GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Midwood Investment & Development has sold Whole Foods at Westbury, a 55,109-square-foot shopping center located in the Long Island community of Garden City, for $65.3 million. Whole Foods Market anchors the property, which is also home to a 4,818-square-foot, freestanding pad site occupied by HSBC Bank and Bond Vet. Jim Galbally, Chris Angelone, Jose Cruz, Christopher Munley, Andrew Scandalios, Colin Behr and J.B. Bruno of JLL represented Midwood in the disposition of the property to an undisclosed private family investment firm.
Northeast
NETCONG, N.J. — Landmark Cos. LLC has acquired a 126-unit multifamily property located at 34 Bank St. in the Northern New Jersey community of Netcong for $44.5 million. The newly constructed, transit-served community offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and vinyl wood plank flooring. Amenities include grilling stations, fire pits, a clubhouse and fitness center. Eric Johnson of NAI DiLeo-Bram represented Landmark Cos. in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Ivystone Senior Living in Pennsauken, located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. The community features 100 independent living residences, 43 assisted living units and 21 memory care units. The property was originally constructed in 1965. Priority Life Care, a court-ordered receiver as the property was in bankruptcy, sold the asset to UNPPG Management LLC, a privately held owner-operator based in New York. The sales price was not disclosed.
ANSONIA, CONN. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the $14 million sale of Ansonia Landing, a 91,460-square-foot shopping center located in Connecticut’s New Haven County. The property, which was built in 1979 and was 91.5 percent leased at the time of sale, consists of a 60,000-square-foot Stop & Shop grocery store and a 31,460-square-foot strip center. Jim Koury of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were limited liability companies, in the transaction.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Camden County has signed a 154,211-square-foot office lease at Woodcrest Corporate Center in Cherry Hill, a suburb of Philadelphia. The deal brings the 352,520-square-foot complex to full occupancy. Other tenants at Woodcrest Corporate Center include Auto Lenders, Radian, Penn National Gaming, Jefferson Health Systems, Conduent and Solar Xchange. JLL represented the landlord, Crown Properties, in the lease negotiations.
EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — A joint venture between LCOR, a development firm with three offices in the mid-Atlantic region, and San Francisco-based DivcoWest has begun leasing Park 151, a 468-unit apartment community located across the Charles River from Boston in East Cambridge. The 20-story building houses studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, 392 of which are market-rate apartments, 54 of which are affordable and 22 of which are penthouses. In addition, Park 151 features 19,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities include a pool and lounge area, outdoor grilling stations, a fitness center, indoor and outdoor yoga spaces, a terrace and coworking and micro-office spaces. Rents start at roughly $2,900 per month for a studio apartment.
SOMERVILLE, MASS. — A development team of DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners and Leggat McCall Properties has completed 101 South Street, a 289,000-square-foot life sciences project in Somerville, located on the northern outskirts of Boston. The building is the first of four master-planned life sciences facilities within the 1.8 million-square-foot Boynton Yards development. Architecture firms Spagnolo Gisness & Associates and Hashim Sarkis Studios designed the project, and Shawmut Design & Construction served as the general contractor. Flagship Pioneering and its affiliates lease 280,000 square feet of the nine-story building.
DOVER, DEL. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of North Dover Center, a 191,973-square-foot shopping center in Dover. The property was built in 1989 and was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. The spaces of two of the original anchor tenants, Toys ‘R’ Us and Acme, have been backfilled by Hobby Lobby and Bob’s Discount Furniture in recent years. Staples and T.J. Maxx are the center’s other anchors. Brad Nathanson, Dean Zang and David Crotts of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, Milbrook Properties, in the transaction.
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm Kislak Co. Inc. has arranged the $50 million sale of a portfolio of multifamily properties totaling 326 units in the Northern New Jersey community of Elizabeth. The portfolio also included two cell towers. The unit mix comprises 26 studios, 234 one-bedroom units, 60 two-bedroom apartments and six three-bedroom residences. Joni Sweetwood of Kislak represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
HOLMDEL, N.J. — Fitness Factory Health Club has opened a 20,000-square-foot facility at Bell Works, an office and retail development located in the Northern New Jersey community of Holmdel. A grand opening celebration took place on May 4. In addition to cardio and strength training equipment, the facility will offer a smoothie bar, a turfed functional training area, virtual training area and a recovery room. The location at Bell Works, a redevelopment of the former Bell Labs campus that is owned by Somerset Development, is the seventh for Fitness Factory.