PHILADELPHIA — Greystone has provided an $8 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of workforce housing properties totaling 88 units in Philadelphia. All properties received fully amortizing adjustable-rate mortgages. The exact locations of the properties were undisclosed. Anthony Cristi of Greystone originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, La Gioconda Co.
NEW YORK CITY — Cognitive computing services provider Digital Reasoning has signed a 5,819-square-foot office lease in Manhattan. The space is located on the 31st floor of 11 Times Square, a 1.1 million-square-foot commercial tower. The company is moving its New York City office from 853 Broadway and is expected to move into its new space by mid-November. Kyle Wainwright and Paul Ippolito of Newmark Knight Frank represented Digital Reasoning in the lease negotiations. JLL represented the landlord, SJP Properties, along with Zach Freeman on an internal basis. SJP’s project solutions team is constructing a build-to-suit boardroom for the tenant.
UPPER ST. CLAIR, PA. — Lifespace Communities has completed a $39.5 million expansion project at Friendship Village of South Hills in Upper St. Clair, located approximately 12 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. The project, construction of which began in summer 2017, added a new building with 50 assisted living apartments, 32 memory care suites and various amenities and wellness services. Perkins Eastman Architects designed the expansion, and LECESSE Construction served as the general contractor.
NEW JERSEY — Capital Funding LLC has provided a $13.8 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the acquisition of a skilled nursing facility in New Jersey. Preferred Care operates the property, which features 126 beds. Further details on the name, location and borrower were not disclosed. Craig Casagrande originated the transaction for Capital Funding.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — NNN Acquisition Group LLC, a Texas-based developer, has purchased a 205,000-square-foot retail property leased to Walmart store in Rochester, located approximately 70 miles east of Buffalo. NNN purchased the property for $8.3 million and may redevelop the property following the completion of Walmart’s lease term, which has less than five years remaining. Joshua Pardue of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, Urban Edge Properties, in the transaction.
PISCATAWAY AND JAMESBURG, N.J. — CBRE has arranged the $11.3 million sale of two office properties in Piscataway and Jamesburg, both located approximately 40 miles southwest of New York City. Heritage at Piscataway is an income-restricted active adult seniors housing community for residents age 55 and over, which consists of 30 one-bedroom apartments and sold for $3.2 million. Brookside Village is a newly constructed multifamily property that consists of 42-apartments and sold for $8.1 million. Nat Gambuzza and Trevor Fiebel of CBRE represented the sellers and procured the buyers in both sales, which were all undisclosed.
HANOVER, PA. — Sign of the Horse Brewery will open a 4,850-square-foot bar and pub in Hanover, located approximately 35 miles south of Harrisburg. The company will brew and serve fresh beer as well as a full food menu at 979 York St., a 12,010-square-foot cement warehouse that was redeveloped into retail space. Tenants at the property currently include Earling Chiropractic Clinic, pet cremation service Companions at Peace Inc. and apparel retailer Homefield Advantage. Nate Resh and John Birkeland of ROCK Commercial Real Estate brokered the transaction. The grand opening of the pub is slated for October 22.
WORCESTER, MASS. — Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates Inc. has brokered the sale of Worcester Plaza Tower, a 244,000-square-foot office tower in central Massachusetts. The sales price was $16.5 million. The 24-story tower is the tallest office building in Worcester. Kelleher & Sadowsky represented the seller, S-BNK Worcester Main, an entity registered to the Casey Brothers Trust of Boston. The firm also procured the buyer, Synergy Investments, which plans to make capital improvements to the property.
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp., a publicly traded office investment firm, has acquired 603 West 50th Street, a 160,000-square-foot office building in Manhattan. KCP Holdco Inc., an affiliate of the seller that currently occupies the property, will lease approximately 40,000-square-feet of office space to serve as its headquarters. SL Green will undertake a full-building repositioning to elevate the profile of this asset, which was originally built in 1940. Woody Heller and David Heller of Savills Studley represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
BOSTON — Alduwaliya, a Qatar-based investment firm, has purchased 99 Chauncy Street and 101 Summer Street, two office buildings totaling 159,781 square feet in Boston’s Financial District. Both properties include ground-floor retail space and were fully leased at the time of sale to tenants with an average weighted lease term of 7.2 years. Scott Dragos, Doug Jacoby, Chris Skeffington, Roy Sandeman, Anthony Hayes, Timothy Mulhall and Daniel Hines of CBRE represented the seller, Nuveen Real Estate, in the transaction. The price was not disclosed.