NEW YORK CITY — Newmark has arranged a $61.2 million acquisition loan for a portfolio of three multifamily properties totaling 94 units in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The pre-war buildings are located at 301 W. 22nd St., 300 W. 21st St. and 229 W. 20th St. Dustin Stolly, Jordan Roeschlaub, Daniel Fromm, Dan Morin and Andrew Harwood of Newmark arranged the loan through Slate Asset Management on behalf of the borrower, Slate Property Group. The new ownership plans to upgrade unit interiors and modernize the buildings’ façades, lobbies and common areas.
PEABODY, MASS. — Local developer WinnCos. has completed the $49.3 million renovation of The Tannery, a 284-unit affordable housing community in Peabody, a northeastern suburb of Boston. WinnCos. acquired the historic property, which was originally built in the 1800s to house a leather tanning facility prior to its conversion to residential use, in 2019. Today, The Tannery features units that are reserved for households earning 30, 60 or 80 percent or less of the area median income (AMI). Bank of America provided $25 million in low-income housing tax credit equity for the project.
ANDOVER, MASS. — 3Step Sports, which provides services and support to youth athletics programs, has signed a 64,000-square-foot office lease at Brickstone Square in the northern Boston suburb of Andover. The 1 million-square-foot, four-building campus was originally constructed about 100 years ago and recently underwent an extensive capital improvement program. Blake Baldwin, Shayne O’Neil and Petra Flynn of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, KS Partners, in the lease negotiations. Matt Quinlan of SVN Parsons represented the tenant.
MINNEAPOLIS – CEDARst Cos., a national multifamily developer, has closed $170 million in capital with plans to develop 358 apartment units above 40,000 square feet of retail space along North Sixth Avenue in the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis. CEDARst has invested nearly $250 million of capital in the North Loop over the past two years, having successfully developed the Duffey, its first development in the submarket consisting of 188 apartment units, located at the corner of North Sixth and North Washington avenues. CEDARst’s second development, Duffey 2.0, consists of both an adaptive reuse and ground-up component. It is located within a landmark overlay and required approval from the National Park Service for the procurement of historic tax credits at the state and federal level. This represents CEDAR’s seventh tax credit development. In addition to syndicating over $30 million of tax credits, CEDARst partnered with ULLICO on a $101 million construction loan and Pearlmark on a $12 million structured finance investment. The remaining $27 million was CEDARst equity. Pat Minea and Dan Trebil of Northmarq arranged the financing on behalf of CEDARst. CEDARst has already broken ground and plans to complete the development by the end of 2023. BKV is …
INDIANA — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a six-property multifamily portfolio totaling 2,103 units in Indiana for an undisclosed price. The portfolio includes Boardwalk at Westlake, Elliot at College Park, Lakeshore Reserve off 86th, Lakeside Crossing at Eagle Creek, Parkside at Castleton Square and Preserve at Allisonville. George Tikijian, Hannah Ott and Cameron Benz of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a joint venture between Wilkinson Corp. and Torchlight Investors. Morgan Properties was the buyer. The seller renovated a number of units, and the buyer plans to continue doing so.
JOLIET, ILL. — Berengaria Development has purchased Joliet Commons, a 228,394-square-foot, regional shopping center in Joliet. The purchase price was undisclosed. The property is home to Dick’s Sporting Goods, Barnes & Noble, Party City, JoAnn, PetSmart, DSW, Ross Dress for Less and Old Navy. CBRE’s National Retail Partners team represented the seller, a joint venture between Pine Tree and DRA Advisors.
CHICAGO — J.C. Anderson has completed a 59,000-square-foot interior office buildout for Ipsos at The Franklin in Chicago. Ipsos is a market research company headquartered in Paris. The firm relocated its Chicago office from 222 Riverside to the 11th floor of The Franklin. The buildout includes a “user experience” facility, collaboration spaces, offices, open seating and a game room. Ohio-based Champlin Architecture served as the architect. I-Lee Hwa and Nick Ferro of Cushman & Wakefield provided project management and consulting services.
BELLEVILLE, ILL. — Southwestern Illinois Development Authority (SWIDA) and Bywater Development Group have completed the $14.2 million transformation of a 90-year-old building in Belleville into an affordable active adult community named Lofts on the Square. The building originally opened in 1931 as the Hotel Belleville. It was renovated in the early 1960s and converted into a residential community for seniors known as the Meredith Home. The building sat vacant for 10 years before SWIDA and Bywater acquired it from the city for $600,000. In 2018, the property earned a place on the National Register of Historic Places, making it eligible for federal and state historic tax credits. Holland Construction Services served as general contractor for the renovation project. Units are designated for residents age 55 and older who earn at or below 60 percent of the area median income. The six-story building is comprised of 47 units and more than 3,000 square feet of street-level commercial space. Amenities include a common room, library, computer lab, exercise room and storage facilities. Joining Holland on the construction team were Blank, Wesselink, Cook & Associates and Kaskaskia Engineering Group LLC, which handled the engineering; Louer Facility Planning Inc. for interior design; and WJW …
PARAMUS, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm Jeffery Realty has negotiated the sale of a 53,000-square-foot industrial building located at 404 Sette Drive in the Northern New Jersey community of Paramus. New Jersey-based investment firm The STRO Cos. purchased the property from an unnamed seller for an undisclosed price. Bill Farkas of Jeffery Realty brokered the deal.
GREAT FALLS, MONT. — Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate and National Real Estate Advisors have purchased Great Falls Clinic Campus, a three-building healthcare portfolio in Great Falls. Terms of the transaction were not released. Totaling 244,500 square feet, the campus currently consists of a surgical hospital, ambulatory surgery center with four operating rooms and a medical office building. The surgical hospital is undergoing a 58,800-square-foot expansion that will increase the number of in-patient and ICU beds while enhancing other inpatient services. The 108,000-square-foot medical office building is attached to the surgical hospital and provides a variety of services, including imaging, oncology and orthopedics. All three assets are master leased to the Great Falls Clinic and are strategically located to provide healthcare services to the central Montana region.