NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has brokered the $3.5 million sale of a 2,700-square-foot retail and residential building in the Kips Bay area of Manhattan that consists of one retail space leased to Dunkin’ and two residential units. Howard Raber, Sean Kelly and Jack Moran of Ariel Property Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
WESTBOROUGH, MASS. — KPM Analytics America, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of agricultural instruments, has signed a 29,402-square-foot office lease at 8 Technology Drive in Westborough, about 35 miles west of Boston. Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Feris Development Group, in the lease negotiations. John Eysenbach of R.W. Holmes Realty represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — San Francisco-based developer DivcoWest has acquired a 220,000-square-foot building at 325 Hudson St. in Lower Manhattan that can support office, data center and life sciences users. According to multiple news outlets, including the New York Business Journal, the sales price was $135 million. The property is located adjacent to Disney’s 1.2 million-square-foot headquarters building and is surrounded on three sides by Google’s campus. Building amenities include a conference center, tenant meeting rooms and storage space. The seller was not disclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — A partnership between National Real Estate Development LLC and The KRE Group will develop 200 Spring Garden, a 355-unit multifamily project that will be located in the East Callowhill Overlay District of Philadelphia. The project represents the first phase of a larger master-planned community. Amenities will include a pool, multiple grilling stations, community gardens and a private outdoor dog run. Construction is expected to begin in the second quarter of next year and to last 24 to 28 months.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — KeyBank has provided $37.5 million in financing to Community Preservation Partners (CPP) and Hampstead Development Partners for the acquisition and renovation of an affordable seniors housing property in New Haven. Originally built in 1973, Fairbank Apartments, a Section 8 property situated on one acre of land, consists of 121 units (106 one-bedroom and 15 two-bedroom) and one ground-level retail bay in a nine-story building. KeyBank operates a branch out of the retail space. KeyBank’s Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) and KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s (KBREC’s) Commercial Mortgage Group (CMG) worked together to provide $12.5 million of low-income housing tax credit equity, a $6 million equity bridge loan, an approximately $19 million public bond offering and $19 million of Fannie Mae tax-exempt bond collateral. Robbie Lynn of KBREC’s CMG team, and Victoria O’Brien and John-Paul Vachon of Key Community Development Corp. structured the financing.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — JLL has arranged two loans totaling $16.8 million for the refinancing of a portfolio of three industrial properties that are located in the Lehigh Valley cities of Upper Macungie and Allentown and the coastal New Jersey city of Toms River. The portfolio totals 258,123 square feet across six buildings. Jon Mikula, Michael Klein, Michael Pagniucci and Carlos Silva of JLL placed the nonrecourse, fixed-rate loans with Minnesota Life Insurance Co. on behalf of the borrower, Denholtz Properties.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Norman Bobrow & Co. has negotiated a 9,200-square-foot office lease at 40 Wall Street in Manhattan’s Financial District for law firm KI Legal. Josh Berger of Norman Bobrow represented the law firm, which specializes in business litigation, in the negotiations for the 10-year lease. The deal represents an expansion from the firm’s previous 4,000-square-foot space at 90 Broad Street. The Trump Organization owns 40 Wall Street.
PHILADELPHIA — Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC has provided a $62 million senior construction loan for a 282,737-square-foot industrial facility in northeast Philadelphia that is preleased to TJX Cos., the parent company of discount retailers Marshalls and T.J. Maxx. The borrower, DH Property Holdings, expects to break ground on the 22-acre facility in June and to complete it in third quarter of 2022. Building features will include 52-foot clear heights, 149 trailer parking spaces and 141 car parking spaces.
SHREWSBURY, MASS. — Cornerstone Realty Capital has arranged a $53.3 million construction loan for Edgemere Crossing, a 250-unit multifamily project in Shrewsbury, located outside of Worcester. The property will consist of 116 one-bedroom units and 134 two-bedroom units that will be furnished with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and vinyl plank flooring. Amenities will include a conference center, kitchen room, fitness center, dog park, pool and a resident clubhouse. The borrower, a joint venture between The Dolben Co. Inc. and Belmont Capital, expects to complete construction by the first quarter of 2023. The loan was structured with a floating interest rate, 36 months of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule.
WILMINGTON, DEL. — Miami-based Driftwood Capital is underway on a $31 million project that will convert an 11-story office building in Wilmington, Del., into a 134-room hotel that will be operated under the Staybridge Suites brand. The new hotel, which is expected to open in the second quarter of next year, will offer a lobby lounge, fitness center, business center with meeting space and a convenience mart. First International Bank & Trust provided $14.9 million in construction and permanent financing for the project. Other partners include Whiting-Turner Contractor Co. and Dever Architects. Driftwood’s in-house hospitality management team will oversee operations of the property.