CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. — On behalf of a joint venture partnership between The Grossman Co. and Summit Development, CBRE has secured financing for a $68 million venture for Chappaqua Crossing, a soon-to-be-constructed retail center in Chappaqua. The 120,000-square-foot retail center will be anchored by a Whole Foods. CBRE’s Kyle Juszczyszyn, Chris Coutts, Lenny Pierce, Jeffrey Dunne and David Gavin procured the institutional joint venture equity partner in addition to securing construction financing of $44 million with M&T Bank. Along with Whole Foods, tenants will include Life Time Fitness, Pet Valu, Chase Bank, AT&T and GoHealth Urgent Care.
BROOKFIELD, CONN. — HKS Capital Partners has arranged $26.5 million in permanent refinancing for Barnbeck Place, a 165-unit apartment complex in Brookfield. The property sits on nine acres. John Harrington of HKS Capital Partners negotiated the financing for the owner/ borrower, the BRT Organization and the DiMarco Group. David Garcia of OritaniBank provided the seven-year, fixed-rate loan.
CHICAGO — The Obama Foundation released the conceptual vision and site map for the Obama Presidential Center (OPC) in Chicago at a community event hosted by Barack and Michelle Obama on Wednesday, May 3. The center will be integrated into Jackson Park, a historic park on the South Side of Chicago. The design concept includes three buildings: a museum, forum and library. The museum, the tallest of the three buildings, will hold exhibition space, public spaces, offices and education and meeting rooms. The forum will contain Obama Foundation offices, an auditorium, restaurant and public garden. The forum and library will be single-story structures with planted roof terraces and will serve as community resources. The total size of the center will range between 200,000 and 225,000 square feet, but the concept site plan imagines a reshaping of the park that will result in a total net increase in green space for Jackson Park. The center is slated to open in late 2021. The design team for the OPC is led by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners and Interactive Design Architects. The landscape design team is comprised of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Site Design Group and Living Habitats. Ralph Appelbaum Associates …
MENOMONEE FALLS AND WAUKESHA, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of two self-storage facilities in the greater Milwaukee area for $17 million. The Vault of Menomonee Falls and The Vault of Waukesha are located 15 miles from each other and approximately 20 miles from Milwaukee. The sales price is the highest on record for a self-storage portfolio in the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis metropolitan statistical area, according to a news release. Built in 2016, The Vault of Menomonee Falls opened with a total of 451 units and 39,573 rentable square feet. Phase II construction will be completed over the next 12 months and will expand the property to a total of 80,230 net rentable square feet and 768 units. The Vault of Waukesha was built in 2014. The 582-unit facility expanded to 64,648 rentable square feet in 2015. Sean Delaney and Michael Mele of Marcus & Millichap represented the sellers, private investors, and procured the buyer, the publicly traded parent company of U-Haul.
Cushman & Wakefield Negotiates Sale of 80-Unit Seniors Housing Community in Webster Groves, Missouri
WEBSTER GROVES, MO. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of Provision Living at Webster Groves, an 80-unit assisted living and memory care community in suburban St. Louis. Built in 2012, the three-story community consists of 62 assisted living units and 18 memory care units. Amenities include a bowling alley, theater, physician’s space and bistro/café. Sunrise Senior Living purchased the property for an undisclosed price. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner and Jim Dooley of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a joint venture between Provision Living Senior Communities and WellTower.
CINCINNATI — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $2.6 million loan for the acquisition of Crescentville Distribution Center in Cincinnati. The 83,679-square-foot facility is located at 500-518 Crescentville Road. Susan Branscome of NorthMarq arranged the 10-year loan, which includes a 25-year amortization schedule. A life insurance company provided the loan to the undisclosed borrower.
CHICAGO — Kass Management Services has negotiated the sale of a 32-unit apartment building in Chicago for $2.4 million. The property is located at 1700 W. Juneway Terrace in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Built in 1924, the vintage three-story building includes a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartment units. The property was renovated in 2007 and was 90 percent occupied at the time of sale. Mark Durakovic and Andrew Gruesser of Kass represented the seller, CMHDC, a non-profit housing development corporation serving the Chicago metropolitan area. The buyer was not disclosed. Kass has managed the building since 2006.
FORSYTH COUNTY, GA. — Greystar plans to develop a 300-unit apartment community and a 160-unit seniors housing property within Halcyon, a $370 million mixed-use development located off exit 12 on Ga. 400 in Forsyth County. The multifamily community, known as Elan Halcyon, will feature top-of-market amenities and 11,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The seniors housing property will feature 12,000 square feet of resort-style amenities, including a resident clubhouse, pool and spa, demonstration kitchen, game room, theater room, fitness center and a golf simulator. RocaPoint Partners, an Atlanta-based affiliate of The Georgetown Co., is the master developer of Halcyon. Set to open in 2018, the development will include more than 500,000 square feet of office and retail space, a high-end CMX movie theater, two hotels and 690 residential units, including Greystar’s two projects.
ESTERO, FLA. — Passco Cos. has purchased Springs at Estero, a 260-unit, Class A apartment community located at 11221 Everblades Parkway in Estero, a town in southwest Florida near Fort Myers. Passco acquired the newly built property from Continental Properties for $53.5 million with plans to rebrand the community as Longitude 81. Built in 2016, the property features a 24-hour fitness center, resort-style swimming pool with a sundeck and poolside summer kitchen and a community clubhouse featuring Wi-Fi, coffee bar, fireplace and a catering kitchen. James May of JBM Institutional Multifamily Advisors represented the seller in the transaction. Chris Black of KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged a Fannie Mae acquisition loan on behalf of Passco.
NEW YORK CITY — Jason Maier of Stan Johnson Co. has arranged the $10.8 million sale of a 3,962-square-foot retail property net leased to Bank of America at 6601 18th Ave. in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn. A private buyer utilizing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange purchased the property at a 4.2 percent cap rate. This is the second time Jason Maier and his team have sold this property, having represented the original developer in 2013 when it sold for $8.8 million.