NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment firm Regal Ventures has acquired a 37,165-square-foot retail and parking condo located at 897 Eighth Ave. in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. The sales price was $35.2 million. The property’s retail component is 15,893 square feet, and the parking space spans 21,272 square feet. Regal Ventures acquired the property in partnership with Morrison Street Capital from Prudential Financial.
SUFFIELD, CONN. — Locally based brokerage firm Chozick Realty has negotiated the $13 million sale of Suffield West, an 84-unit multifamily property located in Hartford County. The property was built on 10 acres in 1968. Tess Cullen and Jordan Pinto of Chozick Realty represented the seller, an entity doing business as Suffield West Apartments LLC, in the transaction, and procured the undisclosed buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $5.7 million sale of a 35-unit apartment building located in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn. The four-story building houses four studios, 30 one-bedroom units and one three-bedroom residence. Stephen Vorvolakos, Sean Kelly and Lawrence Sarn of Ariel Property Advisors brokered the deal. Both the buyer and seller requested anonymity.
CLIFTON, N.J. — H Global Commerce Inc., a commercial glass distributor, has signed a 28,700-square-foot industrial lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Clifton. Josh Krantz, Michael Schaible and Troy Wisse of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Boston-based Longpoint Realty Partners, in the lease negotiations. David Simon of Prominent Properties represented the tenant.
BOSTON — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Advocate Healthcare of East Boston, a 165-bed skilled nursing facility. The five-story building was originally constructed in 1952 and expanded in 1965. The exiting owner-operator invested in a substantial renovation of the adult day care services wing as well as general improvements throughout the facility. The name of the New York-based buyer was not disclosed.
MANCHESTER, CONN. — Colliers has brokered the sale-leaseback of a 21,940-square-foot office building located at 160 Chapel Road in Manchester, an eastern suburb of Hartford. The property traded for $1.4 million. Bob Pagani and Christian Dietz of Colliers represented the seller, MMNT Certified Public Accountants, in the transaction. Nick Morizio of Colliers represented the buyer, private investor Dan Sullivan.
MARLBORO, N.J. — Locally based firm Private Lender Law has acquired a 20,000-square-foot office building in the Northern New Jersey community of Marlboro with plans to relocate from nearby Freehold. The firm will occupy approximately half of the two-story building, which was constructed in 1988 and previously housed the Marlboro Medical Annex. The relocation will begin in December. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has negotiated five office leases totaling 17,687 square feet at 424 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The new tenants are Japanese Medical Care, Alignage Fertility, Vaerstandig & Sons, Yehuda Diamond Co. and JKB2 Medical Management. Paul Walker and Jordan Donohue represented the landlord, BLDG Management, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representatives were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — The Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services Inc. has signed a 12,230-square-foot office sublease at 463 Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. The 22-story building was originally constructed in 1925. David Levy of Adams & Co. represented the landlord, The Arsenal Co., in the lease negotiations. David Lebenstein of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
BOSTON — The East Boston Community Development Corp. (EBCDC) has acquired a portfolio of multifamily properties totaling 114 units in East Boston for $47 million. The units are spread across 36 buildings in the Jeffries Point, Eagle Hill and Orient Heights neighborhoods and primarily feature one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Kellie Coveney, Jacqueline Meagher, Madeline Joyce and James Burr of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between The Grossman Cos. and Hodara Real Estate Group, in the transaction. The new ownership plans to convert the assets to affordable housing. Of the 114 units, 28 units will be restricted to households earning 50 percent or less of the area median income (AMI); 40 apartments will be reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of AMI; 26 residences will be earmarked for families earning 80 percent or less of AMI; and the remaining 20 units will be restricted to renters making 100 percent or less of AMI.