boston’s Brookline area. The unit mix will consist of 90 one-bedrooms, 135 two-bedrooms and 25 three-bedrooms, with 50 residences designated as affordable housing for renters earning up to 30 or 50 percent of the area median income. Chestnut Hill will also construct a total of 377 parking spaces through a two-story deck and surface lots. MassDevelopment provided $126 million in both taxable and tax-exempt bonds for the project. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.
Northeast
HAMILTON, N.J. — Fennelly Associates has arranged the $8 million sale of a 59,000-square-foot medical office building at 3575 Quakerbridge Road in the Central New Jersey community of Hamilton. The two-story building, which was constructed in 2004, was sold in conjunction with 72,500 square feet of medical office condo space within White Horse Executive Center, located about five miles away. The second deal carried a price tag of $3.1 million. Jerry Fennelly of Fennelly Associates represented the seller, a family business, in both transactions. The buyer was not disclosed.
EAST GRANBY, CONN. — Coldwell Banker Commercial has brokered the sale of two industrial buildings totaling 82,386 square feet in East Granby, a northern suburb of Hartford. Locally based investment firm CoreOne Industrial purchased the buildings, both of which are fully leased to aerospace firm Overhaul Support Services, for a combined price of $7.3 million. Chris O’Hara of Coldwell Banker brokered the deal.
PHILADELPHIA — Home healthcare provider 365 Health Services has signed a 3,175-square-foot lease at The Poplar, an office and residential development in downtown Philadelphia. Colin McHale of Beacon Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Matthew Guerrieri and Jeffrey Tertel of Newmark represented the landlord, Post Brothers.
BOSTON — Stuf Storage, a company that converts unused portions of office buildings into self-storage space for tenants, has opened a 2,400-square-foot space at 18 Tremont Street, a 12-story building in downtown Boston. The deal marks the Boston debut of Stuf Storage, which also operates facilities in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
BOSTON — California-based REIT Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE: ARE) has sold a stake in a $700 million life sciences facility located at 15 Necco St. in Boston’s Seaport District. The percentage of the interest, which was sold to a U.S. affiliate of Japanese developer Mori Trust Co., was not disclosed. Alexandria is developing the 346,000-square-foot facility in partnership with National Development as a build-to-suit for pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co. The facility will house retail and restaurant space on the ground floor and a terrace with green spaces and flexible workstations on the rooftop. Construction began in early 2022, and the development team expects to complete the project before the end of the year. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, Samantha Hallowell, Alex Foshay and William Sleeper of Newmark structured the recapitalization.
DOYLESTOWN, PA. — Presbyterian Senior Living (PSL) has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire Pine Run Retirement Community, a 532-unit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Doylestown, about 25 miles north of Philadelphia. Pine Run features 272 independent living cottages and 24 apartments on a 43-acre campus. The development is home to Pine Run Health Center, which offers rehabilitation services and 90 skilled nursing beds; a 40-bed memory care neighborhood on the top floor known as The Garden; and an intimate setting for palliative services known as The Willows. If the deal closes, PSL will assume ownership of Pine Run from Doylestown Hospital. PSL intends to continue operating Pine Run as a CCRC.
NEWTON, MASS. — Locally based owner-operator 2Life Communities has broken ground on Opus Newton, a seniors housing project that will be located on the western outskirts of Boston. The site is situated adjacent to 2Life’s Coleman House on the Jewish Community Center Greater Boston campus. Construction is slated for a summer 2025 completion. According to the developer, 95 percent of the residences are already preleased.
SECAUCUS, N.J. — Newmark has negotiated a 46,000-square-foot industrial lease at 60 Metro Way in the Northern New Jersey community of Secaucus. The facility features 8,000 square feet of office, space seven loading docks and one drive-in door. David Simson and Dan Reider of Newark represented the tenant, Creative Technology Inc., which supplies technical equipment for sports and entertainment events, in the lease negotiations. Locally based investment firm Hartz Mountain Industries owns the building.
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — Trinity Solar Inc., a provider of panels for residential homes, has signed a 17,731-square-foot life sciences lease in the Long Island community of Plainview. The building at 137 Commercial St. spans 40,660 square feet and houses research and development facilities. Robert Kuppersmith, Connor Sullivan, Scott Schubert and Dan Johnsen of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.