SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — The SilverBrick Group has completed the renovation of SilverBrick Square in Springfield. Located at 122 Chestnut St., the 120,000-square-foot building is a former YMCA property. The newly renovated, 99-unit apartment community now includes new finishes in units and common areas as well as a new fitness center. Emerald Creek Capital provided an $8 million bridge loan to SilverBrick Group for the renovations. Terms of the loan were not disclosed.
NEWARK, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $2.6 million sale of a two-building apartment community in Newark. Located at 101 Treacy Ave. and 491 Clinton Ave., the two buildings consist of 35 units and three commercial spaces. Richard Gatto, Fahri Ozturk and Thomas Cleary in Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Sweeney Real Estate has arranged the $1 million sale of an industrial facility in Providence. Located at 382-420 and 780 Harris Ave., the 21,649-square-foot property is located on nearly one acre. Thomas Sweeney, of Sweeney Real Estate represented the buyer, Partial Research Group LLC, in the transaction. Jim DeRentis of Residential Properties represented the seller, Bone House LLC.
MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — Cornerstone Realty Capital has arranged a $2.7 million acquisition loan for a 12,980-square-foot retail building in Marlborough. Located in Middlesex County, the property currently houses four tenants with Starbucks as its anchor. Spaces at the property range from 1,500 to 7,466 square feet. Cornerstone delivered a fixed-rate financing structure with a 30-year amortization schedule to the undisclosed borrower. The lender was a local community bank.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — HFF has brokered the $66 million sale of an office building in Parsippany. Located at 300 Kimball Drive, the five-story property was originally built in 2001 and is LEED Silver certified. The building is currently 78 percent occupied by a tenant roster that includes FM Global, Fiserv, Langan Engineering and Western World Insurance. Kevin O’Hearn, Jose Cruz, Stephen Simonelli and Michael Oliver represented the seller, a large national insurance company, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor.
STONEHAM, MASS. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Mave Apartments, a 298-unit apartment community in Stoneham. The sales price was undisclosed. The community opened in 2017 and completed construction in 2018. Amenities include a clubhouse, pool, fitness center, outdoor pavilion area and numerous grilling stations. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE represented the seller, Fairfield Stoneham Limited Partnership, in the transaction. The buyer was Stoneham Mave LLC.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Media and entertainment company WWE has signed a 415,000-square-foot office lease in Stamford. Located at 677 Washington Blvd., the three-building complex will serve as the new global headquarters for WWE. Drew Saunders, Robert Ageloff, Allison Melichar and Joe Messina of JLL represented WWE in securing the lease with property owners George Comfort & Sons and AVG Partners. Additional tenants at the 12-acre property include KPMG and Perkins Eastman.
NEW YORK CITY — Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $5 million loan to refinance a 12-story office building in Midtown, Manhattan. Located at 32 E. 31st St., the 52,000-square-foot property also includes ground-floor retail. The tenant roster includes a fitness studio, hair salon, media company and real estate developer. Cronheim secured a 20-year loan amortized over 30 years on behalf of the borrower, 32 E. 31 Street Corp. The lender was CMFG Life Insurance Co.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $2.4 million sale of a 4,750-square foot mixed-use property in Brooklyn. Located at 358 Knickerbocker Ave., the property was built in 1931. Shaun Riney and Thomas Shihadeh of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was also a private investor.
The combined greater Philadelphia industrial markets closed 2018 with 718,266 square feet of positive absorption, according to research from NKF. Year-over-year, overall vacancy declined 20 basis points to 5.5 percent, while warehouse vacancy increased 140 basis points to 6.3 percent. 3.4 million square feet delivered over the past twelve months with 2.3 million square feet designated as warehouse space. The Southeastern Pennsylvania industrial market closed the year with a total of 264,511 square feet in negative absorption. Year-over-year, total vacancy for all property types increased 70 basis points to 6.2 percent. Philadelphia County accounted for a majority of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s occupancy gains, closing the year with 854,488 square feet of positive absorption. This was largely due to significant gains in occupancy that occurred in the first quarter. During the first three months of the year, Dependable Distribution moved into 332,640 square feet at 9801 Blue Grass Road and 185,000 square feet at 11200 Roosevelt Boulevard. In addition, Rainbow moved into 365,000 square feet at 2951 Grant Avenue, also in the first quarter. The negative absorption in the Southeastern Pennsylvania suburban market is not a sign that demand has slowed, quite the opposite. Ecommerce and distribution companies are aggressively seeking high-bay …