BLANCO, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $1.9 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Blanco Oaks Apartment Homes, a 30-unit apartment community located at 525 Jones Ave. in Blanco, a city roughly 50 miles north of San Antonio. Dougherty Mortgage arranged the 12-year loan through a partnership with Old Capital Lending, on behalf of Rio Blanco Apartments LLC. The loan features a 30-year amortization schedule and one year of interest-only payments.
KATY, TEXAS — Black Bear Diner, a California-based restaurant chain with 94 locations across eight states, will open a 5,400-square-foot, freestanding location at Shoppes at Parkwest, a retail center located at 24600 Katy Freeway. Matt Parsons and Mark Raines of JLL represented Black Bear Diner in the lease negotiations. Stephen Tou and Zach Hoffer of The Retail Connection represented the landlord, Medistar Parkwest JV Ltd., in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has secured the $39 million sale of a six-building multifamily portfolio in the Bronx. The portfolio includes 209 rent-stabilized apartments and spans 186,520 square feet in the Mount Hope, Fordham Heights and University Heights neighborhoods. The addresses are 2442 Morris Ave.; 2226, 2322 and 2333 Loring Place N.; and 1715-1717 & 1727-1729 Walton Ave. Rosewood’s Aaron Jungreis represented the seller, Emerald Equity Group. Marcus & Millichap’s Seth Glasser, Michael Fusco, Peter Von der Ahe and Joe Koicim represented the buyer, Pistilli Realty Group, an Astoria-based investment firm led by the Pistilli family. The buildings sold for $206 per square foot.
WOODMERE, N.Y. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of The Woodmere Club, a golf and country club in Woodmere, to a joint-venture real estate investment entity. Cushman & Wakefield’s metropolitan area capital markets group orchestrated the deal. Weiss Properties and 2020 Acquisitions purchased the 110-acre property, which is located at 99 Meadow Drive. The club features the original clubhouse built in 1908, 18 holes of golf, six tennis courts, a swimming pool, fitness center and several dining options.
NEW YORK CITY — Besen & Associates has negotiated the $11.4 million acquisition of a multifamily property located at 24-10 through 24-20 29th St. in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. The property includes three four-story buildings containing 27 units. There are eight two-bedroom apartments and 19 three-bedroom apartments. The buildings total 25,000 square feet on a 15,000-square-foot lot with 150 feet of street frontage. The property was built in 1935 and is located two blocks from subway lines N and Q. Greg Corbin and Aaron Kline of Besen & Associates represented the buyer in the transaction.
ORANGE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.1 million sale of an 8,020-square-foot property net leased to Family Dollar in Orange. Ben Sgambati, Alan Cafiero and David Cafiero of Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. The team also secured and represented the buyer, a private investor. The building is located at 605 Scotland Road at its intersection with Tremont Avenue.
ESSEX, CONN. — Penny Parker of Lyman Real Estate has arranged the $1.4 million sale of three contiguous parcels of land totaling 3.8 acres at 21-29 Plains Road in Essex. The buyer, Essex Holdings, plans to develop a 52-unit multifamily property known as Essex Station. Parker represented both the buyer and the sellers, Truehold Essex LLC, which sold one parcel, and Costa Family LLC, which sold the other two. Essex Station will include one- and two-bedroom units with porches, nine-foot ceilings, gas fireplaces, marble bath vanities, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances.
ORANGE VILLAGE, OHIO — Fairmount Properties and the DiGeronimo Cos. have received a $142 million loan for the construction of Pinecrest, a 650,000-square-foot mixed-use project in the Cleveland suburb of Orange Village. More than 400,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space will include Whole Foods, REI, Silverspot Theaters, Pinstripes, West Elm, Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Vineyard Vines and Kona Grill. The Offices at Pinecrest will consist of two adjoining 75,000-square-foot Class A office buildings, which will be positioned above the retail and restaurant component. Pinecrest will also feature a 145-room AC Hotel by Marriott, 87 high-end luxury apartments and a one-acre town center. The project is slated for completion in spring 2018. Trey Morsbach, Danny Kaufman and Jim Curtin of HFF arranged the loan with a syndicate of banks led by Huntington Bank, which also included KeyBank, First National Bank, First Commonwealth Bank and Flagstar Bank. HFF also assisted the developer in securing joint venture equity for the project in June 2016.
HARWOOD HEIGHTS, ILL. — Baum Realty Group has arranged the sale of a 32,171-square-foot retail center in Harwood Heights, approximately 13 miles northwest of Chicago, for $7 million. The property, 4600 Plaza, is located at 4600 N. Harlem Ave. The center was owned by an affiliate of Chicago-based Next Realty LLC. The company has completed major renovations and retenanting at the center over the past 18 months. Danny Spitz and Greg Dietz of Baum represented Next in the sales transaction. The buyer was an out-of-state investment group.
WAUKESHA, WIS. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has provided a $5.3 million loan for the refinancing of Clearwater Apartments in Waukesha. The 55-unit multifamily property was newly constructed in 2015. The property features one- and two-bedroom units as well as a fitness center and barbecue stations. Jeff Schmidt and Tim Cotter of Walker & Dunlop originated the 15-year loan. The transaction served to refinance a bank construction loan.