NEW YORK CITY — Brookfield Properties has opened Manhattan West, an eight-acre mixed-use development located on the city’s west side. Manhattan West includes retail, restaurant, residential, office and hospitality uses. The centerpiece of the open-air project, which was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, is a 2.5-acre public plaza. Retail tenants include Whole Foods Market, The NHL Store, Starbucks Coffee, Peloton Store, City National Bank and Midnight Theatre.
NEW YORK CITY — Commercial lender BHI, a division of Israel’s Bank Hapoalim, has provided a $31.1 million acquisition loan for a seniors housing community in Southern New Jersey. The name and location of the property, which has 110 units and is licensed for 130 beds, were not disclosed. Amenities include five living rooms, a library, game room, tea room, three dining rooms and a beauty salon. The borrower was Lionstone Care. The seller was also not disclosed.
LINDEN, N.J. — An affiliate of Cammeby’s International has purchased Sunnyfield Garden Apartments, a 120-unit multifamily property in Linden, for $20.5 million. The community, located in Union County, consists of 82 one-bedroom units, 38 two-bedroom units and onsite parking for 100 cars. Jeff Squires of New Jersey-based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. represented the seller, an entity doing business as S.G.A. LLC that has owned the property since 1950, in the transaction. Squires also procured the buyer.
PHILADELPHIA — CBRE has arranged the $8 million sale of N15, a 75-bed student housing complex serving Temple University in Philadelphia. Built in 2012, the 36-unit, four-story building was 99 percent occupied at the time of sale. Adrian Sam and Spencer Yablon of CBRE represented the seller, North Broad Living, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed private investor.
MOORESTOWN, N.J. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a 22,500-square-foot warehouse located at 353 Crider Ave. in the Southern New Jersey city of Moorestown. A partnership between Quinlan Development Group and Atrium Real Estate Group purchased the building for an undisclosed price. The seller, Court Street Ventures, acquired the asset a year ago and implemented capital upgrades. Ian Richman of Colliers brokered the deal.
Orlando’s industrial market emerged from the early panic of 2020 in solid shape, and both occupier and investment activity have continued in earnest ever since. While the preceding year has brought its share of pandemic-induced challenges to the Orlando market, the industrial sector itself has not been adversely affected, other than by labor shortages and the escalating prices of construction materials for new development. Sector fundamentals remain strong, with healthy leasing and positive net absorption of space, robust tenant activity and continued speculative development that is focused primarily along the 429 Corridor and in the Orlando Central Park and Airport/Southeast submarkets. Economic fundamentals are also sound. The unemployment rate in Orlando as of June 2021 was 6 percent, down an impressive 1,300 basis points from the height of pandemic unemployment in May 2020. Oxford Economics projects that Orlando is expected to see job growth of 2.1 percent in 2021, 9.1 percent in 2022 and should recover all of its lost jobs by third-quarter 2022, a majority of which are in the leisure and hospitality sector. Central Florida is the state’s fastest-growing region, and the U.S. Census Bureau expects its growth to outpace South Florida by a factor of two to …
ARVADA, COLO. — Capstone has arranged the sale of Mesa Verde Apartments, a multifamily property located at 9700 W. 51st Place in Arvada. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $64.5 million. Mesa Verde Apartments features 276 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts with individually controlled heating and air conditioning and walk-in closets. The community includes volleyball and basketball courts, an outdoor swimming pool, playground and picnic area, as well as off-street parking for residents. The buyer plans to perform interior renovations, add additional units to the community, build a clubhouse for resident use, add a gate surrounding the property and resurface the parking lots. Brandon Kaufman of Capstone represented the buyer in the deal.
CHICAGO — Sterling Bay, Harrison Street and institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives have secured a $125 million construction loan for ALLY, a life sciences project in Chicago. Bank OZK provided the financing. Construction is slated to begin this month. Located at 1229 W Concord Place, ALLY will feature 280,000 square feet of Class A medical research lab and creative office space. The life sciences project will be in Lincoln Yards, a 53-acre, mixed-use development created by Sterling Bay. Lincoln Yards was formerly an industrial site that is being redeveloped into a mixed-use community with build-to-suit office developments, retail opportunities, proposed 606 bike trail extension and future residential and hospitality opportunities. When complete, Lincoln Yards will feature affordable housing, create over 23,000 permanent onsite jobs and generate $4.1 billion in economic output for the city of Chicago. ALLY at 1229 W Concord Place is located off the North Branch Chicago River and has private outdoor space on every floor. Mark Burkemper, senior managing director and head of North American transactions at Harrison Street, says the project brings many benefits. “Lincoln Yards is close to several of Chicago’s most notable medical research institutions, and we are excited to expand …
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Mesa West Capital has provided a $77 million loan for the acquisition of Alta Congress, a 369-unit multifamily property in Delray Beach. The borrower is an undisclosed, privately held real estate management and development firm. Built in 2013, Alta Congress, which has been rebranded as Congress Grove Apartments, is a four-story apartment community. The asset offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with stainless steel appliances, hardwood style plank flooring, breakfast bars, granite countertops, walk‐in closets, in‐unit stackable washers/dryers and hurricane impact-resistant windows. Community amenities include a fitness center, clubhouse, lounge, dog park, green courtyards, package room and a heated pool with cabana seating. Located on 9.3 acres at 250 Congress Park Drive, the property was 96 percent leased at closing. The property is 8.9 miles from Boca Raton, seven miles from the Boca Raton Airport and 12.3 miles from Deerfield Beach. Purvesh Gosalia of Newmark Knight Frank arranged the five-year, floating-rate, non-recourse loan.
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Parkview Financial has provided a $28.5 million loan to CS-ICM 5 LLC for the firm to convert a former 436-room hotel and resort property into a 351-unit apartment complex with retail and restaurant space in Kissimmee. The loan has an 18-month term and is non-recourse. Located at 8660 W. Irlo Bronson Highway, the property will be situated near employment centers, including Disney World, which is 5.8 miles away. Construction is underway, with completion slated for summer 2022. Originally built in 1977, the property is situated on 16 acres and includes 11 two-story buildings, three swimming pools, a fitness room, patios, garden areas, a seven-acre nature preserve and a 7,000-square-foot commercial building that has frontage along HWY 192. Phase I of the project will be the conversion of the existing hotel room buildings into an apartment complex that will feature 251 studios averaging 350 square feet and 100 one-bedroom units averaging 700 square feet. The units will feature new kitchens with stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops and stainless steel sinks; walk-in closets for the one-bedroom units; new bathrooms; vinyl plank flooring in living areas; and carpeting in the bedrooms. The second phase will include the conversion of …
