PROVIDENCE, R.I. — CBRE has negotiated the $4.2 million sale of 300 Niantic Ave., a 67,200-square-foot, single-story industrial building in Providence. ECP Niantic sold the property to Legacy Real Estate Ventures in a joint venture with ProPartners in Parking. CBRE’s Alden Anderson and Tom Barry represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Legacy Real Estate Ventures owns a portfolio of office, medical and industrial buildings in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. This is the company’s first collaboration with ProPartners in Parking, which acquires parking assets and other real estate properties on behalf of itself and its investment partners. Ed Riekstins of NorthMarq arranged financing for the property, which was provided by Ameritas. KBR, an affiliate of ProPartners in Parking, will provide property management services. 300 Niantic Avenue is located in Huntington Industrial Park and tenants include Calise Bakery, J. Polep, Rhode Island PBS and S.G. Torrice Co.
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Webster Bank has secured a $7.2 million portfolio financing deal for Isle Brewers Guild, a craft beer cooperative in Pawtucket co-founded by Devin Kelly and Jeremy Duffy. The Guild is designed to deliver additional capacity, efficiency and control to local brewers. Webster Bank provided $4 million of financing to the Rhode Island Industrial Facilities Corp. in conjunction with a guarantee from the Rhode Island Industrial Recreational Building Authority by purchasing two bonds: one 25-year series and real estate for about $1.4 million plus a 15-year series of $2.6 million for machinery and equipment to establish a brewing operation. Webster also provided $3.1 million under the U. S. Small Business Administration’s 504 program. This portion of the financing consists of $2.8 million of bridge financing and a $350,000 working capital line of credit. Anthony Capuano Jr. of Webster Bank led the transaction.
Providence, R.I. – The Armory Revival Co. (TARC) has recapitalized Rising Sun Mills, a 313,000-square-foot mixed-use complex with 135 residential units and 130,000 square feet of commercial space located at 166 Valley Street in Providence. On-site management by TARC will oversee new construction commencing immediately with lobby renovations. The recapitalization will also fund tenant improvement projects, accounting for 90,000 square feet of available commercial space. CBRE’s Andrew Galvin leads the leasing efforts for Rising Sun Mills. Located two miles from downtown Providence, Rising Sun Mills is accessible from Routes 6 and 10 as well as Interstate 95. The campus includes 135 residential units and offers office tenants a parking ratio of four per 1,000 square feet. The site features a waterfall and walking/bike paths along the Woonasquatucket River. The property features the on-site Café at Easy Entertaining and offers proximity to local and regional restaurants in Olneyville Square, Atwells Avenue and on Broadway.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — CBRE/New England has arranged the sale of Grant Mill, an apartment building located in Providence. Brady Sullivan Rhode Island Properties sold the 85-unit building to an affiliate of Heritage Properties for an undisclosed price. Converted from a mill building into an apartment property in 2009, Grant Mill features 85 units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, a community room with billiards, fitness center, media room, resident storage, 111 surface parking spaces and 28 garage parking spaces. Simon Butler and Biria St. John of CBRE/NE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
Lancaster Pollard Arranges $40.7M Refinancing for Skilled Nursing Facilities in New England
by Amy Works
AVON, CONN. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged six separate refinancing loans totaling $40.7 million for Apple Rehab, a skilled nursing provider based in Avon, a suburb of Hartford, Conn. The facilities refinanced are The Clipper Home in Westerly, R.I.; T.A. Coccomo Memorial in Meriden, Conn.; Hewitt Health & Rehabilitation Center in Shelton, Conn.; Plainville Health Care Center in Plainville, Conn.; Apple Rehab Colchester in Colchester, Conn.; and Waterbury Extended Care Facility in Watertown, Conn. The facilities total 517 skilled nursing beds. Aaron Becker led the Lancaster Pollard team in arranging the six FHA-insured loans. Each loan has a 30-year term and fixed interest rate. The refinancing will allow Apple Rehab to lower its debt service and increase its replacement reserves.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., AND PORTLAND, MAINE — Horvath & Tremblay has arranged two retail property sales totaling $4 million in Providence and Portland. In the first deal, an undisclosed investor purchased a 10,920-square-foot retail property located in Providence for $2.5 million. Family Dollar occupies the property under a new 10-year double-net lease with six five-year extension options. Bob Horvath, Todd Tremblay and Brian Ahrens of Horvath & Tremblay represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. In the second deal, an undisclosed buyer acquired the ground lease to a freestanding restaurant property located on Riverside Street in Portland for $1.5 million. Burger King fully occupies the 2,622-square-foot building and has more than 12 years remaining on its original 20-year ground lease. Horvath, Tremblay and Ahrens represented the buyer in the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Braintree, Mass.-based John M. Corcoran & Co. and Providence-based Trilogy Development have broken ground on Commons at Providence Station, a multifamily building situated on 2.8 acres at Smith and Canal streets in Providence. Slated for completion in summer 2018, the 145,000-square-foot property will offer 169 rental units, 170 subsurface parking spaces, a yoga room, gym, and roof deck with views of the statehouse. The $54.1 million project is adjacent to the Providence train station with access to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and Amtrak train systems. The development was made possible with assistance from Rebuild Rhode Island tax credits awarded by the Rhode Island Commerce Corp. and will create 225 direct jobs and 125 indirect jobs for the community. The Rebuild Rhode Island program uses redeemable tax credits to finance at-risk real estate projects. The program has provided $400 million worth of private real estate investment over the past year and led to agreements to bring nine new companies to the state.
CUMBERLAND, R.I. — Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal has arranged the sale of a four-acre redevelopment site located at 15 Jones St. in Cumberland. Civic RI Central Falls Charter I LLC acquired the property for $1.3 million. Existing structures on the site include a 13,960-square-foot retail space and a 10,000-square-foot warehouse space. The buyer plans to demolish both buildings for the construction of a new charter school. Thomas Sweeney of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal brokered the deal.
SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Sweeney Real Estate has arranged a lease for 4,000 square feet of office space at 333 George Washington Highway in Smithfield. ELITechGroup Inc. leased the space from Lincoln Environmental Properties LLC. Kevin Casey of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal represented the landlord, while Gerry Surprenant of MG Commercial Real Estate represented the lessee in the deal.
DALLAS — The Dallas office of HFF has arranged post-acquisition financing for a portfolio of 154 convenience and gas station sites totaling 97.8 acres in the Northeast. The loan was provided by a consortium of lenders led by Capital One and BMO Harris. Andy Scott and Michael George of HFF’s Dallas office arranged the five-year, floating rate acquisition financing with 18 months of interest-only payments for the borrower, a subsidiary of a private real estate investment fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital-Real Estate. The portfolio comprises 88 sites in New York, 45 sites in Massachusetts, 11 sites in Connecticut, seven sites in New Hampshire, two Rhode Island sites and one site in Pennsylvania. All properties are subject to an absolute net lease for 20 years with a subsidiary of Petroleum Marketing Group. The amount of the loan was not released.