GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Brooklyn-based real estate investment firm JFR Global Investments has acquired two office buildings in Garden City for a total of $91 million. Atria East, which is located at 900 Stewart Ave. sold for $50 million while Atria West, which is located at 990 Stewart Ave., sold for $41 million. JFR plans to spend $4.2 million on upgrades and repairs to the 252,730-square-foot Atria East and $3.5 million on repairs and upgrades to the 297,339-square-foot Atria West. The seller was Onyx Equities and its partner, The Davis Cos.
FREMONT, CALIF. — JLL Income Property Trust has acquired Fremont Distribution Center, a two-building industrial portfolio in the Oakland/East Bay submarket of Fremont. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $47 million. At the time of sale, the 240,000-square-foot property was fully leased.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Embrey Partners has completed the disposition of The Flats at SanTan, an apartment community located at 2550 S. Santan Village Parkway in Gilbert. Weidner Apartment Homes acquired the 319-unit property for an undisclosed price. Built in 2018 and situated on 10 acres, The Flats at SanTan features eight residential buildings, attached and detached garages, leasing office, clubhouse, fitness center, heated pool, spa, outdoor yoga courtyard, Wi-Fi lounge with computers and printers, dog park, dog wash, outdoor kitchen, grilling areas and fire pit. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
CAMPBELL, CALIF. — Sonnenblick-Eichner Co. has secured $36.3 million in first mortgage financing for the acquisition of DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Campbell – Pruneyard Plaza, a 169-room full-service hotel in downtown Campbell. The undisclosed borrower used the long-term, fixed-rate loan to facilitate the purchase of the hotel and provide funds for a $5.8 million renovation. The 12-year loan, which a life insurance company provided, features a 4.5 percent interest rate with four years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule.
SAN DIEGO — Colliers International San Diego has arranged the sale of the retail spaces at Harbor Club, a residential and retail building located in downtown San Diego. One Harbor sold the assets to Tower Investments for $13.6 million. Located at 285 J St., 100 J St., 200 Harbor Drive and 330 Third Ave., the property features 42,810 square feet of retail space. Current tenants include Morton’s The Steakhouse, Striders Clubhouse, Robert Cromeans Salon, San Diego Wine & Culinary Event Center, and the Luxe Lounge and Spa. Bill Shrader of Colliers’ Urban Property Team represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — HFF has secured a $32 million loan to refinance a 12-story office tower in the Garment District of Manhattan. Located at 35 W. 36th St., the 77,880-square-foot office building was built in 1911. The building’s renovated lobby includes two high-speed elevators as well as building amenities such as a doorman, 24/7 key card access, an onsite café and a kickboxing gym. Steven Klein, Scott Findlay and Jackie Ferrer of HFF secured financing on behalf of the borrower, Hidrock Properties. The lender was Ladder Capital Finance. Terms of the financing included a three-year, floating-rate loan.
LEOMINSTER, MASS. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has originated a $12.2 million Fannie Mae, first mortgage loan for Sunrise of Leominster in Leominster, approximately 40 miles west of Boston. Built in 1996, the three-story property features 70 units on a five-acre plot. The property originally comprised 48 assisted living units, with 23 memory care units added in 1999. In 2013, 10 existing assisted living units were converted into nine memory care units. During that renovation, a new common room and dining room were added. Carolyn Nazdin of KeyBank’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged the non-recourse, fixed-rate loan with a 10-year interest-only term. The loan was used to refinance existing debt.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $1 million sale of a mixed-use building in Long Island City. Located at 5105 34th St., the three-story, 2,360-square-foot property is fully renovated and consists of one commercial unit on the ground floor and two residential units on the upper floors. Stephen Preuss of Cushman & Wakefieldrepresented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was Latino 2000 USA Inc.
CAMDEN, N.J. — TD Bank has provided a $6.9 million construction loan for Cooper Plaza Townhomes, an affordable housing community in the Cooper Plaza historic district of Camden. All 64 townhomes will remain affordable, serving households earning less than 80 percent of the area median income. The loan will fund part of a $14 million renovation that will modernize the interiors and exteriors of the homes including new HVAC and mechanical systems, replacement of roofs, new windows and porch improvements.Additional funding includes a $3.1 million permanent mortgage provided by Berkadia. TD Bank provided the financing to borrower, The Michaels Organization. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.
HAMILTON, BERMUDA — Signet Jewelers (NYSE: SIG), which owns jewelry retailers Kay, Zales and Jared, will close approximately 150 North American stores after the 2019 holiday shopping season, the company said in its latest earnings report. These store closings follow Signet’s previous shuttering of 262 stores, most of them in North America, and are part of a larger downsizing program that will reduce the Bermuda-based retailer’s total store count by 13 percent over a three-year period. According to the earnings report, Signet’s same-store sales declined by 2 percent during the fourth quarter of the most recent fiscal year, which ended on Feb. 2, 2019. Same-store sales were projected to drop by another 2.5 percent during the current fiscal year. In a statement, Signet CEO Virginia Drosos pointed to several factors behind the company’s struggles, including increased competition in the jewelry space and weak demand from the United Kingdom market. Drosos also noted that sales of select merchandise for the holiday season fell below projections. A Signet spokesperson also told Business Insider that the broader struggles of American malls, in which many Signet stores are housed, contributed to the decision to close this wave of stores. “Signet is too highly exposed …