NEW YORK CITY — Davis & Gilbert LLP, a New York City-based law firm, has signed an 86,000 square-foot office lease at 1675 Broadway in Midtown. The lease comprises the 31st through 34th floor and a portion of the 35th floor in the 850,000-square-foot building. Lewis Miller, Scott Gottlieb, Brian Gell and Michael Wellen of CBRE represented Davis & Gilbert in the lease negotiations. Robert Steinman of Rudin Management Co. represented the landlord, The Rudin Family.
NORTHBOROUGH, MASS. — Steris Corp., a manufacturer of medical devices, has purchased a warehouse in Northborough, located about 30 miles west of Boston, for $6.8 million. The property, 425 Whitney St., is a 45,718-square-foot warehouse with office space. Steris already owns the neighboring property, 435 Whitney St. CBRE’s Bob Gibson, Rachel Marks and Chelsea Andre represented the seller, a fund managed by DRA Advisors LLC.
WOBURN and NORWOOD, MASS. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of two seniors housing communities in the Boston suburbs. A joint venture between Benchmark Senior Living and Oz Real Estate sold Benchmark Senior Living at Woburn in Woburn as well as Benchmark Senior Living on Clapboardtree in Norwood. The communities offer a total of 177 assisted living and memory care units. Benchmark Senior Living will continue to manage the communities. The Cushman & Wakefield team involved in the transaction included Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Tim Hosmer and Chris Remeika. The buyers and sales price were undisclosed.
CRANBERRY, PA. —Middletown Income Investors Cranberry LLC has purchased a single-tenant retail property in Cranberry, a northern suburb of Pittsburgh, for $14.1 million. A 24-hour Walmart Supercenter has fully occupied the property since 1999, and the retailer recently signed a 10-year lease extension. Patrick Luther of SRS, Phil Sambazis of Marcus & Millichap, along with Jeff Christian and Ryan Morita of First Street Brokerage, represented the seller, ACV Cranberry LLC, in the transaction. Zackary Hilgendorf of Quantum Real Estate Advisors represented Middletown.
LAKE HOPATCONG, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has negotiated the sale of a 6,000-square-foot retail building in Lake Hopatcong, located about 40 miles northwest of New York City. The retail center comprises seven rentable units, 50 feet of lake access and close proximity to Route 80 in Upstate New York. Joe Vindigni of NAI James Hanson represented the seller, BD Newhouse LLC in the transaction. The buyer was Gardners Shed. The sales price was undisclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Estancia Villas, a newly built, 312-unit apartment community in south Austin. The property is part of the 600-acre master-planned community of Estancia Hill Country, which upon completion will feature 130 acres of parks and nearly 280,000 square feet of retail and dining. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile and Jordan Featherston of IPA represented the seller and developer, JCI Residential. The buyer, Steadfast Cos., purchased the property for an undisclosed price.
GARLAND,TEXAS — Berkadia has arranged CMBS financing totaling $18.9 million for two retail properties near San Antonio and Dallas. The financing included a $15.4 million, 10-year loan that Argentic provided for Courtyard Plaza, a retail strip center located at 155 S. Interstate 35 in the San Antonio suburb of New Braunfels. The other deal was a 10-year, $3.5 million loan that Wells Fargo provided for Duck Creek Community Shopping Center, a retail center located at 5006 N. Jupiter Road in the Dallas suburb of Garland. Joseph Hevey Jr. of Berkadia’s Dallas office arranged the loans on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of Dallas-based Retail Plazas Inc.
PHOENIX — High Street Residential, the residential subsidiary of Trammell Crow Co., and a fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors have commenced construction on The Fillmore, a mixed-use project in downtown Phoenix. Situated on 2.8 acres at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Fillmore Street, Phase I will include a seven-story, 533,460-square-foot building with 348 multifamily units, 480 parking spaces and more than 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The first phase will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as studio and junior one-bedroom units, ranging in size from 489 square feet to 1,626 square feet. The building will include a clubhouse featuring work-from-home suites, a tequila room for resident gatherings, billiards room, kitchen and bar, lounge, catering kitchen, double-sided fireplace and shuffleboard. Other amenities include a fitness center, swimming pool, cabanas, grilling stations, swinging lounge chairs, spa, hammocks, fire pits secure bike storage and Wi-Fi throughout the property’s common areas. Additionally, the phase will feature a second outdoor deck with a water feature, dog run and park. Completion of Phase I is slated for September 2021. Chasse Building Team is serving as general contractor. Alliance Bank is providing financing for the project.
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS — Civitas Senior Living and StoneCreek Real Estate Partners have opened StoneCreek Senior Living at North Richland Hills. The property is located at 8505 Mid-Cities Blvd. in North Richland Hills, about 13 miles northeast of downtown Fort Worth. The seniors housing community offers 70 assisted living units, 16 memory care residences and 10 independent living cottages. Amenities include landscaped courtyards, a fitness center, full-service salon and a library. The Civitas-Stonecreek partnership has another seniors housing community in the works in Colorado Springs.
IRVINE, CALIF. — WNC, a provider of investment, asset management and development services in the affordable housing industry, has closed two institutional Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) funds. WNC Institutional Tax Credit Fund 47 (WNC Corp. 47) and WNC Institutional Tax Credit Fund 10 California Series 17 (CA 17) total approximately $210 million in equity. Together, the equity from the funds will be used to develop and renovate more than 1,900 affordable housing units in the United States. WNC Corp. 47 raised $134.6 million in equity, and CA 17 raised $75.5 million. The closure of the funds brings Irvine-based WNC’s total equity raised since inception to approximately $5.2 billion. The properties that will be funded are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Virginia and Wyoming. The assets will include multifamily and seniors housing projects in urban, suburban and rural areas. One project of note is Mason Square Apartments II in Springfield, Mass., which is an adaptive reuse of two historic buildings — the former Indian Motorcycle manufacturing mill complex constructed in 1890 and the Masson Square Fire House, originally constructed in 1920. Another notable project is Park West Estates in Los Angeles County, Calif. …
