AMHERST, MASS. — Metro Boston-based investment firm Crosspoint Associates Inc. has purchased Amherst Shopping Center, an 81,702-square-foot retail asset in the central Massachusetts city of Amherst. Built in 1997 and anchored by Big Y Supermarket and CVS, the property was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. Additional tenants include Dunkin’, Goodwill and Supercuts. Nat Heald and Chris Angelone of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The price was not released.
PLAINSBORO, N.J. — Berkadia has arranged a $43 million loan for the refinancing of Deer Creek, a 288-unit apartment community in Plainsboro, a northern suburb of Trenton. The property is situated on 34 acres, features one- and two-bedroom units, and offers amenities such as a pool, tennis courts and a fitness center. Robert Falese of Berkadia arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Verde Capital Corp., Kushner Real Estate Group and Oxford Realty Group, which acquired the asset in 2016 and implemented a value-add program.
NEW YORK CITY — Taco Bell Cantina, a concept from the fast-food chain that incorporates alcoholic beverage service, will open a new restaurant at The Paramount Building, an 800,000-square-foot tower located in Manhattan’s Times Square. David Firestein and Jenna Heidenberg of SCG Retail represented Taco Bell in the lease negotiations. Ross Berkowitz, Jason Wecker and Andrew Taub of Newmark Knight Frank represented the landlord, Rosemark Management and Levin Management Corp. in conjunction with in-house representatives of those firms. The opening is slated for this summer.
BOSTON — JLL has arranged an $870 million construction loan for the first phase of the redevelopment of Boston’s South Station transit hub. Upon completion, the project will ultimately comprise 1.9 million square feet of commercial and residential space. The initial phase will feature a 1.2 million-square-foot, 51-story mixed-use tower rising above the historic transit station, which was built in 1898. Scheduled for completion in 2024, the tower will house approximately 660,000 square feet of Class A office space, 166 condominium units and more than 500 parking spaces. Pelli Clark Pelli Architects is designing the project. The office component will feature 26,000-square-foot floor plates, 13-foot floor-to-ceiling windows and unobstructed views of downtown Boston and Boston Harbor. The residential component will include one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as penthouse duplex units, and amenities such as an outdoor pool, fitness center, conference center and onsite restaurant. Riaz Cassum and Jennifer Kelly of JLL arranged the loan through The Children’s Investment Fund on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Hines, APG Groep NV and Dune Real Estate Partners. “Developments of this quality and magnitude arise infrequently in a mature market such as Boston,” says Cassum. “The tower at South Station …
LANSDALE, PA. — Equus Capital Partners, a locally based private equity fund, has completed Madison Lansdale Station, a 182-unit multifamily property in Lansdale, about 25 miles north of Philadelphia. The property, which features studio, one- and two-bedroom units, is part of a 6.7-acre mixed-use development located adjacent to Lansdale station on the SEPTA transit line. Additional uses include single-family homes and 15,000 square feet of retail space. Amenities at Madison Lansdale Station, which is now 50 percent leased, include a fitness center, business center, clubhouse, demonstration kitchen, billiard room and outdoor spaces with lounges and fire pits.
BOSTON — Charleston, S.C.-based Greystar has acquired land at 212 Stuart St. in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood for the development of a 19-story, 126-unit apartment building that will also feature ground-floor retail space. The property will offer one- and two-bedroom units as well as three-bedroom penthouses ranging in size from 500 to 2,100 square feet. Amenities will include a fitness center, lounge, library and bike storage space. Greystar plans to break ground this month and to complete the project in the first half of 2022.
BOSTON — Citizens Commercial Banking has provided a $53 million construction loan for 7INK, a 180-unit multifamily project in Boston. The property will be located within Ink Block, a mixed-use development at the former site of The Boston Herald in the city’s South End neighborhood. Floor plans will include fully furnished studios, one-bedroom residences and shared suites. The borrower was Massachusetts-based National Development.
NEW YORK CITY — Black Bear Capital Partners has arranged $50.4 million in permanent financing for a portfolio of multifamily properties in The Bronx. Morgan Stanley provided the loan, which carries a fixed interest rate of 3.78 percent and 10 years of interest-only payments, to Finkelstein Timberger East Real Estate. The portfolio spans five properties and includes 357 multifamily units and nine commercial spaces. Bryan Manz, Rob Serra and Emil DePasquale of Black Bear arranged the transaction.
PATERSON, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $15.2 million sale of 100 Hamilton Plaza, a 181,995-square-foot office building in Paterson, a city in Northern New Jersey. The 14-story, transit-served building was 90 percent leased at the time of sale. Jeffrey Dunne, Jeremy Neuer, Steve Bardsley, David Gavin, Gene Pride, Travis Langer and Zach McHale of CBRE represented the seller, Mountain Development Corp., in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a private investor based in New York City.
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of the Westinghouse Electric Co. headquarters building, an 823,979-square-foot office asset located in Cranberry Township, about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh. Columbia Property Trust sold the property to an institutional investment firm for $180 million.Built in 2009, the Class A complex houses Westinghouse’s executive offices, research and development branch and other various support functions. Amenities at the center include tennis, basketball and volleyball courts, childcare services, walking trails and a bank branch. John Pelusi, Mark Popovich, Mark West, Coler Yoakam and Nick Unkovic of JLL represented the seller, Columbia Property Trust, in the transaction.
