LOS ANGELES — Capital Funding Group has provided a $6.5 million bridge-to-HUD loan and a $2 million mezzanine loan for the acquisition of Bloohmfield East, a 130-bed skilled nursing facility in Lynwood. A group of private real estate investors bought the property and leased it to a new operator, Reliant Management. Capital Funding Group is a Baltimore-based lender for healthcare properties, especially skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities and hospitals.
SEATTLE — Moody National REIT II has entered into an agreement to purchase the Marriott SpringHill Suites Hotel in Seattle for $74.1 million, excluding closing costs. The SpringHill Suites Seattle is a select-service hotel consisting of 234 guest rooms. Located on the southeast corner of Stewart Street and Yale Avenue in downtown Seattle, the SpringHill Suites Seattle is situated along one of the city’s major transportation routes with access to the corporate homes of Amazon.com, Microsoft, Nordstrom and REI. The hotel is also located near Puget Sound and is within walking distance of the Seattle Space Needle. “Located downtown in a global gateway city accommodating travelers from around the world, and home to companies including Amazon.com, Microsoft, Boeing and Starbucks, this investment presents itself as an attractive addition to our portfolio,” says Brett Moody, CEO and chairman of REIT II. Forbes magazine named Seattle the “No. 1 Best City for Jobs in 2015” based on 16 metrics including job opportunities, employment growth, monthly median starting salary, median annual income, time spent working and commuting, and housing affordability. Due to its geographic location, Seattle is a national hub for manufacturing, technology industries, international business, trade and tourism. Moody National REIT II …
The Stamford, Connecticut, office market has everything going for it: proximity to New York City, a good transportation system, a wonderful quality of life, a superior public school network, great recreational possibilities being on Long Island Sound and great professionals. The one negative: almost zero growth in the state for the past 25 years in terms of both population and office-using jobs. This lack of growth has led to a very soft economic climate as it relates to office space. The vacancy rate for class A office space has hovered at more than 20 percent for the last seven years or more and has dipped below that only a few times since 1990. Vacancy Rate Favors Tenants In Fairfield County, the point of equilibrium is an office vacancy rate of approximately 15 percent. In other words, when the vacancy rate is 15 percent, neither landlords nor tenants have the upper hand in the negotiation of a lease transaction. In Stamford, the current vacancy rate resides at just over 23 percent — and that gives significant negotiating leverage to tenants that are looking for space. Interestingly enough, landlords of some of the better Class A institutional buildings are willing, and able, …
With an increasing number of tenants seeking to relocate to New Jersey from parts of New York City, including Brooklyn and the Bronx, the Garden State’s industrial market is at its healthiest since first-quarter 2008. The amount of vacant space has now reached pre-recession levels, decreasing from 7.5 percent to 7.2 percent during the third quarter of 2015. Moreover, the vacancy rate experienced its best year-over-year improvement since the first quarter of 2014. Strong markets include central New Jersey submarkets Exit 8A, Exit 9/Brunswick, and Route 287 West, while the Meadowlands area remains the strongest submarket in northern New Jersey, followed by Exit 14/Newark near the port, and the Route 46/23/3 submarket. While transactions by large tenants, such as Amazon, dominated activity during the first half of the year, industrial buildings were filled up by smaller and mid-sized tenants during the third quarter of 2015. Retailers/wholesalers led the way, which is not surprising considering the continually growing e-commerce sector and recent increases in consumer spending. Supporting the recent economic resurgence of the sector, tenants in the manufacturing industry were also very active during the quarter, though many of their leases were small in size. Transportation companies also took space, enhancing …
NEW YORK CITY — Nets Sports and Entertainment, a subsidiary of Forest City Realty Trust, has completed the previously announced sale of its equity interests in Barclays Center arena and the Brooklyn Nets basketball team to Onexim Sports and Entertainment Holding USA. The purchase price for the non-controlling 20 percent equity interest in the team was $125.1 million, and the purchase price for the 55 percent equity interest in the arena was $162.6 million. The transaction values the team at approximately $875 million and the arena at $825 million, inclusive of debt for each asset. Evercore ISI advised Net Sports and Entertainment in the transaction.
MOHEGAN LAKE, N.Y. — New York Life Real Estate Investors, on behalf of institutional investors, has acquired a majority interest in Cortlandt Town Center in Mohegan Lake from an entity controlled by Acadia Realty Trust. Located on Route 6, the 641,000-square-foot power center is 97 percent leased to a variety of national tenants, including Walmart, Acme, Bed Bath & Beyond, Marshalls, Michaels, DSW, PetSmart, Barnes & Noble, United Artists Theatre and Best Buy. The acquisition price was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a loft-style apartment building located at 305 McGuinness Blvd. in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood. An undisclosed buyer acquired the five-story property from Ronny Ben-Dov for $31 million. The 53,124-square-foot property features 38 residential units, 19 parking spaces, a fitness center and common courtyard, as well as an unfinished rooftop with panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline, Queens and Brooklyn. Brendan Maddigan and Clint Olsen of Cushman & Wakefield exclusively handled the transaction.
GLASGOW, DEL. — 2600 Glasgow LLC, an affiliate of NAI Emory Hill Real Estate Services, has acquired Glasgow Medical Center, located at 2600 Glasgow Ave. in Glasgow. GMC LLC sold the property for $13.8 million. The 109,000-square-foot building offers medical office suites ranging from 1,475 to 6,800 square feet. Current tenants include Ambulatory Surgery Center and Medical Aid Unit, laboratory facilities and various specialty medical practices and administrative support functions. Emory Hill provided in-house representation for the buyer, while the seller was represented by Tactix. David Morrison of NAI Emory Hill is handling leasing activities for the property.
NEW YORK CITY — Taconic Investment Partners and Cogswell-Lee Development Group have acquired the ground lease on an 80,000-square-foot site at 410 W. 207th St. in Manhattan’s Inwood section. The site features an existing 34,000-square-foot building, which was a former Pathmark store, and nearly 200 parking spaces. The existing building is suitable for a big-box user or subdivision into smaller units for multiple tenants. The buyer plans to develop a 14,000-square-foot outparcel on the eastern portion of the site. The name of the seller and the acquisition price were not released.
HOUSTON — Atlanta-based Songy Highroads has opened Hyatt Place Houston Galleria, a 157-room hotel located across from the Galleria shopping center in Houston. Aimbridge Hospitality manages the 12-story hotel, situated at 5252 W. Alabama St. The hotel contains three floors of common space and nine guestroom floors with both suites and standard rooms. Onsite amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, meeting space, business center, dining options, a market and a lobby coffee shop and bar. Songy Highroads began development of the hotel in August 2014 and also developed the Hyatt Regency Houston Galleria, a 325-room hotel located adjacent to the Hyatt Place that opened in October 2015. Songy Highroads owns both hotels, which are part of a 7.6-acre mixed-use development that also contains two office towers and retail space.