HOUSTON — Holly Minter, David Schwarz and Tip Strickland of ARA Newmark represented a partnership between Invictus and Oak Coast Properties in the acquisition of Falls at Clear Lake Apartments in Houston. Minter, Schwarz and Strickland also closed an 80 percent loan-to-value, 10-year fixed rate loan through ARA Newmark’s Fannie Mae DUS platform. The Class B apartment community was built in 1983, features 400 units and offers one- and two-bedroom apartment homes located in the Clear Lake submarket.
HOUSTON — Boxer Property has concluded long-term lease negotiations on a lease renewal of more than 11,500 square feet with Bee Busy Learning Academy at 9896 Bissonnet St. in Houston. Shay Calhoun negotiated the agreement on behalf of Boxer Property and worked with Bee Busy in the lease renewal process. 9896 Bissonnet St., located in southwest Houston, spans six stories with 108,229 square feet of office space for rent. The building is located between the 610 Loop and suburbs including Sugar Land, Missouri City and Stafford. Nearby amenities include the Westchase Business District and Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital. Bee Busy Learning Academy is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization.
SAN ANTONIO — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of Eagle’s Nest Apartments, a multifamily property in San Antonio. Mike Miller, Chris Ross, Will Caruth and Cody Courtney of the firm’s San Antonio office completed the sale. The seller, Eagle Apartments Ltd., is based in San Antonio and owns many properties in the area. The buyer was a private investor from Orem, Utah who is a longtime property owner in Texas. Built in 1980, Eagle’s Nest Apartments is a 226-unit building offering studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Unit amenities include balconies or patios, kitchens, walk-in closets, vaulted ceilings, fireplaces and hardwood floors. Community amenities include volleyball courts, barbeques, a swimming pool, clubhouse, laundry room and outside storage. Located at 5211 Fredericksburg Road near Loop 410, Eagle’s Nest Apartments is less than six miles from North Star Mall and one mile from Wonderland of the Americas Mall.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged $22 million in bridge financing for developers Slate Property Group and Meadow Partners to acquire a development site at 570 Fulton St. in downtown Brooklyn. The financing package includes a $15 million first mortgage from Bank of the Ozarks and $7 million of mezzanine debt from RCG Longview. The developers plan to build a mixed-use project on the site, which is zoned for 72,000 buildable square feet as-of-right. Purchased from SCO Family Services, the site includes a 26,395-square-foot, three-story building with ground-floor retail and offices on the upper floors. The existing structure was delivered vacant. Adam Hakim, Sam Zabala and James Murad of Eastern Consolidated handled the financing.
MIDDLETOWN, PA. — Allen Distribution, a third-party logistics service provider, has signed a lease for 321,333 square feet at 100 Capital Lane within Capital Logistics Center in Middletown. The property features an adhered EPDM (ethylene propylene diene terploymer) roof, seven-inch unreinforced concrete floor with 54 doors with 33 knockout panels. Situated on more than 100 acres, the six-building, 1.5 million-square-foot Capital Logistics Center was recently renovated. A joint venture between Woodmont Industrial Partners and AEW Capital Management owns the logistics center. Kim Meincke and Jason Webb of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the tenant, while Michael Hess, Patrick Lafferty and Bart Anderson of CBRE represented Woodmont Industrial Partners in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — National Cooperative Bank (NCB) originated more than $60 million in new loans during October for 21 New York area properties. Harley Seligman secured $23.2 million in new financing, including a $13.5 million first mortgage and a $1 million line of credit for Maple Plaza Housing Development Fund Corp., a 154-unit co-op at 1911-1929 Madison Ave. in Manhattan. Seligman also arranged $3.4 million in financing for Tara Close Apartments Corp., a 99-unit co-op at 77 Carpenter Ave. in Mount Kisco, N.Y.; and he arranged a $1 million first mortgage and $800,000 line of credit for Gramatan Court Apartments Inc., a 27-unit co-op at 23-25 Sagamore Road in Bronxville, N.Y. Edward Howe III arranged nearly $22 million in loans, including a $7 million first mortgage and $500,000 line of credit for an 84-unit co-op at 711 Shore Road in Long Beach, N.Y.; a $4 million first mortgage and $500,000 line of credit for Linden Hill No. 2 Cooperative Corp., a 384-unit co-op at 142-14/142-20 26th Ave. in Flushing; and a $4 million first mortgage and $1 million line of credit for Grinnell Housing Development Fund Corp., an 81-unit co-op at 800 Riverside Drive in Manhattan. Additionally, Mindy Goldstein arranged …
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a multifamily property located at 267 Ninth St, between Fourth and Fifth avenues in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood. The four-story building sold for $3.4 million, or $514 per square foot, in an all-cash transaction. The 6,612-square-foot property features eight rent-stabilized apartments. Aaron Warkov and Winfield Clifford of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
HAMILTON, HAMPTON, PARAMUS AND LODI, N.J. — The Goldstein Group has closed four separate retail leases, totaling 43,724 square feet, in New Jersey. In the first transaction, Matthew Flath and Lew Finkelstein of The Goldstein Group represented the landlord and tenant, Kiddie Academy, in an 8,500-square-foot lease at Buckley Plaza on Route 130 in Hamilton. In the second deal, Neil Goldstein of The Goldstein Group represented the landlord in the lease of 20,000 square feet at Ames Shopping Center on Route 206 in Hampton to Staples. In Paramus, Goldstein also represented the landlord in the lease of 12,700 square feet at 45 Eisenhower Drive to Lightbridge Academy. In the final transaction, CJ Hunter and Finkelstein represented the landlord in the lease of 2,524 square feet at 150 Main St. in Lodi to Pet Valu. The names of the landlords were not released.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Crescent Communities has opened Crescent Central Station, a new transit-oriented apartment community located immediately adjacent to a SunRail commuter train station in downtown Orlando. The 279-unit property is located at the corner of North Orange Avenue and Amelia Street and includes an extension of the Gertrude’s Walk park and trail and downtown Orlando’s only off-leash, public dog park. Other amenities include bike storage, a resort-style pool, sundeck, rooftop terrace and a two-story fitness center. Units include granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, upscale lighting fixtures and USB power outlets. Lincoln Property Co. manages Crescent Central Station. The project was financed through an equity investment from Crescent Communities and debt from Synovus Bank and Nationwide. The design team included general contractor Winter Park Construction, architect Lord Aeck Sargent and civil engineer GAI.
APEX, N.C. — Barnett Properties has begun construction on Publix Pointe, a grocery-anchored shopping center located in Apex, a western suburb of Raleigh in Wake County. A 46,500-square-foot Publix will anchor the 75,000-square-foot shopping center, which will feature 25,000 square feet of retail shop space and three outparcels. Barnett Properties plans to deliver Publix Pointe in late 2016 or early 2017.