BOSTON — GE will locate its new global headquarters in the Seaport District of Boston. The company has entered into an agreement to acquire a 2.5-acre property located at 5 and 6 Necco Way from P&G. The site includes two historic buildings, which will be renovated, and an adjoining parking lot on which GE plans to construct a new building. GE employees will move to a temporary location in Boston on Farnsworth Street this summer, with a full move expected in several steps by 2018.
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CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N.J. — Polimeni International LLC has completed the disposition of The Plaza at Cape May Court House, a retail center located at 11 Court House South Dennis Road in Cape May Court House. An affiliate of RW Capital Partners acquired the 163,629-square-foot property for $32.1 million. At the time of sale, the property was 97.6 percent leased to a variety of national and regional tenants, including ACME Markets, Marshalls, Staples, CVS/pharmacy, Pier 1 Imports, Alfredo’s Pizza, Chopsticks Restaurants, Melini Hair Care, GNC and Payless ShoeSource. Chris Munley, Jose Cruz and Kevin O’Hearn of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
VERNON, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the acquisition of a net-leased retail property in Vernon. The 13,225-square-foot property sold for $9.7 million. The property is occupied by CVS/pharmacy. Michael Lombardi of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction.
KILLINGLY, CONN. — CBRE/New England has secured $7.8 million in permanent financing for affiliates of The Grossman Companies for an industrial building located at 349 Lake Road in Killingly. The long-term, fixed-rate loan was provided by HarborOne Bank. Situated on 20.7 acres, the 207,878-square-foot industrial facility is fully leased to C&M Corp. and Superwinch with a long-term parking lease to Rite Aid. Kyle Juszczyszyn and Chris Coutts of CBRE/NE arranged the financing for the borrower.
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Kennedy Funding Financial has completed a $1.8 million loan secured by a development site in North Kingstown. The borrower was property owner CIOE A34 LLC. Located on Ten Rod Road, the 5.3-acre parcel is currently zoned for approximately 200,000 square feet of mixed-use development. Kevin Wolfer of Kennedy Funding Financing arranged the financing for the borrower.
EAST POINT, GA. — Atlanta-based Solution Property Group has purchased a former General Services Administration warehouse in East Point, a town roughly seven miles south of Atlanta, for an undisclosed price. The company plans to demolish the 55-year-old building and replace it with a new 538,500-square-foot project known as Creekside at Langford Distribution Corridor. The industrial property will be the closest bulk distribution center to Atlanta’s central business district, according to Solution Property Group, which plans to deliver the facility in the early fall of this year. Solution Property Group has selected Pat Murphy, Ray Stache and Spencer Green of Cushman & Wakefield to lease Creekside at Langford Distribution Corridor.
ROME AND CEDARTOWN, GA. — Enlivant has purchased two assisted living and memory care communities, both located in rural Georgia, from affiliates of Winthrop Senior Living for $10 million. The two properties are Winthrop West in Rome and Winthrop at Polk in Cedartown. The two towns are near to each other, approximately 70 miles northwest of Atlanta. Winthrop West was built in 1999 and comprises 42 memory care units in a 25,591-square-foot facility on 3.7 acres. Winthrop at Polk was built in 1991 and added 20 memory care units in 2014 to its existing 29 assisted living units. The 27,715-square-foot community is situated on 2.4 acres. Senior Capital Advisors, a brokerage firm based in Florida, represented the seller in the deal. Enlivant is a Chicago-based owner/operator. These acquisitions expand its regional presence to seven communities between Chattanooga, Tenn., and Atlanta.
MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Berkadia has arranged the $8.1 million sale of Woodmere at the Lake, a 200-unit apartment community located in Montgomery. Built in 1978, the garden-style property has an average unit size of 870 square feet. Woodmere Apartment Partners LLC purchased the community from ABACO Partners LLC. Josh Jacobs and David Oakley of Berkadia’s Birmingham office represented the seller in the transaction.
Revere Capital Provides $4.8M Loan for Future Port of Wilmington Cold Storage Facility
by John Nelson
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Dallas-based Revere Capital has provided $4.8 million in financing for a new industrial cold storage facility that will be situated on land owned by the state of North Carolina at the Port of Wilmington. Construction is underway on the 101,000-square-foot project, which is the newest cold storage facility in the area and is the first phase of a potential two-phase warehouse operation. The Port of Wilmington is a full-service deep-water port and marine terminal handling more than 400 vessels annually with an annual import/export cargo tonnage of more than 3 million tons. Owned and operated by the North Carolina State Ports Authority, the port offers facilities serving container, bulk and break-bulk operations and is 26 miles from the open sea on the Cape Fear River. CSX Transportation provides direct rail access to the port, which is one of only two ports in North Carolina.
ABINGDON, MD. — NAI KLNB has brokered the $3.3 million sale of a two-building, 51,600-square-foot warehouse at 1305 Governor Court in Abingdon, roughly 25 miles northeast of Baltimore. The property is situated within William Paca Industrial Park. Grander Capital Partners purchased the property, which is the Boston-based company’s first acquisition in the state of Maryland. Built in 1987, the all-brick assets were cumulatively 87 percent leased at the time of sale. Brad Berzins and Bill Miller of NAI KLNB represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.