NEW YORK CITY — Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) has entered into an agreement with an undisclosed buyer to sell five Manhattan retail properties for $184.5 million. The properties are located at 677–679 Madison Ave., 759–771 Madison Ave., 828–850 Madison Ave., 478-482 Broadway and 155 Spring St. Combined, the properties currently have negative income and a street-level occupancy rate of approximately 30 percent. Vornado is selling the properties in three separate transactions. The sale of the Madison Avenue properties is expected to close in the third quarter, and the sales of the Soho properties are expected to close in the first quarter of 2022.
SECAUCUS, N.J. — New York City-based Meridian Capital Group has arranged $60 million in financing for Hudson Regional Hospital, a 204-bed healthcare facility located outside of Manhattan in Secaucus. Cross River provided the financing, which consisted of a $50 million senior loan to refinance existing debt and a $10 million credit facility. Jake Handelsman, Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin, Josh Simpson and David Gottlieb of Meridian Capital originated the financing. The sponsor, Yan Moshe, who serves as the hospital’s chairman of the board, has invested more than $10 million in capital improvements to the property since acquiring it in 2018.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — JLL has arranged the sale of Icon Central, a 368-unit, 15-story, mixed-use residential tower in St. Petersburg. Matt Mitchell, Matthew Lawton and Zach Nolan of JLL represented the seller, Related Group, in the transaction. Camden Property Trust acquired the property for $149 million, according to the Tampa Bay Business Journal. Completed in 2019 by Related Group, Icon Central includes about 35,000 square feet of rentable space of ground-floor retail. In July, Tricera Capital acquired the ground floor retail for $11.1 million, as well as the adjoining Union Trust Bank building. Right now, BurgerFi and Watts Dental lease about 7,000 square feet of the property’s retail space. Icon Central’s apartments feature private balconies, stainless steel appliances, kitchen islands, a full-size washer and dryer and electronic key-fob entry. Community amenities include a pool with lounge area, fitness center, sauna and steam room, spa with massage tables and Zen lounge, private clubroom and dining room, a movie theater, game simulator and a rooftop terrace with an outdoor kitchen, dining, seating and firepits. Located at 855 Central Ave., Icon Central is situated within a half-mile of St. Petersburg’s Central Arts District and the Edge District, which have art galleries, museums, …
WEYMOUTH, MASS. — Boston-based mortgage banking firm Fantini & Gorga has placed a $17 million loan for the refinancing of Spanish Trace, an 87-unit apartment complex in Weymouth, about 15 miles south of downtown Boston. Casimir Groblewski of Fantini & Gorga placed the loan with an undisclosed, New England-based bank. The borrower was a Massachusetts-based, family-owned development and management firm doing business as Spanish Trace LLC.
ISELIN, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $15.7 million sale of a 48-unit luxury multifamily building in the Northern New Jersey community of Iselin. Units at the property, which was built in 2018, feature stainless steel appliances and woodgrain ceramic tile floors. Cushman & Wakefield’s Andy Merin, Brian Whitmer, Andrew Schwartz, Jordan Sobel and Andre Balthazard represented the seller, Adoni Property Group, and procured the buyer, FM Ferrari Investments.
NEW YORK CITY — Private investment and management consulting firm Dorilton Capital has signed a 5,148-square-foot office lease expansion at 32 Avenue of the Americas, a 1.2 million-square-foot building located in the Tribeca area of Manhattan. The company now occupies 38,648 square feet at the property comprising the entire 26th floor and portions of the 17th and 27th floors. Robert Steinman represented the landlord, The Rudin Family, on an internal basis.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Property Markets Group (PMG) and Raven Capital Management has secured a $120 million construction loan for the development of Society Orlando, a 26-story multifamily and retail project located at 434 N Orange Ave. in downtown Orlando. Chris Peck and Mark Fisher of JLL arranged the loan through a fund managed by Los Angeles-based CIM Group. PMG was represented internally by Lowell Plotkin, Andrew Warman, Jonathan Blank and Randy Marble. The loan will provide financing for the first phase of the development, which broke ground in 2020. Slated for completion in 2023, Society Orlando’s first phase will include 462 apartments and 33,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Society Orlando will offer a blend of traditional units as well as co-living options. With over 100,000 square feet of amenity space, the community amenities will include a pool deck, coworking lab, gym and fitness studio, entertainment lounges, yoga lawn, craft food and beverage operations, smart package lockers and app-based keys. Society Orlando is part of the Society Living brand, which focuses on primarily market-rate apartments along with making co-living apartments better by making it easier to find good roommates, splitting up the bills and eliminating shared bathrooms. Other Society …
HENRICO, VA. — Becknell Industrial has acquired an 83.4-acre parcel within Sauer Industrial Center in Henrico with plans to construct two Class A facilities totaling more than 725,000 square feet. The sales price and seller were not disclosed. Sauer Properties is partnering with Becknell Industrial to develop the first phase of Sauer Industrial Center. Building 1 will total 446,692 square feet of cross-docked space and Building 2 will be a 279,319-square-foot rear-loaded facility. Both buildings will feature ESFR sprinkler systems, LED lighting with motion sensors and ample dock packages. Both buildings are scheduled for delivery in May 2022. Located on Seven Hills Boulevard in east Henrico County, Sauer Industrial Center is located within one mile of Richmond International Airport. Sauer Industrial Center is a master-planned industrial park spanning 3.3 million square feet. The industrial property will be complete over a span of three phases. Clifford Porter of Porter Realty Co. Inc./CORFAC International is the exclusive leasing agent for the new development and represented Becknell Industrial on the land purchase.
BRANSON, MO. — Drever Atelier Partners has acquired Angel Inn by the Strip in southern Missouri’s Branson. The former 342-room hotel will be transformed into a workforce housing community named The Penleigh — Branson Row. In addition to 324 apartment units, the project will feature three resident lounges, a fitness center, playground, pool and pet park. The Penleigh will offer monthly rental rates around $600, along with incentives for early payment, free after-school tutoring and other social programs. Completion is slated for early 2022. Jerry Emery sold the hotel, which was originally built in 1994.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the $23.4 million sale of The Cloisters, a 13-story apartment complex in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. The 86-unit property is located at 5801 S. Dorchester Ave. The sales price of $272,675 per unit represents the highest price for any single multifamily asset in Hyde Park in over a decade, according to Interra. Built in 1928, The Cloisters features a variety of floor plans ranging from one-bedrooms to six-bedrooms. The property gets its name from the covered walkway on one side of a central courtyard. David Goss, Jon Morgan, Joe Smazal and Mark Dykstra of Interra represented the seller, the Baptist Theological Union, which purchased the property from the University of Chicago in 1961. The buyer, Antheus Capital, plans to upgrade units and continue to rent the property to university faculty and staff while expanding to include students and other renters.