HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — NAI Mertz has arranged the sale of the multi-building, 1 million-square-foot former Congoleum Corp. complex, located at 861 Sloan Ave. in Hamilton Township. Commercial Development Corp. (CDC) acquired the property from Congoleum Corp. for an undisclosed price. CDC plans to develop a mixed-use development on the 65-acre site. The developer plans to raze the majority of the buildings on site with the exception of Building 55, an existing 150,000-square-foot warehouse building. Jeffrey Licht and Fred Meyer of NAI Mertz represented the seller in the transaction.
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Eastern Consolidated Arranges $27M Acquisition Loan for 105,000 SF Development Site in Manhattan
by Amy Works
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged a $27 million bridge loan on behalf of XIN Development International for the acquisition of a development site in Manhattan’s Midtown West. XIN Development plans to build a mixed-use project on the 105,000-square-foot development site, which is located at 615 Tenth Ave. Adam Hakim, Sam Zabala and James Murad of Eastern Consolidated secured the financing, which was provided by Bank of the Ozarks, for the borrower.
NEW YORK CITY — Alpha Realty has arranged the sale of a mixed-use building located at 148 E. 98th St. in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The asset sold for $6.6 million. The six-story, elevator-serviced property features 11 apartment units and a first-floor office space. Glenn Raff of Alpha Realty represented the seller and buyer in the transaction. The names of the buyer and seller were not released.
CRANBURY, N.J. — Colliers International has arranged the lease of 182,000 square feet of warehouse space at 1240 Cranbury South River Road in Cranbury. Achim Importing Co., a global home goods trading company, is relocating to the space after its previous facility at 1600 Livingston Ave. in North Brunswick, N.J., was destroyed by fire last year. Michael Markey and Jonathan Tesser of Colliers arranged the lease on behalf of Achim Importing Co. The landlord is Cosmetic Essence Innovations.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego-based Capital Real Estate Ventures Inc., along with its joint venture partner, Orion Investment and Management Ltd. Corp., has received $29.6 million in acquisition financing for four Del Taco portfolios, totaling 22 properties, in Southern California. HFF placed the non-recourse, two-year, floating-rate loan with Wells Fargo Restaurant Finance Group for the borrower. All properties in the four portfolios feature new long-term leases with Del Taco, a fast food restaurant specializing in Mexican cuisine. The properties are located in Colton, Highland, Lake Elsinore, La Verne, Moreno Valley, Palmdale, Placentia, Perris, Rancho Cucamonga, Rialto, Riverside, Sacramento, Temecula, Thousand Palms, Torrance, Upland, Walnut, Victorville and Vista. Kevin Mackenzie and Greg Brown of HFF secured the financing for the borrower.
PHOENIX — Westcore Properties has purchased a 170,625-square-foot industrial property in Phoenix for $10.2 million. The facility is located at 125 North 67th Ave. The tenants include Goodman Distribution and Omni Workspace. JLL’s Bo Mills and Mark Detmer represented Westcore in the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — Shea Properties has signed three new tenants to Mercado del Barrio, a mixed-use center located under the Coronado Bridge in San Diego’s Barrio Logan. Marciscos el Pulpo, a seafood restaurant, celebrated its grand opening on January 10; MishMash, a gourmet street-food truck and catering company, is opening its first brick-and-mortar location in the first quarter of this year; and The Gear Group, a tactical equipment retailer, is also opening this quarter. In addition to the new tenants, Fathom Crossfit is expanding its current location at the center to 6,111 square feet in mid-January. Other tenants at the property include Northgate Market, Little Caesars, T-Mobile, Asia Wok, Fade Factory, Iron Fist Brewing Co., National Laundry & Dry Cleaning, Sally Beauty and Tocumbo Ice Cream & Tortas.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Santa Monica-based brokerage firm Main + Main has named Mike Clark as its executive director. Prior to joining Main + Main, Clark spent 20 years with Cushman & Wakefield. Clark will be based in the company’s San Diego office, and will specialize in shopping centers, retail strip centers and freestanding retail buildings in the San Diego area.
LOS ANGELES — Social lifestyle networking app Grindr has leased 18,000 square feet of office space at the RedBuilding inside Los Angeles’ Pacific Design Center. The building is located at 8687 Melrose Ave. in West Hollywood. Other notable tenants at the property include Clique Media, Viceroy Hotel Group and Abrams Artists Agency. Ryan Harding of Newmark Knight Grubb Frank represented Grindr in the transaction. Marc Horowitz of Cohen Brothers Realty and JLL’s Josh Wroble represented the landlord, Charles S. Cohen.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Accesso Partners LLC has purchased North Point Center East, a four-building, Class A office park in Alpharetta, from Cousins Properties for $92.2 million. Located on 33 acres adjacent to North Point Mall, the 540,137-square-foot suburban office development was 88 percent leased at the time of sale. The park’s tenant roster includes Surgical Information Systems, Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Bank, Wells Fargo Wealth Management, Regus Business Centers, Amplify Education, IPSWITCH, Robert Baird & Co. and Nokia. Jay O’Meara, Will Yowell, John Shlesinger and Justin Parsonnet of CBRE’s Atlanta office represented Cousins Properties in the transaction.