EATONTOWN, N.J. — Florida-based Rendina Healthcare Real Estate has broken ground on the RWJBarnabas Health Family Care & Wellness Center, an 82,000-square-foot project at Monmouth Mall in Eatontown, located near the Jersey Shore. The facility will feature custom-designed spaces for specialized pediatric care, women’s services and wellness resources. The building will also include a commercial-grade kitchen to support the wellness center. Completion is slated for November.
PHILADELPHIA — New York City-based CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) has provided a $39 million loan for the refinancing of a 95,000-square-foot medical office building located at 3 Crescent Drive near the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The property was fully leased to provider Jefferson Health at the time of the loan closing. The borrower, Norvin Healthcare Properties, acquired the asset in December 2019. Michael Gigliotti, Ryan Ade and Peter Rotchford of JLL arranged the loan.
WALTHAM, MASS. — Design firm Bergmeyer and construction management firm J. Calnan & Associates (JC&A) have completed a 180,000-square-foot life sciences redevelopment project in the western Boston suburb of Waltham. The property, which features traditional office and lab space, will serve as the new headquarters for robotics firm Boston Dynamics. Amenities include kitchens and a fitness center, as well as mothers’ and quiet rooms.
SALEM AND WILMINGTON, MASS. — Eastern Union has provided $31 million in financing for a pair of skilled nursing facilities totaling 265 beds in Massachusetts. The first property is a 123-bed facility in Salem, and the second is a 142-bed clinic in Wilmington. The overall package was structured with limited recourse, a three-year term, an 85 percent loan-to-value ratio and a floating interest rate. Proceeds will be used to refinance existing debt and fund capital improvements. Nachum Soroka and Jacob Shonland of Eastern Union handled the transaction. The borrower was not disclosed.
BOSTON — A partnership between Lendlease and Ivanhoe Cambridge has acquired land at 60 Guest St. within Boston Landing, a mixed-use destination in the Allston/Brighton area, for the development of a 320,000-square-foot life sciences building. The parcel sold for $67 million. The project will be situated on 1.1 acres, rise nine stories and offer traditional office space in addition to lab and research/development space. SGA Architects is designing the building, construction of which is targeted to begin in June 2022. Coleman Benedict and Kerry Hawkins of JLL represented the seller of the land, NB Development Group, and procured the partnership as the buyer.
SEWELL, N.J. — Avison Young has negotiated the $3.7 million sale of Offices at Harbor Pavilions, a 15,000-square-foot medical office building in Sewell, located outside of Philadelphia in the southern part of the state. The property was built in 2007 and is leased to Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine and Reconstructive Orthopedics. Scott Martin of Avison Young represented the seller, a local investor, and the buyer, a local doctor, in the transaction.
CHESTER, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has facilitated the $1.9 million sale of approximately six acres of land located on the corner of Route One at Moore’s Lake Road in Chester. David Smith of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the sellers, Americana Park LLC and Trollingwood Land LLC. Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, a medical center located in Midlothian, Va., purchased the property for the development of a freestanding emergency clinic.
ST. PETERS, MO. — Ryan Cos. US Inc. has broken ground on a 46,000-square-foot medical office building in St. Peters, about 30 miles northwest of St. Louis. The project is fully pre-leased to St. Peters Ambulatory Surgery Center, Advanced Bone & Joint, St. Luke’s Hospital Center for Diagnostic Imaging and Axes Physical Therapy. The development is situated at 5200 Executive Centre Parkway, about a half-mile from Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital. Ryan Architecture + Engineering designed the building, and Ryan Cos. is serving as developer and builder. This is Ryan’s second project in St. Peters and sixth project in partnership with Surgery Partners. Completion is slated for March 2022.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — CareTrust REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRE) has acquired Buena Vista Care Center, a 150-bed skilled nursing facility in the Southern California community of Santa Barbara. California-based Covenant Care Inc. will continue to operate the property under a long-term lease that CareTrust assumed in the off-market transaction. It represents the eighth property that CareTrust owns and Covenant operates. CareTrust’s total investment was approximately $15.9 million, inclusive of transaction costs. The acquisition was funded using CareTrust’s $600 million unsecured revolving credit facility. Covenant Care has approximately four years left on its existing lease term, with two five-year renewal options. The lease currently carries approximately $1.5 million in annual cash rent with 3 percent annual escalators.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — McCarthy Building Cos. has broken ground on the $243 million expansion and renovation of Banner Gateway Medical Center Tower and Emergency Department in Gilbert. The 351,000-square-foot expansion nearly doubles the size of the medical center campus, which is located at 1900 N. Higley Road. The expansion includes a five-story, 208,500-square-foot patient tower offering 109 patient beds with the ability to increase capacity by an additional 72 to 358 total beds once the shell space is built out. The project also includes a three-level, 85,000-square-foot expansion to the diagnostics and treatment building on the campus’ west side, including an expansion to the Emergency Department, as well as a two-level expansion to the existing diagnostics and treatment building on the campus’ east side. The expansion addresses the need for women and infant care, including labor, delivery, postpartum and new neonatal intensive care unit, as well as creating additional space for inpatient cancer care by Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center. Additionally, the project includes the construction of two surface parking lots, adding approximately 690 new parking spaces for visitor and staff use, as well as upgrades to the existing Central Utility Plant. Also, approximately 40,000 square feet of additional renovation …