NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has secured $35 million in construction financing for a mixed-use condominium property on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The borrower is Adellco LLC. The 24-month loan, provided by a balance sheet lender, features interest-only payments, a prime-based floating rate, and a one-year extension option. Once completed, 27 East 79th St. will feature eight two- to five-bedroom residences as well as a duplex townhouse with a private garden and a triplex penthouse. Retail space will also be available.
ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of 395 W. Passaic St., a four-story, 107,969-square-foot office building in Rochelle Park. The sales price was not disclosed. Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, Garrison Investment Group and Onyx Equities, in the transaction. They buyer was Ramaa Management. The three-acre property was 80 percent leased to eight tenants at the time of sale.
MOUNT OLIVE, N.J. — HFF has arranged a $28.5 million refinancing for 350 Clark Drive, a three-building industrial warehouse facility in Mount Olive. The 443,030-square-foot facility was originally constructed to house the headquarters of Calvin Klein Cosmetics and is now 97 percent leased to office and industrial tenants. The property features 24- to 30-foot clear heights, 26 loading docks, two drive-in doors and 20,000 square feet of freezer space. HFF represented the borrower, Commercial Realty Group, to place a 10-year, fixed-rate loan with John Hancock Real Estate Finance Group.
Baylor Scott & White, Dallas Cowboys to Open 300,000 SF Sports Research Center at The Star in Frisco
FRISCO, TEXAS — Baylor Scott & White and the Dallas Cowboys will open their new 300,000-square-foot sports research facility at The Star in Frisco this Wednesday. Services that will be offered at the Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy & Research at The Star include sports performance testing, a concussion center, imaging center, surgery suites, urgent care center, research space, outpatient rehabilitation and a pharmacy. Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White and the Cowboys are holding an official opening at the complex’s turf outdoor football field with the Frisco Independent School District, which is a partner in the new sports research and treatment complex.The facility was designed by the Dallas office of global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will. The Star is a 91-acre sports and entertainment district and serves as the world headquarters of the Cowboys.
DALLAS — Hunt Mortgage Group has provided a $12 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Cornerstone Apartments, a 240-unit affordable housing community in Dallas. Situated at 2606 Community Drive and 9709 and 9720 Starlight Road, Cornerstone was built in three phases between 1968 and 1976. Two of the phases were redeveloped in 1992 and 1995 through the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. The third phase comprises 38 market-rate apartment units without affordability restrictions. Community amenities include an on-site management/leasing office, four laundry rooms, a swimming pool and playground. Dallas-based Churchill Capital arranged the 12-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule on behalf of the borrower, JAG CA Re-Development LLC, an entity backed by James E. Graham Jr. The company has invested $2 million in capital improvements to Cornerstone Apartments since taking over ownership, bringing the occupancy up from 70 percent to above 90 percent as of loan closing, according to Churchill Capital.
DALLAS — SHOP Cos. has arranged the sale of Haverwood Village, a 28,000-square-foot shopping center located along the Dallas North Tollway at 4809 Cole Ave. in Dallas. The property was 93.6 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Skillman Wok, Afrika Fusion, The Fade Shop, I-Apartments and Tsitsi’s African Styles. Tommy Tucker, Tim Axilrod and Cameron Burk of SHOP Cos. represented the seller, a limited liability company based in Dallas. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Bellomy & Co. has arranged the sale of Affordable Self Storage The Woodlands, a 465-unit self-storage facility located on nearly five acres in The Woodlands. The Class A facility spans 90,800 rentable square feet across five buildings. The property includes climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled units and fully enclosed spaces for RVs and boats. Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy & Co. represented the seller, an undisclosed company based in The Woodlands. Bellomy and Johnson also procured the Houston-based buyer.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — Houston-based Baker Katz has signed Republic Chicken, a family-style restaurant serving Southern comfort food, to a new lease in Beaumont. Located at the corner of Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 96, the new 5,443-square-foot location sits on nearly 1.3 acres. Republic Chicken will move from its current location at 797 N. 5th St. in Beaumont. Lunden McGill represented Baker Katz internally in the lease transaction.
CHICAGO — The Howard Hughes Corp. and Riverside Investment & Development, along with Clark Construction, have broken ground on 110 North Wacker, a 1.4 million-square-foot office tower in the heart of Chicago’s central business district. More than 30 percent of the 55-story tower is preleased to Bank of America. Designed by Goettsch Partners, the Class A building is located between the Chicago River and Wacker Drive. Amenities will include a conference center, fitness facility, retail and dining space. Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase provided a $495 million construction loan. USAA Real Estate also provided an equity investment. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter of 2020.
CHICAGO — Taurus Investment Holdings LLC has acquired a 2.9 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in metro Chicago for $201 million. The purchase was the final investment for the company’s US Logistics Fund I LP. The portfolio includes 51 assets. Currently 91.5 percent occupied to tenants such as Amazon, Ryder and Armacell, the properties are located in 11 of the 19 Chicago industrial submarkets, according to Taurus. CBRE and Capital One advised Taurus on the transaction. Venture One Real Estate was the seller.