NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has negotiated the $16.7 million sale of a seven-story office building in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. The 13,667-square-foot building is located at 177 Franklin St., between Greenwich and Hudson streets and was 80 percent leased at the time of sale. The flagship store of watch retailer Shinola occupies the ground floor. James Nelson and Charles Kingsley led an Avison Young team that represented the seller, Bedrock Real Estate Partners. The buyer was undisclosed.
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ABS Altman Warwick Arranges $15.2M Refinancing Loan for Retail Center in Hartford, Connecticut
by Alex Patton
HARTFORD, CONN. — ABS Altman Warwick, a division of ABS Partners Real Estate, has arranged a $15.2 million permanent refinancing loan for Charter Oak Marketplace, a 309,800-square-foot shopping center located in Hartford. An undisclosed direct lender provided the seven-year, nonrecourse loan, which features a fixed interest rate of 3.5 percent. Walmart anchors the shopping center along with tenants including Marshall’s and Dollar Tree, as well as several restaurants. The borrower was Paramount Realty. Morris Dweck of ABS Altman Warwick originated the loan.
NEW YORK CITY — Apollo Electric has acquired a 5,650-square-foot office condo in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan for $3.6 million. The suite includes the entire fifth floor of a seven-story building, which is located at 127 W. 24th St. The building was constructed in 1904. Brock Emmetsberger, Ryan Kossoy and Reed Waggoner of JLL represented the seller, a private owner. The team also procured Apollo as the buyer.
AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is in the process of converting some of its North American plants to produce face masks that will be donated to first responders and healthcare workers. The first machinery has been delivered and installed. Donation of the face masks will come in the following weeks. FCA operates 36 production plants in North America, according to its website. FCA is also working in partnership with nonprofit organizations that are providing food to children until schools return to session. Starting immediately, FCA will help provide more than 1 million meals to school-age children in the communities around its principal manufacturing plants in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. The program will then be extended nationwide and to Canada and Mexico. FCA plants across the U.S. and Canada, as well as headquarters operations in Auburn Hills and construction projects, will remain closed until April 14, dependent upon various states’ stay-in-place orders and the readiness of each facility to return to normal production. Mopar Parts distribution centers, which have been deemed essential to keeping first responders and commercial vehicles on the road, will continue to operate with paid volunteers.
MINNEAPOLIS — Dougherty Mortgage has provided a $15.9 million HUD 221(d)(4) loan for the rehabilitation of Trinity Apartments, a 120-unit affordable seniors housing property in Minneapolis. All units at the eight-story building are restricted to heads of household over age 62 and are covered by a project-based Section 8 HAP contract. Under this program, the rents are subsidized by HUD. The borrower is Trinity Limited Partnership. The property will receive $6.7 million in renovation work, including dwelling unit and community space upgrades. In addition to the HUD-insured first mortgage, the project utilized low-income housing tax credits and tax-exempt bonds. Dougherty & Co., an affiliate of Dougherty Mortgage, underwrote the bonds. This is the second transaction to close under the new HUD 221(d)(4) pilot program through Minneapolis. The term is 40 years plus construction period with a 40-year amortization.
OMAHA, NEB. — Investors Realty has brokered the sale of a two-building office property in Omaha for $7.2 million. The two adjacent buildings, located at 16945 and 17055 Frances St., span 36,740 square feet. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to Creighton University, Insurance Solutions, Frost Periodontics and Midwest Allergy & Asthma Clinic. Ember Grummons of Investors Realty represented the buyer, Heiskell Properties LLC. Tracy Earnest of NAI/NP Dodge represented the seller, RFW Properties LLC.
EVERGREEN PARK, ILL. — Valore Ventures has sold Evergreen Park Towne Center in Evergreen Park, about 15 miles south of Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. The 7,784-square-foot retail property is located at 8730 S. Kedzie Ave. It is fully leased to tenants such as Boost Mobile and Edible Arrangements. Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck of Marcus & Millichap represented Valore in the sale. The buyer was undisclosed.
BURLINGTON, N.J. — Wolf Commercial Real Estate (WCRE) has negotiated a 3,400-square-foot office lease for Innovative Life of New Jersey LLC in Burlington, a northeastern suburb of Philadelphia. The space is situated within Burlington Professional Campus, which is located at 1900 Mount Holly Road. The tenant is a regional division of Innovative Life Solutions Inc., a disability services organization based in the Washington, D.C., metro area. Ryan Barikian of WCRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Barikian also represented the landlord and developer of the property, Zaman International Development LLC.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — Kidder Mathews has facilitated the sale of a high-street retail property located at 8532 Melrose Ave. in West Hollywood. Blatteis & Schnur, a Century City, Calif.-based real estate investor, acquired the property from a New York-based investor for $20.5 million. Situated in a top-tier commercial corridor of Los Angeles, the building features 4,946 square feet of retail space. The current tenant is Lululemon Athletica. Imperial Capital represented the buyer, while Tanel Harunzade, Darrell Levonian and Brittney McCarthy of Kidder Mathews represented the seller in the transaction.
EUGENE, ORE. — Carnegie Capital has arranged a $7.4 million refinancing for a 60-unit memory care community in Eugene. The cash-out refinancing represents a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio, and bears an interest rate of 5.55 percent for three years. Residents at the community are approximately half private pay and half Medicaid. The borrower is a regional owner-operator. The lenders are a national bank and a private lender.