WARREN AND BRIDGEWATER, N.J., AND WESTBOROUGH AND MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — HFF has arranged $83.4 million in refinancing for a portfolio of office assets totaling 14 buildings and 946,374 square feet in New Jersey and Massachusetts. HFF secured the floating-rate loan through JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Rialto Capital for the borrower, Normandy Real Estate Partners. The properties are a two-building, 228,393-square-foot asset at 20 and 25 Independence Blvd. in Warren; a 40,565-square-foot building at 999 Frontier Road in Bridgewater; the four-building, 105,500-square-foot Flanders Business Park in Westborough; and the seven-building, 571,916-square-foot Marlborough Technology Park in Marlborough. Jon Mikula, Riaz Cassum and Porter Terry of HFF represented the borrower in the financing transaction.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. AND MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Divaris Real Estate Inc. (DRE) has brokered the acquisition of two properties in the Carolinas totaling $34.9 million. DRE represented Armada Hoffler Properties, a publicly traded REIT, in its $26.2 million purchase of Providence Plaza in Charlotte and its $8.7 million purchase of Socastee Commons in Myrtle Beach. The properties were acquired as part of a 1031 exchange in separate transactions. Providence Plaza is a 103,118-square-foot mixed-use development that was built in 2007 and was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. Socastee Commons is a 57,273-square-foot, Bi-LO-anchored shopping center that was fully leased at the time of sale. Alex Divaris and Jason Oliver of DRE brokered the Providence Plaza transaction, and Divaris and Sandy Cohen of DRE brokered the Socastee Commons deal. DRE has been retained to lease and manage both properties.
PHILADELPHIA — Equus Capital Partners has acquired Hill House Apartments, a high-rise multifamily property located in Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill neighborhood. The 188-unit property sold for $42 million and was 95 percent occupied at the time of timing. The property offers a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as underbuilding parking, a fitness center and an outdoor pool. Equus plans to invest $5 million to improve the common areas and amenities of the property, as well as complete the unit interior upgrades that began under prior ownership. The acquisition marks the first multifamily investment for Equus Investment Partnership X LP, the latest discretionary fund managed by Equus. Madison Apartment Group, the multifamily operating arm of Equus, will manage the community. Greg Curci of Equus oversaw the acquisition for the firm, while Rittenhouse Realty Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital and Steelpoint Property Group have acquired 78 Prospect Park West, a multifamily property located at Prospect Park West between Third and Fourth streets in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood. The long-term ownership sold the seven-story, 41,113-square-foot building for $28 million in an off-market transaction. Built in the 1920s, the property features 40 apartment units, 10 of which are currently vacant. The joint venture plans to renovate and reposition as many units as possible into high-end luxury apartments, as well as initiate a capital expenditure program to modernize the property and enhance operating efficiencies. Aaron Mazor of TOWN Residential and Jonathan Butwin and Scott Dweck of TOWN Commercial represented both parties in the transaction.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (Wheeler REIT) has purchased Grove Park Shopping Center, a 106,557-square-foot shopping center in Orangeburg. The shopping center is located at the interchange of U.S. Route 178 and Route 21 within a two-mile radius of Claflin University and South Carolina State University. The grocery-anchored center was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Bi-LO, AT&T, Kool Smiles and Republic Finance. Virginia Beach, Va.-based Wheeler REIT purchased the property using a combination of cash and debt.
NEW YORK CITY — An affiliate of Harbor Group International LLC has completed the disposition of an elevator apartment building, located at 334 E. 79th St. in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The 46-unit property sold for $25.5 million, or $940 per square foot, in an all-cash transaction. The eight-story building features four studio units, seven one-bedroom apartments, 31 two-bedroom units, two three-bedroom apartments and two four-bedroom units. Robert Shapiro and Thomas Gammino Jr. of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Kolorbar, an upscale full-service beauty salon, has signed a lease for retail space at 306 E. 86th St. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The salon, which operates three additional stores in Manhattan, will occupy 1,500 square feet on the ground floor and 1,200 square feet in the basement of the building. The tenant is currently building out the space, including the installation of marble floors and an all-glass front, with occupancy expected in early November. Matthew Ball of Winick Realty Group represented the tenant, while Patty Holmstrom and Jeeun Elizabeth Kim, also of Winick Realty, represented the landlord, KMR Management, in the transaction.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Colliers International Central Florida has announced that Glickman Retail Group, a retail investment advisory firm in Orlando, has joined the company’s retail services team. Glickman Retail Group completed more than $40 million in real estate sales transactions year-to-date and has numerous more transactions set to close this year. Joining Colliers from the Glickman Retail team are Sean Glickman, Tom Hall, Chris Smith and Brandon Rapone. The team will join Cynthia Shelton and Kane Morris-Webster as part of Colliers International Central Florida’s retail investment team, focusing on the sale of retail investment properties in Central Florida.
SEATTLE — Seattle-based Colliers International has arranged the sale of three Washington retail properties for $59.6 million. Transactions include the sale of Surprise Lake Square, a 134,795-square-foot shopping center located in Milton, to Tourmaline Capital for $19.5 Million; the sale of Everett Village Center, a 120,912-square-foot retail center located in Everett, to Stockbridge Capital Group for $22.5 million; and the sale of Coal Creek Marketplace, a 55,875-square-foot retail center located in Newcastle, to RPAI for $17.6 million.
LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIF. — New York Life Real Estate Investors (NYL REI) has originated a $35 million mortgage loan for The Center at Rancho Niguel, located at 28281 Crown Valley Parkway in Laguna Niguel. The loan has a 20-year term with an opportunity to borrow additional proceeds in the first 10 years of the loan. The borrower was Buie Stoddard Group, an institutional investor. Tenants at the 120,000-square-foot retail property include Wells Fargo, Ralphs Fresh Fare, Jamba Juice, Loehmann’s Shoes, Thomasville Furniture, NY’s Upper Crust Pizza, El Pollo Loco and Precision Fitness.