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NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based real estate investment owner/operator Savanna has acquired a 12-story, 126,256-square-foot office and retail building in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan. The sales price was $100 million. Located at 48 W. 25th St., the property was built in 1920. Savanna plans to implement a $21 million capital improvement plan at the property, which will include a complete lobby renovation as well as roof and façade repairs. Adam Spies, Adam Doneger and Josh King of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a longtime family owner, in the transaction.

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WEST MELBOURNE, FLA. — MultiVerse Global LLC has unveiled plans to build a 600-unit apartment community within Space Coast Town Center in West Melbourne. MultiVerse Global is partnering with Lake Mary, Fla.-based Integra Land Co. and Atlanta-based JMG Realty on the project. Situated at the intersection of U.S. Highway 192 and St. Johns Heritage Parkway, the community will offer a gym, pool and entertainment areas. Michael Seltzer of Keller Williams/Elite Properties and William Benson of W.H. Benson & Co. represented MultiVerse Global in the land sale. No construction timeline was given.

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NEW YORK CITY — Equicap has provided a $24 million construction loan for the development of a 60-unit apartment building in East Harlem. The property also includes 6,500 square feet of retail space. The building is part of NYC Fresh, a program that allows developers to construct or renovate retail space that will be leased by a minimum 6,000-square-foot grocery store operator. Equicap provided the non-recourse loan to the borrower, a developer. The financing was secured at 475 basis points above the 30-day LIBOR.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Embrey Partners has broken ground on Knox at Metrocenter, a 322-unit apartment complex in Nashville. The community is located about one mile north of downtown Nashville and will offer one- and two-bedroom floor plans in two-, three- and four-story buildings. Knox at Metrocenter will overlook Amulet Lake and residents will have access to the Nashville Greenway Trail. San Antonio-based Embrey Partners expects the first units to be ready to lease in spring 2020.

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BRAINTREE, MASS. — Cornerstone Realty Capital has arranged a $14.3 million loan to refinance a 72-unit apartment complex in Braintree. The property consists of six buildings, each with in-unit laundry and a private balcony or patio. The borrower, True North Capital Partners, plans to update the property with full bathroom, kitchen and electrical upgrades. Community updates will include a grilling station, sports court and playground. Cornerstone secured a full-term fixed-rate financing structure through an undisclosed lender with 36 months of interest-only payments followed by 30-year amortization schedule.

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VERONA, N.Y. — KeyBank Community Development Lending & Investment (CDLI) has provided a $10.8 million construction loan to convert a public school into affordable seniors housing in Verona, located just off Interstate 90 between Syracuse and Utica. Named the Jason Gwilt Memorial Senior Apartments, the project will feature 50 units and a senior center. Apartments are reserved for seniors making up to 50 percent of the area median income, with 15 units specifically set aside for homeless and frail residents. Services for those frail and homeless residents will be paid for using Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative funds made available through New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR). In addition to KeyBank’s construction loan, HCR provided Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) that will generate more than $10 million in equity for the project, and $5.2 million in low-interest, long-term mortgages. The City of Oneida Housing Authority provided $430,000 in project funds and the New York State Energy Research and Development Agency (NYSERDA) provided $50,000 in energy saving equipment. Joseph Eicheldinger and Gregory Kiger on KeyBank’s CDLI team arranged the financing.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.6 million sale of a net-leased BP gas station in Jersey City. The property is located at 1505 John Fitzgerald Kennedy Blvd., directly off I-78, a major highway connecting Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Preet Sabharwal, Dan Corcoran and Michael Grunberg of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also undisclosed.    

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LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Tampa-based multifamily owner-operator American Landmark has acquired Emery Bay at Lakepointe, a 360-unit multifamily community located in the northern Dallas metro of Lewisville. Built in 1997, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, spa, business center, dog park and a volleyball court. American Landmark will invest $3.5 million in capital improvements to the unit interiors and amenity spaces. Mitch Sinberg, Matt Robbins, Robert Falese and Matthew Cullison of Berkadia secured a $36.5 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan on behalf of American Landmark for the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.  

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TYLER, TEXAS — St. Louis-based HDA Architects has completed a 219,000-square-foot industrial project in Tyler, about 100 miles east of Dallas, for beverage distributor GG Distributing Co. The project included renovating 100,000 square feet of a former U.S. Postal distribution center and building an additional 119,000 square feet at the property, which will serve as GG Distributing’s new headquarters. The property features a controlled temperature/concrete tilt-up warehouse for product storage, 25 shipping docks, a drive-thru for loading and an attached maintenance facility. Crossland Construction served as general contractor.

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THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Moviehouse & Eatery will open an 11-screen theater within Creekside Park Village Center, a 12-acre retail development by The Howard Hughes Corp. (HHC) in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. The 42,370-square-foot venue, which will be the company’s first in the Houston area, will offer recliner seats, a full bar and a scratch kitchen. Chris Reyes of SHOP Cos. represented Moviehouse & Eatery in the lease negotiations. Rip Reynolds represented HHC internally. Construction of Creekside Park Village Center will begin this month with completion slated for winter 2019.

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