BOSTON — A joint venture arranged between Jumbo Capital Management and Guggenheim Real Estate has purchased 50 Congress St. in downtown Boston for $79 million. The office property spans 179,872 square feet and occupies an entire city block. HFF arranged the sale of the property on behalf of the seller, an affiliate of KBS Capital Advisors, and procured the buyer. Originally designed by architect Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul as the headquarters for State Mutual Life Insurance, the building was constructed in two phases between 1910 and 1915. Today, it is 90 percent leased to over 60 tenants and features first-floor retail. The tenant roster includes a mix of law firms, retail, private equity and financial services tenants. Coleman Benedict, Christopher Phaneuf and Ben Sayles led the HFF investment sales team representing the seller.
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THOMPSON, N.Y. — Montreign Operating Co., an indirect subsidiary of Empire Resorts, has closed a $35 million increase to its Term B loans, which are part of a senior secured first lien term loan facility. Montreign and its subsidiaries will use the proceeds of the loans to fund development of the Resorts World Catskills casino, as well as an entertainment village and golf course being developed at the site of the destination resort in Thompson. Following the closing of the additional $35 million Term B loans, the term loan facility now provides an aggregate of $520 million senior secured first lien term loans, consisting of $70 million of Term A loans and $450 million of Term B loans. Upon completion in March 2018, the resort will include an 18-story casino, hotel and entertainment complex with a 100,000-square-foot casino floor, over 100 table games, 2,150 slot machines, a poker room and private gaming salons. Guest amenities will include 332 all-suite hotel rooms, of which there are 12 penthouse suites, eight garden suites, seven two-story villas, two indoor pools, a spa and fitness center.
PHILADELPHIA — CBRE has arranged for the sale of a 238,000-square-foot office building at One Crown Way in Philadelphia. CBRE’s Michael Kane represented the buyer, One Crown Properties LLC, during the negotiations, while CBRE’s Carl Gersbach represented the seller, Crown Cork & Seal USA. Crown Cork plans to lease back the building for the short term while seeking a site for a new headquarters property. Ballinger designed the property, which was built in 1996, and Nason and Cullen was the construction manager. The corporate campus environment sits on 40 acres and also includes a cafeteria, fitness center, underground parking and a walking trail.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased Safari Business Center, a 1.1 million-square-foot industrial park in Ontario, for $141.2 million. The park is located at 1910 S. Carlos Ave. Safari Business Center contains 16 Class A buildings that are 97 percent leased. CBRE’s Darla Longo, Barbara Emmons Perrier, Rebecca Perlmutter Finkel and Michael Kendall represented the seller, ARA | American Realty Advisors, on this transaction. JLL’s Jeff Bellitti and Mac Hewett will serve as the center’s leasing agents, and assisted the CBRE team on the sale.
PHOENIX — A limited liability company has acquired the 36-unit Decco 121 apartments in Phoenix for $4.1 million. The community is located at 121 E. Broadway Road. P. Brady Fish of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, while the same firm’s Tyler Lesson represented the seller, a private investor.
MELVILLE, N.Y. — A&G Realty Partners has launched a division focused on maximizing the value of real estate assets and leases in non-retail sectors. The formal launch of the non-retail properties division follows several years in which A&G worked to broaden its reach to sectors including office, industrial, higher education and multifamily.
GARDNER, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $9.3 million in financing to an affiliate of the non-profit Retirement Housing Foundation (RHF) for the preservation and renovation of 134 affordable housing units at Binnall House in Gardner. Binnall House is home to senior citizens and residents with disabilities who will see the affordability of their units extended for at least 15 years. The Binnall House refinancing is one of the first nationally in which a Housing Finance Agency (HFA) has completed a transaction through the Federal Housing Administration’s Housing Tax Credit Pilot Program. The program allows borrowers to utilize federal low-income housing tax credits and an affordable fast-track mortgage product insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). MassHousing refinanced Binnall House through the Agency’s Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP)/Ginnie Mae Joint Venture Initiative with lender partner Rockport Mortgage Corp. The Schochet Cos. provided development consulting and its affiliate, Federal Management Co., is the property manager for Binnall House.
NEWPORT, ORE. — The Neenan Company and Gerding Builders have broken ground on the redevelopment of a 126,000-square-foot critical access hospital for Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital (SPCH) in Newport. The redevelopment includes remodeling the existing 40,000-square-foot facility, as well as adding an 86,000-square-foot facility. The new facility will house 22 departments, including imaging, therapy, surgical and emergency services, greatly enhancing the scope of services the hospital will provide. The hospital will offer an integrated medical campus that brings together specialty departments, ancillary services and outpatient clinics. The hospital is situated immediately off the Pacific Coast Highway along the central Oregon coast. It was last updated in 1988. The project is scheduled for completion in 2019. The community approved a $57 million bond support to update the critical access hospital.
LAMAR, COLO., MONTE VISTA, COLO., AND MYRTLE POINT, ORE. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged $9.5 million in FHA financing for Summit Healthcare REIT. The loans will refinance the acquisition loans on three skilled nursing facilities in the Western United States. The three facilities are Juniper Village at Lamar, a 60-unit skilled facility in Lamar; Juniper Village at Monte Vista, a 58-unit facility in Monte Vista; and Myrtle Point Care Center in Myrtle Point, which features 28 units of skilled nursing and 18 units of assisted living. Jason Dopoulos led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard. The financing, which has a 30-year term, lowered the fixed interest rate on the properties. Summit is a public, non-traded company that recently transitioned from an industrial REIT to a healthcare REIT.
LAS VEGAS — Subway debuted its new Subway Fresh Forward design at the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) RECon show in Las Vegas last week. Along with a new Subway logo, flooring, wall coverings, wall art, a curated music program and lighting, the operational flow of the restaurants is changing as well. The workspace will be updated to be more efficient, while additional pieces of equipment, like an exhaust ventilation system, will help maintain temperatures and improve air quality. Subway franchisees have already piloted the new Subway Fresh Forward design in six locations (Knoxville, Tenn.; Orlando, Fla.; Chula Vista, Calif.; Tamarac, Fla.; Vancouver, Wash.; and Manchester, England). In addition, about 50 locations are in various stages of construction around the world and more than 100 restaurants are in the design phase.