NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — Locally based investment and development firm Ward Capital Management LLC will build a 225-room TRYP by Wyndham hotel in New Rochelle, a northern suburb of New York City. The 24-story property, which will include an event center, will be situated on a site that currently houses an industrial building that will be demolished. Hotel amenities will feature a restaurant and bar, rooftop pool and grill, conference space, a ballroom and 433 parking spaces. Construction of the hotel is expected to begin late this year or in early 2020 and last 18 months. This project represents the largest hotel development in Westchester County in the last 20 years, according to the development team. A general contractor has not yet been selected.
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SUNDERLAND, MASS. — A joint venture between two Dallas-based firms, Fountain Residential Partners and HC2 Capital, is underway on North 116 Flats, a 150-unit multifamily project in the central Massachusetts city of Sunderland. Situated on 18 acres, North 116 Flats will feature 38 units that will be rented to households earning 80 percent or less of area median income. Floor plans include one-, two- and three-bedroom units, stone countertops, faux hardwood floors and individual washers and dryers. Select units will be offered for lease as fully furnished with 50-inch TVs. Amenities will include an 8,000-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center, dog parks, outdoor grilling stations and sports courts. Stuart Roosth Architects is designing the project, and Granby, Massachusetts-based Western Builders is serving as general contractor. Construction is scheduled to be complete by summer 2020.
NEW YORK CITY — Stonehenge NYC, a New York City-based investment and management firm, has received a $63 million loan for the refinancing of two multifamily buildings totaling 206 units in Manhattan. The properties are located at 108 W. 15th St. and 210 W. 89th St. and span 56 and 150 units, respectively. New York Community Bank provided the funds to Stonehenge, which has owned and managed the buildings since the 1990s. Ralph Herzka and Abe Hirsh of Meridian Capital Group arranged the financing, the specific terms of which were not disclosed.
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $36 million sale of a 118,000-square-foot office property in Woodcliff Lake, located in the northern part of the Garden State. Brooklyn-based Sheila Properties purchased the asset, which was fully leased at the time of sale to a subsidiary of Japanese pharmaceutical firm Eisai Inc., from Hartz Mountain Industries. David Bernhaut, Andrew Merin, Gary Gabriel, Brian Whitmer and Kyle Schmidt of Cushman & Wakefield represented both parties in the transaction.
MIDDLETOWN, PA. — Sims Mortgage Funding, a subsidiary of Connecticut-based lender HJ Sims, has provided a $5.3 million HUD-insured loan for Middletown Interfaith Apartments, a 125-unit affordable seniors housing community located outside of Harrisburg. The property was built in the early 1980s. Sims Mortgage secured the financing through the HUD 223(f) loan program, which is often used to finance affordable housing projects. The loan, a portion of which will be used to fund capital improvements, was structured with a 35-year term.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between two New York-based developers, Exact Capital and Lam Group, has topped off a 26-story Renaissance by Marriott hotel in Harlem. The 210-room property is being constructed above Harlem’s historic Victoria Theater, which was originally built in 1917. The hotel will include a 5,000-square-foot ballroom, and the building will house 25,000 square feet of retail space. Completion is slated for 2020. A 191-unit multifamily building under construction on the site is also nearing completion. Half of the units in the residential building will be rented at below-market rates.
WALPOLE, MASS. — Washington Trust Bank has provided a $30 million loan for the refinancing of New Pond Village, a seniors housing community in the southern Boston suburb of Walpole. Situated on 19.4 acres, the property includes 167 independent living units and 17 assisted living units. The borrower was Benchmark Senior Living, which recently completed an $8 million renovation program at the property that included the addition of memory care services.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated a 200,000-square-foot industrial lease at 100 Jefferson Road in Parsippany, located west of Newark, on behalf of Vitaquest International LLC, a manufacturer of nutritional foods. James Ritman and Trevor Patterson of NKF represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged a $15.2 million loan for The Box Factory, a former industrial building in Brooklyn that is being redeveloped into a 65,837-square-foot office and entertainment complex. Proceeds will be used to refinance construction debt and further redevelop the property. Jonathan More, Ari Hirt and Lexington Henn of Mission Capital arranged the financing on behalf of the project development team, which is led by Brickman Real Estate and Hornig Capital Partners. Construction began in 2018. Pine River provided the loan.
NEW YORK CITY — Knotel, a provider of flexible office space, has inked a deal to lease 12,500 square feet at 80 White Street in the Tribeca area of lower Manhattan. The company will occupy the third and fourth floors of the recently renovated building beginning in September. Gregory Gang and Catherine O’Toole of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, General Hardware Manufacturing Co., in the lease negotiations. Knotel now has more than 40 locations throughout New York City.