NEW YORK CITY — An affiliate of New Jersey-based financial intermediary Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $41 million loan for the refinancing of the 175-room Aloft New York Brooklyn Hotel. The property is located in the borough’s downtown area and offers a fitness center and an onsite restaurant and bar. Beau Williams of Cronheim originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, locally based investment firm The Lam Group. The direct lender was not disclosed.
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Joint Venture Acquires 107,564 SF Multi-Tenant Industrial Building in San Diego for $26.5M
by Amy Works
SAN DIEGO — A joint venture between Birtcher Anderson & Davis and Nuveen has purchased 7949 Stromesa Court, an industrial building in San Diego’s Miramar submarket, from an undisclosed seller for $26.5 million. Situated on 5.3 acres, the single-story, 107,564-square-foot building was 95 percent leased to 12 tenants. The property features grade- and dock-level loading, 22-foot warehouse clear heights and the ability to accommodate 53-foot truck trailers. Evan McDonald and Kurtis Blanchard of Colliers represented the buyer, while Dean Asaro of Kidder Mathews represented the seller in the transaction.
Belmont Village, Greystar Plan 185-Unit Active Adult Community in Rancho Santa Fe, California
by Amy Works
RANCHO SANTA FE, CALIF. — Belmont Village Senior Living and Greystar Real Estate Partners have unveiled plans for Belmont Village Rancho Santa Fe, a luxury active adult community in Rancho Santa Fe, approximately 25 miles north of San Diego. Groundbreaking is scheduled to occur before the end of the year. The project will feature over 185 apartments including 15 freestanding cottages. The leaders of both Greystar and Belmont Village, Jerry Brand and Patricia Will, are long-term residents of Rancho Santa Fe. Belmont Village Rancho Santa Fe will be Belmont Village’s fourth community in the San Diego area and 17th in California since 2002. The company enjoys a relationship for program development with the University of California San Diego’s Stein Center for Research on Aging. HPI Architecture designed the development.
JLL Capital Markets Brokers $8.2M Sale of Cherry Ave Self Storage in Fresno, California
by Amy Works
FRESNO, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Cherry Ave Self Storage, a self-storage facility on 5.4 acres at 1844 S. Cherry Ave. in Fresno. A public REIT sold the asset to PSC Fresno LLC, an affiliate of Pratt Street Capital LLC, for $8.2 million. Cherry Ave Self Storage consists of a three-story building and 12 one-story buildings offering a total of 1,085 units. The facility features drive-up units, freight elevators and boat and RV parking. Additionally, the property offers a 262-square-foot, newly renovated office. Brian Somoza of JLL Capital Markets’ investment sales and advisory team represented the seller in the deal.
LODI, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated the $29.2 million sale of a 169,205-square-foot industrial showroom in the Northern New Jersey community of Lodi. The building was originally constructed in 1968 and renovated in 2020. Brian Fiumara, Elli Klapper, Kevin Dudley, Jeremy Wernick, Mark Silverman, Chad Hillyer, Nicholas Klacik and Kate Granahan of CBRE represented the buyer, AAA Wholesale, in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
SAYREVILLE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7.2 million sale of a 25,898-square-foot retail center in Sayreville, about 40 miles south of Manhattan. The center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to 14 tenants, with convenience store QuickChek serving as the anchor. Ala Cafiero and Brent Hyldahl of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
Blueprint Arranges Sale of 50-Bed Transitional Care Community in Las Cruces, New Mexico
by Amy Works
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of a 50-bed transitional care facility in Las Cruces, approximately 45 miles northwest of El Paso, Texas. The community was built in 2017 and is strategically located within two miles of three short-term acute care hospitals that offer Medicare referral opportunities. With trailing EBITDAR (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and restructuring or rent costs) approaching $745,000 at the time of marketing, the facility presented an acquisition opportunity for a regionally focused owner-operator to realize immediate cash flow upon acquisition, expand upon an existing geographical footprint, and still have the ability to achieve significant value by stabilizing the asset. The buyer was an owner-operator that Blueprint previously worked with in New Mexico. The seller and price were not disclosed. Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso led the Blueprint team.
NEW YORK CITY — Brooklyn Fare Kitchen & Market has opened a 25,500-square-foot store within the One Manhattan Square residential tower on the Lower East Side. The deal marks the largest New York City store to date for the grocer, which offers prepared foods, sushi, a deli, produce, frozen foods and organic products. The store also features a coffee bar. Other locations in the city include Brooklyn, The West Village and Lincoln Square.
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. — Bluestar Direct has signed a 13,500-square-foot industrial lease expansion in the Northern New Jersey community of Hillsborough. The wholesaler of various food products is expanding from a 5,000-square-foot space at the 596,315-square-foot Hillsborough Business Center, where it has been a tenant since 2020. Victor Kelly represented the landlord, Larken Associates, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis.
GENEVA, ILL. — Lamar Cos., in conjunction with Real Capital Solutions, has acquired Geneva Commons, a 440,370-square-foot open-air shopping center in the western Chicago suburb of Geneva. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed. Dick’s Sporting Goods and Barnes & Noble are the anchor tenants, while The Fresh Market, Binny’s, DSW and HomeGoods are shadow anchors. Additional tenants include Sephora, Athleta, Lovesac, Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Bath & Body Works, J. Crew Factory and First Watch. Lamar plans to make some capital improvements to the property.