CHICAGO — Optima Signature, a luxury office tower in Chicago, is now offering its on-site office suites as e-learning spaces for residents and non-residents alike. Designed by David Hovey Sr. and completed in 2017, Optima Signature is a 490-unit Class A residential tower located at 220 E. Illinois St. Located on the 57-story building’s second and seventh floors, the study suites are furnished with five to seven workstations, a mini-fridge, built-in cabinetry and window treatments, Wi-Fi access, professional cleaning and a curated selected of building amenities, including outdoor lounge areas. The suites are available for rent, ranging from $1,800 to $2,400 per month.
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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based developer Chess Builders has begun leasing The Arches, a 25-story multifamily tower located at 224-228 E. 135th St. in the Mott Haven neighborhood of The Bronx. The property features 430 apartments in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats that feature home automation, individual washers and dryers and private balconies in select units. Amenities include a screening room, coffee bar, office workspace, library lounge, fitness center, kids room and a rooftop terrace. Local brokerage firm EXR is leading the leasing effort.
STONEHAM, MASS. — MassHousing, an independent public agency that funds affordable housing properties in Massachusetts, has provided $32.7 million for the refinancing of Mountain View Terrace, a 194-unit seniors housing community in the northern Boston suburb of Stoneham. Built in 1981, the property consists of 128 one-bedroom apartments, 50 two-bedroom units, 10 three-bedroom residences and six four-bedroom apartments. The borrower was an affiliate of Atlantic Tambone Management LLC. The financing enables the property owner to extend affordability status for an additional 31 years.
EAST NEWARK, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has brokered the $19.5 million sale of St. George Harrison Apartments, a 60-unit multifamily community in East Newark. The property comprises 25 one-bedroom units and 35 two-bedroom units ranging in size from 720 to 1,184 square feet. Units are equipped with stainless steel appliances, hardwood floors and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a resident lounge and a fitness center. Niko Nicolaou of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller, Madison Hill Properties, in the transaction. Adam Zweibel, also with Gebroe-Hammer, procured the buyer, SELA Realty Investments.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Kaizen Development Partners, in a public-private partnership with the McKinney Economic Development Corp., will develop a 200,000-square-foot speculative office project within the District 121 mixed-use development in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. Construction of the eight-story, Class A building is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2021 and to be complete in the second quarter of 2022. Perkins & Will is designing the project, and JLL is handling leasing.
PLANO, TEXAS — Maryland-based mortgage banker Phillips Realty Capital has arranged a $63.2 million Freddie Mac loan for the acquisition of Evoke, a 459-unit apartment community located in the northern Dallas metro of Plano. Built in 2017, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, sauna, playground, business center, dog park and a resident clubhouse. The borrower, a partnership between CAF Capital Partners and a family office operating as The Generic Management, purchased the asset in a 1031 exchange. Adam Bieber and William Lawson led the transaction for Phillips.
IRVING, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Jefferson Eastshore, a 286-unit apartment community in Irving. Built in 2018, the property is situated on Lake Carolyn within Irving’s Las Colinas business district. Units come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a pool, business center, resident lounge, fitness center and outdoor grilling areas. Drew Kile, Will Balthrope, Joey Tumminello and Grant Raymond of IPA represented the seller, locally based developer JPI, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, an affiliate of Lone Star Funds.
CYPRESS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of 290 Storage, a 287-unit self-storage facility located on five acres in the northwestern Houston suburb of Cypress. The facility comprises 169 climate-controlled and 118 non-climate-controlled units across 53,015 net rentable square feet. Brian Kelly, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — Harbor Freight Tools, a discount hardware and equipment retailer based in California, will open a 16,000-square-foot store in the northern Austin suburb of Georgetown this week. The store will be located within Republic Square, a retail center at the northeast corner of Interstate 35 and Williams Avenue that also houses tenants such as Dollar Tree, Starbucks and Chipotle Mexican Grill. Jeff Lewis and Brett Maze of Weitzman handled lease negotiations on behalf of the locally based landlord. CLD Realty represented the tenant.
CLEARWATER, FLA. — Moss Construction has broken ground on J.W. Marriott Clearwater Beach, a 167-room beachfront hotel that will also feature 31 residential units in Clearwater. The 391,059-square-foot building will feature a pool on the 11th floor, bar, spa, meeting rooms, ballrooms, fitness center, a beachfront restaurant and about 250 feet of private beach. Baker Barrios designed the project, which is situated on Clearwater Beach at 691 S. Gulfview Blvd., 25 miles west of downtown Tampa. Kiran Patel is the developer. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.