WOBURN, MASS. — Locally based mortgage banking firm Fantini & Gorga has arranged a $9.2 million permanent loan for Woburn Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, a 140-bed healthcare facility in the northern Boston suburb of Woburn. The loan was placed with correspondent Eastern Mortgage Capital, which structured the transaction through the FHA’s 232/223(a)7 program. The borrower was not disclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — New York City-based Ready Capital has closed a $6.3 million loan for the acquisition and stabilization of a 40,000-square-foot industrial property in South Philadelphia. The nonrecourse, interest-only loan carried a 48-month term with one extension option, as well as a facility to fund future capital improvements. The borrower was not disclosed.
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 632-unit multifamily property in Lawrenceville, located outside of Princeton. Built between 1992 and 1996, the property consists of 19 buildings that house one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 1,120 square feet. Amenities include two pools, a fitness center, dog park, tennis court, racquetball court, playground and outdoor grilling areas. Jose Cruz, Michael Oliver, Steve Simonelli and Kevin O’Hearn of JLL represented the seller, AvalonBay Communities, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
HILLSIDE, ROCHELLE PARK AND CLIFTON, N.J. — Locally based firm Quinlan Development Group has sold a portfolio of three self-storage facilities totaling 3,606 units to New York City-based RXR Realty for $108.5 million. The properties, which were completed between fall 2019 and summer 2021 and total 422,609 gross square feet, are located in the Northern New Jersey communities of Hillside, Rochelle Park and Clifton. Additional terms of the sale were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Developer and operator StorQuest Self Storage has opened a new facility at 155 King St. in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn. The number of units was not disclosed, but the five-story property spans approximately 84,000 net rentable square feet. Construction began in mid-2020. The property is StorQuest’s second in Brooklyn and 10th in the state of New York.
YORK, PA. — IntegraCare Corp. has broken ground on a 130-unit seniors housing community in York, approximately 90 miles west of Philadelphia. The 124,000-square-foot community, which has yet to be branded, will feature 68 independent living units, 42 assisted living residences and 20 memory care units. Warfel Construction is the general contractor for the project, which IntegraCare is developing in partnership with Avenue Development. The community is scheduled to open in early 2023.
ORANGE, CONN. — New Jersey-based Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $10 million permanent loan for a 137,670-square-foot industrial facility in Orange, located in the southern coastal part of the state. Formerly occupied by Sam’s Club, the property was recently converted to a van and truck parking facility for Amazon. Dev Morris, Allison Villamagna and Andrew Stewart of Cronheim Mortgage arranged the 10-year, interest-only loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health Corp. (NYSE: CVS) plans to close about 900 stores over the next three years, or about 300 stores a year, starting in the spring of 2022. The pharmacy retailer says the decision to close its stores was in order to focus more on its digital strategy. The store closures equal about 9 percent of the approximately 10,000 locations that the retailer currently operates. CVS says it will help those who lose their jobs as a result of the store closures to find a different role at another one of the retailer’s locations, according to CNBC. As part of the plan to close many of its stores, CVS Health will create new store formats. The retailer released three models for its new store layouts including sites dedicated to offering primary care services; an enhanced version of HealthHub locations with products and services designed for everyday health and wellness needs; and traditional CVS pharmacy stores that provide prescription services and health, wellness, personal care and other retail offerings. CVS Health plans to build 1,000 HealthHub locations by the end of the year, CNBC reports. This model includes a wider range of medical products and medical services from …
EASTAMPTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — New York City-based developer Rockefeller Group has broken ground on a 345,600-square-foot distribution center in Eastampton Township, located about 30 miles east of Philadelphia. Rockefeller Group Logistics Center Eastampton will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 96 trailer parking spaces, 384 auto parking spaces, 18-foot truck court depths and 4,000 square feet of office space. KSS Architects designed the project, and Menlo Engineering is the civil engineer. Blue Rock Construction is serving as the general contractor, and CBRE has been tapped to lease the development. Completion is slated for next fall.
FLEMINGTON, N.J. — New Jersey-based developer Larken Associates is underway on preliminary site work for Flemington Junction Business Park, a 150,000-square-foot industrial project in Northern New Jersey. The project will comprise four buildings on a 29-acre site that is located just one mile from U.S. Route 31. Building features will include clear heights of 32 feet and LED lighting, while the entire complex will feature 270 car parking spaces. Larken Associates’ in-house construction management team, Core Enterprises, is overseeing development of the project, which is slated for a fourth-quarter 2022 delivery.