BOSTON — Ascend Mass, a subsidiary of Ascend Wellness Holdings, will open a 16,000-square-foot cannabis dispensary in downtown Boston. Located at 272 Friend St. near Faneuil Hall and TD Garden, the store will be the largest cannabis dispensary to open on the East Coast. Ascend Wellness operates cannabis stores in Illinois and Michigan, and the Boston store will be its first in Massachusetts. The Andrus Group designed the building, which is slated to open in late 2020.
WESTCHESTER, N.Y. — CBRE has negotiated a 13,000-square-foot office lease for law firm Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin in Westchester, a northern suburb of New York City. The company will occupy the top floor of RiverView at Purchase, a 120,000-square-foot, Class A office property located at 287 Bowman Ave. William Cuddy Jr. and Jacqueline Novotny of CBRE represented the landlord, Phoenix Capital Partners LLC, in the lease negotiations.
HARTFORD, CONN. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment has provided a $14 million construction loan for the Phase II redevelopment of Westbrook Village, an affordable housing community in Hartford, Connecticut. Additionally, Key Community Development Corp. has provided $12.7 million in low-income housing tax credit equity for the project. The borrowers, Pennrose and The Cloud Co., are leading a five-phase redevelopment project of Westbrook Village, a 40-acre plot near the University of Hartford. The plot currently contains mostly vacant apartment and commercial buildings which were completed in the early 1950s. Those buildings are being leveled and replaced by new multifamily and retail constructions. Phase I of the project, which includes 75 housing units, is slated for completion this summer. Phase II of the construction will comprise six buildings with individual units leased at varying rates based on area median income (AMI). Of the 60 units, 45 will be affordable and 15 will be market rate. Of the 45 affordable units, 12 will be for supportive housing designated for individuals and families with incomes at or below 25 percent of AMI; 24 will be designated for individuals and families with incomes between 25 percent and 50 percent of AMI; and nine …
BOSTON — JLL has brokered the $46.1 million sale of 15 Broad Street, a 77,678-square-foot office building in Boston. Originally constructed in 1910 as the Marshall Building, the property is a landmark in downtown Boston, situated within walking distance of Fairlane Park and multiple transit stations. The property also features street-level retail space. Coleman Benedict, Lauren O’Neil and Matthew Sherry led a JLL team that represented the seller, Brookfield Properties, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, TA Realty
NEWINGTON, CONN. — Jacobson Properties has arranged the $8.8 million sale of Constitution Professional Park, a 31,198-square-foot medical office complex in Newington, a southern suburb of Hartford. Hartford Hospital Eye Surgery Center anchors 55 percent of the three-building complex. Other tenants include Starling Physicians and Select Physical Therapy. Lisa Menin of Jacobson Properties represented the seller, Newington Realty, in the transaction. A national healthcare real estate investor was the buyer.
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — Procida Funding has provided a $10 million construction loan to The Mabie Group to finance the reconstruction of the Belle-Freeman Amusement Pier in Seaside Heights. The coastal city is located about 65 miles east of Philadelphia. Dating back to the early 1920s, the pier was previously home to a number of small eateries, arcades, amusement games and rides but was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and finally destroyed by a fire in 2013. Proposed plans call for the transformation of the currently vacant boardwalk into an entertainment destination featuring a 17,500-square-foot multi-tier bar and restaurant, a concert venue and several small retail buildings. The construction schedule has not been disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Night Frank has negotiated a 10,008-square-foot office lease on behalf of collegiate sports marketing firm Learfield IMG College in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan. The space is located on the 17th floor of 183 Madison Avenue, a 275,413-square-foot office building close to the Grand Central and Penn Station transit stations. Andrew Sachs, Tim Gibson, Josh Gosin and Brittany Silver of NKF represented the landlord, APF Properties, in the lease negotiations. Jack Senske and Brian Given of Colliers International represented Learfield.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Linear Retail Properties LLC has acquired a 6,291-square-foot retail store property comprising three adjacent buildings in the Porter Square Neighborhood of Cambridge, a northwestern suburb of Boston, for $3.6 million. Located at 1755-1761 Massachusetts Ave., the property is fully leased to The Abbey Irish Pub, One Ramen & Sushi, The Laundry Room and Judy Jetson hair salon. Anthony Bruno and Kerry Dowlin of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty brokered the transaction. The seller was undisclosed.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $123 million sale of Continental Plaza, a 647,947-square-foot office complex in Hackensack, a northwestern suburb of New York City. The three-building complex was 91 percent leased at the time of sale and offers amenities including a fitness center, conference center, cafeteria and close access to two retail centers. Jeffrey Dunne, Jeremy Neuer and Steve Bardsley led a CBRE team that represented the seller, Capstone Realty Group and JD Companies, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Lionstone Capital.
NEW YORK CITY — Progress Capital has arranged an $85 million loan to refinance Union Crossing, a 275,000-square-foot mixed-use development in the Port Morris neighborhood of the Bronx. LibreMax Capital provided the floating-rate loan, which will be used to replace the original construction loan and fund potential tenant improvements and leasing commissions during lease-up. Located at 825 East 141st St., the building was originally constructed in 1916 as a major baking facility for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. A partnership of the Bluestone Group, the Altmark Group, Madison Realty Capital and Galil Management purchased and redeveloped the property in 2016 to include retail, office and industrial space. Nonprofit affordable housing developer Westhab is the property’s first office tenant, taking 8,233 square feet of space. Brad Dominico of Progress Capital arranged the loan.
