HAVERHILL AND LOWELL, MASS. — Los Angeles-based CIT Group has provided a $35.6 million acquisition loan for two multifamily properties totaling 107 units in Boston’s North Shore area. The Heights at Haverhill is located about 40 miles north of the state capital, while Thorndike Exchange is located about 30 miles northwest of Boston in Lowell. Both properties include ground-floor commercial space. The borrower was not disclosed.
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the $14.3 million sale of Elizabeth Towers, a 193-unit multifamily building in Northern New Jersey. The elevator-served, 13-story building houses 72 studios, 120 one-bedroom units and one two-bedroom apartment, all of which are subject to either age or income restrictions. Joseph Keenan and Jeff Squires of Kislak represented the seller, Marshall & Moran Inc., in the transaction. Joni Sweetwood, also with Kislak, represented the buyer, an entity doing business as Elizabeth Towers TG LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — Sigma Computing Inc., a provider of data analytics software, has signed a 15,500-square-foot office lease at Zero Irving, a 21-story building in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant will occupy space on the ninth floor of the for five years. Jeff Rodgers, Stephen Cisarik and Brent Ozarowski of Newmark represented Sigma Computing in the lease negotiations. JLL represented the landlord, a partnership between RAL Development and Junius Real Estate Partners.
By Steve Firestone, Crown Bay Group Why would anyone choose investing in an aging workforce housing property over razing it to make room for Class A apartments? Are these challenging properties worth the risk? Making this choice may not be right for everyone, but the returns can be unbelievably rewarding. The secret recipe for transforming Class B and C properties to benefit the community, local residents and your bottom line isn’t complicated. The key is entering into each deal with a genuine interest and desire to do what is right and what matters to the residents who call this property home. The age-old saying — by doing good, you will do well — still holds true today. There is an overwhelming demand for Class B and C assets. While a large portion of new development over the past decade has been Class A luxury, the Class A market makes up only 20 percent of the total rental market. New construction of affordable, market-rate units is just not financially feasible today. Consequently, meaningful workforce supply has rarely been added this past decade. Despite the pervasive need for workforce housing, the supply has decreased with older units being demolished to make room …
NEW YORK — Atlanta-based self-storge investment firm Storage Post has acquired four facilities totaling 3,900 units in the New York City area. Specifically, the properties, which span more than 370,000 gross square feet, are located in Garden City, Floral Park, Huntington Station and Yorktown Heights. Storage Post has operated the facilities on behalf of the seller, an undisclosed institutional investor, since 2016 and will continue to do so following the change in ownership.
BOSTON — CBRE Investment Management has acquired a partial interest in 100 Binney, a 432,932-square-foot life sciences building in Boston’s Kendall Square neighborhood. The percentage of the interest was not disclosed. The 10-story building was constructed in 2018 and was fully leased at the time of the sale, with pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb serving as the anchor tenant. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen and Samantha Hallowell of Newmark represented the undisclosed building owner/seller in the recapitalization deal and procured CBRE Investment Management as the buyer.
PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 60,000-square-foot industrial property in the Southern New Jersey city of Pennsauken. The facility was fully leased at the time of sale. SNS Real Estate Investment Group LLC acquired the property from an undisclosed seller. Ian Richman of Colliers brokered the deal. New Jersey-based Freedom Bank provided acquisition financing.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Spur House Partners has negotiated the sale of an apartment building in Manhattan’s East Village area that was originally built in 1930 and consists of four four-bedroom units and ground-floor retail space. Shlomo Gelernter of Spur House Partners represented the buyer, Highpoint Property Group, in the transaction. Jay Bernstein of Besen Partners represented the seller, an entity doing business as 166 1st Avenue Realty Group.
NEW YORK CITY — Commercial finance and advisory firm Axiom Capital Corp. has arranged a $6 million loan for the refinancing of an 18,694-square-foot medical office building in Queens. The property is located at the intersection of Queens Boulevard and 56th Avenue, directly across the street from Queens Mall. Axiom Capital arranged the nonrecourse loan, which was structured with a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate, on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The direct lender was also undisclosed.
AMHERST, MASS. — CBRE has brokered the sale of North 116 Flats, a 404-bed student housing community serving students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, located in the central part of the state. Built in 2020, North 116 Flats totals 150 units that were approximately 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Georgia-based Landmark Properties acquired the property from Dallas-based Fountain Residential Partners for an undisclosed price. Jaclyn Fitts, William Vonderfecht, Casey Schaefer, Biria St. John and Simon Butler of CBRE brokered the deal.
