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BOSTON — A partnership between American Campus Communities (ACC) and Northeastern University has opened LightView, an 825-bed student housing community in Boston. The 20-story development offers four-bedroom units with shared or private accommodations. Amenities include social and recreational lounges, a fitness center, 24-hour academic success center and 2,000 square feet of retail. ACC will own and operate the building. The project — designed by CUBE 3 and Elkus Manfredi Architects — was fully leased prior to opening.

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STRATFORD, CONN. — Angel Commercial LLC has negotiated a 76,000-square-foot industrial lease in Stratford, located approximately 50 miles southwest of Hartford. The property features one drive-in door and three dock doors. The tenant, Unger Enterprises Inc., is a manufacturer of professional cleaning and maintenance tools. Brett Sherman of Angel Commercial represented Unger in the transaction. The landlord is Exeter Property Group.

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LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — CBRE has announced the sale of Hawthorne Court, a 434-unit multifamily community on Long Island. The property was built in 1968 and offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Shared amenities include onsite laundry and gym facilities and a pool. CBRE’s Jeffrey Dunne, Gene Pride and Travis Langer represented the seller, a joint venture between Post Road Group and Spruce Capital Partners, in the transaction. The CBRE team also procured the buyer.  

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TRUMBULL, CONN. — Resort Lifestyle Communities (RLC) will soon break ground on River Valley, an independent living seniors housing property in Trumbull, located approximately 50 miles southwest of Hartford. The 180,000-square-foot community will offer one- and two-bedroom units, though the number of units is not yet disclosed. The property will provide cooking, cleaning and valet parking services, as well as fitness classes and community events. River Valley will be the second RLC location in Connecticut.

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BERGENFIELD, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has negotiated the sale of a 5,245-square-foot office building in Bergenfield, a northern suburb of New York City. The buyer, Maywood Physical Therapy & Rehab Center, will utilize a portion of the building as its third medical office location and will continue to lease the remaining space to the four current tenants. NAI James Hanson’s Dominic Fittizzi represented the seller, S&S Realty Holding Co. LLC, in the transaction.

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PHILADELPHIA — CBRE has brokered the sale of a 283,500-square-foot industrial facility in Philadelphia. The buyer, a partnership between Wharton Industrial Partners and Walton Street Capital, plans to invest $10 million in an extensive repositioning of the site, which will be rebranded SoPhi Logistics Center. Improvements will include installation of a new roof and lights, as well as leveling the interior floors, expanding and upgrading the loading docks and repaving and repainting the entire site. Construction is expected to be complete in early 2020. CBRE’s Patrick Green and Michael Mullen represented the seller, an individual investor based in Switzerland who purchased the property in 2006. The sales price was undisclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated a 27,811-square-foot office lease for Marquee Brands LLC at 330 West 34th. Street in New York City. Designed by Schulze & Weaver, the 682,000-square-foot building was completed in 1926. Mitchell Konsker, Alexander Chudnoff, Benjamin Bass and Harrison Potter of JLL represented Marquee in the transaction. Josh Glick and Jared Silverman represented the landlord, Vornado Realty Trust, in-house.

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SPRING LAKE, N.J., and NEW YORK CITY — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has provided two loans totaling $56.2 million for seniors housing communities in Spring Lake, New Jersey, and New York City. In the first transaction, Paula Quigley, Aaron Anglad and Matthew Pipitone of M&T provided a $16.1 million Fannie Mae Seniors Housing loan to refinance a 106-unit seniors housing property in Spring Lake. The 15-year loan was structured with a 4.66 percent fixed interest rate loan and four years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. In the second transaction, M&T provided a $40.5 million FHA-insured loan to refinance a 300-bed skilled nursing facility in Staten Island. The fully amortizing loan features a 35-year term, 3.9 percent fixed rate and 60 percent loan-to-value ratio. Quigley and Pipitone, along with Jennifer Kooney of M&T, secured the debt.

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SUMMIT, N.J. — A joint venture of Saxum Real Estate and The Becker Organization has purchased a 42,000-square-foot office building in Summit, a western suburb of New York City. The property was built in 2001 and was fully leased to three tenants at the time of sale. Cushman & Wakefield’s Gary Gabriel, Frank DiTommaso, David Bernhaut, Andy Merin and Brian Whitmer represented the seller, The Silverman Group, in the transaction. The Cushman & Wakefield team also procured the buyer.

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NEW YORK CITY — The Feil Organization has leased 9,389 square feet of retail space to three restaurants at 7 Penn Plaza, a 357,000-square-foot building in Manhattan. Sticky’s Finger Joint, Sweetgreen and Naya Express will join Starbucks and The Juice Shop on the ground floor of the building, with all three restaurants expecting to open within the next few months. Randall Briskin represented The Feil Organization internally in all three transactions. Jacqueline Klinger of The Shopping Center Group represented Sweetgreen, and Adam Langer of SRS Real Estate Partners represented Sticky’s Finger Joint and Naya Express.

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