KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — Morgan Properties has purchased an 11-property multifamily portfolio that spans four states for $316 million. The assets, collectively known as Star Portfolio, contain a total of 2,826 units across Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina. The transaction includes the Greens at Westgate in Pennsylvania; the Waterway and Forest Oaks in South Carolina; Falls Creek and Heather Park in North Carolina; and Silver Spring Station, Westerlee, the Willows, St. Mary’s, Taylor Park and Willowood in Maryland. The assets have an average age of 29 years. All the properties are situated in high-barrier submarkets close to major development hubs and public transit. Morgan Properties plans to execute a multi-million-dollar, value-add repositioning plan at each property. The renovation strategy will include premium kitchen and bath renovations and amenity upgrades. Morgan Properties acquired Star Portfolio through an affiliated joint venture. David Oakley and Scott Melnick of Berkadia represented Morgan Properties in the transaction. Deutsche Bank represented the unnamed seller. The firm also recently purchased three separate Maryland multifamily assets, including the 325-unit Grand Pointe in Columbia; the 606-unit Avery Park in Silver Spring; and the 450-unit Henson Creek in Temple Hills. Morgan Properties owns and manages 132 apartment …
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HARRISON, N.J. — Inspira Health Network has selected Skanska USA to build its new $350 million Gloucester County hospital in Harrison. The five-story, 204-bed hospital will be the fourth in-patient facility for the South Jersey health system, which has medical centers in Vineland, Elmer and Woodbury, N.J. Inspira purchased the land for the new hospital from Rowan University in an $11.5 million deal, which was finalized in March. The new hospital will include the construction of a main patient tower with operating rooms, an emergency department, imaging suites, as well as administrative, dining and support services. Additionally, the project will include building a new central utility plant that will provide electrical power, heating/hot water and chilled water to the new hospital. Project members include Array Architects and Leach Wallace Associates. Construction is slated to begin during the first quarter of 2017, with completion expected by December 2019.
FARMINGTON, ENFIELD, VERNON, ELLINGTON AND NEWINGTON, CONN. — Navarino Acquisition LLC has purchased a six-property, 741-unit multifamily portfolio located in central Connecticut. A series of Delaware limited liability companies sold the portfolio for $90 million, or $121,457 per unit. The properties are the 13-building, 186-unit Summit and Birch Hill Apartments in Farmington; the 23-building, 168-unit Fox Hill Apartments in Enfield; the 15-building, 150-unit Briar Knoll Apartments in Vernon; the six-building, 100-unit High Meadow Apartments in Ellington; the eight-building, 64-unit Bradford Commons in Newington; and six-building, 73-unit Woodbridge Apartments in Newington. Victor Nolletti, Steve Witten, Still Hunter III and Eric Pentore of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) represented the seller, while Nolletti and Pentore also represented the buyer in the deal. IPA is a division of Marcus & Millichap specializing in serving institutional and major private real estate investors.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield advised L.H. Charney Associates Inc. on a $185 million senior mortgage financing for 10 Times Square, also known at 1441 Broadway, in New York City. The fixed-rate financing was provided by an affiliate of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. The 36-story building features more than 540,000 square feet of office/showroom and retail space, including 31 floors of fully-leased office/showroom space and 55,000 square feet of ground-floor, concourse and second/mezzanine-level retail space. The building’s newly designed retail space and lobby will be delivered in 2017. Alex Hernandez, Steve Kohn, Chris Moyer and Alex Lapidus of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt and Finance team arranged the the financing.
MANCHESTER, CONN. — Binswanger has arranged the sale of a retail property located at 550 N. Main St. in Manchester. Richard Edward Vogel acquired the 7,200-square-foot property as a net-lease investment from Rodino LP for an undisclosed price. Constructed in 1982 and situated on 1.9 acres, the property is fully leased to Maaco Collision Repair. Jim Panczykowski of Binswanger brokered the transaction.
BOSTON — O’Connell Hospitality Group is merging its Northeast hotel brokerage practice with HREC’s national hotel platform effective Sept. 8. With the merged companies, Jim O’Connell will be principal at HREC Investment Advisors, as well as HREC’s practice leader in the new Boston office. Combined the two firms will offer hotel investors expertise and contacts of approximately 40 dedicated lodging and gaming insiders across the North American hospitality industry.
MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — Weidner Apartment Homes has acquired the 552-unit Stonegate at Towngate apartments in Moreno Valley for $98.5 million. The community is located at 12640 Memorial Way Drive, just southeast of the Highway 60 and Interstate 215 interchange. Stonegate at Towngate is the largest apartment community in Moreno Valley and the 12th largest asset in the Inland Empire. Berkadia’s Dean Zander and Spencer Scott represented the seller, Davlyn Investments Inc., in this transaction. Davlyn purchased the asset just after it was completed in 2007.
SAN CARLOS, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a three-property retail strip center located at 633, 727 and 1199 Laurel St. in San Carlos. A 1031 exchange investor acquired the approximately 13,860-square-foot property for $13.5 million, or $974 per square foot. Mark One Capital arranged $6.85 million in financing for the acquisition of the property. Fabio Sangiorgi of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, while David Campbell of Mark One Capital arranged the fixed-rate, interest-only financing for the undisclosed buyer.
COACHELLA, CALIF. — NAI Capital has brokered the sale of Coachella Plaza, a retail center located at 50249 Harrison St. in Coachella. Harrison Coachella 26 LLC sold the property for $10.6 million, or $124.65 per square foot. Built in 1991, the 85,035-square-foot plaza was 78 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tenants include 99¢ Only, Planet Fitness and WSS Shoes. Fariba Kavian of NAI Capital represented the seller in the deal. The name of the buyer was not released.
ANTIOCH, CALIF. — MBK Senior Living has purchased The Commons at Dallas Ranch, a 109-unit assisted living and memory care community in Antioch, for an undisclosed price. The acquisition comes despite the recent resignation of the company’s president, Terry Howard, in August. The seniors housing developer and operator has commenced its search for Howard’s replacement. In the last month, MBK also assumed operations of five Capitol Seniors Housing-owned communities. Those communities include Fairview Commons in Costa Mesa, Calif., and four in metro Seattle: The Creekside, Island House, Mountainlake Terrace Plaza and Northgate Plaza. MBK Senior Living’s portfolio of owned and managed communities now includes a total of 2,465 units within 22 independent living, assisted living and memory care communities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah and Washington.