FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of The Jefferson at Farmingdale Plaza, a 154-unit multifamily community located in the western Long Island city of Farmingdale. Built in 2015, the property features two three-story buildings at 148 South Front St., adjacent to the Farmingdale LIRR rail station. Amenities include a health club with a yoga studio and aerobics center, business lounge, billiards room and a media center with a movie theater. The property also features 20,000 square feet of retail space leased to tenants including Starbucks, TAO Asian Bistro and Eastern Breeze spa. Kevin Donner and Brian Whitmer led the Cushman & Wakefield team that represented the seller, a joint venture between H.I.G. Realty Partners and JPI Cos. The team also procured the buyer, Fairfield Properties. The sales price was undisclosed.
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Marcus & Millichap Arranges $6M in Financing for Rehabilitation Facility in New Haven, Connecticut
by Alex Patton
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged $6 million in financing for Retreat at Southern Connecticut, a rehabilitation facility in New Haven. The facility specializes in mental health services and substance abuse rehabilitation, and the loan will be used to increase treatment options and hire more than 150 new staff members. Stonehenge Capital provided the loan, terms of which were undisclosed. Robert Noeldechen of Marcus & Millichap handled the debt placement.
Middleburg Breaks Ground on 250-Unit Apartment Complex in Wilmington, North Carolina
by Alex Tostado
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Middleburg Communities has broken ground on Mosby at Riverlights, a planned 250-unit apartment community in Wilmington. The complex will offer communal amenities such as a 7,500-square-foot clubhouse, pool, dog park, pet spa, grilling stations, fire pit, package locker concierge and a fitness center. The community will also be linked via walking trails to Marina Village, a mixed-use town center with a new riverfront park and boardwalk, as well as 20,000 square feet of retail and restaurants. Mosby at Riverlights will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Unit interiors will include Nest thermostats, stainless steel Energy Star-rated appliances, granite countertops, 9-foot ceilings, walk-in closets and Bluetooth keyless entry. The design team includes interior designer and landscape architect Cline Design Associates, general contractor Middleburg Construction and civil engineer McKim & Creed. Vienna, Va.-based Middleburg Communities expects to begin leasing at the community in late 2020.
ATLANTA — Berkadia has arranged the sales of The Reserve in Lithonia and Friendly Hills Apartments in Decatur. Texas-based Praxis Capital acquired both communities for a combined $40.7 million. Paul Vetter, Andrew Mays, Judy MacManus and Matt White of Berkadia represented the seller, Atlanta-based Benimax, in both transactions. The Reserve, which sold for $23.9 million, is a garden-style community offering studio through three-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include a swimming pool, playground, picnic area and a fitness center. The property is located at 5650 Hillandale Drive, 17 miles east of downtown Atlanta. Jackson Cloak of Berkadia arranged a $19.8 million acquisition loan through Bridge Investment Group on behalf of Praxis for The Reserve. Friendly Hills Apartments is also a garden-style community that offers two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include a basketball court, laundry facilities, swimming pool and a playground. Friendly Hills is located at 10 Friendly Hills Drive, 13 miles east of downtown Atlanta. Cloak originated a $12.3 million Freddie Mac loan on behalf of Praxis for Friendly Hills.
BALTIMORE — Zamir Equities has purchased 36 S. Charles St., a 25-story office building located in Baltimore’s Central Business District (CBD), from an undisclosed seller. The 314,000-square-foot building currently houses the Baltimore U.S. Attorney’s Office, The Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl and the City of Baltimore Development Corp. One block away from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, 36 S. Charles is situated less than a block from the Metro SubwayLink Charles Center station. The location also provides nearby access to Interstates 95 and 83 and the city’s Light RailLink system. The Camden Station of the Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC), which provides high-speed access to Washington, D.C. and other major East Coast cities, is less than one mile away. The office building currently features cafes, onsite storage and a parking garage. The previous ownership invested $6.5 million into base building improvements and updates to the lobby, conference center and elevators. Zamir Equities plans to make additional capital improvements, including further improvements to the elevators, upgrades to the common areas, enhanced building security and a new coffee shop.
HOUSTON — A partnership between two locally based developers, Nitya Capital and Tema Development, will build Two Hermann Place, a 32-story multifamily high-rise building that will be located in Houston’s Museum District. The property will offer 295 units in 13 different floor plans that will feature quartz countertops and backsplashes, walk-in closets and smart thermostats. The average unit size will be 1,076 square feet. Amenities will include a pool with cabanas, sky lounge, café bar, dog park and a fitness center. The groundbreaking is scheduled for the first quarter of 2020, and completion is slated for winter 2022.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Shorenstein Properties has broken ground on the Alpha Building, a 210,500-square-foot office property located within Austin’s Mueller Business District. Mueller Business District comprises three development sites with the capacity to house four office buildings totaling roughly 800,000 square feet of space. Designed by architecture firm Page, the Alpha Building will be located across the street from an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and the site of the future Origin Hotel and will include 26,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. AQUILA Commercial handles leasing of the building, which is scheduled to be complete in the first quarter of 2021.
SIOUX CITY, IOWA AND SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — IRET has sold a 10-property, 970-unit multifamily portfolio in Sioux City and Sioux Falls for $78 million. Monarch Investment and Management Group purchased the three Sioux City properties, which total 444 units. The communities were built between 1970 and 1998. Monitor Finance acquired the seven Sioux Falls properties, which total 526 units. They were completed between 1985 and 2000. At the time of sale, the occupancy for the entire portfolio was 93 percent. Mox Gunderson, Dan Linnell, Josh Talberg, Adam Haydon and David Gaines of JLL represented IRET in the sale.
ROSEMONT, ILL. — US Foods has signed a 275,000-square-foot office lease renewal at Riverway in Rosemont. This is the largest office lease signed in suburban Chicago since 2017, according to Cushman & Wakefield. Riverway is a 1.1 million-square-foot office campus comprised of four 11-story buildings. Dan Svachula, Michael Simpson and Allyson Birchmeier of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Adventus Realty. James Otto, Abigail Zaleski and Chris Reynolds of CBRE represented US Foods, a major foodservice distributor and supplier.
IRVING, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 335,480-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 9400 N. Royal Lane in Irving. According to LoopNet Inc., the rail-served property was built in 2004 and totals 447,400 square feet. Tom Walrich of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, supply chain operator KGP Logistics Co. Mitch Pruitt represented the landlord, Prologis, on an internal basis.