ISSAQUAH, WASH. — Co-developers PMB and The Springs Living have broken ground on a 225-unit senior living community in Issaquah, roughly 20 miles southeast of Seattle. Makenzie and GBD Architects designed the project, and Exxel Pacific is serving as the general contractor. Harrison Street Asset Management, Huntington National Bank, BOK, MVB, First National Bank Alaska and Northwest Bank are providing financing. Upon completion, The Springs Living at Issaquah Highlands will span 329,250 square feet. Units will include 114 independent living, 84 assisted living and 27 memory care apartments. The community is scheduled to open in late 2028. This marks the second co-development between The Springs Living and PMB.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Winchester Partners, which is a joint venture between an affiliate of L+M Development and Twining Properties, has completed The Winston, a 283-unit mixed-income apartment building in New Haven. The Winston is part of the initial phase of Science Park, a $92.5 million redevelopment of the former Winchester Repeating Arms Co. factory complex, which closed in 1981. Units range from studios to three-bedrooms, and roughly 20 percent (57 residences) are designated as affordable housing for renters earning 50 percent or less of the area median income. The five-story building also houses 12,800 square feet of retail space and amenities such as a pool, fitness center with a yoga studio, coworking space and a resident library. Beinfield Architecture designed the building, construction of which was financed by The Urban Investment Group at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and KeyBank.
SOMERSET, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm NAI DiLeo-Bram has arranged the $4.7 million sale of a 20,269-square-foot industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of Somerset. The building sits on a 3-acre site at 85 Commerce Drive and features a clear height of 19 feet. Kyle Gerace, Chris Chiusolo and Sweemit Goswami of NAI DiLeo-Bram represented the buyer, Approved Fire Protection, in the transaction. The seller was PepsiCo Inc./Frito Lay.
MELVILLE, N.Y. — Nationwide Mortgage Bankers (NMB), a locally based financial institution, has opened a 30,000-square-foot office headquarters at 1305 Walt Whitman Road in Melville, a community located on Long Island. The space features a podcast streaming center, digital media studios and a 65-seat technical training facility. NMB plans to immediately bring about 100 jobs to the facility and hire more in the coming months. The Feil Organization owns the building.
NEW YORK CITY — Babylist has signed a 20,000-square-foot retail lease in Manhattan’s SoHo district. The lease term is 10 years, and the space spans two levels (10,000 square feet each) at 477 Broadway. Paul Popkin, Morris Dweck and Annie Squier of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, an entity doing business as 477 Realty LLC, in the lease negotiations. Lydia Bell and Cole Stapleton of Tungsten Property represented Babylist. The opening is scheduled for late summer.
ATLANTA — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged $83.3 million in financing for the acquisition of an 11-building industrial portfolio located in metro Atlanta. Gideon Gil, Taylor Geiger, Cecelia Galligan and Crawford Bundy of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the floating-rate loan through Argenti on behalf of the borrower, Arden Logistics Parks. Stewart Calhoun, Casey Masters and Drew Stanford, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented the sellers, Onward Investors and Prospect Ridge, in the transaction. The 658,550-square-foot portfolio includes:
JLL Secures $64M Refinancing for 820-Bed Student Housing Community Near Mississippi State University
STARKVILLE, MISS. — JLL has secured a $64 million refinancing for The Vista Starkville, an 820-bed student housing community located near the Mississippi State University campus in Starkville. Gregg Shapiro, Mike Brady, Sam Tarter, Christian Johnston and Connor McCarthy of JLL represented the borrower, Student Quarters, in securing the three-year, floating-rate loan from QuadReal Property Group. Built in 2019, the property offers 309 units in a mix of studio through five-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a fitness center, social lounge, resort-style pool and private resident parking. The community also features ground floor retail space occupied by Boardtown Pies & Pints.
WEST MELBOURNE, FLA. — Barron Collier Investment Partners (BCIP) has acquired 32.6 acres from MultiVerse Global, the developers of the 225-acre Space Coast Town Center in West Melbourne, a city on Florida’s Space Coast. BCIP will develop The Landing at Space Coast, a planned mixed-use project that will serve as the cornerstone of the larger master-planned community. Phase I of the project will include approximately 77,750 square feet of retail space anchored by a grocery store, along with restaurant and service-oriented tenants and 300 residential apartments. Phase II will comprise 70,000 square feet of commercial space, as well as a public art component that “celebrates the innovation, exploration and heritage that defines Florida’s Space Coast,” according to the press release. Upon completion of Space Coast Town Center, the development will include more than 2,000 multifamily residential units, 300 hotel rooms, 360,000 square feet of office space, 257,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, a grocery store anchor and various public gathering areas.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Wilder and Greenberg Gibbons have formed a joint venture to acquire Wakefield Commons, a 163,975-square-foot shopping center located in Raleigh. According to the Triangle Business Journal, an entity doing business as Mishorim Gold NC LP sold the asset for $33 million. The acquisition marks Wilder’s entry into North Carolina, as well as Greenberg Gibbon’s first purchase through its $300 million Real Estate Income Fund II. Wakefield Commons was 96.3 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Starbucks, Marquee Cinemas and Burn Boot Camp. Greenberg Gibbons plans to renovate and improve the shopping center. Additional details were not disclosed.
LAKE ORION, MICH. — Berkadia has arranged a $35.2 million loan to refinance Indian Lake Village Apartments, a 394-unit multifamily property in Lake Orion, a village located in the northern outskirts of Detroit. Wesley Moczul, Mitch Sinberg, Scott Wadler, Matt Robbins and Brad Williamson of Berkadia arranged the financing on behalf of the sponsor, Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Fenton Management Co. Freddie Mac purchased the 10-year, fixed-rate loan. The garden-style property is situated on 58 acres and was built between 1995 and 1997. There are 27 residential buildings with a mix of apartments and townhomes averaging 1,012 square feet. Amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, business center, pool, tennis and volleyball courts, a sauna, game room, billiards room, library and conference room, pet play area and covered parking.