NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated a 25,261-square-foot office lease for advertising company CaféMedia in Manhattan. The company signed a 10-year lease to occupy the entire 27th floor of the 1.1 million-square-foot building, which is located at 1411 Broadway and completed in 1970. CaféMedia previously occupied space at 417 Fifth Avenue. Alexander Chudnoff, Dan Turkewitz and Kip Orban of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Paul Amrich, Neil King and Emily Jones of CBRE represented the landlord, Ivanhoé Cambridge.
NEW YORK CITY — Voya Investment Management LLC has provided a $17.4 million loan for the acquisition and renovation of 79 Clifton Place, a 40-unit multifamily building in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. The 52,375-square-foot building was converted to a multifamily use in 2000 after previously housing a knitting factory and now features one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. The borrower, The FREO Group, plans to implement a $1.75 million capital improvements plan to boost occupancy. Max Herzog, Marko Kazanjian and Matt Fagella of JLL secured the loan.
NORTHBOROUGH, MASS. — CBRE has brokered the $9.5M sale of 5 Beeman Road, a 55,515-square-foot industrial building in Northborough, located approximately 35 miles west of Boston. Completed in 2003 and expanded in 2011, the warehouse features 56-foot clear heights, and proximity to State Route 20, Interstate 495 and State Route 9. Scott Dragos, Doug Jacoby and Chris Skeffington led a CBRE team that represented the seller, Ferris Development Group, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Northbridge Partners.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has secured an $87 million construction loan for the ground-up development of Terminal Logistics Center, a 300,000-square-foot industrial project in Queens. CIT Group Inc. provided the loan to the borrower, a partnership of Triangle Equities Development Co., Township Capital Inc. and L&B Realty Advisors LLP, which will develop the Class A warehouse and storage facility adjacent to John F. Kennedy International Airport. Total cost for the project is approximately $129 million. Geoff Goldstein and Rob Hinckley led a JLL team that secured the loan.
BOSTON — Cambria Hotels has opened the 159-room Cambria Hotel Boston, Downtown-South Boston. The hotel offers close access to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority red line. Amenities include a rooftop restaurant, lobby lounge, fitness center and 160-person event space. RODE Architects designed the building, the first Cambria Hotel in Massachusetts.
NORTH HAVEN, CONN. — Hartford HealthCare Corp. will open a new 40,700-square foot facility in the 273,452-square-foot North Haven Pavilion retail center in North Haven, a northern suburb of New Haven. Hartford HealthCare provides a range of medical services including air ambulance, behavioral health and rehabilitation, and skilled nursing and home health services. The facility will occupy space in the former Sports Authority building, joining tenants including Target and Michaels. National Realty & Development Corp. is the owner of the retail center. The facility is slated to open this summer.
WESTPORT, CONN. — Flexible workspace provider Serendipity Labs has opened a 23,000-square-foot coworking office space in Westport, an eastern suburb of Stamford. The space is located at 55 West Boston Post Road Homeclear Serendipity Westport LLC owns the office building.
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has negotiated a 3,005-square-foot lease expansion for roofing contractor Peck Brothers LLC in Elmwood Park, a western suburb of New York City. The company originally leased 4,970-square-feet at Elmwood Park Plaza beginning in 2018, and its headquarters now occupies a total 7,973 square feet. Located at 475 Mark Street, the total square footage of the building is 68,000 square feet. Randy Horning and Darren Lizzack represented Peck Brothers in the lease negotiations. Alfred Sanzari Enterprises is the landlord.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Square Mile Capital Management LLC has provided a $433.8 million construction loan for the next phase of Cambridge Crossing, a mixed-use development in the Boston area. The loan will fund construction of a nine-story, 479,000-square-foot life sciences and tech building with ground-floor retail space and below-grade parking. The loan will also finance the construction of a two-story, 19,000-square-foot retail and office building located on a separate parcel. The borrower was DivcoWest, a developer with five offices around the country. Cambridge Crossing will ultimately feature 2.1 million square feet of life sciences and tech space, 2.4 million square feet of residential space, 100,000 square feet of retail space and 11 acres of open green space.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the $18.2 million sale of Larchmont Commons, a 128,172-square-foot retail center in Mount Laurel, a suburb of Philadelphia. Anchored by ALDI, Planet Fitness and Dollar Tree, the property was 88 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Hair Cuttery, The UPS Store and Kumon Learning Center. Chris Munley, James Galbally, Jose Cruz and Colin Behr of JLL represented the sellers, RPC Real Estate and Merion Realty Partners. Ryan Ade of JLL placed a $12.9 million, fixed-rate acquisition loan through an institutional lender on behalf of the buyer, Wisconsin-based Gorman & Co. LLC.