SOMERVILLE, MASS. — A partnership between Leggat McCall Properties and DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners has topped out 808 Windsor, a 370,000-square-foot life sciences project located roughly four miles outside of Boston in Somerville. The site is situated adjacent to the newly developed Union Square MBTA Green Line Station within the 1.8 million-square-foot Boynton Yards mixed-use development. The 11-story facility will include 7,000 square feet of retail and 242 below-grade parking spaces. Shawmut Design & Construction is the general contractor for the project, which is slated for an early 2024 completion.
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NEW YORK CITY — Elevate Research Properties, the life sciences subsidiary of locally based investment and development firm Taconic Partners, will open a 200,000-square-foot facility at 309 E. 94th St. on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The facility will be named Iron Horse Labs after Yankees legend Lou Gehrig. Taconic Partners is developing the property, which will house both lab and research and development space, as well as multiple loading bays and outdoor terraces, in partnership with Nuveen Real Estate and Flatiron Equities. Iron Horse Labs is expected to open in mid- to late-2025.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Eastern Union has arranged a $28 million acquisition loan for a portfolio of 13 multifamily properties totaling 437 units in Bridgeport, located in southern coastal Connecticut. Motti Blau, Mendy Pfeifer, Hershy Fried and Dov Bakon of Eastern Union originated the 10-year loan, which was structured with a 5.25 percent fixed interest rate, a 30-year amortization schedule and five years of interest-only payments. KeyBank provided the financing. The borrower was not disclosed.
HARTFORD, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 28-unit apartment building located at 385 Main St. in downtown Hartford. The five-story building houses 25 one-bedroom residences and three two-bedroom units. Eric Pentore, Ross Friedel and Wes Klockner of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Connecticut-based private investor, in the transaction. The trio also procured the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
TREVOSE, PA. — NAI Mertz has negotiated the sale of a 25,080-square-foot industrial building that sits on a 1.3-acre parcel in Trevose, a northeastern suburb of Philadelphia. Fraser Optics, which manufactures binoculars and associated products, occupies the entirety of the facility at 210 Andrews Road. Jeff Licht and Jared Licht of NAI Mertz represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — CBRE has brokered the sale of The Source, a 262,000-square-foot shopping center located north of New York City in White Plains. According to The Wall Street Journal, the sales price was $112 million, and the seller was UBS Realty Investors. Whole Foods Market anchors the center, which is situated adjacent to Westchester Mall. Other tenants include Dick’s Sporting Goods, Raymour & Flanigan, The Cheesecake Factory and the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. Jeffrey Dunne, David Gavin, Steve Bardsley and Travis Langer of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was Houston-based Hines. The Source was 99 percent leased at the time of sale.
ELLINGTON, CONN. — An affiliate of Connecticut-based Cornerstone Properties has sold Valley Farms Shopping Center, a 99,936-square-foot retail property in Ellington, a northeastern suburb of Hartford, for $27.7 million. Big Y World Class Market anchors the center, which was originally built in 2007 on a 30-acre site that has land for potential expansion. Other tenants include McDonald’s and Liquor World. Tom Boyle of locally based brokerage firm Chozick Realty represented the seller and procured the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
BAYONNE, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the $9.9 million sale of a development site in the Northern New Jersey community of Bayonne that is approved for multifamily development. The site is an assemblage of six lots, and the undisclosed buyer plans to construct a six-story, 197-unit complex. Units will come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and the property will feature 4,300 square feet of amenity space and parking for 245 cars. Davis Briones of Kislak represented the seller, an affiliate of RAM Development, in the off-market transaction. Briones also procured the buyer.
STOW, MASS. — Massachusetts-based developer Habitech Acquisitions has acquired 37.3 acres in Stow, about 30 miles west of Boston, with plans to construct a 141-unit active adult community. Known as The Cottages at Wandering Pond, the project will feature a recreation area with walking trails, as well as a clubhouse, pool, activity lawn and a pickleball court. Jake Parsons of SVN | Parsons Commercial Group | Boston represented the seller, EFMC Associates, in the land deal and procured Habitech Acquisitions as the buyer. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Property management firm Brown Harris Stevens has signed a 20,062-square-foot office lease at 100-104 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan’s Union Square neighborhood. The complex consists of 17- and 20-story buildings that were originally constructed between 1906 and 1911. Michael Kaufman and Grant Greenspan of The Kaufman Organization represented the landlord, Clarion Partners, in the lease negotiations. Paul Amrich and Alexander Golod of CBRE represented the tenant.