OREGON — Carnegie Capital has arranged $15 million in construction financing for a seniors housing community in Southern Oregon. The property offers assisted living and memory care. The developer previously worked with Carnegie Capital for another community in Redmond. Further details on the asset were not disclosed. JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital sourced and structured the three-year loan with a 5.5 percent interest rate. The financing represents a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio.
SONOMA, CALIF. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a cash-out refinancing for a manufactured home community in Sonoma. Situated on 39 acres, the age-restricted manufactured housing community features 292 sites. Hunter Curtis and Taylor Curtis of Grandbridge’s Newport Beach, Calif., office originated the transaction for the undisclosed borrower. The non-recourse loan was structured with a fully amortizing term and funded through one of Grandbridge’s insurance company correspondents.
BETHLEHEM, PA. — Wind Creek Hospitality (WHC), an authority of the Poarch band of Creek Indians, a federally recognized tribe in Alabama, has acquired the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for $1.3 billion. The property, located in the Lehigh Valley region, will be rebranded as Wind Creek Bethlehem. Sands Casino Resort consists of a 282-room hotel and a 183,000-square-foot casino with 3,000 slot machines, 200 gaming tables and multiple restaurants. The property also features a 150,000-square-foot retail mall and an event center. The new ownership plans to invest $340 million in updating and expanding the property to include two new hotels totaling 700 to 750 rooms and a 300,000-square-foot adventure and water park. The seller was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — RDC Development has completed its redevelopment of Ocean Bay Apartments, a project valued at $560 million. Ocean Bay, which houses 1,395 units and nearly 4,000 residents, was damaged in a storm and forced to undergo a two-year rehabilitation project that featured renovated kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. The rehab project also saw the replacement of roofs, as well as upgrades to elevators, utility systems and public hallways. RDC financed the redevelopment through HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, which stipulates that the refreshed units remain affordable to low-income households.
NEW YORK CITY — Justworks, a provider of payroll, HR and compliance software, has signed a 270,000-square-foot office lease at 55 Water St. in Manhattan. Beginning in the second quarter of 2020, the company will relocate to the 3.8 million-square-foot complex, more than doubling the size of its current space at 601 W. 26th St. Howard Fiddle, Evan Haskell, Brad Gerla, Dave Caperna and Mary Ann Tighe of CBRE represented the landlord, New Water Street Corp., a subsidiary of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, in the lease negotiations. Chris Helgesen, Peter Trivelas, Dirk Hrobsky and Gary Ceder of Cushman & Wakefield represented Justworks. The average asking rent at 55 Water St., which was recently repositioned, is $58 per square foot.
REHOBOTH BEACH, DEL. — Axilla Capital, a Michigan-based finance and advisory firm, has arranged a $12 million CMBS loan. The funds will refinance a Fairfield Inn & Suites hotel in the coastal Delaware city of Rehoboth Beach. Joel Mazur and Tom Fleming of Axilla arranged the loan, which carries a fixed interest rate below 5 percent and a 10-year term, on behalf of an undisclosed borrower. The lender was also undisclosed
KENOSHA, WIS. — Silgan Containers has inked a deal to lease 525,000 square feet at an industrial building in Kenosha. The facility, known as Zilber Industrial 1, is located within Kenosha Corporate Park and owned by Zilber Property Group. Silgan, a metal food packaging provider, is scheduled to begin operations at the facility this month. Scott Furmanski of CBRE represented Silgan in the lease transaction. Michael Kleber of Zilber, in partnership with Whit Heitman and Sam Badger of CBRE, represented Zilber.
ROSEMONT, ILL. — Syndicated Equities Group, in a joint venture with Nath Cos., has acquired the Hilton DoubleTree and Embassy Suites hotels in Rosemont for an undisclosed price. The separate hotels are located along River Road approximately one mile from Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The DoubleTree has 369 rooms while the Embassy Suites has 294 rooms. As part of the acquisition, new franchise agreements were secured with Hilton. Nath will serve as the manager.
CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group Inc. has brokered the sale of The Portage Park Theater Apartments in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood for $6.3 million. The property, located at 4044-4060 N. Milwaukee Ave., consists of 34 apartment units. It also features four fully leased commercial spaces totaling 5,460 square feet. All of the apartments and storefronts were fully renovated in 2017. Doug Imber, Kate Varde and Clay Maxfield of Essex brokered the transaction. The buyer and seller information was not disclosed.
DETROIT — Encore Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of Redford Marketplace in Detroit for an undisclosed price. The two-building retail property serves as an outparcel to a Meijer store. The 12,046-square-foot center is home to eight tenants. Evan Lyons, Brandon Hanna and Deno Bistolarides of Encore represented the seller, development firm Lormax Stern. An East Coast-based private investor purchased the asset while completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.