COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $3.4 million refinancing of Lake Manawa Centre in Council Bluffs. The property consists of two neighborhood strip retail buildings and a McDonald’s ground lease. Jason Kinnison of NorthMarq arranged the financing, which was structured with an 18-year term and 22-year amortization schedule, through a life insurance company.
CHICAGO — J.C. Anderson will construct a 20,000-square-foot office expansion and renovation of a property in Chicago. West Monroe Partners occupies space at The Franklin, a two-building office property in Chicago’s West Loop. The business and technology consulting firm is set to move into the new space once it is completed this June. The Franklin, located at 222 W. Adams St. and 227 W. Monroe St., was designed by Skidmore, Owing & Merrill. The office building that houses West Monroe Partners, 227 W. Monroe St., was constructed in 1989 and is 60 stories. The building has 2.5 million square feet of rentable space. Amenities at The Franklin include an atrium lounge and a 10,000-square-foot fitness center. Garnett is providing architectural services for the expansion and renovation.
HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. — Adelphia Properties has arranged a 6,900-square-foot retail lease in Highland Park, approximately 26 miles northwest of Chicago. Summer Classics Home Furniture, a premier luxury home gallery, will occupy space at Renaissance Place, which is located at 1850 2nd St. Simeon Spirrison of Adelphia Properties represented the tenant in the transaction. Steven Baer of Metro Commercial Real Estate represented the landlord, a private Seattle-based group.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a development site located at 123 Linden Blvd. in Brooklyn. New York Congregational Center for Community Life sold the property for $18.5 million, or $558 per square foot. The site currently consists of a four-story, 33,145-square-foot institutional building, which most recently served as office space for several community-based organizations. The site allows for approximately 248,949 residential buildable square feet or about 316,159 buildable square feet of community facility space, along with additional development rights that were transferred from 135 Linden Boulevard. James Nelson and Matt Nickerson of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — KeyBank has provided $12 million in capital to help develop Niagara City Lofts in Niagara Falls. The adaptive reuse project will convert an existing vacant public high school building, which was built in 1923, into 61 units of workforce housing, affordable housing, market-rate apartments and commercial community space. The project is being funded in partnership with the NYS Housing and Community Renewal Division, NYS Empire State Development Corp. and RBC Tax Credit Equity. Rob Likes and Joe Eicheldinger of KeyBank secured the financing for the borrower.
ARDSLEY, N.Y. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a flex office building located at 466 Saw Mill River Road in Ardsley. G&G Instrument Corp. sold the 59,000-square-foot building to Avon Development Enterprises Corp. for $4.7 million. Developed in 1968, the three-story building was built slab-on-grade into the side of a hill and features dock access for all three levels. Ian Ceppos, Alex Jinishian, Al Gutierrez and Cameron Paktinat of Colliers represented the seller, while Alan Weisman of Lee & Associates represented the buyer in the transaction.
PASSAIC, N.J. — Redwood Realty Advisors has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property located at 102 Main St. in Passaic. The asset sold for $2.3 million. The building features 25 apartments and five commercial spaces. Thomas McConnell, Kevin McCrann, Jeremy Wernick and Marco Capozzoli of Redwood Realty brokered the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
MAHOPAC, N.Y. — Northeast Private Client Group has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property located at 890-908 S. Lake Blvd. in Mahopac. A Westchester, N.Y.-based investor acquired the asset from a Manhattan-based private investor for $1.8 million, or $109 per square foot and a capitalization rate of 9 percent. Comprised of two adjacent buildings, the 16,400-square-foot property features street-level retail space and second-floor office and residential space with off-street parking. Anthony Watkins of Northeast Private Client Group represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction, which closed in February.
ATLANTA — Jamestown plans to open the final phase of Ponce City Market known as The Roof at Ponce City Market. Located on the roof of the mixed-use development, the project will feature boardwalk-style amusement games and rides, an 18-hole miniature golf course and a slide. On April 3, The Roof will host a miniature golf tournament organized by the Kyle Korver Foundation, Plywood People and the Jamestown Charitable Foundation. Proceeds from the event, called Putt! Putt! Putt!, will support 18 local charities in Atlanta. The Roof will open to the public in mid-2016. Jamestown hopes to pay homage to the Ponce de Leon amusement park, which was formerly situated at the site of Ponce City Market. Located along the Atlanta BeltLine in the Old Fourth Ward, Ponce City Market features 259 residential units, 550,000 square feet of Class A loft office space, 300,000 square feet of retail and restaurants and a pedestrian bridge linking the interior courtyard and public market to the BeltLine.
FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. — Blue Heron Asset Management LLC has sold The Village at Marquee Station, a 265-unit, Class A apartment community located at 2110 Cinema Drive in Fuquay-Varina, a suburb of Raleigh-Durham. Chapel Hill, N.C.-based Blue Heron sold the property, which it developed in phases between 2013 and 2014, to Starlight U.S. Multi Family Core Fund for $41.5 million. Toronto-based Starlight Investments Ltd. manages the fund. Allan Lynch and Justin Good of HFF represented Blue Heron in the transaction. The Village at Marquee Station’s units average 996 square feet, and its community amenities include a saltwater swimming pool with cabanas, poolside grilling, fitness center, clubhouse, gaming lounge and media studio, resident lounge with billiards, pet grooming salon, car care center and detached garages. Clancy & Theys Construction was the general contractor for the apartment community, which has maintained an occupancy rate in the mid-90 percent range since early 2015, according to HFF.