BRISTOL, PA. — NAI Mertz has brokered the sale of a 23,433-square-foot office building in Bristol, located northeast of Philadelphia in Bucks County. Zena Charokopos and Rick Gordon of NAI Mertz represented the seller in the transaction. Adam Lashner and Jeff Licht, also with NAI Mertz, represented the buyer, which plans to use the property as an adult care facility. Both parties requested anonymity.
WILMINGTON, DEL. — Delle Donne & Associates has broken ground on Tower at Avenue North, a 150,000-square-foot office building that will be located within the 79-acre Avenue North mixed-use development in Wilmington. A third of the space at the 12-story building will be dedicated to retail and restaurant usage. Office users will also have access to outdoor amenity spaces and electric vehicle charging stations. Construction is slated for a March 2024 completion. JLL will handle leasing of the building.
CHELSEA, MASS. — MassHousing has provided an $18.1 million loan for the refinancing of Admiral’s Tower, a 100-unit housing cooperative located in the northeastern Boston suburb of Chelsea. The six-story building was originally constructed in 1986 and houses 26 studios and 74 one-bedroom units. The borrower, CSI Support & Development Services, will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements and preserve the property’s affordability status. Renovations will include kitchen and bathroom refurbishments, masonry repairs, new doors and fencing and the addition of a fitness center and staff offices.
RAHWAY, N.J. — JLL has arranged an $11 million permanent loan for Rahway Plaza, a 288-unit apartment community in Northern New Jersey. The two-building property houses one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, outdoor grilling and dining stations and a newly renovated children’s playground and recreation area. Michael Klein, Jon Mikula and Salvatore Buzzerio of JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through Malvern Bank on behalf of the borrower, New Jersey-based Denholtz Properties.
MEDFORD, MASS. — Life Time Fitness has opened a 52,000-square-foot gym in Medford, located on the northern outskirts of Boston. Life Time Wellington Station will be a three-story, transit-served facility that will house a 16,000-square-foot floor for personal and group training sessions, a four-lane indoor lap pool, spa and a café. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held this morning.
WILLOW GROVE, PA. — Federal Realty Investment Trust has broken ground on the second phase of construction at Willow Grove Shopping Center, a 211,000-square-foot development located on the northern outskirts of Philadelphia. Phase II will deliver an 18,000-square-foot outparcel building, new dining and public amenities and newly designed walkways and pocket plazas. Completion is slated for summer 2023.
CHELSEA, MASS. — A partnership between developers John M. Corcoran & Co. and Joseph J. Corcoran Co. and private equity firm Marcus Partners has received $93 million in construction financing for the redevelopment of the Innes Apartments in Chelsea, a northeastern suburb of Boston. The project will convert an eight-building complex that was originally constructed in the 1950s into a mixed-income community with street-level retail space. A syndicate of lenders led by Cambridge Savings Bank provided the debt. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.
NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. — New Jersey-based developer Diversified Properties has broken ground on Stonegate at New Windsor, an 81-unit multifamily project in New Windsor, about 70 miles north of New York City. The site at 435 Little Britain Road is directly across from Lake Washington. Designed by Thomas Brennan Architects, the property will feature a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as a lounge and a fitness center. Completion is scheduled for July 2023.
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. — Northmarq has arranged the $7.6 million sale of a 4,996-square-foot restaurant property located in the Long Island community of Huntington. The newly built restaurant sits on 2.5 acres and is leased to Chick-fil-A. A shopping center owner and developer based in Westchester County sold the property to a New York-based 1031 exchange investor. Maggie Holmes and Mike Sladich of Northmarq brokered the deal. The deal traded at a cap rate of 3.68 percent.
NEW BRITAIN, CONN. — Northeast Private Client Group has brokered the $4.6 million sale of 87 West Main Street, a 29,000-square-foot multifamily and retail property in New Britain, located southwest of Hartford. The residential component comprises 10 one-bedroom and six two-bedroom units, and the retail space totals 13,761 square feet across eight units. Rich Edwards, Jeff Wright and Patrick Hegarty of Northeast Private Client Group represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the deal.