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Heritage-Capital-NY

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler’s Florham Park office has arranged $81.3 million in refinancing for a 15-property industrial portfolio. HFF secured the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Principal Commercial Capital for the borrower, Heritage Capital Group. The 2.58 million-square-foot portfolio includes a mix of warehouse, distribution and cold storage facilities in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The properties feature clear heights ranging from 20 to 40 feet and include office space. Additionally, eight buildings have rail service access. At the time of closing, the portfolio was 92 percent leased to 31 tenants, including Staples Inc., Storage Mobility, McLane Food Service Inc., Victory Packaging LP, McGrann Paper, Scholastic Book Fairs Inc., Packaging Corporation of America and Global Foundries. Four properties are located near Syracuse, N.Y.; three near Rochester and Albany, N.Y.; three near Harrisburg, Pa.; and two near Columbus, Ohio. Jon Mikula of HFF led the team that represented the borrower in the transaction.

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Public-Ledger-Bldg-Philly

PHILADELPHIA — CBRE Group Inc. has arranged $49.7 million in acquisition and renovation financing for the Public Ledger Building in Philadelphia. The borrower, Purchase, N.Y.-based Carlyle Development Group, received short-term acquisition financing for a three-year term with two one-year extensions for the purpose of acquiring and improving the property. (The Public Ledger was a daily newspaper in Philadelphia published from 1836 to 1942.) The bridge financing allows the borrower to receive additional proceeds for future lease-up and general building renovations, as well as the flexibility to operate and dispose of the asset as needed. Located at 600 Chestnut St., the 534,004-square-foot property is 65 percent occupied, with The United States of America General Services Administration as the largest tenant. James Gunning, Donna Falzarano and Evan Kleppe of CBRE arranged the financing with a national debt fund.

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71-Fourth-Ave-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a development site located at 71 Fourth Ave., also known as 71 Park Ave. South, in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. A joint venture between NAVA Cos., Savitar Realty Advisors, Williams & Sons Group and LePera Equities Inc. acquired the site for $19.9 million, or $780 per buildable square foot. Zoned C6-2A, the site consists of two buildings suitable for approximately 25,573 square feet of as-of-right development. The joint venture plans to develop a 10-story, 22,507-square-foot mixed-use property on the site, with eight floor-through apartments (units which occupy an entire floor), a duplex penthouse and a retail space with 14-foot ceiling heights.

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Beechstone-Portsmouth-NH

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Beechstone Luxury Apartments in Portsmouth. TGM Associates sold the 428-unit apartment community to Forest Properties for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to launch a value-add strategy of interior unit renovations at the property. Built in three phases between 1973 and 1986, the property consists of 71 two-and-a-half story buildings situated on 54 acres. The property offers six two- and three-bedroom floor plans, ranging from 800 to 1,600 square feet, and totaling 430,142 square feet of rentable area. Richard Robinson, Jennifer Athas and Philip Lamere of IPA Boston represented the seller in the transaction.

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SOMERSET, N.J. — Colliers International has arranged 147,000 square feet of new long-term leases at two warehouses in Somerset. Owned by Cabot Properties, the single-tenant properties are located at 95 Clyde Road and 645 Howard Ave. Iberia Foods Corp. leased 82,000 square feet at 95 Clyde Road. The food and beverage supplier relocated its Brooklyn Bottling Group to the property from Carteret, N.J. The facility features eight tailgate loading doors and 24-foor ceiling heights. Additionally, Event Solutions International leased 65,000 square feet of space at 645 Howard Ave. The vehicle management services company is relocating and expanding its New York/New Jersey regional warehouse to the property, which features 8,000 square feet of office space and four tailgate loading doors. Both warehouses also include one drive-in door, new roofs, motion sensor lights, 100-care parking lots and access to Route 287 and the New Jersey Turnpike. Michael Markey and Jonathan Tesser of Colliers represented Cabot Properties in both transactions.

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park-west

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — The Texas A&M University System has selected Servitas LLC to develop 48 acres on the west side of Texas A&M University’s campus into student housing. According to school officials, the project will cost approximately $360 million to build and develop. The land will be ground leased to NCCD-College Station Properties LLC, a Texas nonprofit corporation, which will engage Servitas to develop the property, and contract with Servitas Management Group LLC to serve as manager of the development. Under the terms of the ground lease, NCCD-College Station will pay $18.5 million upfront to Texas A&M University, and future revenues are projected to average $20 million annually over 30 years. The facilities will revert to The Texas A&M University System upon termination of the ground lease. Raymond James served as the underwriter for the project and managed the financing process, which included coordinating the legal, structural and approval process through the issuer, The New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. Once the transaction was structured, Raymond James took the bonds to market garnering an overall cost of funds of 4.82 percent with a final maturity in 2047. The 48-acre site, which is currently pasture, is adjacent to a …

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TULSA, OKLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $7.2 million non-recourse, CMBS first mortgage for Park Villas Apartments, an apartment community located in Tulsa. The Class B property was 95 percent occupied at the time of financing. John Loshbaugh of KeyBank’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged the financing.

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SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — A report from SmartAsset, a personal finance technology company, ranks Fort Bend County, a county in the Houston metropolitan area, as No. 1 in Texas and No. 5 in the United States as the area with the most incoming investments. The data, aggregated from various sources including the U.S. Census Bureau, showed that the county ranked highly in several further categories including gross domestic product (GDP) growth, new building permits and municipal bonds. The county ranked No. 10 in Texas with a GDP growth of over $3.5 million from 2013 to 2014. Fort Bend also ranked No. 1 in Texas and No. 2 in the United States for the highest number of new building permits granted per 1,000 homes. From 2013 to 2014, the county had a municipal bonds index of 2.13, earning the No. 8 spot in Texas. These bonds have been used to enhance quality of life such as mobility, water and safety, and are responses to the high growth in employment and residential opportunities available in the county.

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Brandywine-Apartments

DALLAS — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Brandywine Apartments, a 100-unit, value-add multifamily community in Dallas. 4710 Lake LLC purchased the complex from Brandywine Investments LLC. Chris Deuillet of CBRE’s Dallas office represented the seller. The property is located at 4710 Lake Ave., east of Parkland Hospital and the Dallas Medical District, and is 95 percent occupied. Current growth at Parkland Hospital and in Uptown Dallas is driving demand for upper end and workforce-level housing in the area. Planned improvements could support increased rental rates and property value. The average rental rate at Brandywine is approximately 23 percent less than the average rental rate in the immediate area.

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1703-1705-Second-Ave-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of two contiguous mixed-use properties at 1703-1705 Second Ave. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The two five-story buildings sold for $22.2 million, or $1,498 per square foot, in an all-cash transaction. Previously home to Elaine’s restaurant, the properties, which total 15,350 square feet, feature one store unit and 16 market-rate residential units. The apartment units, which recently underwent renovation, feature stainless steel appliances, new hardwood floors, washers/dryers, new windows and new electric service. Thomas Gammino Jr. of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.

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