MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS and NEW HAMPSHIRE — HFF has provided an undisclosed amount of financing for a portfolio of eight seniors housing properties totaling 565 units in New England. Northbridge Strategic Senior Housing Fund II was the borrower. Freddie Mac provided the capital, and HFF will service the loans. The intended use of the proceeds was not disclosed. The properties in the portfolio are Avita of Brunswick in Brunswick, Maine; Avita of Stroudwater in Westbrook, Maine; Avita of Wells in Wells, Maine; Carriage House at Lee’s Farm in Wayland, Massachusetts; Laurelwood at the Pinehills in Plymouth, Massachusetts; Ledgewood Bay at Milford in Milford, New Hampshire; Stroudwater Lodge in Westbrook, Maine; and Sunnybrook in Brunswick, Maine. The properties have an average completion date of 2014 and comprise a mixture of 49 independent living, 256 assisted living and 260 memory care units that were nearly 90 percent occupied at closing.
WAYNE, N.J. — Axiom Capital Corp., a real estate finance and advisory firm with offices in New York and New Jersey, has arranged $52 million in permanent financing for a 473,670-square-foot warehouse in Wayne, located northwest of Newark. Situated on 31 acres, the property features 40-foot clear heights, 42 dock doors and proximity to I-80 and U.S. Route 46. A life insurance company provided the loan, which features a 10-year term, a fixed interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was Peykar Family Properties of Wayne.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — CBRE has negotiated an 83,051-square-foot office lease at 10 Jay Street in the Dumbo area of Brooklyn for Rent the Runway, an online company that provides clothing rental services. The tenant will relocate its headquarters from 345 Hudson Street to the 10-story, 200,000-square-foot property, which was developed by Glacier Global Partners. Frederick Fackelmayer, Alex Benisatto and Sam Mann of CBRE represented Rent the Runway, which plans to move in to its new space in 2020, in the lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — Cosentini Associates, a division of engineering and consulting firm Tetra Tech Inc., has signed a 60,000-square-foot office lease at 498 Seventh Avenue, a 25-story, 960,000-square-foot tower in Midtown Manhattan. Cosentini plans to relocate its headquarters from 2 Penn Plaza to the new space in the first quarter of 2020. Justin Aronson, Michael Liss, Christopher Mansfield and Adele Huang of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Andrew Conrad and Matt Coudert represented the landlord, George Comfort & Sons, on an internal basis.
GLEN RIDGE, N.J. — Locally based developer JMF Properties has broken ground on Clarus Glen Ridge, a 110-unit multifamily community in Glen Ridge, located northwest of Newark. The transit-served property will offer one- and two-bedroom units and an array of amenities, including a fitness center with a yoga studio, business center, library, billiards room and outdoor grilling and seating areas. JMF Properties expects to open the property in spring 2020.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — HFF has arranged the sale of Westlake Place, a 61,740-square-foot office building in southwest Austin. Renovated in 2015, the property is situated on 2.5 acres at 1515 S. Capital of Texas Highway and was 92 percent leased at the time of sale. Cathy Nabours, Walter Saad and Drew Fuller of HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Maryland-based Moore & Associates Inc., and procured the buyer, Oakpoint Real Estate, an investment firm with offices in Nashville and Austin. Chris McColpin of HFF arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through Lincoln Financial Group for the deal. That loan carried a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate.
DALLAS — Local developer Northfield Development LLC will build The Drake at White Rock, an 85-unit residential project that will be located in the Lakewood area of Dallas. The property will comprise seven stories and 257,000 square feet. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, bike and personal storage spaces and concierge services. Moss is serving as the construction manager, and GDA Architects LLC is designing the project. Construction, the contract for which is valued at $28.5 million, is slated to begin this month and wrap up in late 2020.
HOUSTON — New York City-based Axiom Capital Management has acquired a 60,000-square-foot office building located at 13111 Westheimer Road in Houston. Comerica Bank serves as the major tenant at the four-story, Class B property. Bill McGrath and Peter Wall of LandPark Advisors represented Axiom Capital Management, which will upgrade the building’s common areas, in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
PASADENA, TEXAS — Hobby Lobby will open a 47,768-square-foot store at Fairway Center, a retail property located at the intersection of Beltway 8 and Fairmont Parkway in Pasadena, an eastern suburb of Houston. Debbie Adams of EDGE Realty Partners represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Scott Shillings of Riverway Retail represented Hobby Lobby.
MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Knights Court, a 40,882-square-foot retail property in Missouri City, a southwestern suburb of Houston. James Bell and Watt Harrison of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.