NEW YORK CITY — Citicore has brokered the sale of a development site located at 207 West 75th St. between Amsterdam and Broadway in the Upper West Side. Howard Neu purchased the 14,750-square-foot site for $13.3 million from Felipe Coello. The site features a 5,000-square-foot property, with a 2,500-square-foot basement. Beach Bum Tanning leases ground-floor space at the building on a month-to-month basis, while the second floor is currently vacant. Timour Shafran and Benjamin Shafran of Citicore brokered the transaction.
BOSTON — Fantini & Gorga has arranged $7 million in permanent financing for a mixed-use portfolio in the John Eliot Square section of Roxbury, a neighborhood in Boston. The financing was arranged on behalf of Roxbury Highland LLC with a major regional financial institution. The four-property portfolio consists of 52 apartments and two commercial spaces, totaling 33,000 square feet of rentable space. Tim O’Donnell and Jason Cunnane of Fantini & Gorga arranged the financing.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — The city of Alpharetta has chosen a team led by MidCity Real Estate Partners and Morris & Fellows to develop Alpharetta City Center, an $80 million mixed-use project in downtown Alpharetta. The public-private partnership will develop 75,000 square feet of restaurant/retail space, 33,000 square feet of office space and 220 units of residential housing. Located across Main Street from the historic district, the development is bound by Main Street, Academy Street and Haynes Bridge Road. The site includes Alpharetta’s new City Hall, a new Fulton County library, public parking deck, city park and Town Green located within new grid streets completed by the city. The project team includes South City Partners, Hedgewood Homes and architect Smallwoods, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates. The development team is set to break ground in the third quarter.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $30 million loan for the refinancing for a mixed-use property in New York City. The borrower is BLDG Management. The five-year loan, which was provided by a regional balance sheet lender, features a 2.85 percent fixed-rate. Located at 330 Bleecker St., the property features 199 apartments and 3,800 square feet of retail space. Carol Shelby and Dani Sabesan of Meridian Capital arranged the financing.
FLEMINGTON, N.J. — CBRE Group Inc. has brokered the sale of Turntable Junction & Fulper Center in Flemington. The 5.3-acre retail and multifamily property sold for $3 million. Charles Berger and Elli Klapper of CBRE represented the seller, a private family, while James Gunning, Donna Falzarano and Evan Kleppe of CBRE Group Inc. secured the financing for the deal. The new owner, an out-of-state buyer, plans to hold the property, which is nearly 100 percent occupied, for investment purposes with the possibility for redevelopment in the future.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — BC Station Partners LLC has purchased 54 acres in Dallas from the W.W. Caruth Jr. Foundation at Communities Foundation of Texas. The land is located at the southeast corner of Central Expressway and the President George Bush Turnpike. The site is for a new mixed-use project. The development will include office, retail and residential components. Upon completion, it is expected to include more than 1.35 million square feet of office space, 100,000 square feet of retail, 1,250 multifamily units and two hotels. The approximately $500 million, transit-oriented development will be immediately west of the CityLine project and adjacent to DART’s Bush Turnpike light rail station. Trammell Crow Residential (TCR) is scheduled to break ground on the first phase of the multifamily and retail section at the site in March. The first units are scheduled for delivery in late summer of 2016. Transwestern Development Co. is also in the planning phase for the site’s office component, which would be located at the northeast corner of Central and Renner Road.
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Landmark Properties and AIG Global Real Estate have acquired the land for their upcoming development, The Standard at Gainesville, a 1,200-bed, mid-rise, mixed-use student housing development with approximately 60,000 square feet of retail space and a 142-room select-service hotel. The project is set to commence construction in the spring with delivery slated for fall 2017. The Standard at Gainesville will be adjacent to the University of Florida campus and steps from restaurants, shops and nightlife. The Standard will feature more than 20 unique floor plans, including studio, one-, two-, three-, four-, five- and six-bedroom units. The community will offer on-site management, two rooftop pools, resident centers with 24-hour study lounges, a spa, game room, golf simulator, racquetball courts and a fitness facility. Parking will be available for purchase as part of the residential lease package and will be located within the community and accessible via skybridge.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — The Stewart/Perry Co., a construction firm based in Birmingham, has started construction at the former Hotel Thomas Jefferson site in downtown Birmingham. The $20 million project will convert the historic hotel into a mixed-use apartment building with 96 residential units and ground-floor retail space. The 20-story structure, which was built in 1929 as a 350-room hotel, is best known for having the world’s last zeppelin mooring mast on the rooftop, which will be preserved in the new project. Scott Reed of Reed Realty Advisors has partnered with Brian Beshara and Adam Beshara of Beshara Investment Group to develop the property. The team has utilized historic tax credits administered by the National Park Service, as well as a new funding program operated by the state of Alabama. The project team expects to deliver the new apartment tower in the second quarter of 2016.
DENVER — Simpson Housing, Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development Co. have broken ground on the 354-unit SkyHouse Denver. The new community will be located on the corner of Broadway and 18th Avenue in uptown Denver. The mixed-use project will also feature 6,900 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The signature SkyHouse on the top floor of the building includes a club room, swimming pool and fitness center. SkyHouse will also feature vehicle charging stations, bike storage, bike kitchen, a dog walk area and a dog washing station. The new community is situated in the Central Business District, near MetroRide and the 16th Street MallRide, both of which provide direct access to Union Station. It is also in close proximity to the Light Rail. Additional nearby attractions include the state capitol complex, the Denver Art Museum, and City Park, home to the Denver Zoo and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. SkyHouse Denver is the 14th SkyHouse-branded apartment community in the U.S. and its first out West. Equity was provided by Simpson Housing, Batson-Cook Development Co. and NGI Investments. Construction financing was provided by JP Morgan and US Bank. The building will be built by Batson-Cook Construction and Swinerton Builders …
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has provided $65 million in construction financing for the development of a mixed-use property at 19 Kent Ave. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. The undisclosed borrower plans to transform the vacant 80,000-square-foot site into a 384,000-square-foot mixed-use building offering retail, office and community facility space. Loan proceeds will be used to retire existing debt and fund future construction costs. The development site comprises four adjacent parcels occupying the entire block from Wythe Avenue to Kent Avenue between North 12th Street and North 13th Street. Current development plans call for a eight-story building offering floors ranging in size from 30,000 to 50,000 square feet.