ITASCA, ILL. — Bradford Allen Realty Services has arranged the lease of a 42,435-square-foot office space for Epsilon in Itasca. The global marketing services firm is relocating to 1 Pierce Place from 1100 E. Woodfield Road in Schaumburg. The firm has 60 offices worldwide and more than 5,000 employees. With six offices in the Chicago area, the firm is consolidating its existing Schaumburg location with its office in West Chicago. Ben Azulay and Ryan Moen of Bradford Allen Realty Services represented Epsilon in the lease transaction. Azulay and Moen co-brokered the deal with John Boyle and Denise Orlando of Cassidy Turley’s Boston office. Scott Schroeder of Hamilton Partners represented building ownership.
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MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $26.8 million sale of Cedar Trace Apartments, a 372-unit property in Maryland Heights, a suburb of St. Louis. The sales price equates to $72,043 per unit. The property is located at 2000 McKelvey Hill Drive. Built in 1972, the property features 50 two- and three-story buildings. The average unit size is 1,158 square feet and the average monthly rent is $854. David Gaines and Alex Blagojevich of Marcus & Millichap, along with William Holman of the firm’s Missouri office, represented the seller, TGM Associates. Monarch purchased the property.
WILLOWBROOK, ILL. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $4.5 million refinancing loan for a 50,157-square-foot, flex industrial warehouse in Willowbrook. The property is located at 7100 Madison St. James Murphy of NorthMarq Capital’s Boston office structured the five-year loan with a 25-year amortization schedule for the borrower, a Boston-based equity fund. A life insurance company provided funding for the loan.
PLATTEVILLE, WIS. — ALTUS Commercial Real Estate Inc. has brokered the $885,000 sale of a 32-unit apartment building in Platteville. Pioneer Apartments is located at 1270 N. Second St. Dan Roseliep of ALTUS represented the buyer, Pioneer Real Estate Management LLC, and the seller, Pioneer Partnership LP.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital (MRC) has closed a $32 million construction loan for a mixed-use project at the former 266,322-square-foot St. John’s Queens Hospital, located at 90-02 Queens Blvd. in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens. The construction financing follows an initial $38 million acquisition loan provided by MRC in December 2013, which brings the total financing package from MRC to $70 million. Located along Queens Boulevard between 57th Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard, the property allows for 148,109 square feet of residential space and 118,213 square feet of commercial and community space. Once redeveloped, the project will offer retail space and 144 residential units. Additionally, the purchaser acquired the four-story, 89,601-square-foot parking garage located behind the hospital building, which offers 290 parking spaces and direct access from Queens Boulevard. After the $38 million acquisition loan closed, MRC offered a conditional commitment to fund the remaining renovation of the property once the borrower received approvals on all building plans. St. John’s Queens Hospital has been closed since the hospital’s operator filed for bankruptcy in 2009.
LANSDALE, PA. — A joint venture partnership between Advance Realty and The Davies Companies has acquired 2750 Morris Road, a 675,000-square-foot high-tech assembly and warehouse facility in Lansdale. The facility features 570,000 square feet of climate-controlled technology, assembly, warehouse and production space and 105,000 square feet of two-story office space. Additionally, the property features dual substation power feeds, systems for delivery of chilled water and compressed air, and five diesel generators that are capable of providing continuous power to the entire building without interruption. Current tenants include Vygon Corp., Metso Corp. and Fox Bindery. The property also has 350,156 square feet of warehouse/manufacturing space and 70,442 square feet of office space available to lease. Christopher Bellapianta of Advance Realty represented the joint venture partnership in the transaction. Greg Nalbandian of NorthMarq Capital arranged debt financing through Wells Fargo for this acquisition. Additionally, Paul Touhey, Brian Smyth and Drew Green of CBRE have been retained to lease the property.
NEW YORK CITY — Cignature Realty Associates has brokered the sale of a 43,160-square-foot residential building, which is located at 880 Saint Nicholas Ave. within the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Harlem. The six-story, 36-unit apartment building sold for $7 million. Peter Vanderpool and Lazer Sterhell of Cignature Realty represented both the buyer, 880 St. Nick LLC, and seller, 880 St. Nicholas Avenue Holdings LP, in the transaction.
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. — National Realty & Development Corp. has signed two new tenants, totaling 49,480 square feet, at Pohatcong Plaza in Phillipsburg. Marshalls/HomeGoods and Quaker Steak & Lube have joined the 562,000-square-foot shopping center, which is located at the intersection of Route 22 and Greenwich Road. Marshalls/HomeGoods held its grand openings on September 18 and occupy 42,430 square feet of a redesigned building, which was formerly occupied by Walmart. Quaker Steak & Lube, a motor sports-themed casual dining concept, opened a 7,048-square-foot restaurant at Pohatcong Plaza II in late August.
RIDGEWOOD, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of 759 Seneca Ave., an apartment building located in Ridgewood. The five-unit residential property sold for $2 million. Derek Bestreich, Lucien Sproviero and Steve Reynolds of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, a limited liability company, and the buyer, another limited liability company, in the transaction.
LACOMBE, LA. — Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Co. (WREDCO) has begun developing Tamanend, an 848-acre master-planned community that will feature office space, a college, retail, restaurants and single- and multifamily residential units. Tamanend will be located in the centermost part of St. Tammany Parish north of Lacombe, which is approximately 45 minutes north of New Orleans. Gulf States Real Estate Services is providing project management, marketing and real estate consulting for the project. Northshore Technical Community College is planning to open an advanced technology center and STEM campus at Tamanend.