SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — A partnership between Houston-based Buckhead Investment Partners and Zane Segal Projects has broken ground on Arista Riverstone, a 142-unit active adult community that will be located in the southwestern Houston suburb of Sugar Land. The four-story building will border a lake and connect to the walking trails within the Riverstone master-planned development. Additional amenities will include a fitness and wellness center, a pool, multiple game rooms and lounges, conference and craft rooms, multiple dog parks, a hair and nail salon and climate-controlled storage units. San Antonio-based Gonzalez Newell Bender Architects is designing the project. Galaxy Builders Ltd., also based in San Antonio, is the general contractor, and Greystar is the leasing agent. Move-ins are slated to begin in early May, with full completion scheduled for fall 2021.
PLANO, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated a 103,750-square-foot office lease expansion for interactive fitness company Peloton at the 85-acre Legacy Central campus in Plano. Peloton, which moved into the building in 2018, is essentially quadrupling its original footprint and now occupies 131,268 square feet at the property. Michael Conner and Baron Aldrine of CBRE represented Peloton in the lease negotiations. Nathan Durham and Duane Henley of Transwestern represented the landlord, Regent Properties. Peloton reported sales growth of 232 percent in its most recent fiscal quarter, and the company’s stock price is up more than 300 percent for the year as consumers have sought alternative ways of exercising amid COVID-19.
FATE, TEXAS — Tyler, Texas-based owner-operator Brookshire Grocery Co. and the City of Fate, located northeast of Dallas, have broken ground on a 66,000-square-foot grocery store for Brookshire’s FRESH concept. The public-private partnership expects to complete the project in late 2021 and to bring about 200 new jobs to the community. The store will be Brookshire’s second under the FRESH brand, with the first opening in Tyler in 2011. The concept in Tyler includes authentic Japanese ramen and Vietnamese pho counters, a taco bar, coffee bar, patio dining and onsite public spaces with live music and play areas for children.
DALLAS — ML Realty Partners has acquired a 56,520-square-foot industrial building located at 3942 Irving Blvd. in the South Stemmons submarket of Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1968, renovated in 2000 and features 20- to 24-foot clear heights. Jeremy Mercer and Jeff Turner of Mercer Co. represented the seller and will also be responsible for leasing the building on behalf of ML Realty Partners.
NEW YORK CITY — Black Bear Capital Partners has arranged a $25.5 million agency loan for the refinancing of three apartment buildings totaling 146 units in The Bronx. The properties are located at 2320 Aqueduct Ave., 2828 Valentine Ave. and 2885 Valentine Ave. PGIM Real Estate provided the loan through Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program. The borrower was an undisclosed private investor. Bryan Manz, Emil DePasquale, Phil Bowman, and Jack Cohen of BBCP arranged the financing package. The loan was structured with a fixed interest rate of 3.14 percent for 12 years with five years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Greystone has provided $18.6 million in Fannie Mae acquisition financing for two multifamily properties in New Haven. In the first transaction, Greystone provided a $5.3 million loan for a 57-unit complex at 511 Main St. that was built in 1926. That loan was structured with a 10-year term, a 30-year amortization schedule and five years of interest-only payments. In the second deal, Greystone provided a $13.3 million loan for Hemingway Place, a property built in 1962 that features one- and two-bedroom units. That loan carried a 12-year term, a 30-year amortization schedule and six years of interest-only payments. Dan Sacks of Greystone originated both loans. Russ Drebin and Jake Weinstein of Meridian Capital Group placed the debt. The borrower was CSRE Group.
WORCESTER, MASS. — JLL has negotiated the $14.5 million sale of a 333,302-square-foot historic office building located at 340 Main St. in Worcester, located in the central part of the state. The property was built in 1897 and is currently leased to a roster of legal, financial services and government tenants. Adam Dunn, Mike Restivo and Chris Phaneuf of JLL represented the seller, Commerce Associates LLC, in the transaction. The buyer, Silverbrick Group, plans to convert the nine-story building into a mixed-use development with office, retail, multifamily and self-storage uses.
UPPER MACUNGIE, PA. — New Jersey-based Woodmont Properties has completed the lease-up of Woodmont Ridge in Upper Macungie, located in the Lehigh Valley area. The property consists of 36 carriage homes in two-bedroom formats that feature open floor plans, modern plank floors and quartz countertops. Amenities include a pool, resident lounge, game room, theater room and a fitness center. The majority of the units also feature attached garages.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm Alpha Realty has brokered the $5.1 million sale of a 33-unit apartment building located in the Wakefield area of The Bronx. The seller, a private family that owned the asset for 45 years, sold the property to LAL-Roughlock Fund I. Lev Mavashev, Yehuda Leser and Shai Egison of Alpha Realty represented both parties in the transaction.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has acquired a 2.3 million-square-foot life sciences portfolio in Cambridge, located across the Charles River from Boston, for approximately $3.4 billion. The seller was Brookfield Asset Management. The majority of the properties in the portfolio are located in East Cambridge, adjacent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus, and are leased to investment-grade tenants with both traditional office and lab requirements. Following the closing of the deal, which is scheduled for the first quarter of 2021, Blackstone will be the largest owner of life sciences space in Cambridge. Blackstone is acquiring the portfolio through BioMed Realty, its $20 billion subsidiary that launched in 2018 and is focused on life sciences properties. “This transaction illustrates Blackstone’s continued conviction in the life sciences space, both broadly and within real estate, and in investing in best-in-class assets located adjacent to top-tier research and education institutions,” says Nadeem Meghji, head of real estate in the Americas for Blackstone. Cambridge continues to be a hub for development and leasing of life sciences properties. In November, locally based developer King Street Properties partnered with California-based Healthpeak Properties to break ground on a $170 million life sciences facility that will …