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PHILADELPHIA — Liberty Property Trust, a publicly-traded real estate investment trust (NYSE: LPT), has opened Four Seasons Philadelphia, a 219-room hotel located within the Comcast Technology Center in Philadelphia. The hotel rises 1,121 feet, making it the tallest building in the city. Amenities at the hotel include a spa and wellness center with a 30,000-gallon swimming pool, restaurant concept Jean-Georges Philadelphia, oyster and cocktail bar Vernick Fish, a 42-seat café called Vernick Coffee Bar and 15,000 square feet of flexible meeting and event space. Foster + Partners designed the property.

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NEW JERSEY — Dallas-based Colony Industrial has acquired a 33-property industrial portfolio totaling more than 1.3 million square feet in New Jersey. The portfolio comprises assets located in several cities in northern New Jersey that are currently 99 percent occupied. The sale included three development sites located in Carteret and West Caldwell. Brian Fiumara, Michael Hines, Brad Ruppel, Lauren Dawicki and Thomas Monahan of CBRE represented the seller, New Jersey-based developer Hampshire Real Estate Cos., in the transaction. The sales price was undisclosed.

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MOONACHIE, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated a 105,000-square-foot industrial lease in Moonachie, located in metro New York City. Online fashion accessory company Fashionphile will base its Northeast operations from the property. Denver-based EverWest Real Estate investors purchased the building in August 2017 and is currently redeveloping it. Larry Schiffenhaus, Thomas Monahan, Stephen D’Amato, Anastasia Lazarides, Gerard Monahan and Lauren Griffith of CBRE represented Fashionphile in the lease negotiations.

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WARREN, N.J. — Lee & Associates has arranged a 35,000-square-foot office lease in Warren, about 30 miles west of New York City. The tenant, energy supplier Matheson Tri-Gas, will occupy the entire top floor at 3 Mountainview Road. Brian Lynch and Peter Rasmusson of Lee & Associates represented Matheson Tri-Gas in the lease negotiations. Jamie Drummond, Andrew Perrotti and Dan Reider of Newmark Knight Frank represented the landlord, KRE Group.

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MERIDEN, CONN. — Rockport Mortgage, a Massachusetts-based multifamily finance firm, has arranged a $26 million loan for Yale Acres, a 162-unit affordable housing community in Meriden, about 20 miles south of Hartford. Proceeds of the loan will be used to renovate 155 existing units and fund construction of an additional seven. The financing was originated through HUD’s 221(d)(4) program and carries a fixed interest rate and a 40-year amortization schedule. An affiliate of Meriden-based Carabetta Cos. will act as the general contractor on the project, which is slated for completion in 2021.

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Money360, a California-based direct lender, has provided a $13.2 million bridge loan to refinance a multifamily property in Rochester, a city located about 70 miles east of Buffalo. The property includes ground-floor retail space. The non-recourse, three-year loan features a fixed interest rate with an interest-only amortization schedule. Ken Wood of Money360 originated the loan.

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DENVER AND NEW YORK CITY — UDR Inc. (NYSE: UDR), a multifamily REIT based in Denver, has struck an agreement with its joint venture partner MetLife Investment Management to swap their interests in a national multifamily portfolio in a deal valued at nearly $1.8 billion. As part of the agreement, UDR will buy out MetLife’s stake in 10 apartment communities, one property under construction and four development land sites that are collectively valued at $1.1 billion. The 10 properties total 3,321 units and include Strata in San Diego; Crescent Falls Church in Falls Church, Va.; Charles River Landing, Lodge at Ames Pond and Lenox Farms in metro Boston; Towson Promenade in Towson, Md.; and the 1,513-unit, four-property Vitruvian Park campus in Addison, Texas. The assets have an average age of eight years and 95.7 percent occupancy at the time of this announcement. “The acquired communities are primarily located in markets targeted for expansion, are immediately accretive to our earnings, have operational upside and improve the diversification of our portfolio,” says Tom Toomey, chairman and CEO of UDR. Also as part of the agreement, MetLife Investment Management will purchase UDR’s stake in five apartment communities valued at a combined $645 million. …

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ORANGETOWN AND CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield has placed $94 million in acquisition financing for Bradley Corporate Park, a 17-building industrial and flex complex in Orangetown and Clarkstown, about 25 miles north of New York City. The property totals approximately 1.2 million square feet. John Alascio, Gideon Gil, Steve Kohn, Sridhar Vankayala, Zachary Kraft and Emily Johansen of Cushman & Wakefield represented the borrower, New Jersey-based investor Angelo Gordon & Onyx Equities, in the transaction. Bank of America provided the loan. Specific loan terms, including the interest rate and amortizations schedule were not disclosed.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — JLL has arranged $42.5 million in financing for RIVET, a 163-unit multifamily property located in Jersey City, less than one mile from the New Jersey City University campus. The loan refinanced existing construction debt on the property, which includes retail space. Commercial tenants include Five Guys, a nail salon and a pharmacy. Jon Mikula and Michael Klein of JLL represented the borrower, a joint venture between The Hampshire Companies, Claremont Cos. and Circle Squared Alternative Investments. The lender was undisclosed.

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LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. — Planet Fitness has signed an 18,000-square-foot retail lease in Long Island City. The gym, which will be situated on the lower levels of the newly constructed 22-29 Northern Boulevard rental tower, is the company’s first property in Long Island City. Steven Baker and Thomas Galo of Winick Realty represented the landlord, Simon Baron Development, in the lease negotiations. Richard Chera of Crown Acquisitions represented Planet Fitness.

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