Mixed-Use

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NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $160 million in refinancing for two adjacent mixed-use properties in New York City’s Financial District. Drew Anderman of Meridian secured the five-year loan, which was provided by a balance sheet lender, for the borrower, The Moinian Group. The assets are located at 90 and 110 John St. and consist of a 29-story building with 221 residential units and 121,000 square feet of office space and a four-story property with 66,000 square feet of office, retail and garage space, as well as 150,000 square feet of additional air rights. The borrower plans to utilize the loan to pay off existing mortgage and construct a new residential tower.

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Comcast Atlanta Braves SunTrust Park

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves and Comcast Corp. have announced a multi-year technology and real estate partnership for SunTrust Park and the surrounding mixed-use development in Cobb County. Comcast will anchor a new nine-story office tower in the mixed-use development surrounding the ballpark, which is set to open in April 2017 in advance of Opening Day. The Comcast space will house 1,000 employees and include an innovation lab that will be connected via high-speed fiber to the company’s other major research and development facilities in Silicon Valley, Denver and Philadelphia. The tower will also feature 15,000-20,000 square feet of restaurant and hospitality space facing into the SunTrust Park plaza. Construction on the office tower is slated for completion in 2017. As part of the deal, Comcast will provide video, voice and high-speed Internet connectivity throughout the 60-acre project. The Comcast network will include two datacenters, each with 10,000 fiber connections that are backed by dual 400 Megawatt generators. According to Comcast and the Atlanta Braves, SunTrust Park and the surrounding development will be the most technologically advanced mixed-use development in the United States.

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CHICAGO — @properties Commercial has brokered the $4.6 million sale of a three-story property at 630 W. Lake St., in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. Located on the northeast corner of Lake and Des Plaines streets, the property features a 12,000-square-foot timber loft building including a basement, a 6,500-square-foot one-story warehouse annex and a 1,500-square-foot parking lot. Grand Stage Lighting Co. currently occupies the property, but is in the process of relocating. Chicago-based Windy City RE LLC purchased the property and plans to redevelop it into a mixed-use residential and retail building. Michael Weber and Ian Feinerman of @properties Commercial represented the seller, Tybec LLC.

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NEW YORK CITY — Acadia Realty Trust is nearing the completion of a $3.7 million capital improvement campaign at five properties located in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay neighborhood. Located at 3780-3858 Nostrand Ave., the properties total more than 70,500 square feet of office and retail space. The capital improvements program includes renovations to the façade, storefronts, vacant office suites, lobbies, elevators and bathrooms. Additional improvements are underway to reopen the below-grade garage to better service tenants and customers. Acadia Realty Trust originally purchased the portfolio in 2012 for $18.5 million.

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DESTIN, FLA. — Avison Young’s debt, joint venture and structured capital team in New York has secured a $44 million construction loan for Phase I of Henderson Beach Resort, a five-phase beachside resort along the Gulf of Mexico in Destin. Phase I comprises a 170-room hotel and conference center that Salamander Hotels & Resorts will manage. David Eyzenberg and Amanda Saltzman of Avison Young arranged the loan through Ozark Bank on behalf of the project sponsor, Dunavant Enterprises. In addition to the construction loan, the resort is being financed through an EB-5 funding component totaling approximately $50 million. Under the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) program, the EB-5 program, also known as the U.S. Immigrant Investor program, allows a foreign national interested in obtaining permanent U.S. residency to do so by investing in a commercial enterprise that generates at least 10 jobs for U.S. workers for two years. The qualifying investment for a project like Henderson Beach Resort is $500,000.

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NEW YORK CITY — Himmel + Meringoff and The Swig Company, co-owners of 1460 Broadway, have selected MdeAS Architects to redevelop and reposition the 16-story mixed-use office tower in New York City. Planned renovations and construction for the 215,000-square-foot building include an office component, renovations to the 35,000-square-foot ground- and lower-ground retail space, a new three-story glass façade, new retail storefronts and a revitalized building entry. Construction for the property’s office component is scheduled to begin in April, and renovation to the retail space is expected to end by 2015.

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EWING TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A joint venture between Black Oak Associates and Broad Oak Partners has acquired a 98,000-square-foot mixed-use property located at 1600 N. Olden Ave. in Ewing Township. 1600 Olden LLC sold the property for $6.2 million. Family Dollar and the State of New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles anchor the property, which offers a mix of retail, office and flex space. At the time of sale, the property was 70 percent occupied. The acquisition is the third in Black Oak’s investment fund vehicle, Black Oak IV LP. David Bernhaut of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.

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ELYRIA, OHIO — Namdar Realty Group has purchased a 266,000-square-foot shopping center in Elyria. The River Street Square Shopping Center is located at 285 Midway Blvd. Tenants at the shopping center include Petsmart, Dollar Tree, Dots, Radio Shack and Gamestop. Joel J. Gorjian and Namdar Realty Group specialize on special situation acquisition opportunities throughout the country.

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CHICAGO — @properties Commercial recently brokered the $3.6 million sale of a 22,500-square-foot mixed-use property in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The property is located at 2477-2501 N. Clybourn Ave. The property, which was owned by C. Maxwell LLC, occupies six city lots and currently includes four residential buildings, a commercial storefront and a vacant lot. Rebecca Lundstrom of @properties Commercial represented the buyer, a private investor who intends to redevelop the property.

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NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of a 17,500-square-foot mixed-use property located at 893 Broadway, also known as 13 East 19th Street, in New York City. The four-story property sold for $35 million, or $2,000 per square foot. As part of the deal, the buyer, Cholla LLC, also acquired the leasehold interest held by Hotel Verite, which occupies 13,500 square feet of the building. The remaining 4,500 square feet is leased to Barn Joo, a Korean-inspired gastropub. The combined total price of $35 million includes both the sale of the property and the leasehold interest in the hotel. Tony Park of PD Properties LLC represented Charles Jung, the seller of the leasehold interest in Hotel Verite in the deal. Adelaide Polsinelli of Eastern Consolidated represented the buyer and the seller, Warman Enterprises LLC, in the transaction.

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