ORLANDO, FLA. — Franklin Street has arranged the $21.3 million sale of Chowder Bay Apartments, a 304-unit multifamily community located at 4700 Rio Grande Ave. in Orlando. Fieldstone Properties LLC, a private equity investment firm, sold the asset to Dominium Management Services LLC, a Minneapolis-based apartment development and management company. Chowder Bay is a gated complex that features a swimming pool and sundeck, fitness center, lighted tennis courts and a children’s playground. Darron Kattan, Kevin Kelleher, Zachary Ames and Robert Goldfinger of Franklin Street’s Tampa office represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.
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BRIGHTON, MASS. — Transwestern Consulting Group (TCG) has arranged a construction and permanent financing loan on behalf of NB Development Group for 40 Guest St. in Brighton. According to public records, the loan amount was $76 million. TCG’s Chris Skeffington and Andrew Stone, along with NB Development’s Jim Halliday and Kevin Doyle, arranged the loan with East Boston Savings Bank. Part of the Boston Landing mixed-use development, 40 Guest St. is a planned 160,000-square-foot facility that will house the Boston Celtics’ new training and practice facility known as the Auerbach Center at New Balance World Headquarters. The project also includes two floors of Class A laboratory and office space totaling 83,500 square feet, plus 5,700 square feet of retail space. The project broke ground in November 2016, with completion expected in mid-2018. TCG provides leasing and property management services for Boston Landing.
NEW YORK CITY — Natixis has provided a $250 million first mortgage CMBS loan to JEMB Realty for the refinancing of 75 Broad St. in Manhattan. JEMB Realty purchased the office tower in 1999, and has renovated it into a property geared toward high-tech tenants. More than $50 million in improvements have been made to the 34-story, 650,000-square-foot property in recent years. Steve Kohn and Alex Hernandez of Cushman & Wakefield advised the borrower in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Englewood Construction’s retail group has begun construction on a 40,000-square-foot American Girl Place store located at 75 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. American Girl will move to the new space this fall from its current location at 609 Fifth Ave. The 75 Rockefeller Plaza store will be the 12th project Englewood has completed for American Girl since 2008. Cincinnati-based architecture firm FRCH Design Worldwide designed the new American Girl store, which will span two floors with direct entrances from both 51st and 52nd streets.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided an $11.6 million Freddie Mac first mortgage loan for Kings Court Manor Apartments in Rochester. The 184-unit multifamily property was built between 1968 and 1970. Dirk Falardeau of Key’s commercial mortgage group arranged the financing with a seven-year term, two-year interest-only period and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was used to refinance existing debt.
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.6 million sale of a 16,208-square-foot retail property in Elizabeth. Michael Lombardi of Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Lombardi also secured and represented the buyer, another private investor. The property is located at 251 N. Broad St.
FRISCO, TEXAS — NewcrestImage, a Dallas-based developer, has broken ground on two hotels as part of a larger hotel campus project at Frisco Station, a 242-acre, mixed-use development in north Texas. The first two Marriott-branded hotels, an eight-story AC Hotel and a seven-story Residence Inn, will share a building, total 300 rooms and offer amenities such as an indoor pool, two lounge areas and free grocery delivery service. Both properties are expected to open mid-2018. The second phase of the project, which will break ground later this year, will deliver a 150-room Canopy Hotel by Hilton and a 150-room Hyatt Place.
SAN ANTONIO — CBRE has negotiated a 147,840-square-foot lease at Interchange East Distribution Center, an industrial property located at 5050 Stout Drive in San Antonio. Southern Warehousing and Distribution will occupy the leased space at the facility, which offers parking and a fenced truck court, 22-foot clear height and a sprinkler system. Josh Aguilar and Rob Burlingame of CBRE represented the landlord, Prologis, in the transaction.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Colliers International Inc. has arranged the sale of University Centre, a two-building, 59,792-square-foot office complex located at 1701 and 1801 Gateway Blvd. in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro of Richardson. John Bowles, Bruce Butler and Susan Gwin Burks of Colliers represented the buyers, Symphony Gateway LLC and CIG Retail Properties Inc., in the transaction. Dallas UNC LLC sold the property, which was 90 percent leased at the time of sale.
TYLER, TEXAS — KP Engineering, a Texas-based firm specializing in chemical and energy solutions, has released details of its newest project, a 25,000-square-foot office building. The property will be located at 5555 Old Jacksonville Highway in Tyler, a city approximately 100 miles east of Dallas. Construction is expected to begin this month.