NEW YORK CITY — Urban Standard Capital, a New York-based lender, has provided a $1.3 million loan for the acquisition and pre-development of a 3,648-square-foot residential development site in Brooklyn. The property is located at 419 Manhattan Ave. and currently houses a retail and office building with a residential unit on top. The undisclosed borrower plans to redevelop the property to add two condos and a roof deck. Gerald Kray and Daria Benstead of Marcus & Millichap placed the loan.
AUBURN, ALA. — SiO2 Materials Science will invest $163 million to expand its Auburn plant that will produce vials and syringes to aid a potential COVID-19 vaccine. Construction is underway on the 70,000-square-foot project, which is located at 2425 Innovation Drive, less than one mile from SiO2’s current plant located at 2250 Riley St and seven miles southwest of Auburn University. SiO2 expects to create 220 jobs when the expansion is complete. In June, SiO2 announced a $143 million contract with federal government agencies for a production scale-up of the company’s packaging platform for storing coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics. Auburn-based SiO2 applies a patented glass-like coating to plastic surfaces.
ATLANTA — Alliance Residential will develop Broadstone Upper Westside, a 314-unit apartment complex in Atlanta’s Upper Westside neighborhood. The complex will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities will include a community kitchen, clubroom, fitness center, courtyard and a saltwater pool. The Phoenix-based developer closed on the 12-acre site in late June and expects to break ground this year. Alliance plans to open the community in fall 2021. Located at 2167 Bolton Drive NW, the asset is situated seven miles northwest of downtown Atlanta adjacent to the city’s West Midtown district. Dynamik Design is the architect of Broadstone Upper Westside.
TAMPA, FLA. — The Radco Cos. has sold Mabry Manor, a 372-unit multifamily community in Tampa, for $42.8 million. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a pool, sundeck, fitness center, clubhouse, fishing lakes with floating deck and fishing pier, coffee bar, laundry facilities and a business center. Radco acquired the asset in 2016 for $20.1 million. The asset is located at 4902 N. Macdill Ave., five miles northwest of downtown Tampa in the Northwest Tampa submarket. TLR Group acquired the community. Jason Stanton and Cole Whitaker of Berkadia represented the seller in the transaction.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Fairstead has acquired Gould House, a 101-unit Section 8 seniors housing community in Boca Raton. The property is located on the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Campus. While the seller and price were not disclosed, Fairstead did unveil plans for a $6 million rehabilitation of the entire complex. The project will include new kitchens, baths, lighting, HVAC, flooring and windows for all apartments, as well as common area improvements to the security systems, grounds, lobbies, community room and management office. Fairstead financed the acquisition through the issuance of federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and tax-exempt bonds from the Housing Finance Authority of Palm Beach County. The Freddie Mac lender/bond purchaser in the transaction was Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, and the LIHTC investor was Regions Affordable Housing LLC.
ABILENE, TEXAS — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has provided a Freddie Mac loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of Sedona, a 498-unit apartment community located in the West Texas city of Abilene. The garden-style property was built in phases in the mid-1970s. Units feature stainless steel appliances, hardwood flooring, walk-in closets and patios or balconies. Amenities include two pools, a playground, fitness center, sports court, dog park and onsite laundry facilities. Braden Harmon and Hank Glasgow of NKF originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, CapX Ventures LLC.
IRVING, TEXAS — Sunwest Real Estate Group will redevelop 2901 Kinwest Parkway, a 160,000-square-foot office building in Irving’s Las Colinas district. The project will upgrade the tenant lounge, which will now feature a café, as well as the lobby area, conference center and various exterior spaces. Entos Design is the project architect. Completion is slated for late 2020.
DALLAS — New York City-based REIT Brookfield Properties has acquired a 95,440-square-foot industrial facility that is situated on a 15.2-acre site at 4444 Irving Blvd. in West Dallas. The property features a 57,000-square-foot terminal with 118 doors and ample car and trailer parking space. A national transportation company fully leases the asset, according to Brookfield. The seller was not disclosed.
JOHNSON CITY, TENN. — Washington Prime Group (WPG) has signed Chipotle Mexican Grill and Chicken Salad Chick to the tenant roster of The Mall at Johnson City, a mall in Johnson City that is currently being redeveloped. The two eateries are expected to open in spring 2021. Other new and committed tenants include HomeGoods, which will replace the former Sears department store; Palmetto Moon, a Southern apparel retailer that opened in June; and Rose & Remington and Curve & Cloth, which are set to open next spring. WPG is renovating the interior common areas and exterior entrances, which will include aesthetic upgrades such as new seating, lighting, flooring and finishes. Existing tenants at the mall include Belk, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Champs Sports, Chick-fil-A, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Forever 21, GameStop, Hot Topic, JC Penney, Ulta Beauty and Victoria’s Secret. WPG reopened the mall in early May following a temporary shut down due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
STAFFORD, TEXAS — NAI Partners has negotiated a 20,000-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 10101 Stafford Centre Drive in the southwestern Houston suburb of Stafford. Chris Caudill of NAI Partners represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Jarret Venghaus of JLL represented the tenant, educational software provider Intelliworks LLC.
