WASHINGTON, D.C. — CBRE Capital Markets’ debt and structured finance team has arranged $63.6 million in acquisition financing for a 195,624-square-foot office building located at 2025 M St. in Washington, D.C.’s central business district. Charles Foschini, Christian Lee and Christopher Apone of CBRE’s Miami office arranged the 10-year loan through Philadelphia-based RAIT Financial Trust on behalf of the borrower, a private family interest in Brazil. The loan features three years of interest-only payments.
WEST PALM BEACH AND MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — NGKF Capital Markets has arranged $33.5 million in financing for two multifamily properties in South Florida: the 192-unit Serrano in West Palm Beach and the 234-unit Park Plaza in Miami Gardens. Maury Zanoff, Joe Donato, Matthew Williams and Jamie Leachman of NGKF’s Washington, D.C., office arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, AION Partners. The two loans have floating interest rates and interest-only periods. AION will repay existing debt and use the funds to make capital improvements on the two multifamily properties.
RESTON, VA. — Mesa West Capital has provided a $27 million loan for the refinancing of the Westin Reston Heights, a 191-room hotel in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Reston. Daniel Tanner of Mesa West’s New York office originated the floating-rate loan on behalf of the hotel’s owner, The JBG Cos., which also developed the hotel. Matthew Williams and Joe Donato of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank arranged the financing. Westin Reston Heights, along with a 194-unit residential tower and a 140,000-square-foot office building, anchors the first phase of JBG’s 35-acre Reston Heights mixed-use development. Phase II, which is slated for a 2017 delivery, will feature 400 new apartment units and 88,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Urban Investment Partners (UIP) and Lubert-Adler Partners have teamed up to acquire Embassy Towers, a 72-unit apartment building located in Washington, D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, for $13.3 million. The property is located at 1620 Fuller St. N.W. The Embassy Towers Tenant Association has not decided whether the property will remain an apartment building or convert into a condominium project. Alan Davis and Brendan Flood of HFF represented the seller, a family consortium, in the transaction. UIP subsidiaries UIP Property Management Inc. and UIP General Contracting Inc. will handle property management duties and renovations to Embassy Towers, respectively.
PALM SPRINGS, FLA. — Reichel Realty has arranged the lease for Presidente Supermarket, a large Hispanic supermarket chain, to anchor Forest Hill Center, a 150,000-square-foot shopping center located at Forest Hill Boulevard and Congress Avenue in Palm Springs. Beginning in the spring, Presidente will occupy the 45,500-square-foot space that was recently vacated by Winn-Dixie. Presidente’s new 20-year lease is valued at $10 million. Reichel Realty represented the landlord, Four Florida Properties, a family trust, in the lease transaction. Final negotiations are also underway for a national fast food restaurant to develop an outparcel at Forest Hill Center. Presidente Supermarkets has nearly 40 locations from Miami-Dade to Palm Beach counties.
NEW YORK CITY — Kushner Cos. has acquired a 16-building portfolio of Manhattan and Brooklyn multifamily properties for $131.5 million from Stone Street Properties and HIG Realty Partners. The portfolio, which also includes five retail stores, consists of 14 Manhattan buildings totaling 251 units in the Upper East Side, Murray Hill, East Village and Greenwich Village, and two buildings, totaling 40 units, in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill district.
BOSTON — HFF has arranged $55 million in first mortgage financing for a boutique office and retail property located at 185 Dartmouth St. in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. HFF placed the long-term, fixed-rate loan with HSBC Bank for the borrower, Synergy Investments. The loan proceeds were used to pay off existing debt, provide the necessary capital to complete the property’s rehabilitation plan and return equity upon stabilization. Completed in 1937, the 11-story building features 164,559 square feet of Class A office and retail space and 45 on-site parking spaces. Current tenants include Denham Capital, First American Title, Boston Athletic Association, Starbucks, Freshii and FedEx Kinkos. Greg LaBine and Patrick McAneny of HFF secured the financing for the borrower.
EWING TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Affiliates of Rubenstein Partners have completed the disposition of Princeton South Corporate Center, a two-building office park in Ewing Township. Located at 100 and 200 Princeton South, the asset offers 268,000 square feet of Class A office space. Rubenstein Partners originally acquired the property in July 2011. Tom Walsh and Joe Garibaldi of Jones Lang LaSalle represented Rubenstein Partners in the transaction. Terms of the deal were not released.
BEVERLY, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail property in Beverly. MAR Realty LLC purchased the property for $8.7 million, with a 5.46 percent cap rate, from Westward Apple Orchards LP. The property is occupied by Walgreens under a 25-year lease that includes five-year extension options. The lease was executed in November 2012. Bob Horvath and Todd Tremblay of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction.
PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has brokered the sale of two multifamily properties, totaling 60 units, in Plainfield. In the first transaction, Gehane Triarsi and Nicholas Nicolaou of Gebroe-Hammer arranged the $3.1 million sale of a 33-unit multifamily property at 815-825 Central Ave. The property features a mix of two-, three- and four-and-a-half-room layouts. In the second deal, Triarsi represented the seller in the $2.2 million sale of a 27-unit property at 315 W. Eighth St. The property features 21 studios and six one-bedroom units. Stephen Tragash, also of Gebroe-Hammer, procured the buyer in the transaction.