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PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Fortuitous Partners has unveiled plans for Tidewater Landing, a $400 million mixed-use development along Pawtucket’s waterfront. The project will include office, residential and hotel space, as well as a 7,500-seat soccer stadium and sports complex for a future United Soccer League (USL) team. Fortuitous Partners will fund the project, while public investment from both the city and state will primarily focus on infrastructure and other non-stadium components of the development plan. “This is an opportunity of a lifetime for the City of Pawtucket, the Blackstone Valley and the State of Rhode Island,” says Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien. “This $400 million investment in one of Pawtucket’s Opportunity Zones will create jobs and be a transformative economic development at the gateway into our state.” Upon completion, Tidewater Landing will comprise more than 200 housing units, 100,000 square feet of retail space, a 200-room hotel, an indoor sports event center and 200,000 square feet of office space. The project is currently focused on the Tidewater and Division Street sites that are owned by National Grid and the city, respectively. The final development sites, phasing, construction costs and schedule for the project will be finalized during an upcoming due diligence period, …

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WYNDMOOR, PA. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Wyndmoor Hills, a 180-unit rental continuing care retirement community (CCRC). The community is located on 12 acres in Wyndmoor, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. The building totals 214,288 square feet. A regional buyer acquired the property for an undisclosed price with plans to reposition it. Steve Thomes, Michael Segal and Dan Mahoney of Blueprint were the lead advisors on the transaction.

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BREWSTER, MASS. — OREC Securities has brokered the sale of Pleasant Bay Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in the Cape Cod town of Brewster. The community houses 135 skilled nursing beds and 59 assisted living units. Although the original plan was to split the community into two separate sales, a regional owner-operator bought the properties as a single asset. Laca Wong-Hammond, Chad Elliott, Kevin Laidlaw and Aaron Becker led the transaction for OREC. The seller and price were not disclosed.

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PARAMUS, NJ. — Toys ‘R’ Us has opened a 6,500-square-foot retail store at the Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall in Paramus, a western suburb of New York City. The new store, which opened on Saturday, Nov. 4, marks the first brick-and-mortar store the company has opened since it filed for bankruptcy in 2017 and closed all of its stores in 2018. Compared to the retailer’s previous big box stores, the new store follows an experience-driven format with playscapes, Lego sets and other interactive activities. Customers can purchase items in-store or access an online directory of additional inventory through touch screen displays. Toys ‘R’ Us plans to open a second store of similar design in Houston, Texas, on Saturday, Dec. 7.

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RIDGEWOOD, N.Y. — ABS Partners Real Estate has negotiated a 13,823-square-foot office lease for music rehearsal space provider Pirate Studios at the Box Factory, an office and retail center in Ridgewood, Long Island. The U.K.-based company provides rehearsal and production space to musicians in sound-treated rooms. Ben Waller of ABS Partners represented Pirate Studios in the lease negotiations. Waller also represented the landlord, a partnership between Hornig Capital Partners and Brickman.

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PHILADELPHIA — Gobrands Inc. has signed two separate leases totaling 7,560 square feet for adjacent buildings in Aramingo Village, a shopping center in Philadelphia. The buildings will house the company’s digital convenience delivery service goPuff, utilizing 6,060 square feet for warehouse and distribution space and 1,500 square feet as a beer retail store. Richard Soloff of Soloff Realty & Development Inc. represented Gobrands in the lease negotiations. Soloff also represented the undisclosed landlord.

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NEW YORK CITY — Blackstone Mortgage Trust has provided a $724.2 million loan for the refinancing of Hudson Commons, a 698,000-square-foot redeveloped office building in the Hudson Yards submarket of Manhattan. The borrower, a partnership between Cove Property Group and The Baupost Group, purchased the former warehouse from Emblem Health in December 2016. Hudson Commons is now 65 percent leased to tenants including Peloton and Lyft, which will occupy 336,000 square feet and 100,000 square feet, respectively. Kohn Pedersen Fox handled design of the redevelopment project. Grant Frankel, Phil McKnight and Ethan Pond of Eastdil Secured LLC arranged the refinancing loan.

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NEW YORK CITY — Colliers International has negotiated a 10,000-square-foot office lease for grocery delivery service Hungryroot in the Flatiron neighborhood of Manhattan. Hungryroot is moving to 7 West 22nd Street from its Union Square coworking office space to accommodate its everyday business functions, rising employee count and continued company growth. Sheena Gohil and Jack Senske of Colliers represented Hungryroot in the lease negotiations. Paul Amrich, Neil King, Alexander Golod and Georgina Cook of CBRE represented the landlord, Chang Realty Associates.

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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — The Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, a seniors housing owner-operator, has acquired the former College of New Rochelle campus just north of The Bronx for $32 million, according to reports from The Journal News. The college declared bankruptcy in September, and sister school Mercy College absorbed all the students, faculty and programs. Although specific plans for the future of the property were not disclosed, Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund operates Masonic Care Community, a seniors housing community in Utica.

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LEVITTOWN, PA. — NAI Mertz has secured a 67,000-square-foot office lease for mobile phone accessory manufacturer Ondigo Electronics in Levittown, a southwestern suburb of Trenton. The property is situated within Bristol Industrial Park, which is located at 37 Runway Road and was completed in 1999. Jeff Licht and Adam Lashner of NAI Mertz represented Ondigo in the lease negotiations. The team also represented the landlord, F. Greek Bristol Properties.

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