NEW YORK CITY — Rivington Co. plans to develop 21 Garden Street, a 50-unit multifamily property in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. Rivington will redevelop an existing structure, formerly the home of a woodworking company that made custom furniture pieces and cabinetry, to construct the eight-story building. The property will include both affordable and market rate residences. DXA Studio will serve as the architect of the project. Construction is slated to complete in 2022.
NEW YORK CITY — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has completed repairs of its L train tunnel, which connects Manhattan and Brooklyn. The 12-month project repaired damage to the tunnel caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Under a revised plan from state Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the deans of the Cornell University and Columbia University engineering schools, the project was completed in three months less than its original 15-month estimation, which also included a complete shut-down of the tunnel. Under the revised plan, the tunnel remained operational during the day while repairs progressed in the nights and weekends. The project was also completed approximately $100 million under its original $477 million budget.
NEW YORK CITY — Private equity firms InTandem Capital Partners and Sagewind Capital LLC, have jointly signed a 10,165-square-foot in Midtown Manhattan. The firms will share one office across a portion of the 24th floor of One Vanderbilt Avenue, an approximately 1,750,000-square foot office tower slated for completion later this year. Lloyd Desatnick of JLL represented the tenants in the lease negotiations. Robert Alexander, Ryan Alexander, Emily Jones and Alex D’Amario of CBRE represented the landlord, SL Green.
NEW YORK CITY — ABS Partners Real Estate has negotiated a 5,000-square-foot office lease for Canadian trade union Unifor in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan. The company’s new space includes the entire eighth floor at 152 Madison Avenue, an approximately 98,000 square foot office building constructed in 1929. The asking rent was $59 per square foot. Ronnie Zimmerman and Ian Weiss of ABS represented the landlord, Heskells, in the lease negotiations. Newmark Knight Frank represented Unifor.
MILFORD, CONN. — Milford Performing Arts Center (MPAC) will open a 1,600-square-foot dance facility in Milford, a western suburb of New Haven. The property is located at 225 Research Drive, a redeveloped warehouse constructed in 1988. Bill Clark of The Geenty Group represented MPAC in the lease negotiations. Clark also represented the landlord, D’Amato Investments LLC.
ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN — HSA PrimeCare, the national healthcare real estate division of HSA Commercial Real Estate, has sold a four-building medical office portfolio to Irvine, Calif.-based IRA Capital. The buildings, spanning a total of 107,828 square feet, are located in Illinois and Wisconsin. HSA PrimeCare will continue to manage the assets on behalf of IRA. Mike Wilson and Erik Foster of Avison Young represented HSA PrimeCare in the transaction. The properties include: Advocate Good Samaritan South in Downers Grove, Ill.; Hawthorn Surgery Center in Vernon Hills, Ill.; Advocate Aurora Health Beverly Clinic in Chicago; and Advocate Aurora Health Muskego Clinic in Muskego, Wis. IRA Capital is a private equity firm that invests capital for its own account and on behalf of its co-investment partners, which include pension funds, institutions, family offices and individuals. IRA primarily invests in commercial real estate assets throughout the United States, with an overweight concentration within the medical/healthcare sector.
ROSEVILLE, MICH. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged the sale of Roseville Towne Center in Roseville, about 15 miles north of Detroit. The sales price was undisclosed. The 89,883-square-foot shopping center is home to Marshalls, CVS Pharmacy, Five Below and Dollar Tree. Ben Wineman, Carly Gallagher Kelly and Daniel Stern of Mid-America represented the seller, Cincinnati-based Viking Partners. Ferris Hamama of Keystone Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer, a private investor completing a 1031 exchange.
YPSILANTI, MICH. — Eastern Michigan University has unveiled plans to relocate the College of Business to its central campus. The move includes the selling of the Gary Owens Building, present home of the College of Business. The Board of Regents approved the sale of the 122,000-square-foot building to River Caddis Development for $2.7 million. Boone Hall will serve as the new location for the College of Business. The building will undergo a renovation beginning in April 2021, but the building’s size will remain at 45,210 square feet. The relocation will reduce utility, maintenance and transportation costs that the university currently incurs by housing the College of Business away from central campus.
NAPLES, FLA. — Moorings Park Institute Inc. and London Bay Development Group have opened the first phase of Moorings Park Grande Lake, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Naples. Located on 55 acres along the Naples Grande Golf Course, the first phase of development included three buildings totaling 47 units, all but three of which were pre-reserved. Entrance fees start at $1.5 million and are 70 percent refundable, and golf club membership is included. Phase II of the project has just opened for preleasing, and includes a clubhouse scheduled to open in late 2021.
KENNESAW, GA. — Madison Capital Group will develop a 714-unit Go Store It self-storage facility in Kennesaw. The property will stand five stories and will offer climate-controlled units and 69,550 square feet of net rentable space. A timeline for construction was not disclosed. Kim Bishop, Jim Davies, Eric Snyder and Lauren Maehler of Talonvest Capital Inc. originated a $6.2 million construction loan on behalf of the developer. An undisclosed regional lender provided the partial-recourse, four-year loan, which features interest-only payments at LIBOR plus 3 percent.