DUNEDIN, FLA. — Berkadia has provided a $13.6 million Freddie Mac loan for the acquisition of Promenade at Edgewater, a 188-unit apartment community in Dunedin. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan includes full-term interest-only payments. Promenade at Edgewater is located at 257 Milwaukee Ave., 25 miles west of downtown Tampa. The asset was built in 1973 and comprises six two- and three-story buildings offering one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, designated dog walking area, picnic areas with grills and views of the lakes at Dunedin Highland Memorial Park. Charles Foschini, Chris Apone and Lourdes Carranza-Alvarez of Berkadia’s Miami office provided the loan on behalf of the buyer, Pensam Capital. The seller was not disclosed.
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SOMERS POINT, N.J. — Berkadia has provided an $18.5 million loan to refinance Bayview Court, a 202-unit apartment community in Somers Point. Located at 555 Shore Road, the property was built in the 1960s. Jim Badolato of Berkadia’s Philadelphia office arranged the financing for the borrower, The Streamwood Co. Terms of the Freddie Mac loan included an 11-year fixed rate term under the lease-up program, which enables borrowers to lock in a rate and fund a loan before the collateral is fully stabilized. The Freddie Mac Optigo loan offers an 11-year fixed rate term under the lease-up program, which enables borrowers to lock in a rate and fund a loan before the collateral is fully stabilized. The property was 75 percent occupied at closing with steady leasing velocity.
STONEHAM, MASS. — Wood Partners has begun construction of Langwood Commons, a 261-unit multifamily community in Stoneham. The three-building community is scheduled to open in March 2020. The site is located adjacent to the 2,200-acre Middlesex Fells Reservation, known locally as The Fells, a year-round outdoor space that provides outlets for hiking and biking. Wood Partners broke ground on the project in November 2018. It is the company’s 12th project in the greater Boston area.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Commercial-stage cell therapeutics company Celularity has signed a full-building, 147,215-square-foot office lease in Florham Park. The property is part of a two-building office campus at 170-180 Park Ave. that totals 368,780 square feet. The lease marks the largest new office lease in New Jersey for the first quarter of 2019. James Postell, Matt McDonough and Dan Ligorner of Transwestern Commercial Services represented the building owner in the transaction. Charlie Hatfield and Ryan Healy of Colliers International represented Celularity in the transaction.
Marcus & Millichap Orchestrates Sale of 83,271 SF Self-Storage Facility in Massachusetts
by David Cohen
NORWOOD, MASS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Extra Space Storage, an 83,271-square-foot self-storage facility in Norwood. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 1450 Boston Providence Turnpike, the facility opened in 2016 and is currently 85 percent occupied. The property consists of 1,011 climate-controlled units. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The buyer was also a limited liability company.
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — CBRE has arranged a $14.2 million construction loan and $3.4 million in equity for the development of Riverstone Town Center, a 63,000-square-foot mixed-use project in Sugar Land, a southwestern suburb of Houston. The property, construction of which is underway and expected to last about nine months, will be located within the Cross Creek master-planned development. Jeff Stein of CBRE arranged 94 percent of the capital stack, including the floating-rate construction loan with a regional bank that carried a 76 percent loan-to-cost structure and a 25-year amortization schedule. The borrower was The Marcel Group, a private developer based in The Woodlands.
SAN ANTONIO — Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital has acquired The Pointe at Ramsgate, a 300-unit apartment community in San Antonio. Built in 1975, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units averaging 682 square feet. Amenities include two pools, a fitness center, outdoor grilling area, resident clubhouse with a full kitchen and a dog park. Westmount will renovate the property’s unit interiors by upgrading the flooring, lighting, cabinetry and plumbing fixtures. Amenity spaces, as well as the signage, paint job and parking lot, will also be refreshed. The property will be rebranded Joule Apartment Homes.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Construction is underway on a new, 150,000-square-foot office in the Fort Worth metro of Grapevine for Paycom, an Oklahoma City-based provider of payroll and human resources software. The groundbreaking ceremony at the 14-acre site was held on Wednesday, April 10, and the company expects to move in to its new space some time in 2020. Paycom plans to accommodate as many as 1,000 employees at the property, the developer of which was not disclosed.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Dallas-based STRIVE has brokered the sale of Arkansas Square, a 30,255-square-foot shopping center in Arlington. Surrouding national retailers include Walmart Neighborhood Market, Walgreens, Subway and Dollar General. Sam House of STRIVE represented the seller, a California-based investor, and procured the buyer, a locally based investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
ALVARADO, TEXAS — REV Recreation Group (NYSE: REGV), a Milwaukee-based manufacturer of emergency and recreational vehicles, has sold a 58,736-square-foot service center in Alvarado, about 30 miles south of Fort Worth. The property, which includes 10,156 square feet of office space, was built in 2008 and expanded in 2017. The sale also includes 12 acres of land. Dan Spika of Henry S. Miller Brokerage represented REV Recreation Group in the sale. Mark Wussow of Commercial Real Estate Services LLC represented the buyer, Illinois-based National Retail Properties LP.