DENTON, TEXAS — RED Development has broken ground on three new multi-tenant retail buildings within Rayzor Ranch Town Center, a 600,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Denton. The buildings are partially preleased to Zoe’s Kitchen, Massage Envy and Sprint. Construction of a 40,000-square-foot building preleased to Rooms To Go is also underway at Rayzor Ranch, which will also welcome an eight-screen Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and a 7,500-square-foot Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen this summer. A 41,000-square-foot Andy B’s gaming venue and restaurant is also under construction and slated to open in early 2019.
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Angelo, Gordon & Co., Prism Capital to Redevelop Former Wonder Bread Facility in Hoboken to Mixed-Use Property for $120M
by David Cohen
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Angelo, Gordon & Co. and Prism Capital Partners have unveiled plans to recapitalize and develop a former industrial facility in Hoboken as an 89-unit apartment property with 10,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space as well as a street-level retail space for $120 million. Parkwood Development Corp. started the project in 2012 and will retain an ownership stake in the development. Originally built in 1909 and used as an industrial facility that produced Wonder Bread, the project, dubbed the Wonder Lofts, will be made up of five separate buildings and retain a significant amount of the property’s existing architectural detail. The project has received necessary approvals and nearly all demolition and construction preparation has been completed.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the sale of a 56,700-square-foot apartment building in Manhattan for $44.1 million. Located at 1274-1275 Fifth Ave., the six-story, 54-unit building sold at a capitalization rate of 2.71 percent. Former New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, who held office from 1934-1945, lived in the penthouse of the building shortly before Gracie Mansion became the official mayoral residence in 1942. Billy Billitzer of Rosewood Realty represented the buyer, Akelius Real Estate Management. Aaron Jungreis, also of Rosewood, represented the seller, Ofer Yardeni’s Stonehenge Partners. The property is located just east of Central Park on Fifth Avenue’s Museum Mile.
HOUSTON — NewQuest Properties has brokered the sale of Chateaux Dijon Apartments, a 426-unit multifamily community located at 5331 Beverly Hill St. in Houston’s Galleria neighborhood. The property consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 510 to 1,380 square feet. Amenities include several pools, a fitness center, coffee bar, dog park, conference room and a business center. Glenn Dickerson of NewQuest Properties represented the seller, FHB Beverly Hill LP, and procured the buyer, Florida-based investment firm Avesta Communities LLC. The property was developed in the 1960s and renovated in 2016.
Goldman Sachs Acquires Five-Property Industrial Portfolio in Suburban Philadelphia and Boston
by David Cohen
MALVERN AND LANGHORNE, PA., FRANKLIN, MASS. — Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private Real Estate (GSAM) has acquired a portfolio of five industrial flex properties in suburban Philadelphia and Boston totaling 525,000 square feet for an undisclosed amount. The properties are located in Malvern and Langhorne Pa., and Franklin, Mass. The addition of the five properties brings GSAM Private Real Estate’s industrial portfolio in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions to 13 properties totaling 2.4 million square feet. GSAM Private Real Estate represented itself in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
GFI Realty Services Brokers Sale of 46-Unit Apartment Building in Brooklyn for $12.5M
by David Cohen
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has arranged the sale of a six-story, 46-unit apartment building in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn for $12.5 million. The pre-war property, located at 218 74th St., consists of 16 studios, 28 one-bedroom units and a couple of two-bedroom units, all of which are rent-stabilized. Yosef Katz and Natan Safdieh of GFI Realty represented the seller in the transaction, Madeleine Behette, a local investor. Erik Yankelovich, also of GFI, procured the buyer, Meridian Properties. The property is located on a tree-lined block between Ridge Boulevard and 3rd Avenue.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — NAPA Ventures has sold Parkside Townhomes, a multifamily community in Arlington that features 144 rentable townhome units. The property, which is located within three miles of AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Park, offers two- and three-bedroom units and a pool. Prior to the sale, NAPA invested in capital improvements to the property’s landscaping, parking lots and exterior lighting, as well as the cabinets, countertops and floors of the units. The buyer was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Westbridge Realty Group has arranged the sale of a 5,600-square-foot apartment building located at 20-35 Gates Ave in the Ridgewood neighborhood of Queens. The vacant six-unit building, which was built in 1930, sold for $2.2 million. The sales price equates to $379,000 per unit. Adam Traub and Isaac Shrem of Westbridge Realty represented both the buyer, an active investor in Queens, and the seller, a long-term holder who purchased the property in 1985.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has arranged the sale of a 54,000-square-foot industrial building located at 2601 W. Kingsley Road in the Dallas metro of Garland. Kingsley Industrial LLC sold the property to Snell Motor Co. Inc. for an undisclosed price. Matt Dornak and Ryan Wolcott of Stream Realty Partners brokered the sale.
KINGWOOD, TEXAS — NAI Partners has negotiated an office lease at One Kingwood Place, a 200,000-square-foot office campus located in the northern Houston suburb of Kingwood. Oil and gas firm Valence Operating Co will occupy 12,000 square feet at the campus. Jacob Aldridge, Zach Leger and Rani Jones of NAI Partners represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Kyle Whitney and Victor Valenzuela of Transwestern represented Valence Operating Co.