HOUSTON — Partners Real Estate has arranged the sale of a 9,283-square-foot industrial building in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant property at 10959 Cutten Road was built in 2004 and features 16-foot clear heights and 20 dock-high doors. Wyatt Huff and Hunter Stockard of Partners represented the buyer, M-Tech Electric LLC, in the transaction. Nick Bergmann of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller.
TROY, N.Y. — United Group of Cos. has received construction financing from Berkshire Bank for City Station North, a $42 million mixed-use project in Troy, located just outside of Albany. The project represents the fourth phase of the larger City Station development that began in 2009. The latest phase will feature 87 one- and two-bedroom apartments and Class A amenities, 40,000 square feet of office space that will be the future home of United Group’s headquarters and 154 covered and surface parking spaces. Project partners include QPK Design, Colliers Engineering & Design and Franco Construction Services. Completion is slated for late 2025.
NEW YORK CITY — San Francisco-based mortgage banking firm Gantry has arranged a $9 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for a 23-unit apartment building located at 47 E. Seventh St. in Manhattan’s East Village. According to LoopNet Inc., the five-story building was constructed in 1930. Patrick Barkley and Chad Metzger of Gantry arranged the 10-year loan, which features seven years of interest-only payments, through Walker & Dunlop. The borrower was an undisclosed private investor that acquired the asset via a 1031 exchange.
TREXLERTOWN, PA. — Northmarq has brokered the sale of Mayo’s Mobile Home Park, a 75-site manufactured housing property in the Lehigh Valley city of Trexlertown. Mayo’s Mobile Home Park was built in 1950 and was 98 percent occupied at the time of sale. Ari Azarbarzin and Anthony Pino of Northmarq represented the seller, Mayo Homes Co., in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. The deal marks the first time that the property has traded hands since 1963.
NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — Tractor Supply Co. has opened a 39,097-square-foot store in North Conway, located near the New Hampshire-Maine border. The facility, which was constructed from the ground up, consists of 19,097 square feet of retail space and 20,000 square feet of fenced outdoor display space. The store is the 21st in New Hampshire for Nashville-based Tractor Supply Co. Conway Development Partners LLC, a division of New England Retail Properties, owns the site.
NEW YORK CITY — The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), which oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards, has signed a 22,819-square-foot office lease at 1180 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. The nonprofit organization will occupy the entire 10th floor of the 398,937-square-foot building. Mark Boisi, Bryan Boisi, Michael Baraldi and Harry Blair of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Northwood Investors, in the lease negotiations. Michael Burgio, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented ANSI.
CHICAGO — Mid-America Asset Management Inc. has been awarded the management and accounting services for The University of Chicago’s Commercial Real Estate Operations (CREO) portfolio in Chicago, with more than 600,000 square feet of commercial retail, office and entertainment space near the university’s main campus. CREO maintains a tenant base near 53rd Street in Hyde Park. The retail portfolio is comprised of several independently owned and operated businesses. Some of the tenants include LA Fitness, Starbucks, Ulta, Stan’s Donuts, Sweetgreen and Five Guys. Mid-America Building Services has supported the team assisting with cleaning, day-porter and maintenance services. Jean Zoerner, Matt Tomasek and Tracee Johnson of Mid-America Asset Management secured the opportunity with the University of Chicago.
ST. LOUIS — BWE has arranged $18.5 million in permanent financing for One Loop Apartments, Broadway Park Apartments and Park Vue Flats in St. Louis. The three workforce housing communities total 247 units across 23 buildings. Dan Baker of BWE secured three loans on behalf of the borrowers, Affinity Capital LLC and a St. Louis-based housing developer. The loans for Broadway Park and One Loop were originated through Fannie Mae’s Sponsor Dedicated Workforce Housing program, which enabled the borrowers to receive a lower interest rate, according to BWE. All three loans feature fixed interest rates with five-year terms and full-term interest-only payments. Having been financed through the Sponsor Dedicated Workforce Housing program, 50 percent of the units in Broadway Park and One Loop will be restricted to residents earning up to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), with 20 percent of the units having a 60 percent AMI requirement. The borrowers will use the financing to pay off existing rehabilitation loans, which were used to substantially upgrade the communities.
ITASCA AND ELMHURST, ILL. — Lee & Associates of Illinois has negotiated a pair of industrial lease renewals totaling 112,917 square feet in DuPage County. Jeff Janda and Mike Plumb of Lee & Associates represented tenant Atlas Wire in its lease of 54,690 square feet at 1601 Glenlake Ave. in Itasca. Building owner, Prologis, was self-represented. Janda also represented landlord DRA Advisors on a lease of 58,227 square feet at 951-953 Larch Ave. in Elmhurst. Kevin Segerson of CBRE represented the tenant, Closet Works.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the $4.2 million sale of a 16-unit apartment building located at 5073 N. Wolcott Ave. in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood. The boutique property features 13 two-bedroom units and three three-bedroom floor plans. All residences feature modernized kitchens and bathrooms, and the building has onsite laundry and storage lockers. Built in 1927, the vintage asset sold for full list price and was fully occupied at the time of sale. Joe Smazal of Interra represented the buyer, ICM Properties, a local real estate investor. Smazal also represented the seller, a private New York-based investor.