NORTH STONINGTON, CONN. — Electric Boat Corp. has signed a 125,000-square-foot lease at a flex building located at 25 Norwich Westerly Road in North Stonington. The building consists of 53,376 square feet of office space and 72,439 square feet of warehouse space. Electric Boat Corp. will occupy the entire building based on their expansion requirements. Colliers International represented the landlord, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, in the transaction. CBRE/New England represented the tenant.
NYACK, N.Y. — Harborview Properties and WRA Properties have acquired Waldron Heights Apartments, a 29-unit apartment complex in Nyack, along the Hudson River north of New York City, for $4.3 million. Located at 16-18 Waldron Ave., the community consists of two- and three-bedroom apartment units. The property was acquired from the original owner, a local family that built it in the 1970s. HarborView plans to make capital improvements to the property including building-wide improvements and individual apartment renovations. The community was renamed The Residences at Riverhill 59. Eastern Consolidated brokered the transaction. Meridian Capital arranged acquisition financing.
MERRIMACK, N.H. — Brookstone Co. Inc. has filed for bankruptcy and will close its remaining 101 mall locations. The Merrimack-based retailer filed for Chapter 11 protection on Thursday, Aug 2., the second time it has done so in the last five years. The company first filed for bankruptcy in 2014 and was sold to a Chinese investment group for more than $173 million. The retailer cited the “extremely challenging” retail environment at malls as a factor in its struggles. Brookstone’s 35 airport stores, along with its e-commerce and wholesale divisions, will continue to operate as the company attempts to find a buyer. Brookstone has secured a $30 million loan to finance operations during the sale. According to a bankruptcy filing, Brookstone had liabilities totaling up to $500 million and assets between $50 million and $100 million.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Capital has arranged $85 million in refinancing for a 7,547-square-foot retail property in Manhattan’s Times Square District. Located at 1657 Broadway, the property is currently leased to McDonald’s Corp. and Starbucks. Madison Capital represented the undisclosed landlord in arranging a 10-year, interest-only loan with Aareal Capital Corp. The Starbucks lease covers approximately 2,830 square feet while the McDonald’s lease covers about 4,717 square feet. Both tenants recently signed 10-year, corporate leases.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty has negotiated the $50 million sale of a 250-unit apartment building in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn. Located at 2911 West 36th St., the 20-story building spans 229,865 square feet and also includes five retail units. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty represented both the buyer, Spencer Equity, and the seller, Orbach Group, in the transaction. The building is part of the federal government’s Section 8 Housing program and is under a 20-year contract with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which ends in 2034. The deal was approved by HUD and the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of the Somerset Financial Center, a 233,000-square-foot office property in Bedminster. Kevin Donner, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, and Ryan Larkin of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Related Cos., in the transaction. P3 Properties purchased the asset for an undisclosed amount. The property currently serves as the New Jersey headquarters of pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt, which houses 480 employees at Somerset.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Sinatra & Co Real Estate and Windsor Capital Group have acquired the Nob Hill Apartments, a 761-unit multifamily community in Syracuse. The joint venture purchased the property, which is located at 101 Lafayette Road, for $58.5 million. The seller was undisclosed. A team from Pyramid Brokerage and Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction. Situated on 27 acres, Nob Hill Apartments consists of four mid-rise apartment buildings, a clubhouse and an indoor parking garage. Amenities include a fitness center, clubroom and outdoor swimming pool with large sun deck.
The average monthly rent for multifamily communities in the United States rose $3 to an all-time high of $1,409 in July, according to a recent report by Yardi Matrix. The increase is thanks in part to strong second-quarter economic growth and healthy demand. Year-over-year, rents are up 2.8 percent. Yardi is a California-based software company serving the commercial real estate industry. The company’s Yardi Matrix data branch researches and compiles data through a combination of original research studies and references to secondary sources. Numbers are representative of 127 U.S. markets, though the 30 largest metros are highlighted specifically. Average rents have risen $41, or 3 percent, year-to-date. This is in line with growth figures during the same period in recent years. This statistic is encouraging, according to Yardi, because it exemplifies the fact that the expansion of multifamily has not run out of steam, despite headwinds of increased supply and affordability issues. Rent increases are healthy across the board, led by growing secondary markets. At the top of the list is Orlando, which saw year-over-year rent increase of 6.9 percent, followed by Las Vegas, which saw a growth of 5.8 percent. On the West Coast, the Inland Empire saw an increase …
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Union has arranged a $110 million refinancing for a three-phase, mixed-use development in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. The development consists of 869-871 Bushwick Ave., a three-building complex that was completed in 2015; 889 Bushwick Ave., a 56-unit apartment building; and 340 Evergreen Ave., a 168-unit apartment building with 112 parking spaces. Eastern Union represented the undisclosed borrower in securing funds through Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust. The loan includes funds to complete the last phase of construction.
ALLENDALE, N.J.— Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $50.5 million sale of the Allendale Industrial Park, a seven-building, 368,863-square-foot industrial property in Allendale. The 35-acre industrial park, which includes 985 parking spaces, is currently occupied by a tenant roster that includes Volkswagen Group of America and Stryker Spine, a global medical company. Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, High Street Realty Co., in the transaction. A joint venture between Camber Real Estate Partners, Advance Realty and AIG purchased the property.