FENTON, MO. — St. Louis-based KP Development has broken ground on a $10 million speculative industrial building at the former Chrysler Assembly Plant within Fenton Logistics Park in Fenton. Situated on 12 acres, the 160,000-square-foot building will feature 16 truck docks, with expansion to 18, and be suitable for office, warehouse and multifunction use. The facility will be served by existing BNSF rail facilities and offers access to I-44 via the future Fenton Logistics Parkway. M&H Architects is serving as architect for the building, while Paric is serving as general contractor. Construction is slated for completion by late summer 2017. At build-out, Fenton Logistics Park will be a $222 million, 2.1 million-square-foot business park.
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BRIGHTON, MICH. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The Shoppes at Green Oak, a regional power center located at 6650 Whitmore Lake Road in Brighton. A private investor acquired the property for $13.1 million, or $127 per square foot. Built in 2005 on nearly 11 acres, the 103,231-square-foot center is occupied by Kohl’s, TGI Fridays, Fifth Third Bank, Wendy’s, Olive Garden and Discount Tire. Simon Jonna and Mike James of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller, while Ashish Vakhariya, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer. Steven Chaben is Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Michigan for the deal.
RAYTOWN, MO. — Block & Company Realtors has brokered the sale of a 1.28-acre pad site located at the southeast corner of 75th Street and Raytown Road in Raytown, a suburb of Kansas City. Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers acquired the site for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to construct a restaurant on the site, with completion scheduled for early 2017. David Block and Phil Peck of Block & Company Realtors negotiated the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Rockrose Development has received a $65 million mortgage refinance loan for a residential rental building located at 100 Jane St. in Manhattan’s West Village. Andrew Singer and Kathleen McSharry of The Singer & Bassuk Organization arranged the financing, which was provided by Wells Fargo. Acquired in 1981, the nine-story building features 123,646 square feet, 148 residential units, a fitness center, roof deck and landscaped interior courtyard.
WINDHAM, CONN. — Greystone has provided a $36 million Fannie Mae DUS loan to refinance Colonial Townhouse Apartments in Windham. Donny Rosenberg of Greystone and Shaya Ackerman of Meridian Capital originated the loan for the borrower, Colonial BT LLC. The non-recourse loan carries a 10-year fixed term with the first three years as interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The 444-unit property is 95.9 percent occupied.
Rosewood Realty Group Facilitates $12.1M Sale of Four-Building Retail Portfolio in Brooklyn
by Amy Works
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has brokered the sale of a four-building retail portfolio in the Homecrest neighborhood of Brooklyn. Embkay by Select LLC sold the contiguous buildings to 325 Realty Inc. for $12.1 million. The 19,300-square-foot portfolio comprises 1805-1811, 1815 and 1817 Avenue U and 2073-2075 E. 18th St. Michael Guttman of Rosewood Realty represented the seller, while Guttman and Jacob Setton, also of Rosewood Realty, represented the buyer in the deal.
Eastern Union Funding Arranges $10.3M Acquisition Loan for Six-Building Multifamily Portfolio in Harlem
by Amy Works
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Union Funding has arranged a $10.3 million acquisition loan on behalf of ABJ Properties for its $16 million purchase of a multifamily portfolio in Harlem. The six-building portfolio comprises 82 apartments and six retail spaces. The properties are located at 53-55 W. 130th St., 165 W. 122nd St., 56 W. 127th St., 2401 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., and 342 and 346 Lenox Ave. Meir Kessner and Ira Zlotowitz of Eastern Union Funding secured the loan, which was provided by Customers Bank.
NEW YORK CITY — Barone Management, as developer, has opened a Marriott Fairfield Inn & Suites, located at 538 W. 58th St. in New York City. Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect, the 85,000-square-foot hotel features 226 rooms in two seemingly separate structures — an 18-story tower and an adjoining 10-story building, which are recessed from the street at different depths. The hotel features a below-grade ground floor and lobby, an office center, fitness center, breakfast bar and a sunken entryway with a 2,300-square-foot landscaped plaza.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Karlin Real Estate has signed Trusource Labs, a technical support services company, to a long-term lease for 32,500 square feet at Parmer 3.2. The 192,500-square-foot, Class A office building is located within Parmer, a 300-acre technology and life science park in north-central Austin. The lease at Parmer 3.2 allows Trusource Labs to consolidate 250 employees working from the offices of two of its local clients. The company will continue to maintain its south Austin corporate headquarters. Trusource will occupy the property next February. Mark Emerick and John Barksdale of CBRE’s Austin office represented Karlin in the lease transaction. Jesse Weber of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank’s Austin office represented Trusource.
McKINNEY, TEXAS —Service First Mortgage, a full-service mortgage lending company, has leased 25,000 square feet of office space in McKinney Corporate Center I, a Class A office building located at 6800 Weiskopf Ave. in McKinney. The deal will relocate the company’s corporate headquarters from Richardson. Cushman & Wakefield’s Craig Wilson, Dan Harris and Randy Cooper arranged the lease. Located within the 2,200-acre Craig Ranch community between the Dallas North Tollway and U.S. Highway 75, the office complex provides access to the cities of Plano, Allen and Frisco. Craig Ranch is also within a 30-minute drive of DFW International Airport and Dallas Love Field.