FORDS, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of King’s Road Office Center, a 37,135-square-foot building in Fords, located about 30 miles south of Manhattan. The property was 92 percent leased at the time of sale and fetched a price of roughly $4.3 million. Alan Cafiero and Brent Hyldahl of Marcus & Millichap brokered the deal on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J. — Sunrise Senior Living has opened Sunrise of Mountain Lakes, a 99-unit assisted living and memory care facility located in the Northern New Jersey borough of Mountain Lakes. Nearby medical support is available to support care coordination and wellness though Saint Clare’s Denville Hospital and Morristown Medical Center. Information about starting rents was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark has negotiated a 26,000-square-foot office lease at The Devlin Building, located at 459 Broadway in Manhattan’s SoHo District. Howard Kesseler and Alexander Kesseler of Newmark represented the landlord, The Chetrit Organization, in the lease negotiations. Sinvin Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant, F. Schumacher & Co., a designer of luxury textile products.
BOSTON — Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co. has unveiled plans for a $700 million institute for genetic medicine in Boston’s Seaport District. The opening is slated for 2024. The company has signed a 334,000-square-foot lease at 15 Necco St., a 12-story healthcare and life sciences building that Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE: ARE) is developing. At the facility, Lilly will develop genetic medicines with a range of applications, including diabetes, immunology and central nervous system research. Curtis Cole, John Carroll III, Evan Gallagher, Tim Allen and Caitlin Mahoney of Colliers represented Eli Lilly in the deal. The site will also include a shared space modeled after Lilly Gateway Labs in San Francisco to support biotech startups in the Boston area. This area will afford users access to dedicated and configurable lab and office space and opportunities for collaboration with Lilly scientists. These companies are expected to generate as many as 150 additional new jobs once the space is fully occupied. The investment follows Lilly’s 2020 Prevail Therapeutics initiative, which centered on the launch of a gene therapy facility in New York City. Lilly projects that within five years, employment at the Boston facility will grow from 120 to …
PHILADELPHIA — A joint venture between locally based investment firm BG Capital, New Jersey-based Hampshire Cos. and Saudi Arabian investment firm Arbah Capital has acquired Constitution Health Plaza, a 295,000-square-foot medical office complex in South Philadelphia, for $77 million. The seller was not disclosed. The property, which is currently undergoing a renovation, also includes a 425-space parking garage. Major tenants include the City of Philadelphia, Malvern Behavioral Health, University of Pennsylvania Medicine, Mercy Health Systems and the Kidney Center of South Philadelphia.
STRATFORD, CONN. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has provided a $55 million permanent loan for an industrial property in Stratford, located in the southern coastal part of the state, that is leased to FedEx. The square footage of the property was not disclosed. Located within Stratford Executive Park near Interstates 95 and 91, the property features a clear height of 36 feet, 52 dock doors and 200 parking spaces, including 57 trailer spots. The borrower was Boston-based GFI Partners. Specific loan terms were not disclosed.
KEENE, N.H. — Covenant Living Communities & Services has acquired Hillside Village Keene, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Keene, located about 20 miles north of the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. Covenant acquired the community out of bankruptcy and has renamed it Covenant Living of Keene. The property opened in 2019 and features 141 independent living units, 43 assisted living units, 18 assisted memory care units and 20 nursing care suites.
NEW YORK CITY — Commercial design firm Spectorgroup has signed a 15,000-square-foot office lease at 200 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant will relocate from its current headquarters at 183 Madison Avenue to the 19th floor of the 750,000-square-foot building in the third quarter. Andrew Conrad and Matt Coudert internally represented the landlord, George Comfort & Sons, which owns the building in partnership with Jamestown and Loeb Realty Partners, in the lease negotiations. Ben Shapiro and Andrew Sachs of Newmark, along with Adam Spector of JLL, represented Spectorgroup.
PHILADELPHIA — New York City-based Ready Capital has closed a $1.8 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a 34,000-square-foot industrial property in northeast Philadelphia. The nonrecourse, interest-only loan features a 48-month term, floating interest rate, one extension option and a facility to fund future capital improvements. The sponsor was not disclosed.
COLLEGEVILLE, PA. — JLL has arranged the $162 million sale of Providence Town Center, a 759,945-square-foot retail center located in the Philadelphia suburb of Collegeville. Regional grocer Wegmans has been the anchor store for Providence Town Center since the property was developed in 2009. Brandolini Cos. sold the asset to a partnership between Maryland-based Finmarc Management Inc. and New York City-based KPR Centers. The property is the fourth-most-visited open-air retail center in the state, according to the brokerage team that handled the sale. Nearly 65,000 vehicles drive by Providence Town Center via State Route 422 on a daily basis, and an additional 20,000 vehicles pass the site on U.S. Highway 29 each day. At the time of sale, Providence Town Center was 92 percent leased to Wegmans, Old Navy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, HomeGoods, Michaels, LA Fitness and Movie Tavern. The brokerage team also notes that the acquisition of Providence Town Center marks the largest open-air retail transaction in the Philadelphia area since the trade of East Gate Square in 2015. The property drew interest from private and institutional investors alike. James Galbally, Christopher Munley, Colin Behr and Chris Angelone of JLL represented the seller and procured the buyer in the …