NEW YORK CITY — Slate Property Group and White Oak Real Estate Capital have provided a $70 million construction loan for a multifamily project in the Long Island City area of Queens. The building at 41-08 Crescent St. will rise 26 stories and house 184 units, 70 percent of which will be subject to income restrictions. In addition, the building will offer 9,000 square feet of retail space and a 41-space parking area. Skyline Capital arranged the 20-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the developer, Watermark Capital Group. Construction is roughly midway complete and scheduled for a spring 2026 completion.
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ANDOVER, MASS. — Locally based investment firm The Davis Cos. has acquired a 308,970-square-foot office and life sciences facility in Andover, a northern suburb of Boston. The building at 100 Minuteman Drive houses the headquarters of both dental products provider Straumann Manufacturing Inc. and law firm Zwicker & Associates. Building amenities include an interior courtyard, fitness center and an onsite café. Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — JLL has brokered the sale of The Hills Village Center, a 110,453-square-foot shopping center in Bedminster, about 40 miles west of Manhattan. Kings Food Market anchors the center, which was built on 13 acres in 1988 and is also home to tenants such as CVS, Cold Stone Creamery, PNC Bank, Starbucks, Great Clips and Orangetheory Fitness. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn and J.B. Bruno of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, Boston-based Longpoint Partners.
NEEDHAM, MASS. — A partnership between regional owner-operator Wingate Living and WL Development has broken ground on a 69-unit seniors housing project in Needham, a western suburb of Boston. One Wingate Way East will offer one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pickleball court, rooftop lounge and grille, a golf simulator, art workshop, yoga and spin studios, library and a bistro bar with personal wine lockers. The property is 75 percent preleased and is slated for a spring 2026 completion.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged a $10.2 million acquisition loan for a four-unit apartment building in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The address of the 8,900-square-foot building was not disclosed. Ben Schlegel and Paul McCormick of Ariel Property Advisors arranged the nonrecourse loan, which was structured with an interest rate that is equivalent to 5.5 percent above the 30-day average SOFR rate and a 75 percent loan-to-cost ratio. The borrower and direct lender were also not disclosed.
Fort Street Partners, Chestnut Healthcare Real Estate Form JV to Develop $150M in Healthcare Assets in Utah
by Amy Works
UTAH — Salt Lake City-based Fort Street Partners and Chestnut Healthcare Real Estate have formed a programmatic joint venture that can acquire and develop up to $150 million in assets over the next four years. The venture will focus on core/core-plus and value-add investments in outpatient medical and surgery center properties in Utah. The partnership has already closed on two medical outpatient developments in Syracuse and Eagle Mountain, Utah. CJ Kodani and Mark Root of JLL Capital Markets arranged the joint venture.
Brinkmann Constructors, United Properties Break Ground on Two Spec Warehouses in Aurora, Colorado
by Amy Works
AURORA, COLO. — Brinkmann Constructors, in partnership with United Properties, has broken ground on a speculative industrial project situated on 169 acres in Aurora. Spanning 817,500 square feet, the Aero70 project will include two speculative warehouses, over-lot grading and pad preparation for two future buildings, as well as associated private site civil infrastructure. Additionally, Brinkmann will build nearly two miles of public off-site infrastructure, including roads and utilities, to connect the site to the city’s existing systems.
SEATTLE — Jay Bhullar has acquired the Colman Building, a historic retail and office building in downtown Seattle, through a receivership partnership. Kidder Mathews’ Darren Tappen, Andy Miller, Pete Beauchamp and Nathan Thinnes represented John A. Rothschild of Newmark, the court-appointed receiver, in facilitating the sale. Terms of the transaction were not released. Constructed more than 125 years ago, the 143,922-square-foot Colman Building is located at 811 1st Ave. The property offers proximity to the ferry terminal, Marion Street Pedestrian Bridge and Seattle Waterfront. The buyer plans to reactivate the property’s street-level retail spaces, which were vacated during the pandemic, and lease out the vacant office suites across the building’s upper five floors.
PHOENIX — Discount Tire, through its affiliate real estate division Halle Properties LLC, has purchased Desert Ridge Corporate Center I and II in Phoenix. Terms of the transaction were not released. Desert Ridge includes 275,208 square feet of multi-tenant office space across two four-story office buildings originally constructed in 2005 and 2007. The asset also offers a three-level parking structure. Discount Tire currently occupies an entire floor at Desert Ridge, which houses a part of the national retailer’s corporate functions. Founded in 1960 by Bruce T. Halle, Discount Tire operates more than 1,200 tire retail stores across the United States, as well as an online tire and wheel shopping platform. The 12.2-acre Desert Ridge site is located 4.7 miles from the Discount Tire headquarters and one mile from the 35-acre site Discount Tire acquired in December 2022.
SEATTLE — CBRE has facilitated the $13.9 million sale of a multi-tenant retail property in North Seattle. A private investor acquired the property from Madison Development, which originally developed in the asset in 2007. Dino Christophilis and Daniel Tibeau of CBRE represented seller in the deal. Situated on 3.7 acres at 13244 Aurora Ave. N., the 51,329-square-foot property consists of two components — a 45,000-square-foot building leased to LA Fitness and a 6,329-square-foot pad building that is fully leased to Jersey Mike’s Subs, IRG Physical Therapy and T-Mobile.