NEW YORK CITY — Brax Realty has negotiated the $12.2 million sale of a two-building multifamily property on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Located at 432- 434 E. 89th St., the properties were built in 1910 and are comprised of 41 units. Alan Stenson of Brax Realty represented the buyer, S.W. Management, in the transaction. The seller was H.S. Realty Associates Inc.
CEDARHURST, N.Y. — Rosewood Realty has arranged the $3.2 million sale of a three-story apartment building in Cedarhurst, Long Island. Located at 488 Central Ave., the 12,000-square-foot property was built in 1924 and includes eight apartments as well as two ground-floor retail spaces. The retail spaces include a restaurant and a children’s clothing store. Michael Guttman of Rosewood Realty represented both the buyer, PD Central LLC, and the seller, 488 Central Avenue LLC, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Integra Real Estate Capital has secured a $28 million bridge loan for a two-building, mixed-use property in the Lincoln Square section of Manhattan. Located at 15 Central Park West, the property includes a 19-story building and a 36-story building with a total of 202 residential units and 80,000 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a three-lane saltwater pool, a 14,000-square-foot fitness center, outdoor garden, game room, conference rooms and a wine cellar. Arthur and William Zeckendorf developed the property in 2008. Igor Goldenberg of Integra arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower through a New York City-based debt-fund to refinance the existing debt on the property.
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $22 million loan to refinance Central Crossing, a 115,000-square-foot shopping center in Spring Valley. Located at 175 East Central Ave., the shopping center is currently 98 percent leased to a tenant roster that includes Food Fair, Planet Fitness and Popeyes. Eli Serebrowski of Meridian secured the financing for the undisclosed borrower through a balance sheet lender. The loan features 10-year term with a rate of 4.2 percent and a 30-year amortization schedule.
SMITHTOWN, N.Y. — Benchmark has opened Whisper Woods of Smithtown, an assisted living and memory care community in Smithtown, located on Long Island. Whisper Woods is a three-story, 88,500-square-foot building that sits on 12.6 acres. The property, Benchmark’s first in New York, features 101 units that can serve up to 136 residents. “There has been a need for high-quality seniors housing on Long Island, where the 75-plus population has grown by 20 percent in the last eight years,” says Tom Grape, Benchmark’s chairman and CEO. “Whisper Woods is in an ideal location — close to downtown Smithtown and St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center.” Desiree Krajnyak-Baker is the community’s executive director, overseeing a team of 85. Based in Waltham, Mass., Benchmark operates 58 senior living communities offering independent living, assisted living, memory care and continuing care in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
WINDSOR, VT. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.3 million sale of Price Chopper Plaza, a 30,674-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Windsor. Located at 2781 US Route 5, the center is occupied by three service-based tenants, including Price Chopper, a regional grocery operator that has been at the site since 1998. The other tenants at the property include Dollar General and Aubuchon Hardware. Mark Krantz and Derrick Dougherty of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Gary Richetelli of Commercial Development Co., in the transaction. The buyer was a real estate investment firm based in Pittsburgh.
MARBOROUGH, MASS. — EagleBridge Capital has arranged $2.7 million in acquisition financing for The Learning Experience, a 10,000-square-foot childcare learning center in Marborough. Located at 70 Simarano Drive, the single tenant leases the property on a long-term basis. The Learning Center has more than 300 locations across the country. Brian D. Sheehan and Ted M. Sidel of EagleBridge secured financing for the undisclosed borrower through a leading Massachusetts thrift institution.
From large publicly traded companies to mid-size tech companies and small professional services firms, companies are taking notice of the office development and vibrant live-work communities being built in the Lehigh Valley. Located one hour north of Philadelphia and 90 minutes west of New York City, the Lehigh Valley is a two-county region in eastern Pennsylvania consisting of 62 municipalities and the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton. It is the 69th largest metropolitan region in the United States, with a $39.1 billion GDP larger than that of both Wyoming and Vermont. The Lehigh Valley’s total office market inventory currently stands at 26.8 million square feet. There have been 281,250 square feet of office market deliveries in 2018 so far, and another 329,000 are currently under construction. A total of 669,832 square feet of office space was under construction in the Lehigh Valley as of the first quarter of 2018, with the majority of that development in the region’s urban centers. Ninety-six percent of the office buildings constructed in the Lehigh Valley so far this year have been built in either Allentown, Bethlehem, or Easton and all of the 329,000 square feet of office space currently under construction are in …
NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has arranged the $140 million refinancing of Ocean at One West Street, a multifamily tower in the Battery Park neighborhood of Manhattan. Located at 1 West St., the property was built in 1902 as an office building and converted to residential use in 1999. Amenities at the building include a fitness center, private laundry, storage facilities and an outdoor roof deck with views of the New York Harbor. Stewart Campbell of Berkadia’s New York office secured the financing through Freddie Mac on behalf of Delaware-based Ocean Prime LLC. The 10-year permanent refinancing features a 3.99 percent fixed interest rate and is a full-term, interest-only loan.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has secured a $48.7 million loan to refinance a multifamily building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Located at 150 W. 82 St., the 10-story property is currently a boutique condominium. Building ownership plans a condominium conversion on the property. When completed, the property will include a resident lounge, gym, roof deck and bike storage. JLL represented the borrowers, GreenOak Real Estate LP and Slate Property Group to place the loan with lender Apollo Global Management LLC. Terms of the financing were undisclosed.