ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a 225,006-square-foot industrial building in Elk Grove Village for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 1501 Nicholas Blvd. Chris Nelson, Ken Franzese and John Cassidy of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Prologis. Chris Volkert and Brendan Green of Colliers International represented the buyer, GHP Group Inc., a manufacturing company that specializes in electric fireplaces and accessories, portable heating and barbecue grill products.
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FREEPORT, MAINE — AAM 15 Management LLC has purchased Hilton Garden Inn Freeport Downtown for an undisclosed price. HFF arranged the sale. The 99-room hotel, located at 5 Park St., is the only hotel in its competitive set within walking distance of downtown Freeport, according to HFF. Completed in 2005, the hotel offers 7,500 square feet of meeting space, a restaurant, fitness center, indoor pool and car charging stations. Freeport is 18 miles north of Portland, Maine. Denny Meikleham, Alan Suzuki and Matthew Enright of HFF marketed the property on behalf of the private seller and procured the buyer. AAM 15 will manage the hotel.
NEW YORK CITY — Developer Lightstone has topped out construction for its 37-story Moxy Chelsea hotel located at 105 W. 28th St. in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The project is the second of four Moxy hotels that Lightstone is developing in New York City in partnership with Marriott. Lightstone broke ground on Moxy Chelsea in the summer of 2016, and the hotel is slated to open this fall. Designed in collaboration by Yabu Pushelberg and the Rockwell Group, the 349-room hotel will feature meeting studios, co-working space and a glass-enclosed rooftop bar with a retractable roof that features views of the Empire State Building and New York City skyline.
GROTON, WALLINGFORD AND NEW LONDON, CONN. — Chozick Realty Inc. has brokered the sale of a five-property multifamily portfolio consisting of 455 units in Groton, Wallingford and New London for $48.2 million. Chozick Realty represented the seller, The Tree Group, in the transaction and procured the undisclosed buyer. Four complexes in the portfolio totaling 275 units are located in New London and Groton, in southeastern Connecticut midway between Boston and New York. The fifth property, totaling 180 units, is located in Wallingford, 14 miles north of New Haven. All five properties in the portfolio have full amenity packages including swimming pools, tennis courts, fitness centers, community rooms, walking trails and picnic areas.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — HFF has arranged $14.5 million in preferred equity for the development of Skye 750, a 248-unit, midrise apartment community located 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia in King of Prussia. HFF worked on behalf of the developer, LeCesse Development Corp., to arrange the equity from Parse Capital. Slated for completion in 2020, Skye 750 will feature a resort-style clubhouse with fitness center, a cyber café, juice bar, private movie theater, game room, sauna, fire pit and resident lounges throughout, as well as an outdoor courtyard with an infinity swimming pool. The 5.2-acre site is situated just off Route 422 in the center of the King of Prussia Business Park.
BOGOTA, N.J. — The Goldstein Group has completed the sale of a redevelopment site located at 250 and 300 West Fort Lee Road in Bogota, New Jersey. The site will become a multifamily mixed-use development. Lew Finkelstein and CJ Huter of the Goldstein Group represented both the seller, BR Colony Holdings, and the buyer, River Club Development, in the transaction. The site is slated for 421 residential apartments across five buildings, along with 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities planned for the site include a pool, clubhouse, dog park and walkway promenade along the Hackensack River. Once completed, the development could increase Bogota’s population of 8,200 people by around 10 percent, according to Goldstein. Bogota is 12 miles northwest of Manhattan and 14 miles north of Jersey City.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — Broad Street Realty has broken ground on Midtown Row, a mixed-use redevelopment in Williamsburg. The Bethesda, Md.-based firm is transforming Williamsburg Shopping Center and the adjoining Monticello Shopping Center, which it acquired in 2017 for $13.3 million and $4.2 million, respectively. The project will include ground up construction, as well as renovations. At full build-out, Midtown Row will feature 233,047 square feet of retail, including 56,243 square feet of new retail; up to 628 apartment units; 6,319 square feet of office space; and a $3 million streetscape improvement, developed in partnership with the City of Williamsburg. Earth Fare is the first tenant to break ground at the former Monticello Shopping Center. The Fletcher, N.C.-based organic grocer is expected to open this June or July. Ace Peninsula Hardware, a division of Ace Hardware, will relocate within Midtown Row by the fall. Other restaurants and businesses that already exist in the shopping center, including Sal’s by Victor, the ABC Store and Food Lion, plan to remain in the new development, according to local media reports. Broad Street Realty will deliver Midtown Row in phases between this year and 2020.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The NHP Foundation (NHPF) has acquired Woodmont Crossing Apartments, a 176-unit affordable housing community in Washington, D.C., for $44.6 million. The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (DCFHA) provided a $25.5 million acquisition loan for NHPF through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In addition, the Royal Bank of Canada provided $12.1 million in low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC) on behalf of the NHPF. The Woodmont Crossing United Tenants Association selected NHPF to acquire the property as part of the D.C. Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA). The deal marks NHPF’s fifth TOPA acquisition in the D.C. area. As part of the agreement, NHPF will invest $42,000 per unit to upgrade kitchen and bath areas, as well as making 5 percent of the units fully handicap accessible. The property was originally constructed in 2002. All of the units are reserved for residents earning 60 percent of the area median income (AMI).
RICHMOND, VA. — CBRE | Richmond has brokered the $31.3 million sale of Byrd Corporate Park, a 10-building industrial park located at the intersection of South Laburnum Avenue and Charles City Road in Richmond. The 475,738-square-foot property is located less than two miles from Richmond International Airport. Will Bradley and Matt Anderson of CBRE | Richmond, Scott Adams of CBRE | Hampton Roads and Frank Fallon of CBRE’s Atlanta office arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, a joint venture between Adler Real Estate Partners and Trigate Capital (AF Byrd Center VA LLC). WestDulles Station LLC, a joint venture between Dreyfuss Investments and Wells Holding Group, acquired the property. The buildings at Byrd Corporate Park were constructed between 1978 and 2003. At the time of sale, the industrial park was 80 percent leased to tenants such as McKesson, Fastenal, Wawa, CarMax and DPR.
TUCKER, GA. — GSK US Properties, a joint venture between Canada-based Cité Industrielle Lasalle and Perceptive Capital, has acquired a 227,735-square-foot distribution center in Tucker. The facility is located at 120 Royal Woods Court, roughly 21 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. Constructed in 1998, the building features 30-foot clear heights, 45 dock doors and a 160-foot truck court. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to Lehigh Technologies, a rubber recycling company that was recently acquired by Michelin.