BEVERLY, MASS. — Locally based investment firm Foxfield has sold 50 Broadway, a 45-unit apartment building in Beverly, located northeast of Boston. According to Apartments.com, the building exclusively offers studio apartments with an average size of 421 square feet, as well as outdoor grilling and dining stations and onsite laundry facilities. Kevin Gleason and Henry Smith of Walker & Dunlop brokered the sale. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Foxfield acquired the building in 2021 in partnership with Taymil Partners.
NEW YORK CITY — Electra USA has signed a 10-year, 25,331-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The electrical contractor will occupy the entire fourth and 31st floors at 10 E. 53rd St., a 37-story building that recently underwent a capital improvement program that upgraded the lobby, façade and outdoor plazas. Joseph Cirone, Patrick Dugan and Zachary Price of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The landlord, SL Green, was self-represented.
DENVILLE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a two-story, 15,879-square-foot office building located at 165 E. Main St. in the Northern New Jersey community of Denville. Andrew Schwartz, Jordan Sobel, André Balthazard and Dan Bottiglieri of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller the transaction. Toni Kaufmann of Realty Executives represented the new owner-occupier, which also requested anonymity.
NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $285 million loan for the refinancing of Greenpoint Central, a newly constructed, 473-unit multifamily property located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of the same name. TPG Real Estate Credit provided the loan to the borrower and developer, an affiliate of New York City-based Madison Realty Capital. Sean Reimer, Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Dustin Stolly, Ari Hirt, Cole Grims and Nicholas Gilhooley of Walker & Dunlop arranged the debt. Ownership will use proceeds to retire construction debt, support funding reserves and return equity to investors. Greenpoint Central is split between two buildings located at 75 Dupont St. (Phase I) and 65 Dupont St. (Phase II). The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, 70 percent of which are rented at market rates and 30 percent of which are subject to income restrictions. Amenities include a fitness center, media lounge, game room, coworking space, golf simulator, children’s playroom, pickleball court and a rooftop deck with grilling and dining stations. The property also features 19,589 square feet of retail space on the ground and cellar floors. “The area’s evolving waterfront, cultural institutions and creative community continue to attract renters, creating sustained demand in the …
ANSONIA, CONN. — Reliant RE Partners has purchased Bella Vista Apartments, a 91-unit multifamily building in Ansonia, located in New Haven County. The adaptive reuse building includes more than 8,000 square feet of commercial space and amenities such as a coffee lounge, business center and a gym. Victor Nolletti, Wes Klockner and Eric Pentore of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, Bella Vista Ansonia LLC, in the transaction and procured Reliant as the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of two multifamily development sites in Brooklyn. The combined sales price was $11.7 million. The adjoining sites at 2425 and 2413 Atlantic Ave. are located in the Ocean Hill neighborhood and offer a total of roughly 142,000 buildable square feet. Matthew Peters of Marcus & Millichap represented the sellers in the transactions and procured the buyer, a local private investor. All parties requested anonymity.
DAYTON, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $5.7 million sale of an industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in Dayton, located in Central New Jersey. The site at 3 Wheeling Road includes a warehouse/service facility in addition to 3.5 acres of useable outdoor space. Mark Silverman, Elli Klapper, Liam McGregor and Mark Trevisan of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, private investment firm Genesis.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Community Preservation Corp. (CPC) has provided a $4.5 million construction loan for a multifamily conversion project in Syracuse. The project will transform the former William Howard Taft School in the city’s Eastwood neighborhood, which opened in 1907 and closed in 1964, into a 28-unit rental complex. The unit mix will comprise six one-bedroom residences and 22 two-bedroom apartments. The developer is Skinner Properties.
NEW YORK CITY — Upstart has signed a seven-year, 15,356-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The AI-driven lending platform will occupy the entire 33rd floor at NoMad Tower, a 39-story building located at 1250 Broadway. Scott Brown of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Paul Glickman, Benjamin Bass, Kristen Morgan, Harrison Potter and Diana Biasotti of JLL, along with internal agents Craig Panzirer and Alex Radmin, represented the landlord, Global Holdings.
NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 20-property last-mile distribution and light-manufacturing industrial portfolio across eight states. New York City-based Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. (NYSE: ACRE) acquired the portfolio, which spans more than 3 million square feet. Brian Fiumara led CBRE’s National Partners team in marketing the portfolio and representing the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The CBRE team also procured the buyer. The properties include: The industrial portfolio consists of well-maintained industrial buildings ranging in size from 16,000 to 500,000 square feet, while average occupancy across the properties currently sits at 95 percent. “The acquisition by Ares allows the company to expand its existing portfolio with a critical mass of light industrial and well-located last-mile assets in major population centers with access to key distribution infrastructure,” says Fiumara. ACRE is a real estate investment trust (REIT) managed by Ares Commercial Real Estate Management LLC, a subsidiary of Ares Management Corp., which manages approximately $596 billion of assets. ACRE’s stock price closed on Thursday, Dec. 4 at $5.15 per share, down from $6.98 a year ago, a nearly 26 percent decline. — Abby Cox