YORKTOWN, N.Y. — GHP Office Realty has acquired two properties totaling 351,811 square feet of mixed-use space in Yorktown. The 209,000-square-foot property at 2649 Strang Blvd. is occupied by ENT & Allergy Associates, Hudson Valley Hematology, North Shore-Long Island JHS, Northern Westchester County Dental, Hudson Valley Oral Surgery and Dialysis Clinic Inc. The one-story, 142,811-square-foot building at 2651 Strang Blvd. is home to Mercy College’s Yorktown campus. In total the buildings are 40 percent occupied. Andrew Greenspan, Jamie Schwartz, Mike Cinicolo, Andrea Lofaro and Harrison Lyss provided in-house representation for GHP Office Realty in the transaction. Elizabeth Smith of Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP provided legal counsel and Jim Maloney of The Great American Title Company provided title services for GHP. Additional details of the transaction were not released.
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NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has brokered the sale of a six-story mixed-use building located at 183-187 Avenue C in Manhattan’s Alphabet City neighborhood. Darwin Management sold the 24,534-square-foot building to Nader Shalom, a private investor, for $18.4 million. Built in 1910, the property features 43 residential units and three commercial units, which are occupied by Cafetico, a dry cleaner and a bodega. Additionally, the building features 1,090 square feet of air rights. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty Group represented both the buyer and seller in the deal.
INDIANAPOLIS — Milhaus Construction LLC has opened Phase I of Circa, a new Chatham-Arch historic district apartment development in Indianapolis. The $31 million project was built on the site of the former Mitchel & Scott Machine Co. at 617 N. College Ave. Circa includes 265 units, which consist of a mix of studios, one-, two- and three- bedroom units in five new apartment buildings. Three of the buildings are four stories high with private tuck-under parking garages. The other two buildings are five stories and include first floor open-air parking garages. Rents range from $900 to $2,500 per month. Construction on Phase II began earlier this summer on a half-acre site just north of Phase I. The four-story building will feature 29 apartments and 1,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space. Construction is expected to be complete by early summer of 2015. Milhaus Management LLC will manage the property. Milhaus Construction built the project. Milhaus, Blackline Studio for Architecture, Anderson + Bohlander Landscape Architecture and CEC Engineering collaborated on the design. Regions Bank provided the construction loan.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Lowe Enterprises Investors (LEI) has teamed up with Blue Ridge Realty to develop The Gramercy, a 203-unit multifamily property located at 401 Glenwood Ave. in Raleigh’s Glenwood South neighborhood. The community will sit atop 6,900 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a 260-space parking garage. Wells Fargo provided a $26 million construction loan, which was arranged by Howard Brooks of Medalist Capital. The six-story building will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, nine-foot ceilings and individual balconies. Amenities include a clubhouse with a kitchen and lounge area, resort-style pool and a business center. The design team includes architect J. Davis and general contractor Choate Construction. Construction of the project has begun this week.
SAN ANTONIO — An unnamed buyer has purchased the 648-acre Black Buck Ranch in northwest San Antonio. The property will be developed into a master-planned community and features elevated land with views of downtown San Antonio and the surrounding area. The property borders the Palmira & Anaqua Spring Ranch developments. Taylor Schmidt and Reed Vestal of TNRG represented the buyer. Asher Reilly of Land Advisors Organization represented the seller.
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. — New Jersey-based NAI Hanson has brokered the sale of a mixed-use building located in Ridgefield Park. Korean District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance purchased the 2,000-square-foot property, which is located at 169 Main St., for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to use the property to expand its ministry. The property features 1,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and two second-floor residential apartments. Anthony Cassano of NAI Hanson represented the seller, Carol Avlon, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital (MRC) has closed a $32 million construction loan for a mixed-use project at the former 266,322-square-foot St. John’s Queens Hospital, located at 90-02 Queens Blvd. in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens. The construction financing follows an initial $38 million acquisition loan provided by MRC in December 2013, which brings the total financing package from MRC to $70 million. Located along Queens Boulevard between 57th Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard, the property allows for 148,109 square feet of residential space and 118,213 square feet of commercial and community space. Once redeveloped, the project will offer retail space and 144 residential units. Additionally, the purchaser acquired the four-story, 89,601-square-foot parking garage located behind the hospital building, which offers 290 parking spaces and direct access from Queens Boulevard. After the $38 million acquisition loan closed, MRC offered a conditional commitment to fund the remaining renovation of the property once the borrower received approvals on all building plans. St. John’s Queens Hospital has been closed since the hospital’s operator filed for bankruptcy in 2009.
LACOMBE, LA. — Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Co. (WREDCO) has begun developing Tamanend, an 848-acre master-planned community that will feature office space, a college, retail, restaurants and single- and multifamily residential units. Tamanend will be located in the centermost part of St. Tammany Parish north of Lacombe, which is approximately 45 minutes north of New Orleans. Gulf States Real Estate Services is providing project management, marketing and real estate consulting for the project. Northshore Technical Community College is planning to open an advanced technology center and STEM campus at Tamanend.
KANSAS CITY — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $201.5 million refinancing of a 10-property portfolio. The properties include a mix of multifamily, unanchored retail and suburban offices in the Kansas City and Dallas metro areas. The portfolio consists of 2,190 multifamily units, 53,143 square feet of office space and 23,027 square feet of retail space. Greg Duvall of NorthMarq Capital’s Kansas City office structured the 25-year loan with a 25-year amortization schedule. Duvall arranged the loan for the undisclosed borrower through NorthMarq’s correspondent relationship with Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America.
NEW YORK CITY — Silvershore Properties has acquired two mixed-use buildings in Brooklyn totaling $3.07 million. In Boerum Hill, the company purchased the 3,500-square-foot 208 Hoyt Street building for $1.72 million. Additionally, Silvershore acquired 590 Bushwick Avenue, a 5,500-square-foot mixed-use building, for $1.35 million. Year to date, Silvershore has invested $60 million on more than 20 purchases throughout New York City.