NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a total of $350 million in construction debt and joint venture equity for The Italic, a 363-unit multifamily project that will be located in the Long Island City area of Queens. The Italic will house 254 market-rate units and 109 affordable housing units, as well as 10,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Residences will come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans and have an average size of 770 square feet. Amenities will include a fitness center, basketball court, resident lounge, coworking space, rooftop terrace and a golf simulator. Christopher Peck, Alex Staikos, Rob Hinckley, Steven Rutman and Nicco Lupo of JLL placed the debt through an undisclosed lender and structured the joint venture between the locally based developer, Fetner Properties, and its partner, The Lions Group. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.
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BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Northeast Private Client Group (NEPCG) has brokered the $39.6 million sale of The Rhodium Portfolio, a collection of 13 multifamily buildings totaling 437 units in the southern coastal Connecticut community of Bridgeport. The buildings, which are located in a variety of neighborhoods across the city, house a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Brad Balletto of NEPCG represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
ATTLEBORO, MASS. — MassHousing and HarborOne Bank have jointly provided $11.3 million in financing for a project that will convert a former mill in Attleboro, about 40 miles south of Boston, into a 43-unit residential complex. The building was originally constructed in 1908 and formerly housed the manufacturing operations of Pcraft Jewelry. The financing included construction debt, a bridge loan and state and federal tax credit equity. All units will be rented at market rates. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
CLIFTON, N.J. — New Jersey-based Prism Capital Partners has broken ground on Hackensack Meridian Health Ambulatory Care Center, an 80,000-square-foot healthcare project in Clifton, about 20 miles west of New York City. Gensler designed the four-story building, which will be located at the corner of Metro Boulevard and Route 3 on Prism’s ON3 healthcare and life sciences campus. The facility will include a surgical center, multiple specialty practice areas and a 400-space parking garage. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2024.
DUNCANNON, PA. — New Jersey-based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the $3 million sale of a property in Duncannon, a northern suburb of Harrisburg, that consists of 31 residential units and 47 self-storage units. Arbor Manor Apartments & Storage was originally built on 5.5 acres in 1980. Matt Wolf of Kislak represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
PHOENIX — Related Group is developing Town Deer Valley, a 388-unit apartment community in Phoenix. The complex has been developed in five phases on a 20-acre site. A completion date has not been disclosed, but the project’s general contractor, locally based construction management firm GCON Inc., estimates that it is currently 80 percent complete with the overall development. Town Deer Valley will total 442,000 square feet across 19 buildings upon completion. Designed by Todd & Associates Architects, the property’s community amenities will include two pools with cabanas, a golf putting green, pet spa, children’s playground and a clubhouse with coworking space, a fitness center and an arts and crafts room.
PHOENIX — Rise48 Equity has acquired Spring, a 186-unit multifamily community in Phoenix. Living Well Homes sold the garden-style property for $42 million. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller in the transaction. Brian Eisendrath, Cameron Chalfant, Jake Vitta and Tyler Johnson of IPA Capital Markets arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing. Built in 1984, Spring comprises 18 two-story buildings across nine acres. Community amenities include a pool, courtyard and a fitness center. Individual apartments feature washers and dryers, dishwashers, walk-in closets and patios or balconies. The average unit size is 830 square feet.
SEATTLE — Nordstrom Inc. has announced plans to open five new Nordstrom Rack stores in California. Scheduled to open in 2024 and 2025, the stores will be located in Davis, Elk Grove, Gilroy, Oceanside and San Mateo. Both the Davis and Gilroy stores will comprise 25,000 square feet, with the Oceanside and San Mateo stores totaling 31,000 and 36,000 square feet, respectively. Each of the stores will be situated within shopping centers, with the new locations bringing the total count of Nordstrom Rack stores to 68.
Clearwater Living to Open 101-Unit Seniors Housing Community in Newport Beach, California
by John Nelson
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Clearwater Living has opened an information center at Clearwater Newport Beach, a 101-unit luxury assisted living and memory care community underway in Newport Beach, a coastal city south of Los Angeles. Clearwater expects to welcome new residents in early 2024. Clearwater Newport Beach will offer 70 assisted living and 31 memory care apartments in a variety of finishes and floor plans, including studio, one- and two-bedroom options. Clearwater Newport Beach will be the company’s 11th community in California, Nevada and Arizona, with additional developments in the pipeline.
CARSON, CALIF. — Partners Capital has purchased a five-building industrial portfolio in Carson, a city 17 miles south of Los Angeles. The portfolio contains five buildings for a total of 38,152 square feet. Known as Carson Business Park, the asset is located on a two-acre site at 401 to 409 Gardena Blvd. The park was fully leased at the time of sale to 16 unique tenants with a weighted average lease term of about 0.8 years. In-place rents are about 61 percent below market rates. Scott Schumacher, Aaron Banks, Kevin Shannon, Andrew Briner and Anthony Muhlstein of Newmark represented the seller, an entity doing business as Carson Five LLC, in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.