KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Signature Associates has brokered two industrial sales totaling 22,350 square feet in Kalamazoo. In the first transaction, Hinkle Properties sold a 15,930-square-foot industrial property, located at 433 Ransom St., to WAI LLC for an undisclosed price. Jeff Chrystal of Signature Associates represented the seller in the deal. In the second transaction, Raitt Corp. sold a 6,420-square-foot industrial building, located at 3785 Franklin St., to Mikowski Holdings Co. for an undisclosed sum. Chrystal and Eric Holdorf of Signature Associates represented the seller in the transaction.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — NAI Wisinski of West Michigan has arranged the acquisition of an office building located at 3330 Grand Ridge Drive NE in Grand Rapids. Redstone Homes, a West Michigan-based homebuilder, acquired the 4,800-square-foot building for an undisclosed sum. The buyer plans to consolidate its sales and operations offices at the property. Jeremy Veenstra of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan represented the buyer, while Anne Wisinski-Rosely and Joshua Jacobs, also of NAI Wisinski, represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Bradley Co. has arranged four leases for office and retail space in Fort Wayne. Kelly Castle of Bradley Co. represented the tenant in each transaction. Levitate LLC leased 2,709 square feet of office space at 803 S. Calhoun St.; Deck Factory LLC inked a deal for retail space at 1509 Goshen Road; Mad Anthony Investments LLC leased 2,393 square feet of retail space at 2701-2703 Broadway; and RITS Ltd. Brokers signed a lease for retail space at 6127 Stellhorn Road within Maplewood Plaza. The names of the landlords were not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Thor Equities has started the site work for Red Hoek Point, a 7.7-acre waterfront office campus located in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood. Designed by Foster + Partners, the project will feature two heavy timber buildings totaling 795,000 square feet of creative office space on three levels and 23,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Additionally, the design features 125,000-square-foot open floor plates. Additional amenities at the office campus will include a central open courtyard, a 1.8-acre green rooftop on each building, walking/meeting trails, bike valet, on-site underground parking and a kayak launch. The site is surrounded by water on three sides and offers clear views of the Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan.
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. has broken ground on One Vanderbilt, a 58-story office tower located in Manhattan’s East Midtown business district. Designed by Kohn Pederson Fox Associates, tower will offer 1.7 million square feet of Class A office space. The project also includes $220 million of public improvements to Grand Central Terminal, which is adjacent to the tower. TD Bank is set to occupy 200,000 square feet of office and retail space at the property, upon its completion in 2020. Hines is serving as development manager and AECOM’s Tishman Construction is serving as construction manager.
FRANKLIN, PEABODY, WILMINGTON AND AVON, MASS. — New York Life Real Estate Investors, on behalf of institutional investors, has originated $37 million in acquisition financing for a four-building industrial portfolio located in the Greater Boston area. The five-year loan has a floating rate. The portfolio, which is 95 percent leased, comprises assets in Franklin, Peabody, Wilmington and Avon.
VOORHEES, N.J. — An entity related to Interstate Commercial Real Estate Inc. has acquired Laurelwood Corporate Center, an office building located at Haddonfield-Berlin and Laurel Oak Road in Voorhees. Quaker Commercial Properties sold the property for $6.8 million. The building offers 81,577 square feet of Class A office space. Evan Zweben, Jeff Algatt and Brian Sherlock of Colliers arranged the transaction. Additionally, Colliers has been retained by the buyer as its leasing agent for the property.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sale of a multifamily building located at 392 15th St. in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood. A private investor sold the six-story property for $2.7 million. The 4,860-square-foot building features six apartment units: five two-bedroom apartments and one three-bedroom duplex. Five of the apartments are free-market units and one apartment is a rent-controlled unit. Mark Spinelli, Michael Tortorici, Shimon Shkury, Daniel Tropp and Jonathan Berman of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller. The name of the buyer was not released.
ATLANTA — Athens, Ga.-based Landmark Properties and Atlanta-based Selig Enterprises have teamed up to co-develop The Standard at Atlanta, a new 362,000-square-foot student housing and mixed-use development in Midtown Atlanta. Construction on the 765-bed development began in August, and the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports the development costs total $110 million. Landmark and Selig expect the first phase of the project to be open to residents during the second half of 2018 and anticipate pre-leasing to begin in late 2017. Bound by Spring, Williams, 3rd and 4th streets, The Standard will be situated less than a half-mile from Georgia Tech’s campus and one block from Technology Square. The Standard’s amenities will include a clubhouse, rooftop pool, tanning beds, fitness center, sauna, golf simulator, study lounge and computer lab. Residences will include granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, hardwood-style floors, washers and dryers and private balconies in select units. The Standard will provide a mix of studio, one-, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom floor plans and will also include commercial retail space on the ground floor featuring more than 10,300 square feet and a new Starbucks with a drive-thru. There will also be more than 500 parking spaces for residents and 55 spaces …
MIAMI — BB&T Bank has provided a $103 million construction loan to Miami-based Melo Group for Square Station, a multifamily development located at 1424 N.E. Miami Place in downtown Miami’s Arts and Entertainment district. Set for completion in 2018, the property will include two 34-story high-rise towers comprising 710 apartment residences and 15,000 square feet of ground-level retail and restaurant space. Situated adjacent to the Miami-Dade Metromover School Board Station, the apartment project will include one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with rental rates ranging from approximately $1,650 to $2,500 per month. Interiors will include granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, laminated wood floors, porcelain tile and full-size washer and dryers in all units. Community amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool and pool deck, Jacuzzi, fitness center, valet service, covered garage parking, security control remote access and a social room for residents.