Northeast

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Fantini & Gorga has secured a $28.3 million construction loan for St. James Place, a mixed-use development in the Porter Square neighborhood of Cambridge. Located at 2013 Massachusetts Ave., the development will feature 46 residential condominiums, ground-floor retail and underground parking. Derek Coulombe, Tim O’Donnell and Despina Hixon of Fantini & Gorga secured financing for the undisclosed borrower through a mid-sized regional bank. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.

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SCRANTON, PA. — Trammell Crow Co. has acquired a 90-acre site at the Valley View Business Park in Scranton. The company plans to build a 1 million square-foot speculative distribution facility on the site. The sales price was undisclosed. The building is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2019 and will feature 40-foot clear heights, 311 trailer parking spots, 277 car parking spots, 159 dock positions and ESFR fire protection. Trammell Crow purchased the site from the Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Building Co., the industrial development affiliate of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce. CBRE Allentown was given the leasing assignment for the project.

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NEW YORK CITY — Progress Capital has arranged a $23 million loan to refinance a retail property in Harlem. CVS and Zwanger Pesiri Radiology anchor the property, which is located at 324 W. 125th St. Abe Mann of Progress Capital secured financing on behalf of the borrower, Wharton Properties. The lender was Wells Fargo. Terms of the non-recourse loan include full-term interest-only payments and no prepayment penalty. The proceeds of the loan will be used to retire existing debt and provide cash-out of vested equity that will be used to fuel a continued expansion of the borrower’s portfolio.

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NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $11.5 million sale of a two-building apartment complex in East Harlem. Located at 334-348 E. 105th St., the 53,121-square-foot property contains 53 rent-stabilized residential units. John Stewart and Stephen Bell of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the seller, Reifer Management, in the transaction. Seth Glasser of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a private investor.

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NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $1.9 million sale of a two-story warehouse in the South Bronx. Located at 585 Jackson Ave., the 10,020-square-foot property includes two garage doors, gas heat and 50 feet of street frontage. Jonathan Squires and Michael Fioravanti of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also undisclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — The Carlton Group has arranged a $47.5 million construction loan for Sea Breeze Tower, a 20-story multifamily tower in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn. Located at 271 Sea Breeze Ave., the property will feature a limestone and glass façade and will offer a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Ruth Barone of the Carlton Group secured financing on behalf of the borrower, Rybak Development, through a private lender. The terms of the financing were not disclosed.

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ROSELAND, N.J. — NKF has negotiated the $17.2 million sale of a 115,422-square-foot office building in Roseland. Located at 3 Becker Farm Road, the property is currently 97-percent leased to a tenant roster that includes Mandelbaum Salsburg and Tompkins McGuire. Kevin Welsh, Brian Schulz and Chuck Kohaut of NKF’s Tri-State Capital Markets represented the seller, Normandy Real Estate Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was international real estate fund Westwood Properties. The property was recently renovated with $2 million in capital improvements  

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BETHLEHEM, PA. — Larken Associates has acquired Pinnacle @ 65, a 10-story, 102,000-square-foot, mixed-use building in Bethlehem. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 65 E. Elizabeth Ave., the property includes 48 residential units as well as 38,000 square feet of office and retail space. The building underwent a full renovation in 2017, including upgrades to the exterior façade, windows and common area corridors. Amenities include laundry and dry cleaning pick-up and drop-off, private storage units, and a package concierge system. Larken Associates acquired the property from Post Road Management.

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WILMINGTON, DEL. —Real estate investment firm Excel Group has acquired the 96-room Residence Inn Wilmington Downtown in Wilmington. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 1300 N. Market St., the property opened this year and is the first new hotel in downtown Wilmington in more than 20 years. The purchase is the fourth major transaction for Excel Group in 2018, representing a total transaction volume of more than $100 million. The property is an all-suite hotel that offers studio and one-bedroom suites.

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NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $3.8 million sale of a 24,155-square-foot office building in the Bronx. Located at 1314 Blondell Ave., the split-level property features a 24-car private garage and 16-foot ceilings on the ground floor. Jonathan Squires, Ian Brooks, and Robert Shapiro of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also undisclosed.

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