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BOSTON — JLL has brokered the sale of the 80-room Boxer Hotel located at 107 Merrimac St. in Boston’s West End. The nine-story hotel was originally built in 1904 and last renovated in 2013. Additional upgrades to certain common areas and amenity spaces were completed in 2020. Amenities include a fitness center, bike rental program and an onsite restaurant and bar. Alan Suzuki, Matthew Enright and Emily Zhang of JLL represented the seller, Hersha Hotels & Resorts, in the transaction. The buyer was Eurostars Hotel Co.

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BOSTON — Regional brokerage firm Hunneman has arranged the $11.8 million sale of a two-building, 14-unit apartment complex in the Brookline area of Boston. According to Apartments.com, the property at 10-12 Greenway Court was originally constructed in 1915 and exclusively offers two-bedroom units. Carl Christie and Dan McGee of Hunneman represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.

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NEW YORK CITY — Civic Entertainment Group has signed a 12,180-square-foot office lease at 740 Broadway in Manhattan’s NoHo neighborhood. The marketing agency’s footprint in the submarket now totals 27,180 square feet, including its 15,180 square feet of existing space across the entire second floor at 440 Lafayette Street, an interconnected building. That lease was also extended by seven years. GFP Real Estate owns both buildings.

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NORTH FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, PA. — A partnership between Los Angeles-based Industrial Realty Group (IRG) and Cleveland-based PREP Funds has acquired Washington Crown Center, a 450,000-square-foot mall near Pittsburgh, with plans to undertake a redevelopment. As reported by regional media outlet Observer-Reporter, as well as several other media sources, IRG and PREP Funds are jointly investing $40 million for the transformation of the former mall into a mixed-use hub for retail and business that will be called Franklin Crossroads Park. In addition, according to Pittsburgh Business Times, New York-based Kohan Retail Investment Group originally purchased the mall for $20 million in 2016 and began marketing the property for sale in 2024. Construction of Franklin Crossroads Park, which is situated 30 miles south of Pittsburgh in Washington County along I-70, is set to begin this fall. Meanwhile, a portion of the mall will remain open through the end of the year. “Our vision is to diversify the site’s use by attracting new retailers and businesses to the property,” says Chris Salata, partner at PREP Funds. “This adaptive reuse project will significantly improve the facility and bring new economic activity.”  Redevelopment plans for Franklin Crossroads Park currently call for the creation of a 100,000-square-foot retail …

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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — JLL has placed $162 million in construction financing for The Raye by Vermella, a 534-unit multifamily project that will be located in the Central New Jersey community of New Brunswick. The Raye by Vermella will consist of two five-story buildings with studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units that will be developed across two phases. Amenities will include a pool area with a courtyard and grilling stations, a fitness center, package lockers, clubroom, gaming/bar room, podcast rooms, children’s playroom and a pet spa. Thomas Didio, Thomas Didio Jr., Gerard Quinn and Michael Mataras of JLL arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through Wells Fargo on behalf of the borrower, Russo Development.

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BOSTON — An affiliate of locally based firm Berkeley Investments has sold a 73-unit apartment complex located at 3200 Washington St. in the Jamaica Plain area of Boston for $37.8 million. Built in 2019, the property comprises a five- and six-story building that house studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 809 square feet, as well as two commercial spaces. Amenities include a landscaped courtyard, roof deck, resident lounge and a fitness center. Simon Butler, Biria St. John, John McLaughlin and Brian Bowler of CBRE represented Berkeley Investments in the transaction and procured the undisclosed buyer.

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $8.9 million sale of a 55,000-square-foot multifamily development site in Harlem. The site at 7-11 E. 115th St. features 135 feet of frontage and can support 68,000 buildable square feet of residential product under the ‘City of Yes’ initiative, as well as an 88,000-square-foot community facility. Shimon Shkury, Victor Sozio, Alexander Taic, Michael Tortorici and Erik Moloney of Ariel represented the seller, Global Asset Management Inc., in the deal. Hillstone Properties NY represented the buyer, Kodra Construction.

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NEW YORK CITY — HKS Real Estate Advisors has arranged $6.9 million in acquisition financing across two loans for a trio of apartment buildings totaling 22 units in Brooklyn. The buildings at 104 and 112 Fort Greene Place offer a combined 16 units, while the building at 1094 Dean St. has six units. Derby Copeland Capital provided both loans, which totaled $4.5 million and $2.4 million, respectively. Michael Lee and Jacob Kaufman of HKS arranged the loans on behalf of the borrower, Lloyd Properties.

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PHILADELPHIA — Locally based developer Odin Properties has broken ground on Sepviva Lofts, a 51-unit affordable housing project that will be located in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. Sepviva Lofts will be located on the site of a former industrial facility and will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities will include a community room, computer lab, onsite laundry facilities and a playground. Information on specific income restrictions, as well as a tentative completion date, was not announced. Odin is developing the property in partnership with RB Development and Liberty Housing Development Corp.

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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC has provided $245.8 million in financing for eight industrial buildings in Pennsylvania and Florida. Six of the buildings are located in Central Pennsylvania, and the other two are located along the I-4 corridor in Florida. PCCP packaged the funds within three senior loans, proceeds of which will be used to refinance existing debt. The eight buildings are concentrated within three industrial developments. The borrower is CBRE Investment Management, and the loans were placed by Scott Lewis, Matt Ballard, Christine Dierker and Brooke Kellam of CBRE. In the first transaction, PCCP provided a $142.4 million loan for Capital Logistics Center in Middletown, Pa. The development consists of six buildings that were constructed between 1970 and 2018 and range in size from 115,890 to 400,060 square feet. Buildings feature an average clear height of 32 feet and a combined 147 dock doors, 10 drive-in doors, 649 car parking spaces and 129 trailer parking stalls. Capital Logistics Center was 92 percent leased at the time of the loan closing. In the second deal, PCCP provided a $70 million loan for Centerstate Logistics Center, a 1 million-square-foot development in Lakeland, Fla. Delivered in 2021, Centerstate Logistics Center …

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