RICHMOND, VA. — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has provided a $16.1 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan for Berkeley & Warwick Place, a 265-unit townhome community in Richmond. The borrower, Walde Enterprises, plans to improve the property’s energy and water usage as part of Freddie Mac’s Optigo Green Up program. Details of the improvement plan were not disclosed. The 10-year loan is structured with three years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Berkeley & Warwick Place offers one-, two- and three-bedroom townhomes for rent. Communal amenities include package services, laundry services and a playground. Matthew Hodson and Debra Goldstein of M&T Realty Capital arranged the loan on behalf of Walde Enterprises. The seller was not disclosed.
LEESBURG, VA. — KLNB has brokered the $9.7 million sale of a portion of Shenandoah Square Shopping Center in Leesburg. The two parcels included in the sale are located at 932 and 952 Edward Ferry Road NE and total 29,480 square feet. Tenants include Sherwin Williams, Cosmo Prof, Jenny Craig, Domino’s and Regional Finance. Shenandoah Square also includes a Walmart, Exxon gas station, Taco Bell, IHOP and 83,240 square feet of office space. The shopping center is situated 37 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Kevin Goeller, Ryan Goeller, Veronica Kamara, Billy Kelly and Chase Stewart of KLNB represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. David Weber and Kenneth Tamres, also of KLNB, represented the undisclosed private buyer.
MIAMI — A-Rod Corp., led by former Major League Baseball player Alex Rodriguez, has acquired 12,700 square feet of office space within a two-tower condo called Grove at Grand Bay in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood. The corporation will consolidate its offices to create a new headquarters at 2675 S. Bayshore Drive. In addition to the full floor of office space, the acquisition includes ground-floor space that will be used for events, conferences and related activities. A-Rod Corp.’s Miami-based operations include Monument Capital Management and Newport Property Construction, along with an array of sports and wellness, media and entertainment organizations, real estate interests and venture capital. Terra delivered Grove at Grand Bay in 2016 with Danish architect Bjarke Ingels. The sales price was not disclosed.
BOSTON — Madison Realty Capital has provided a $314 million construction loan for the development of Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences. Trinity Stuart LLC, a partnership between two Boston-based entities, Saunders Hotel Group and The Noannet Group, is leading development of the project, which will consist of 147 hotel rooms and 146 residential units. Cain International is also providing joint venture equity to develop the project, which has a total price tag of more than $400 million, with Trinity Stuart. Riaz Cassum and Anthony Cutone of JLL placed the debt and equity on behalf of the developer. A construction timeline was not released.
AMHERST, N.Y. — Douglas Development Co. has purchased Boulevard Mall, a 961,800-square-foot shopping and dining destination in the Buffalo suburb of Amherst, for $30.5 million. The property was originally built in 1962 and is situated on 64 acres. The mall was renovated in 2000 and is now anchored by tenants such as Dick’s Sporting Goods and Macy’s. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Claudia Steeb, Michael Oliver and Ryan Robertson of JLL handled the transaction in conjunction with Ten-X on behalf of the undisclosed seller. JLL closed the sale, which included an adjacent, eight-acre tract that houses a 120,000-square-foot Wegmans grocery store and commanded a price of $6 million.
WINSLOW, N.J. — A partnership between two New Jersey-based investment firms, Homestake Capital LLC and Harvestate Group LLC, has broken ground on a 595-unit self-storage facility in Winslow, located outside Philadelphia. Extra Space Storage will operate the property, which will span 66,300 net rentable square feet and offer climate-controlled space. Completion is scheduled for January 2020.
WATCHUNG, N.J. — Graycor Construction has completed Cinemark Watchung and XD theater, a 10-screen venue in northern New Jersey. The 37,630-square-foot theater features luxury recliner seats and a private party room and is the first Cinemark theater to open in Somerset County. Beck Architecture designed the theater. Chicago-based Graycor will also build a 12-screen, 44,000-square-foot Cinemark Theatre within the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne.
IRVING, TEXAS — NorthMarq has arranged the sale of MacArthur Place Apartments, a 548-unit multifamily community in Irving. Built in 1964 and renovated in 2002, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as two pools, a sports court and onsite laundry facilities. Taylor Snoddy, Philip Wiegand and James Roberts of NorthMarq represented the seller and the buyer in the transaction. In addition, Stephen Whitehead of NorthMarq arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through a life company for the new owner.
DALLAS — Stonelake Capital Partners has purchased a 129,061-square-foot warehouse located at 8220 Ambassador Row in Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant property was built in 1966 and features 18-foot clear heights and 11 dock-high loading doors. Jamie Jennings, Jason Moser and Andrew Rabinovich of Stream Realty Partners represented the seller, Chicago-based Brennan Investment Group, in the transaction.
FAIRVIEW, TEXAS — InvenTrust Properties Corp., an Illinois-based shopping center REIT, has acquired Shoppes at Fairview, a 67,500-square-foot retail center in metro Dallas, for $36 million. Anchored by Whole Foods Market, the property also houses tenants such as Capital One and Jos. A Bank. The center was acquired in conjunction with a 346,200-square-foot, Costco-anchored center in South Florida, a property that fetched a sales price of $97 million. Chris Gerard, Barry Brown and Ryan Shore of JLL represented the seller, Lincoln Property Co., in the transaction.