NEW YORK CITY — Meadow Partners, an investment firm with offices in New York and London, has purchased an 89-unit multifamily property in Manhattan’s East Village for $58 million. The adjacent buildings at 305 E. 11th St. and 310 E. 12th St. were originally constructed in 1940 and are connected by an 11,000-square-foot courtyard. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. An affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management provided debt financing to support the acquisition.
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JAMESTOWN AND FREWSBURG, N.Y. — Dwight Mortgage Trust has provided a $27 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a portfolio of four seniors housing properties totaling 293 beds in Western New York. The facilities are located in Jamestown and Frewsburg and offer memory care and assisted living services. Dwight’s Josh Levin originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, Culture Care Senior Living.
WOODBURY, N.Y. — Day-Op Center of Long Island, which provides minor outpatient surgical procedures, has signed a13,233-square-foot healthcare lease at 225 Froehlich Farm Blvd. in Woodbury. The tenant will occupy the entirety of the freestanding building, which is located just off the Long Island Expressway. Timothy Parlante of The Feil Organization internally represented the landlord, which acquired the property in 2018. Eric Launer and Dawn Mirko of JLL represented the tenant.
PHILADELPHIA — An affiliate of the Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association (TIAA) has provided a $265.2 million loan for a life sciences expansion project in Philadelphia. The Curtis is a 12-story, 912,245-square-foot building in the Center City District that originally housed a publishing operation and now features lab, office and research and development space. The borrower, Keystone Development + Investment, purchased the historic building in 2014 and has subsequently converted portions of the leasable space to support life sciences usage. Proceeds from this loan will enable Keystone to continue that initiative with the conversion of 200,000 square feet of additional space within The Curtis. A portion of the proceeds will also be used to fund infrastructure upgrades and leasing costs. Current tenants at The Curtis include BioLabs, IMVAXM Vivodyne and Aro Biotherapeutics.
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. — High Street Residential and MetLife Investment Management have completed a 280-unit multifamily project located on the northern outskirts of Philadelphia. Matson Mill is a transit-served property located along the banks of the Schuylkill River in West Conshohocken that offers one-, two and three-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool, outdoor kitchen with seating areas, fitness center, package handling room, game room and a dog wash station. Hord, Coplan & Macht Inc. designed the project, and IMC Construction served as the general contractor. Rents start at approximately $2,000 per month for a one-bedroom unit.
ALLENDALE, N.J. — Black Bear Capital Partners (BBCP) has arranged a $44 million permanent loan for Allendale Corporate Center, a 389,000-square-foot industrial complex in Northern New Jersey. The center comprises six buildings that are leased to tenants such as Martab Medical, Bosch/Syntegon Pharma Tech, Alan Baird Industries Inc, Acuitive and Collagen Matrix. Emil DePasquale of BBCP arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which carried a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio, through Morgan Stanley.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty Group has negotiated the $9 million sale of two contiguous apartment buildings in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. The four-story buildings were originally constructed in 1900 and total 16 units. Mike Kerwin and Shaun Rose of Rosewood Realty represented the buyer, New York City-based Peak Capital Advisors, in the off-market transaction. Sarah Sawyer of Compass represented the seller, an undisclosed family office.
KINGSTON, MASS. — The American Red Cross has signed a 5,000-square-foot retail lease at Summer Hill Plaza in Kingston, a grocery-anchored center located south of Boston in Plymouth County. Don Mace and Rob Grady of locally based advisory firm KeyPoint Partners represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant was not disclosed.
GLASGOW, DEL. — DuPont Semiconductor Technologies, a division of DuPont Electronics & Industrial, will undertake a $50 million industrial expansion project in the northern Delaware city of Glasgow. The 385,000-square-foot facility will be used for the fabrication, packaging and assembly of materials used in semiconductors that support numerous electronics-based industries. About 70 employees from DuPont’s existing facility in nearby Newark will staff the new plant along with 10 or so new hires. The company expects its new facility to be operational by the first quarter of 2024.
HUDSON, NASHUA AND MANCHESTER, N.H. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $69 million sale of a portfolio of four southern New Hampshire industrial buildings totaling 593,000 square feet. The properties are specifically located in Hudson, Nashua and Manchester and were 94 percent leased to 18 tenants at the time of sale. Dave Pergola, Brian Doherty, Pete Rogers, Tom Farrelly, Denis Dancoes and Sue Ann Johnson of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Albany Road Real Estate Partners, in the transaction. Tom Sullivan, also with Cushman & Wakefield, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co.