EAST GREENWICH, R.I. — Nashville-based owner-operator Montecito Medical has acquired a 60,000-square-foot medical office building in East Greenwich, about 20 miles south of Providence. Built in 2013 and renovated in 2020, the multi-tenant property was fully leased at the time of sale, with University Orthopedics occupying 61 percent of the space as the anchor tenant. Other occupants include Coastal Medical Group, Velocity Clinical Research and Providence Behavioral Health.
WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — Developer Woodmont Properties has opened Woodmont Way, a 443-unit apartment community in West Windsor, a northern suburb of Trenton. The property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units that are equipped with private balconies/patios. Residents also have access to private garages and individual storage spaces. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, game room, golf simulator, theater room, bark park and access to walking trails. To date, Phase I of Woodmont Way is 100 percent occupied with over 130 leases signed since the launch of leasing earlier this year.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Greystone has arranged a $14 million ground lease and a $21 million leasehold construction loan for a 75-unit multifamily project that will include 7,300 square feet of commercial space in New Rochelle, a northern suburb of New York City. Leasehold construction financing refers to a loan to develop a building on land that is ground-leased. RMWC, an investment advisory firm with four offices across the country, provided the loan to the borrower, locally based developer The Young Cos. Drew Fletcher and Matt Klauer of Greystone placed the debt and also arranged the ground lease with Haven Capital.
NEW YORK CITY — National law firm Lowenstein Sandler has signed a 125,700-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion at 1251 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. The 54-story, 2.3 million-square-foot office tower is situated atop the Rockefeller Center subway hub in the borough’s Midtown area. David Falk, Peter Shimkin, Eric Cagner and Nick Berger of Newmark represented the landlord, Mitsui Fudosan America, in the lease negotiations. Michael Goldman and Philip Weiss of AttentivRE represented Lowenstein Sandler, which is extending its current lease and taking an additional 25,000 square feet on the 19th floor.
NEW YORK CITY — Lightstone has topped out Moxy Williamsburg, a 216-room hotel in Brooklyn. Designed by Stonehill Taylor, the property will offer amenities such as a fitness center, coworking spaces, meeting and event rooms, a rooftop terrace and multiple food and beverage concepts. Leeding Builders Group is managing construction of the project. The opening is set for late 2022.
EAST ORANGE, N.J. — New Jersey-based brokerage firm Gebroe-Hammer Associates has negotiated the $11.7 million sale of a two-property, 88-unit multifamily portfolio in the Northern New Jersey community of East Orange. The garden-style buildings at 255 Prospect St. and 284 Prospect St. total 42 and 46 units, respectively, across a variety of floor plans. David Oropeza and Debbie Pomerantz of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller, F&C Realty Co. LLC, and procured the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction.
LONG ISLAND CITY — Locally based developer Tishman Speyer has received a $425 million green bond refinancing for The JACX, a 1.2 million-square-foot office complex in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. Built in 2019 and fully leased at the time of closing, The JACX consists of two 26-story office towers connected by a five-story base. According to the developer, the property represents the single largest addition to the supply of office space in Long Island City since the opening of the Citicorp Building in 1990. The development houses more than 50,000 square feet of retail space, including a food hall with nine culinary concepts, a restaurant by chef Dan Kluger and an upscale grocer. Other amenities include a fitness center operated by The Wright Fit, a landscaped public plaza, access to multiple public transit lines and a 175-space bike parking area with showers. MdeAS Architects designed the building to LEED Silver certifications, and environmentally friendly features include a 100,000-gallon stormwater reclamation system and an air filtration system. These assets made the property eligible for the green bond refinancing, which Bank of America originated. The transaction retires existing construction debt with permanent CMBS financing. “Tishman Speyer is dedicated to …
HINGHAM, MASS. — CBRE has brokered the $139.2 million sale of The Cove, a 220-unit apartment community in Hingham, located south of Boston. Built in 2020, the property offers a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units with hardwood-style flooring, custom cabinets, artisan tile backsplashes and stainless steel appliances. Amenities include a pool, social lounge, fitness center, coworking spaces and pet grooming station. Simon Butler, Biria St. John and John McLaughlin of CBRE represented the seller, a joint venture between Arizona-based Alliance Residential and an institutional investor, in the transaction. The trio also procured an undisclosed institutional investor as the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — National investment and development firm Lightstone has topped out Moxy Lower East Side, a 303-room hotel located at the junction of Manhattan’s Little Italy, SoHo and Chinatown neighborhoods. The design team includes master architect Stonehill Taylor, interior design firms Michaelis Boyd and David Rockwell, who designed the restaurant and underground lounge. Other amenities will include a coworking lounge, fitness center and three meeting rooms. Completion is slated for late 2022.
EAST ORANGE, N.J. — J.G. Petrucci Co. Inc. has broken ground on The Station at East Orange, a 172-unit mixed-income residential community in Northern New Jersey. Thirty percent of the property’s one-, two- and three-bedroom units will be designated as affordable housing, with an area median income range starting at 30 percent to the upper limit of HUD requirements. Amenities will include a fitness center, business center, open terrace courtyards, an art gallery and 3,477 square feet of retail space. Completion is slated for 2022.