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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based financial intermediary Eastern Union has arranged a $62.2 million construction loan for a 162,000-square-foot mixed-use project that will be located in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn. The site at 1730 Bedford Ave. is two blocks from Prospect Park. Plans for the project currently call for 57 apartments and more than 60,000 square feet of retail/commercial space. German discount grocer Lidl has already committed to the project with a 33,000-square-foot store. Invictus Real Estate Partners provided the loan. The borrower is Seventh Street Development Group. Abraham Bergman and Yossi Orzel of Eastern Union originated the financing.

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NEW YORK CITY — Wavecrest Equities has acquired a portfolio of five multifamily buildings totaling 180 units in the Little Italy area of The Bronx for $28 million. The portfolio includes two retail spaces. Ben Khakshoor and Alex Fuchs of locally based brokerage firm Rosewood Realty Group represented Wavecrest Equities, which also assumed two existing loans totaling $20 million, and the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The deal traded at a cap rate of 5.85 percent.

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BOGOTA, N.J. — Los Angeles-based Thorofare Capital has provided a $26.6 million loan for the refinancing of a 220,000-square-foot industrial property in the Northern New Jersey community of Bogota. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 24 River Road was originally constructed on 10 acres in 1910. David Perlman, Edward Prosser and Henry Johnson of Thorofare Capital originated the debt on behalf of the undisclosed borrower, which will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements.

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NASHUA, N.H. — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of a 118-room Residence Inn hotel in Nashua, located in southern New Hampshire. The hotel offers a fitness center, indoor pool and complimentary breakfast. Denny Meikleham and John Kluh of Berkadia, along with Jeffrey White of Aries Commercial Real Estate, represented the seller, an entity doing business as Nashua TS Lodging LLC, in the deal. The buyer was also not disclosed.

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BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Coldwell Banker Commercial has brokered the sale of a 68,750-square-foot industrial property located at 1100 Boston Ave. in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Bridgeport. The site spans 3.7 acres. Chris O’Hara of Coldwell Banker represented the buyer, Soda Stop Plus Thrift & Bottle Return Center, in the transaction. Bradley Soules of Newmark represented the seller.

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MIAMI — Fisher Brothers has broken ground on Wynhouse Miami, a 308-unit multifamily community located at 2200 NW First Ave. in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami.  JP Morgan Chase and affiliates of Canyon Partners provided $117.5 million in financing for the development, which Suffolk Construction is building. The eight-story community is scheduled for completion in early 2025.  Wynhouse Miami will offer units in studio, one- and two-bedroom configurations, alongside a selection of penthouse units. Shared amenities will include a fitness center, second-floor lawn area, co-working and entertainment lounges, an expo kitchen, and a rooftop swimming pool and outdoor entertainment space with views of the downtown Miami skyline.  The property will also feature 26,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and public artwork on the exterior of the community, with passageways to encourage pedestrians to engage with the building and community spaces. The development team for the project includes Rockwell Group, Nichols Architects and ID & Design International.  “The project pays homage to the industrial, craft-oriented nature of the historic neighborhood,” says Andrew James, principal of Nichols Architects. “At the same time, the contemporary identity of Wynwood is being reinforced by the paseos, which will enhance the pedestrian realm, and the application …

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By Anthony Armbruster, Colliers Although converting former office buildings to multifamily properties is by no means a new practice, conversions have been on the rise in recent years due to the changing work environment and office landscape. While the COVID-19 pandemic has started to fade away in many peoples’ minds, several of the changes in the work environment during that time have not.  Many formerly in-office employees continue to work from home or have hybrid schedules post-pandemic. Additionally, tenants who are moving into new office spaces have shown a preference for smaller, more efficiently laid out, amenity-rich and suburban Class A office spaces.  These changing consumer preferences have resulted in higher vacancies and fewer new tenants for older downtown office buildings than before the pandemic. Consequently, many of these older buildings are being converted into residential spaces, exemplifying the trend. An office building may be considered for a residential conversion when it is no longer economically feasible to continue running the building as such. However, not every office building at the end of its economically useful life is a suitable candidate for a residential conversion. Factors such as a building’s layout, location, age and cost of conversion play the most …

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KANSAS CITY, MO. — The Cordish Cos. has begun construction on the conversion of the historic Midland Office Building into Midland Lofts, a 135-unit apartment building in Kansas City’s Power & Light District. The project is directly connected to the Midland Theatre. In 2008, Cordish and AMC completed a two-year, multi-million-dollar renovation of the theater, which first opened its doors in 1927. The office building has been vacant for more than 20 years. Midland Lofts will feature studios and one-bedroom units. Amenities will include a coffee bar, entertainment kitchen, fitness center, coworking spaces, billiards room, club lounge, meditation room, business center, conference rooms and package system. Local Kansas City architecture and design firm Helix is the project architect, and RD Jones + Associates is the interior designer for the amenity spaces. Completion is slated for May 2024.

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O’FALLON, MO. — Tarlton has topped out construction of a new SSM outpatient center in the St. Louis suburb of O’Fallon. Tarlton broke ground on the two-story, 66,000-square-foot project in December. Completion is slated for mid-2024. SSM Health is partnering with SSM Health Medical Group, SLUCare Physician Group and Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital to provide primary, specialty and pediatric services at the facility, which is situated near the Streets of Caledonia mixed-use project. ACI Boland Architects is the project architect.

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CHICAGO — Walker & Dunlop has structured a $30.9 million HUD 232/223(f) loan for the refinancing of Clark Manor, a nursing home in Chicago. Clark Manor provides services such as short-term, post-hospital physical rehabilitation, full-time physical, occupational and speech therapists, and a secure dementia and Alzheimer’s floor. Joshua Rosen and Brad Annis of Walker & Dunlop originated the loan. The borrower was undisclosed.

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