COPPELL, TEXAS — BFS Services Inc. has renewed its lease for 167,820 square feet of industrial space at 500 Airline Drive in Coppell. Reed Parker of Lee & Associates Dallas/Fort Worth represented the tenant, while Tom Irish provided in-house representation for the landlord, Transpacific Development Co., in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Boston Properties and Rudin Development has closed on a $250 million construction loan for Dock 72, a creative office development at Brooklyn Navy Yard. The financing was led by J.P. Morgan, M&T Bank and U.S. Bank. The previously announced 16-story project will feature 675,000 square feet of office space. WeWork, acting as co-developer, will occupy 222,000 square feet of the property and will curate the amenity space, including a health and wellness center, specialty food and beverage offerings and a rooftop conference center. Construction broke ground in May 2016. The project will be ready for tenant fit-out late this year with completion scheduled for early 2018.
NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has secured a $268.7 million loan for 20 Exchange Place, a luxury apartment building located in New York City. Nick Cassino of Berkadia arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Freddie Mac for the borrower, DTH Capital. Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Capital Advisors represented the borrower in the financing. Originally developed as headquarters for City Bank-Farmers Trust, the 57-story building now features 767 apartment units and 90,000 square feet of retail space.
NEW YORK CITY — Forest City Realty Trust, in partnership with Madison International Realty, has completed the disposition of Shops at Bruckner Boulevard, a specialty retail center located in the Bronx. Urban Edge Properties acquired the 116,000-square-foot property for $32 million. Forest City owned the property in a 51/49 percent joint venture with Madison International Realty.
READVILLE, MASS. — CBRE/New England has arranged $11 million in acquisition and capital improvement financing for Boston Business Park – Building 200, a 205,061-square-foot industrial building located at 100 Meadow Road in Readville. John Kelly, Kyle Juszczyszyn, Chris Coutts and Lenny Pierce of CBRE/NE secured the financing for the borrower, a joint venture between Wallace Property and GFI Partners. Boston Business Park is the future home to M.S. Walker, ABEX Transportation and Katsiroubas Bros. Current tenants include HD Supply, The Ride, Gentle Giant Moving and MFI Tire Wholesale.
NORWICH, CONN. — Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III has acquired a two-building medical office portfolio in Norwich for $15.6 million. Totaling 56,265 square feet, the portfolio includes Wawecus Medical Center and a building located at 105 Wawecus St. Yale Cardiovascular, Eastern Connecticut Endoscopy, Connecticut GI and Norwich Ophthalmology occupy the portfolio. Lisa Menin of Jacobson Properties and John LaBella of RE/MAX Right Choice brokered the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
GARY AND PORTAGE, IND. — UMH Properties Inc. has acquired Boardwalk and Park Place apartment properties in Indiana for $24.4 million. Boardwalk is located in Gary and Parke Place is in Portage. The two communities contain a total of 559 units and are situated on approximately 155 acres. In conjunction with the acquisition, UMH obtained a $14.2 million Freddie Mac mortgage loan with Wells Fargo. The 10-year loan features a 4.5 percent interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — The Wagenbrenner Co. Commercial Real Estate Services has sold a student housing portfolio near the Ohio State University campus in Columbus. The 44,466-square-foot portfolio consists of seven properties with 72 units and 104 bedrooms. The properties include a mix of studio, one-, two-, three- and five bedroom units. The properties were fully leased for the 2016-2017 school year. Neither the buyer nor the sales price was disclosed. Matthew Brown of Wagenbrenner arranged the sale.
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Retail Properties of America Inc. (RPAI) has renamed the office property formerly known as Zurich Towers to Schaumburg Towers. RPAI also signed two new leases at the property with Great American Insurance Group and Swiss Re for approximately 78,000 square feet. Schaumburg Towers is an office building with twin 20-story towers totaling approximately 895,000 square feet and is located in Schaumburg, Ill. The property is situated adjacent to Woodfield Mall, a Class A shopping mall. Great American Insurance Group and Swiss Re are both insurance companies. Steven Kling and David Florent of Colliers International are marketing the property for lease. Mark Kolar of JLL represented Great American Insurance Group, while Sven Sykes and Thomas Volini of Colliers International represented Swiss Re. Zurich Insurance relocated to a new 783,000-square-foot headquarters in Schaumburg near the corner of Meacham Road and Interstate 90.
CINCINNATI — Woolpert, a national architecture, enginnering and geospatial (AEG) firm, has opened a new Cincinnati office in Over-the-Rhine. The office, located at 1203 Walnut St., will be home to at least 20 full-time architects, engineers, surveyors and support staff. Woolpert will occupy the second floor with a total of 6,302 square feet. Woolpert’s new Cincinnati office, which was funded by the City of Cincinnati through the Job Creation Tax Credit, will expand its commercial renovation and housing development, higher education, energy, government and aviation services. Woolpert’s headquarters will remain in Dayton.
