TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — A partnership between New York-based Taconic Capital Advisors and Connecticut-based HEI Hotels & Resorts has acquired the 444-room Westchester Marriott hotel in Tarrytown, a northern suburb of New York City. The sales price was $40 million. The property houses two food and beverage concepts, a gift shop, fitness center, spa, laundry facilities and 26,700 square feet of meeting and event space. The new ownership will invest $30 million in renovations to the property, with HEI Hotels assuming management responsibilities. Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. is financing the capital improvement program.
MADISON, N.J. — Cambridge Realty Capital Cos. has provided a $10.7 million HUD-insured loan for the refinancing of Pine Acres Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, a 102-bed skilled nursing facility in Madison, approximately 40 miles west of Manhattan. Pine Acres is a long-term care facility and rehabilitation center offering a variety of post-operative services and amenities, including private and semi-private rooms. The borrower was not disclosed.
BELMONT, N.H. — McLaughlin Investments has negotiated the $7.8 million sale of Belknap Mall, a 235,000-square-foot shopping center in Belmont, located north of Manchester. Grocer Shaw’s anchors the property with a 38,500-square-foot store. Other tenants include Job Lots, Planet Fitness, Clear Choice Medical Clinic, Jo-Ann Fabric, Verizon Super Cuts and Dunkin’. John McLaughlin of McLaughlin Investments represented the buyer, Vernet Properties LLC, in the transaction. The seller, Belknap Realty, was represented in-house.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $6 million sale of a 35-unit multifamily building located at 524 E. 119th St. in East Harlem. All but two of the units are rent-stabilized. Victor Sozio, Mark Anderson and Michael Tortorici of Ariel Property Advisors brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has purchased a 49 percent stake in One Manhattan West, a 67-story office tower in Manhattan totaling 2.1 million square feet. Brookfield (NYSE: BAM) and Qatar Investment Authority sold the minority interest to Blackstone and will retain a 51 percent ownership stake in the skyscraper. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed, but Brookfield says that the deal “values the office building at $2.85 billion,” which translates to Blackstone’s stake totaling just below $1.4 billion. Ben Brown, managing partner of Brookfield, says the competition for the acquisition was intense despite the uneven recovery of New York City’s office market due to COVID-19. “The partial sale of One Manhattan West and the interest we received as soon as we put it on the market are clear validations that the highest quality office properties are seeing enormous demand coming out of the pandemic,” says Brown. “One Manhattan West is home to some of the world’s leading companies, and their continued desire to work from and grow in the building is a promising sign for Manhattan West and prime, well-located office assets broadly.” Located on the corner of Ninth Avenue and 33rd Street, One Manhattan West is leased …
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — CBRE has brokered the sale of WestPark, a 373,000-square-foot office campus in White Plains, a northern suburb of New York City. The campus consists of two four-story buildings on a 25-acre site. Jacqueline Novotny, Brian Carcaterra and Michael McCall of CBRE represented the seller, Onyx Equities, in the transaction. William Cuddy Jr. and Mary Ann Tighe, also with CBRE, represented the buyer, New York-Presbyterian Hospital. The sales price was not disclosed.
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — New Jersey-based private equity real estate firm Sitex Group has acquired a 210,000-square-foot warehouse in North Bergen, located across the Hudson River from Manhattan. The building, which sits on 7.3 acres and features a clear height of 22 feet and 20 loading docks, was fully leased at the time of sale. Bill Connors of The William Connors Agency brokered the deal, the seller in which was undisclosed. Sitex Group plans to implement a value-add program.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Boutique commercial finance and advisory firm Axiom Capital Corp. has arranged a $25 million loan for the refinancing of a 113,204-square-foot retail center in Franklin Township, about 40 miles south of Manhattan. Grocer ShopRite anchors the three-building property, with Wells Fargo occupying the other standalone structure. The nonrecourse loan carried a 10-year term and fixed interest rate. The borrower was not disclosed.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — New York City-based bridge lender Emerald Creek Capital has provided a $14.1 million acquisition loan for a 111,741-square-foot warehouse and distribution building in the upstate New York city of Rochester. The property sits on a 10.4-acre site within Rochester Technology Park and is net leased to FedEx. Mike Cleaver and Matt Fantuzzi of Emerald Creek Capital originated the financing. The borrower was not disclosed.
ARDMORE, PA. — Locally based brokerage firm Starkman Realty Group has negotiated the sale of Greenfield Commons, a 53-unit affordable housing property located in the eastern Philadelphia suburb of Ardmore. The property was built in 2006. Starkman Realty represented the locally based seller, Canus Development, as well as the undisclosed buyer, in the transaction.