NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between PEBB Capital and TriArch Real Estate Group has broken ground on a 153-bed student housing development located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan near Columbia University. The partnership acquired the land parcel in February for $20.3 million. The 14-story, 64,000-square-foot building will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom, fully furnished units. Shared amenities will include a state-of-the-art fitness center, a study area with breakout rooms and a conference center, an outdoor terrace, bike storage, a package room, security surveillance, a rooftop deck and a coffee bar. The development is scheduled for completion in May 2020.
WILLIAMSPORT, PA. — HFF has negotiated the sale of Loyal Plaza, a 293,607-square-foot shopping center in Williamsport. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 1915-1965 E. 3rd St., the property is currently 94 percent leased to a tenant roster that includes Giant Food Stores, Dollar Tree, Verizon Wireless, Staples, Great Clips, BB&T Bank and Red Lobster. Chris Munley and Michael DiCosimo of HFF represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was PAG Investments.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — HFF has negotiated the $259.4 million sale of Halstead New Rochelle Metro North, a 40-story apartment tower in New Rochelle. Completed in 2007, the 588-unit property consists of a mix of market-rate studio through three-bedroom units. Jose Cruz, Stephen Simonelli, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, JB Bruno and Andrew Scandalios of HFF represented the seller, The DSF Group, in the transaction. The buyers were Azure Partners and Harbor Group International.
EASTHAM, MASS. — Penrose has broken ground on Village at Nauset Green in Eastham. The $23 million project will consist of 65 affordable and workforce housing units spread across more than 11 acres. The property will accommodate individuals and families with a range of incomes, including 11 units serving households earning up to 30 percent of the area median income (AMI) and 39 units serving households earning up to 60 percent of AMI. The remaining units will be Workforce units for families set at rents equal to 90 percent of AMI. Pennrose Management Co. will provide on-site management and maintenance, as well as supportive services geared toward both senior and family populations. Amenities include a community room, community garden and a pocket park at the front of the site to be used by all residents of Eastham and users of the nearby Cape Cod Rail Trail. Funding for the project included $10 million over 10 years in federal low-income housing tax credits and $4.375 million in state tax credits over five years from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development. A $10.2 million construction loan was provided by Bank of America and a $4.4 million permanent first mortgage …
BOSTON — AWH Partners has acquired a three-property Holiday Inn portfolio in Boston. The properties include the Holiday Inn & Suites Boston – Peabody, Holiday Inn & Suites Marlborough and the Holiday Inn Boston-Dedham Hotel and Conference Center. The sales price was not disclosed. Spire Hospitality, AWH’s hospitality management company, will manage the properties. The hotels have a combined 555 guest rooms as well as 8,000 square feet of event and meeting space.
SAYREVILLE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6.7 million sale of QuickChek Plaza, a 25,800-square-foot retail center in Sayreville. The property is located at 881 Main St. Alan Cafiero, Brent Hyldahl, Ben Sgambati, and Michael DeVita in Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office represented the seller, a developer, in the transaction. The buyer was a limited liability company.
FAIRFIELD, N.J. — Avison Young has arranged the sale of a 42,000-square-foot industrial facility in Fairfield. The sales price was not disclosed. Located at 2 Gardener Road, the property is the former headquarters of security inspection systems company Autoclear LLC. Matthew C. Turse, Timothy J. Cadigan and John Recchia of Avison Young represented the seller, Autoclear, in the transaction. The buyer was Third Wayne LLC. Avison Young also secured a five-year lease for Autoclear at a new 21,888-square-foot facility located at 10A Bloomfield Ave. in Pine Brook, New Jersey.
The Greater Boston industrial market is busier than ever. Supply for quality warehouse and flex space is limited and the demand is at an unprecedented high. As a result, we have seen rents soar, achieving upwards of $7 to $7.50 Triple Net rent along I-495, and $9 to $11 Triple Net rent along Route 128, notable increases from just a few years ago. To coin a well-known quote from the 1989 film Field of Dreams, “If you build it, they will come,” and both investors and tenants continue flocking to the industrial real estate market in the Commonwealth, in some cases making their first appearance in Massachusetts, or in others looking to expand their presence here. Along with the usual suspects, we are seeing plenty of non-traditional industrial buyer groups as well as users who are now seeing the value in the region and asset class. While developers have experienced tremendous success to date with speculative builds, there are undoubtedly some potential risks on the horizon. Tenants are looking for clear heights exceeding 30 feet with as many loading docks as possible, a first-class inventory type that is far from common or plentiful in our marketplace. To accommodate changing tenant …
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Union has arranged a $46 million construction loan for the development of an 11-story condominium tower in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan. Located at 165 Lexington Ave., the property will consist of 43 residential units as well as two commercial spaces totaling 2,860 square feet. The architect for the project is Issac & Stern Architects. Michael Muller and Moshe Lipschitz of Eastern Union secured the financing on behalf of the borrower, Lexington Partners LLC, a joint venture between Brooklyn North Capital and RiverBrook Equities. S3 Capital Group provided the financing package. The project is slated for completion in March 2020.
CARLISLE, PA. — Hotel owner-operator MCR has acquired the 78-room Residence Inn by Marriott Harrisburg Carlisle in Carlisle. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 1 Hampton Court, the hotel is approximately two miles from the U.S. Army War College. Amenities at the property include free Wi-Fi, a convenience store, heated indoor pool and whirlpool spa, a 24-hour fitness center and on-site laundry service. The seller was not disclosed.