MORRISTOWN, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated a 16,970-square-foot office lease for insurance company NFP at Mount Kemble Corporate Center, a Class A office complex in Morristown, located approximately 30 miles west of New York City. The property, located at 350-360 Mount Kemble Ave., offers a cafeteria, fitness center, walking path and conference center. Daniel Casey and Greg Barkan of CBRE represented the landlord, a partnership between The Birch Group and Vision Properties, in the lease negotiations. Jeffrey Babikian and Conor Dolan of CBRE represented NFP.
NEW YORK CITY — Capital One Healthcare, a New York-based lender, has provided a $285 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of 13 seniors housing communities owned by Prime Care Properties LLC. Specific names and locations of the properties involved in the financing were not disclosed. The properties total 1,081 assisted living, 301 memory care and 85 skilled nursing units across seven states. Sunrise Senior Living manages 11 of the facilities while Harbor Retirement Associates manages two. Prime Care has owned the facilities since they were built in the late 1990s.
WESTBOROUGH, MASS. — Amazon will open a new 350,000-square-foot robotics innovation hub in Westborough, located approximately 30 miles west of Boston. The facility will feature corporate offices, research and development labs and manufacturing space. The move is also expected to bring about 200 new tech and advanced manufacturing jobs to Massachusetts. Atlantic Management is developing the facility, which is slated for completion in 2021.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) plans to close 22 underperforming drugstores during the first quarter of 2020. In its third quarter results of 2019, the Rhode Island-based drugstore giant reported a 36.5 percent increase in revenue from $47.3 billion in 2018 to $64.8 this year. During 2018, CVS closed 46 underperforming stores and acquired health insurance and Medicare company Aetna (NYSE: AET) for approximately $70 billion. The integrated companies moved forward with major asset redevelopments, including a “hub-and-spoke” model wherein smaller retail stores function as outposts for central hub stores with greater pharmaceutical inventory and treatment capabilities. CVS operates approximately 9,900 stores in the United States and specific locations of the closing stores were undisclosed.
STOUGHTON, MASS. — JLL has brokered the $19.5 million sale of a shopping center in Stoughton, located approximately 20 miles south of Boston. A 59,987-square-foot Stop & Shop grocery store anchors the 79,300-square-foot center, which also houses tenants such as Bank of America, Care Central Urgent Care and Andrade’s Liquors. Nat Heald, Chris Angelone and Jessica Dowd of JLL represented the seller, Katz Properties Retail, in the transaction. RK Centers was the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 5,600-square-foot retail lease for restaurant group Quality Branded on the ground floor of 2 Bank Street in Manhattan. Quality Branded owns and manages the Quality Meats, Quality Eats and Quality Italian Steakhouse restaurants. Brad Schwarz and James Ficelman of Lee & Associates represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Taryn Brandes of Brand Urban represented Quality Branded.
NEW YORK CITY — Barclays has provided Shorenstein Properties LLC with a $350 million loan to refinance the leasehold position in 1407 Broadway, a 43-story, 1.1 million-square-foot office tower near Times Square in New York City. The five-year loan features a floating interest rate. Solil Management, the company that manages the assets of late real estate mogul Sol Goldman, owns the land upon which 1407 Broadway is situated. The building is located at 1407 Broadway between 38th and 39th streets, two blocks from Times Square, one block from Bryant Park and six blocks from Hudson Yards. Shorenstein acquired the property’s ground lease from Abraham Kamber Associates and the sublease from Lightstone Group in April 2015 for $330 million. Shorenstein then implemented a three-year, $62 million renovation to improve the lobby, common areas, security, roof, terrace and elevator cabs. The building also underwent a retail renovation, adding new storefronts and signing tenants such as Num Pang, Luke’s Lobster and ’Wichcraft, a sandwich shop. The retail portion of the building is 95 percent leased. Over the past 12 months, 160,000 square feet have been leased throughout the building. Geoff Goldstein of JLL, which arranged the loan, says Shorenstein moved forward with this …
NEW YORK CITY — Brookfield Properties has opened One Manhattan West, a 2.1 million-square-foot office high-rise tower in Midtown Manhattan. The 67-story, Class A building is part of the Manhattan West mixed-use development that will include 6 million square feet of office space when construction is complete. The development will also include an 844-unit apartment building that will be branded The Eugene and a Pendry Manhattan West hotel. One Manhattan West was approximately 90 percent leased when it opened, with a tenant roster including the National Hockey League, as well as law firms McKool Smith and Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. The next phase of construction, Two Manhattan West, is slated for completion in 2022. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill served as the architect of One Manhattan West, and AECOM Tishman was the general contractor.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Shamah Properties has acquired Morris Crossing Apartments, a 123-unit multifamily community in Morristown, located approximately 25 miles west of New York City, for $39.5 million. Morris Crossing is a six-building community that comprises 82 one-bedroom, 31 two-bedroom and 10 three-bedroom units. The property was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Jose Cruz, Stephen Simonelli, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver and Grace Braverman of JLL represented Shamah Properties in the transaction. The team also represented the seller, Morris Crossing Apartments LLC, in the transaction.
FREEHOLD, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $11.9 million sale of a 118,400-square-foot industrial property in Freehold, located approximately 30 miles east of Trenton. Completed in 1989, the single-tenant building features 18-foot clear heights. Elli Klabber, Charles Berger, Kevin Dudley, Stephen Beyda and Robert Pine represented the buyer, Treetop Development, in the transaction. Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, dietary supplement manufacturer Industries Inc.