NEW YORK CITY — World Wide Group has secured $247 million in financing for three properties in New York City. The Singer & Bassuk Organization arranged the financing for the borrower. World Wide Group received $50 million in permanent financing for a six-story, 185,000-square-foot property located at 110 Green St. in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood. The company acquired the 130-unit apartment building from Meadow Partners for $103 million. World Wide Group also received a $32 million acquisition loan for the $73 million purchase of Luna, a 124-unit residential building located at 42-15 Crescent St. in Long Island City, Queens. Additionally, World Wide secured $165 million in permanent financing for QLIC, a 421-unit apartment building that the company developed in Long Island City.
NEW YORK CITY — Gotham Organization is converting a schoolhouse into a condominium property called Inkwell in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. Located at 520 W. 45th St., the five-story building will feature 18 residences and is the first New York City condominium project designed by AvroKO. The design incorporates features of the former elementary school with blackboards in the kitchens and powder rooms. Additionally, the property features AvroKO-designed custom lighting and furniture throughout, a custom cage light fixture in the gym, entry closets in each unit, and bespoke light fixtures in the kitchens and bathrooms. Slated for completion this fall, the building will feature 16 two-bedroom residences ranging in size from 1,200 square feet to 1,400 square feet and starting at $1.78 million, and two three-bedroom, 1,900-square-foot residences with private gardens starting at $2.75 million. On-site amenities will include a gym with an outdoor lounge, and bike and tenant storage.
NEW YORK CITY — American Realty Capital New York City REIT has closed on the previously announced $180 million acquisition of 1140 Avenue of the Americas, an institutional-quality office property in Midtown Manhattan. The seller was an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI LP. The 22-story building features 250,000 rentable square feet of office space. The acquisition was funded by a combination of cash and mortgage financing.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has brokered the sale of a vacant commercial lot located in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood. Located at 84 14th St., the site sold for $2.6 million, or $163 per buildable square foot. Zoned M2-1, the vacant 7,996-square-foot lot offers 15,992 buildable square feet. The site is surrounded by a mix of residential and commercial buildings. Dan Marks and Mike Hernandez of TerraCRG brokered the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
CHICAGO — CA Residential LLC has broken ground on a 26-story, 102-unit luxury apartment tower in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. The building, which will be located on the northeast corner of State and Huron streets, is scheduled for completion next October. Designed by Valerio Dewalt Train Associates, the tower will include a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Units will include floor-to-ceiling windows, wood plank flooring, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and in-unit washers and dryers. The building will feature 8,000 square feet of amenity space on the 24th floor which will include an infinity-edge pool, sundeck, grilling stations, demonstration kitchen, resident lounge, media room, fitness center with yoga studio, pet spa and dog run.
GREEN AND SYLVANIA, OHIO — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC has closed two loans totaling $11.5 million for multifamily properties in Ohio. In the first transaction, Bellwether arranged a $9.3 million HUD loan to refinance Greenview Senior Assisted Living, a 99-unit seniors housing facility in Green, approximately 50 miles south of Cleveland. The facility, built in 2002, features a dining room, café, chapel, activity area, patio and lounges. The Inn at Green Limited LLC was the borrower. The non-recourse loan features a 35-year term. Barbara Sullivan and Jim Doyle of Bellwether arranged the financing. In the second deal, M&D McCord Road Holdings LLC refinanced The Colony, an apartment property approximately 15 miles west of Toledo. The Colony, built in 2015, consists of four single-story buildings and one two-story building, which contain a total of 34 units. All units are two-bedroom/two-bathroom. DJ Effler of Bellwether arranged the 15-year loan, which features five years of interest-only payments.
BEDFORD, OHIO — Greystone’s Real Estate Advisors group has arranged the sale of Woodside Village, a 211-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Cleveland suburb of Bedford, for $6.5 million. Pritok Capital purchased the property from a public healthcare REIT. MB Financial served as the lender on the transaction. Woodside Village was built in 1988 and sits on 20 acres. The facility is 164,920 square feet.
DES PLAINES, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an office property in Des Plaines, approximately 20 miles northwest of Chicago, for $5.3 million. Touhy Office Plaza, located at 1400 E. Touhy Ave., was built in 1972 and renovated in 2013. J. Emil Anderson & Son Inc. sold the four-story, 126,088-square-foot building. The company will continue to occupy space within the building. The buyer was a Chicago-based private investment group. Stephen Lieberman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction.
LIVONIA, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has brokered the sale of a 155,433-square-foot industrial facility for an undisclosed price. EWI sold the building, which is located at 13211 Merriman Road in Livonia, approximately 20 miles northwest of Detroit. Alta Equipment Co., a Midwest forklift and heavy construction equipment provider, purchased the property. David Friedman and Phil Konopitski of Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions represented both parties in the transaction.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Love Funding has closed a $19.7 million construction loan through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) 221(d)(4) loan program for the construction of The Paddock at Grandview in Nashville. The new 240-unit affordable housing community will feature residences reserved for families earning 60 percent or less of area median income. Bruce Gerhart of Love Funding secured the non-recourse loan, which features a 40-year amortization schedule beginning when construction ends. Funding was also provided by 4 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and HOME funds on behalf of the borrower, LDG Development.