BRAINTREE, MASS. — The Sterling Organization, a Florida-based investment firm, has acquired Stop & Shop Plaza, a 173,798-square-foot retail property located on an 18.7-acre site in the southern Boston suburb of Braintree, for $44.3 million. Grocer Stop & Shop anchors the property, which also houses tenants such as CVS Pharmacy, Town Fair Tire, The Paper Store and Crunch Fitness. Nat Heald, Chris Angelone and Zach Nitsche of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
AMITYVILLE, N.Y. — Webster Bank has provided a $22.3 million loan for the refinancing of a 146-bed behavioral hospital in the Long Island community of Amityville. The facility spans 146,000 square feet and provides care for patients with acute psychiatric disorders. Anthony Sardo, Elliott Throne and C.J. Kodani of JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, an entity doing business as 81 Louden Real Estate Group LLC.
GLOUCESTER, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $13.4 million sale of Cape Ann Marketplace, a 102,977-square-foot shopping center in the coastal Massachusetts city of Gloucester. Grocer Shaw’s serves as the center’s anchor tenant. Jim Koury and Alex Quinn of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and sourced the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — A partnership between developer Post Brothers and Tower Investments has started construction of Broad & Washington, a $750 million, multi-phase multifamily project in Philadelphia. Designed by BKV Group, the project will consist of 1,457 apartments, 65,000 square feet of retail space and a parking garage. According to the architecture firm, the site consists of two parcels: Parcel A, which spans approximately 1.4 million square feet, and the 318,000-square-foot Parcel B. The project is located at 1001 S. Broad St. at the corner of Washington Avenue, near the end of the Avenue of the Arts district. Russell Schildkraut and Christine Zivkovic of Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group arranged $250 million and $100 million, respectively, in construction financing from Bank OZK and Starwood Property Trust for the first phase of Broad & Washington. Both direct lenders have partnered with Post Brothers on past projects as well. All told, Post Brothers has secured more than $400 million in construction debt for the first phase of the project, which will comprise some 600 units and 50,000 square feet of commercial space across four interconnected buildings. Delivery of the first phase is slated for 2024, and the development team expects to complete the entire project …
HOBOKEN, N.J. — A partnership between New York City-based developer SJP Properties and private investor David Werner has purchased Waterfront Corporate Center I, a 523,000-square-foot waterfront office building in Hoboken. The 14-story tower, which also houses 35,000 square feet of retail space that is fully leased, is part of a three-building, 1.5 million-square-foot campus that was originally developed by SJP between 2002 and 2014. With this buyback, SJP now owns and manages the entirety of Waterfront Corporate Center. Miami-based 3650 REIT contributed a $30 million preferred equity investment to the deal. Mack Cali Realty Corp. sold the building for an undisclosed price. Waterfront Corporate Center I was roughly 80 percent leased at the time of sale, while Waterfront Corporate Center II and III are fully leased.
EAST WINDSOR, CONN. — BlueTriton Brands, a locally based beverage company formerly known as Nestlé Waters North America, has signed a 279,256-square-foot, full-building industrial lease in East Windsor. Built in 1979, the property features clear heights of 18 to 20 feet, more than 300 parking spaces and 5,000 square feet of office space. Chris Metcalfe and Jack Reed of CBRE represented the landlord, a joint venture between an affiliate of New York City-based Wharton Equity Partners and Boston-based Long Wharf Capital, in the lease negotiations. The building is currently undergoing a renovation, and the tenant plans to take occupancy in late February or early March.
WELLESLEY, MASS. — A joint venture between Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co. and Chilean investment firm Stars REI has acquired Newton Wellesley Executive Office Park, a 130,000-square-foot development located on the western outskirts of Boston. The four-building property was constructed in phases between 1960 and 1989 and was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to both traditional office and medical office users. Robert Griffin, Frank Nelson, Michael Greeley and James Tribble of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. The joint venture plans to implement a capital improvement program.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm TerraCRG has arranged the $30 million sale of an industrial site located at 360 Kingsland Ave. in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint area. According to LoopNet Inc., the site spans 98,250 square feet and houses a 17,000-square-foot manufacturing and office facility. The site is zoned for up to 196,000 buildable square feet of commercial space. Dan Marks and Daniel Lebor of TerraCRG represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer was private equity firm Sitex Group.
PATERSON, N.J. — Brokerage firm Gebroe-Hammer Associates has negotiated the $22.7 million sale of Broadway Towers, a 118-unit multifamily complex located in the historic Eastside Park District in the Northern New Jersey community of Paterson. According to Apartments.com, the property was built in 1963. Units feature one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Debbie Pomerantz of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were limited liability companies, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Brookfield Properties has topped out Two Manhattan West, a 58-story office tower located within the eight-acre Manhattan West mixed-use development that opened last fall. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Two Manhattan West will feature more than 2 million square feet of office space upon completion, which is slated for 2023. The building is 25 percent preleased, with law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore committed as an anchor tenant. Brookfield completed the 67-story, 2.1 million-square-foot One Manhattan West in late 2019.