NEW YORK CITY — New York REIT has entered into an agreement to purchase Twitter’s headquarters in Manhattan. Located at 245-249 West 17th St., the asset includes a 12-story office tower and an adjacent six-story mixed-use building. The properties total approximately 282,000 square feet of rental space. In addition to Twitter, Room & Board Inc. and Flywheel Sports occupy portions of the building. Adam Spies and Doug Harmon of Eastdil Secured represented the seller, Savanna, in the transaction.
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FAIRLESS HILLS, PA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Hidden Forest Apartments, a 238-unit multifamily community located in Fairless Hills. TGM Associates sold the property for a New York private investor for $21.3 million or $89,496 per unit. Built in 1967, the property was fully renovated and 98 percent occupied at the time of sale. Robert Miller, John McFadden and Matt Stefanski of CBRE’s Multifamily Division in Wayne, Pa., represented the seller in the transaction.
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — A joint venture between Keystone Property Group and Mack-Cali Realty Corp. has closed on the acquisition of 17-17 Route 208 North in Fair Lawn. The venture purchased the three-story, 150,477-square-foot office property building for $12.5 million from Mack-Cali Realty Corp. The building features underground executive parking for 114 cars, generous surface parking and access to NJ Transit trains and bus service. The buyer plans to enhance the building’s common area hallways, bathrooms and amenities, including an on-site cafeteria. This closing is part of a portfolio acquisition pursuant to agreements entered into earlier this year between Keystone and Mack-Cali to form various joint ventures to acquire the portfolio of several properties that Mack-Cali owns throughout New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.
BURLINGTON, MASS. — Burlington-based KeyPoint Partners has added 16 Boston retail properties to its property management portfolio. The properties, which are owned by Linear Retail, total more than 104,000 square feet and include four Newbury Street locations. KeyPoint currently manages 38 properties throughout New England for Linear Retail, ranging from small suburban properties to grocery-anchored shopping centers. With the new assignments, KeyPoint will manage 54 properties for Linear Retail totaling nearly 1.3 million square feet.
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has arranged an $11.4 million HUD 213 loan for the construction of Applewood Pointe Cooperative of Bloomington at Valley West, a 77-unit senior cooperative project located in Bloomington. United Properties is the developer of the project. Dougherty’s Minneapolis office arranged the 40-year loan. The cooperative site is located near a variety of shopping, dining and recreational opportunities. This is the fourth cooperative construction loan financed by Dougherty Mortgage for United Properties.
SEVILLE, OHIO — Global Healthcare REIT Inc., a Utah corporation, has agreed to acquire the Meadowview Nursing Home in Seville, approximately 40 miles south of Cleveland, for $3 million. The 27,500-square-foot facility, situated on five acres, is licensed for 100 skilled nursing beds. The purchase agreement is subject to satisfactory completion of a 45-day inspection period and other conditions. Global will need to secure financing to cover a portion of the purchase price. The closing is scheduled to occur on Sept. 30. Global intends to lease the facility to a unaffiliated third-party operator. The Meadowview acquisition increases Global’s portfolio to five properties. The company expects to acquire several additional properties this quarter.
WESTLAND, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $2.8 million loan to refinance the Bayview Market Place Center, a 21,024-square-foot shopping center in Westland, located approximately 20 miles west of Detroit. The complex consists of two buildings situated on nearly one acre. Dave Dismondy of Bernard Financial Group arranged the loan for the borrower, Westland Associates Partners LLC, with a CMBS lender.
JOLIET, ILL. —Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $753,500 sale of an 18,435 square-foot medical office property in Joliet. The multi-tenant building is located at 310 N. Hammes Ave. The property is a few blocks east of Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center.Jonathan Hegwood and John Abuja of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago downtown office represented the seller, a limited liability company. An undisclosed buyer purchased the property.
LOS ANGELES – A 12-unit apartment building in Valley Village has sold to Venture One LLC for $6.8 million. The community is located at 5056 Laurel Canyon Blvd. in the San Fernando Valley submarket. It was built in 2011. The 1031 exchange buyer was represented by Roger Beck and Gelena Skya-Wasserman of Charles Dunn Company. The seller, Laurel Heights LLC, was represented by Peter Miller of KW Commercial.
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIF. – A 40,548-square-foot warehouse/distribution building in the City of Industry has sold to a private owner-user for $6 million. The building is located at 418 S. 9th Ave. within the Don Julian Business Center. The buyer was represented by Chris Tolles of Cushman & Wakefield. Tolles also represented the seller, Overton Moore Properties, along with Erik Larson, Robin Dodson and John Minervini of the same firm.