CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Lotus Harvard Enterprises LLC has completed development of 1699 Massachusetts Avenue, a 16-unit apartment building with 1,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space that is located adjacent to Harvard Law School in Cambridge. The property offers two studios, eight one-bedrooms, five two-bedrooms and three two-bedroom units, as well as an adjoining five-bedroom single-family home. Khalsa Design was the architect of the project and Nauset Construction was the general contractor.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brooklyn-based agricultural company Gotham Greens has opened a 100,000-square-foot greenhouse in Providence. The project is located along the Woonasquatucket River, at the site of a former General Electric lighting factory. The new urban farm will provide fresh produce to local restaurants and grocery stores, including Whole Foods Market, and will host educational programming about sustainable agriculture. Gotham Greens expects to create approximately 60 full-time jobs in Rhode Island and has committed to donating more than 5,000 pounds of fresh produce to the Rhode Island Food Bank during the winter season.
NEW YORK CITY — American sports bar chain Yard House has signed a 19,000-square-foot retail lease at 10 Times Square in Manhattan. The restaurant will occupy the entire first and second floors of the building as well as a lower-level space with frontage on Seventh Avenue and West 41st Street. Originally built as the Bricken Textile Building in 1930, the 575,000-square-foot building houses tenants including the offices of apparel retailer One Jeanswear Group Inc, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund and marketing company Digital Remedy. The landlord, L.H. Charney Associates, was self-represented in the lease negotiations.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. — King Street Properties has begun construction of Innolabs, a 266,800-square-foot life sciences project in Long Island City. Located at 45-18 Court Square, the project involves the redevelopment and expansion of a 160,000-square-foot, Class B office building that will anchor the life sciences sector on Long Island. The building will be completely gutted and renovated to allow for multi-tenant floors and will be expanded with a four-story addition and two six-story additions. The project is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2021.
CINNAMINSON, N.J. — Capitol Seniors Housing has completed construction of a new clubhouse and two of the remaining five residential buildings at Siena, an active adult community in Cinnaminson, an eastern suburb of Philadelphia. The owner is currently working to complete the community’s master plan that will consist of 12 buildings and 204 units upon full build-out. The new residences range from 1,114 to 1,873 square feet. Capitol Seniors Housing acquired Siena in 2018, and Cove Property Management operates the community.
NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Akerman LLP has signed a 100,000-square-foot office lease at 1251 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. Akerman will move from its current office at 666 Fifth Avenue to the entire 37th and 38th floors and a portion of the 35th floor at the new building. About 185 lawyers will work out of the new space. Other tenants of the building include MUFG Union Bank, Trust Co. of the West and Mizuho Corporate Bank. Matthew Cheezem, Ken Siegel and Lisa Kiell of JLL represented Akerman in the lease negotiations. David Falk and Peter Shimkin of Newmark Knight Frank represented the landlord, Mitsui Fudosan America Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Japanese real estate company Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.
MIDDLESEX, N.J. — Procida Funding has provided a $39 million construction loan to Forte Real Estate Development for the construction of The View at Middlesex, a 200-unit apartment property located approximately 30 miles southwest of New York City. Located at 220 and 232 Lincoln Blvd, the 255,000-square-foot building will feature 140 one-bedroom units, 60 two-bedroom units and 17,000 square feet of amenity and commercial spaces on the ground floor. Additional details of the loan and the construction schedule were undisclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — Cliffs Climbing + Fitness will open a 40,000-square-foot climbing and fitness facility called in Philadelphia on Saturday, Dec. 7. The Cliffs at Callow Hill will be located in a single-tenant warehouse at 1010 Callowhill St. and will offer climbing walls with classes and clinics for all skill levels, plus a private yoga studio and a full-scale fitness center. The facility was built by Caledonia Builders Inc. and the climbing walls were built by Walltopia. Michael Gorman and Stephen Carrozza of Metro Commercial Real Estate represented Cliffs in the lease negotiations.
NEW HAVEN, CT. — Noble Investment Group has acquired the 135-room New Haven Hotel at Yale University. Noble plans to reposition the hotel to capitalize on the area, which includes Yale University and the Yale-New Haven Hospital, the primary teaching hospital for the Yale School of Medicine and the Yale School of Nursing. The hotel features a business center and fitness center as well as 1,000 square feet of flexible meeting space. The sales price was undisclosed.
NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — JLL has brokered the sale of a 50,993-square-foot industrial building in North Brunswick, located approximately 30 miles southwest of New York City. Situated at 1200 Airport Road, the building was completed in 1987 and features 19-foot clear heights, seven exterior docks, three drive-in doors and parking for 86 cars. The building was fully leased to three tenants at the time of sale. Gary Politi and Joel Lubin of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was also undisclosed. The buyer was VK Industrial V LP, a partnership between Venture One Real Estate and Kovitz Investment Group.