HOUSTON — Q10 KDH vice president Larry Peters has arranged $2.8 million in permanent financing for a mixed-use center in Houston through correspondent insurance company lender Symetra. Built in 1974 and located in north Houston, the mixed-use center offers 56,206 square feet of space divided into 75 percent retail use and 25 percent warehouse space.
HARTFORD, CONN. — Westport Capital Partners has acquired Goodwin Square, which includes a 30-story office tower and the Goodwin Hotel, in downtown Hartford for an undisclosed price. Bordered by Asylum Street, Ann Street, Pearl Street and Haynes Street, the 330,901-square-foot office tower is built over an eight-story, 302-car garage. The property was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and built in 1989. The 124-room Goodwin Hotel, which has been closed since 2009, totals 110,000 square feet and includes 24 suites, conference areas, a restaurant and a bar. The office tower and hotel are connected by a multi-story atrium. The name of the seller and the acquisition price were not disclosed.
LEXINGTON, MASS. — Linear Retail Properties LLC has acquired the Giroux Building, an 18,228-square-foot multi-tenant retail property in Lexington, for $10.5 million. Located at 1833-1853 Massachusetts Ave., the fully leased property is occupied by Via Lago Restaurant, Yangtze River Restaurant, Eastern Bank and Dellaria Salon. Connie Neville of Sperry Van Ness/Neville & Associates represented the seller, The Giroux Building LP, in the transaction.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Argent Ventures has received site plan approval for Baldwin Place, a mixed-use redevelopment in Jersey City’s Journal Square neighborhood. Plans for the redevelopment include 980 market-rate rental apartments in four buildings: two seven-story buildings that are part of the first phase and two 25-story buildings that are part of the second phase. When completed, the project will offer obstructed view corridors, rooftop pools, 36,447 square feet of ground-floor retail, a 502-car parking garage and bike storage locations. The property is within walking distance of the Journal Square PATH station and bus depot. Purchased by Argent Ventures in 2012, the site currently houses five commercial buildings originally belongings to C.F. Mueller Pasta Co. Argent Ventures plans to fully demolish the dilapidated structures in advance of the first phase of construction of the redevelopment. Genova Burns LLC is representing developer, Argent Ventures, and serving as counsel on the project.
MANVILLE, N.J. — Compass Self Storage, a member of the Amsdell family of companies, has acquired a self-storage center in Manville. Located at 55 Beekman Road, the property offers 45,000 square feet of rentable space, drive-up access, indoor climate-controlled units, individual door alarms, digital surveillance, electronic access, online payments, outdoor parking and truck rental. The acquisition was made by separate affiliates of Amsdell Group LLC and Compass Self Storage LLC. The name of the seller and the acquisition price were not released.
DORAVILLE, GA. — The RADCO Cos. has purchased Morningside Apartments, a 306-unit multifamily community located near the intersection of I-85 and I-285 in Doraville, a suburb of Atlanta. RADCO purchased the asset for $13.6 million using a combination of private capital and debt provided by First Tennessee Bank. Built in 1983, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 851 square feet. The community’s amenities include a resort-style pool, fitness center and business center with Wi-Fi. RADCO plans to invest $6 million to upgrade the property’s interiors, façade, balconies and roofs, in addition to expanding the amenity package. RADCO will also rebrand the asset as Ashford Walk. The seller was locally based limited liability company. Berkadia brokered the transaction. With this acquisition, RADCO has expanded its portfolio to 41 properties, with 23 located in metro Atlanta.
ST. PETERSBURG BEACH, FLA. — HFF has arranged $26.1 million in post-acquisition financing for Postcard Inn, a 196-room boutique resort located on the beach at 6300 Gulf Blvd. in St. Petersburg Beach near St. Petersburg. Located on an 8.5-acre site along the Gulf of Mexico, the hotel features a junior Olympic-sized pool with towel service, more than 16,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space, outdoor pool, table tennis, fire pit, arcade games, on-site parking, two fitness centers and three dining options including PCI Beach Bar & Snack Shack. The hotel was originally built in 1935 and underwent significant renovations in 2009. Dan Peek, Scott Wadler, Max Comess and Preston Reid of HFF arranged the five-year, floating rate loan through BankUnited on behalf of the borrower, CRP 6300 Gulf LLC.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — The Memphis office of Financial Federal Bank has arranged the $20 million refinancing of The Courtyard by Marriott in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood. Built in 2014, the hotel features 123 rooms. Rick Wood and Jon Van Hoozer of Financial Federal arranged the 10-year fixed rate loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through an unnamed national CMBS lender.
MIAMI — Aztec Group Inc. has secured $20 million in financing for Crossings Shopping Village, a 109,000-square-foot shopping center located at 13047 S.W. 112th St. in Miami. The property’s tenant roster includes Publix, CVS/pharmacy and You Fit Fitness Center. Aztec Group arranged the loan through a Florida-based bank on behalf of the borrower, Michael D. Friedman. The seven-year loan has a fixed rate interest rate of 3.85 percent and is structured with one year of interest-only payments followed by a 29-year amortization schedule.
LEXINGTON, KY. — Capstone Apartment Partners has brokered the $5.4 million sale of Lexington Villas Townhomes, a 152-unit apartment community located at 200 Alsab Court in Lexington. Built in 1972, the property was approximately 60 percent occupied at the time of sale. Denton Floyd Real Estate Group purchased the apartment complex from Alexander Properties Group for roughly $35,461 per unit. Adam Klenk, Andrew Klenk and Alex McDermott of Capstone represented the seller in the transaction.