GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Gentiva Hospice has signed a lease to occupy 5,740 square feet at a medical office property in Grand Rapids. The property, located at 625 Kenmoor Ave. SE, is currently being built out and is expected to open this July. The new lease is serving as a relocation and is Gentiva’s third location in west Michigan. Mary Anne Wisinski-Rosely of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan represented Gentiva Hospice in the transaction. Rachel Sal of Realvesco represented the landlord. Gentiva Hospice has over 490 locations nationwide.
NEW YORK CITY — Welltower Inc. (NYSE: HCN) and Hines have purchased a development site at 139 E. 56th St. in Midtown Manhattan for an undisclosed price. The new owners plan to build a 15-story assisted living and memory care community on the site. Design and development plans are in progress and will be released at a later date. One known detail is that the ground floor will contain retail. Eastern Consolidated represented the sellers, Stephen Meringoff and Dennis Riese, the owners of the two existing properties that comprise the site, in the transaction. The existing buildings will be demolished to make way for the new community. This is the first venture into senior living for Hines, an international real estate development, investment and management company. Although the company is based in Houston, this deal was made through the New York office. Toledo, Ohio-based Welltower, meanwhile, is the largest healthcare REIT in the United States by market cap. Formerly known as Health Care REIT, the company was the third-largest owner of seniors housing properties in the country as of June 1, according to the American Seniors Housing Association.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — BelovED Community Charter School has acquired a half-acre parcel of land located at 535 Grand St. in Jersey City. Friends of the BelovED Charter School, a non-profit organization to support the development of the school and other charter schools, will develop a 40,000-square-foot middle school on the site. The non-profit is expected to obtain a mortgage and construction financing of $12 million from New Jersey Community Capital for the project. Designed by Urbahn Architects, the four-story school will serve 240 students in grades six to nine and feature 15 classrooms, four half classrooms, two science rooms, two art rooms, a music room, a cafetorium with warming kitchen, a gymnasium with a mezzanine, a media center/library, administrative offices and a large sub-dividable multipurpose room, as well as a 31-car parking lot and an outdoor assembly/recreation space.
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — Daiichi Sankyo Inc. has signed a long-term lease for an office property located at 211 Mount Airy Road in Basking Ridge. The pharmaceutical firm plans to relocate its U.S. headquarters to the three-building campus, which was the former Avaya campus. The property features a full cafeteria, state-of-the-art fitness facilities, a 127-seat auditorium and an on-site conference center. After acquiring the property in 2013, Rubenstein Partners and Onyx Equities upgraded and repositioned the facility for modern office needs.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — GHP Office Realty has acquired an office building located at 140 Huguenot St. in New Rochelle. The asset sold for $6.4 million. The three-story building features 64,000 square feet of Class A office space, a 34-car on-site parking garage and a 26-car parking lot. At the time of sale, the property was 80 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including Mary Ann Liebert Inc. and Monroe College. The buyer plans to upgrade the property including building systems, security and cosmetic changes to the façade and lobby. The name of the seller was not released. Elizabeth Smith of Goldberg Weprin Finkle Goldstein provided legal representation, and Ray Cohen of Chicago Title Co. provided title services for GHP in the transaction.
NATICK, MASS. — New Dover Associates has arranged the sale of an office/R&D building located at 2-4 Mercer Road in Natick. Nivek Investments I LLC sold the 17,875-square-foot building to 2-4 Mercer Road LLC for $3.9 million. Situated on 1.4 acres, the building is located within the Natick Business Park. Scott Hughes of New Dover Associates represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Clarion Partners has purchased the leasehold interest in The Lincoln, a 161,824-square-foot mixed-use property in Miami Beach. HQ Capital Partners LP sold the five-story building for $109 million, according to The Real Deal. Built in 2003, the property was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to eight retailers including Pottery Barn and Williams Sonoma and 31 office tenants including Morgan Stanley and OnBoard Media. The Lincoln comprises 43,166 square feet of ground-floor retail space, 118,658 square feet of Class A office space and a 709-space parking structure. Christian Lee, Jose Lobon, Andrew Chilgren, Charles Foschini and Christopher Apone of CBRE collaborated with Stephen Rutchik and Jonathan Kingsley of Colliers International to represent HQ Capital Partners in the transaction.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc., a Virginia Beach-based retail REIT, has acquired 14 shopping centers in South Carolina and Georgia for $71 million, making it the REIT’s largest portfolio purchase to date. Wheeler REIT purchased the portfolio from Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co. KeyBank Real Estate Capital provided the bulk of the acquisition financing on behalf of Wheeler REIT, and Dallas-based Revere Capital provided an $8 million loan. Brian O’Flanagan of Revere Capital’s Dallas office originated the loan. The acquired portfolio consists of 603,142 square feet and has a combined occupancy of 92 percent with grocery-anchored tenants that include Harris Teeter, Bi-Lo and Piggy Wiggly. The Shoppes at Litchfield Market Village in Pawleys Island, S.C., is one of the properties. The others include a Piggly Wiggly-anchored center in Georgetown, S.C., as well as locations in Greenwood, Mullins, Bluffton, Lexington, St. Matthews, Columbia and Ridgeland in South Carolina and one location in Darien, Ga. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS Real Estate Partners’ Atlanta office brokered the transaction.
MARIETTA, GA. — Atlanta United FC, Major League Soccer’s (MLS) 22nd franchise, has released details and renderings for its $60 million training facility underway in Marietta, a northern suburb of Atlanta. Designed by Atlanta-based tvsdesign, the project will include six playing fields and a 30,000-square-foot facility that will house both the professional and academy teams for the club, which will begin its first MLS season in 2017. Located along Marietta’s Franklin Road on a 33-acre site, the training facility will be used by professional and soccer academy players, along with the club’s executive and soccer operations staff. The project is expected to bring 80 high-paying jobs to the area. Atlanta United will play in the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium currently under construction in downtown Atlanta. The team is owned by Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank and is led by club president Darren Eales.
WESTON, FLA. — Duke Realty Corp. has signed leases with two tenants for 76,316 square feet at Turnpike Crossing 1315, a 124,523-square-foot industrial facility under construction in Palm Beach County at Florida’s Turnpike and Jog Road in Weston. Straight Line Millwork leased 23,066 square feet and RMB USA leased 53,250 square feet, making the project more than 60 percent pre-leased. Turnpike Crossing 1315 is part of Turnpike Crossing, Duke Realty’s 67.2-acre industrial park that can accommodate roughly 882,850 square feet. Turnpike Crossing 1315 is nearly complete and will feature 32-foot clear heights, 41 dock doors, 40- by 50-foot column spacing and 50- by 50-foot dock bays. Turnpike Crossing 1315 will share a 180-foot truck court with Turnpike Crossing 1333, and both will feature mechanically attached roofs and ESFR sprinkler systems.