MATAWAN, N.J. — Hudson Equities Management Corp. has acquired an office property located at 90 Matawan Road in Matawan. Vision Real Estate Partners sold the property, known as Parkway 120, for an undisclosed price. The five-story building features underground parking, a dual-sided atrium lobby, an onsite café and sundries shop and card-access security. Prior to the sale, Vision Real Estate Partners’ brought the 210,000-square-foot property to full occupancy. At the time of the sale, Vision Real Estate Partners negotiated an expansion for long-term tenant iCIMS, which now occupies 83,900 square feet. The buyer and management team plans to renovate the two-story lobby at Parkway 120. The renovations will include updated finishes, new lighting and carpeting and the addition of a seating area. Vision Management will continue to manage the property under the new ownership.
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NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has brokered two sales in Queens totaling $4.8 million. In the first transaction, the firm negotiated the sale of a development site with approved plans, located at 14-23 Broadway in Astoria, for $1.95 million. The 25-foot by 136-foot vacant lot is zoned for 13,620 buildable square feet of mixed-use or residential development. Daniel Wechsler, Michael Tortorici, Howard Raber, Marko Agbaba and Victor Sozio of Ariel Properties represented the seller and procured the buyer, both real estate investment groups, in the transaction. In the second deal, a retail site at 175-42 Hillside Ave in Jamaica sold for $2.85 million. The 100-foot by 100-foot lot includes a 2,054-square-foot building that is leased to KFC Corp. on a triple-net lease basis. Additionally, the site offers a total of 40,000 buildable square feet for future development. Tortorici, Wechsler, Agbaba and Sozio represented the seller, a real estate investment firm, and procured the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — NAI Mertz has arranged the sale of an industrial facility, located at 2729 E. Butler St. in Philadelphia. Crown Poultry purchased the 11,800-square-foot facility from KTKS LLC for an undisclosed price. The property is outfitted for food manufacturing and distribution, complete with refrigerated cooler and freezer spaces. The property features 12- to 24-foot clear ceiling heights, a small office area, three tailgate truck doors with dock levelers and one drive-in door. The buyer plans to use the facility for food manufacturing and distribution. Jeffery Licht and Adam Lashner of NAI Mertz represented the seller in the transaction.
QUINCY, MASS. — Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) has signed a long-term lease for office space at Heritage Landing in Quincy. MTA will utilize the top two floors, totaling 46,000 square feet, as its new headquarters. The space is being designed to meet the needs of MTA. Project partners include Spagnolo Gisness & Associates Inc. and WB Engineers Consultants. MTA is slated to take occupancy of the space in November. Sean Lynch of JLL represented the tenant in the deal. Peter Brown of Campanelli along with Mike Frisoli, Matthew Morgan, Dave Martel and Molly Davis of Cushman & Wakefield represented the owner, Campanelli, in the transaction. Additional terms of the transaction were not released.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Berger Commercial Realty has brokered the $22.1 million purchase of 4.3 acres of land located at 1701 S.E. 17th St. in Fort Lauderdale. Alliance Residential Co. purchased the former Ocean World site from Art Institute Investments LLC. Alliance plans to develop a 394-unit, eight-story apartment community named Broadstone Harbor Beach at the site. The complex will feature a club room, swimming pool, putting green, fitness center, 2,700 square feet of retail space and a 4,600-square-foot retail outparcel. Alliance will break ground on Broadstone Harbor Beach in the second quarter. Steve Hyatt of Berger Commercial Realty represented Alliance in the land acquisition.
MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — Palmetto Park has broken ground on the inline space at Palmetto Gardens Plaza, a 63,000-square-foot shopping center located at 3799 N.W. 167th St. in Miami Gardens. The shopping center is anchored by Walmart Neighborhood Market. The owners of Palmetto Gardens Plaza have secured T-Mobile, Cell Phone Repair and Lee Nails as tenants. Palmetto Park expects to wrap up construction in the third quarter. Palmetto Park is a joint venture between DZD Palmetto, owned by Zvi and Daniel Shiff of DZD Holdings and Alan Macken and Andrew Verzura of VCM Builders to develop the commercial property. VCM Builders is one of several affiliates of Macken Cos.
COLUMBIA AND GREENVILLE, S.C. — Berkadia has brokered the sale of two multifamily communities in Columbia and Greenville totaling $7.3 million. The transactions include the $5.5 million sale of the 152-unit Shandon Crossing in Columbia and the $1.8 million sale of the 37-unit Hampton Harbor in Greenville. Warrendale, Pa.-based DBC Shandon Crossing LP purchased Shandon Crossing from Atlanta-based Varden Capital Properties LLC. Mark Boyce, Andrew Mays and Paul Vetter of Berkadia brokered both transactions.
LINTHICUM, MD. — DTZ has brokered the $6.5 million sale of a Class A office building located at 999 Corporate Blvd. within the Airport Square Business Park in Linthicum, a city in the Baltimore-Washington Corridor. Heritage Properties purchased the 67,384-square-foot property from LNR Partners LLC. Jonathan Carpenter, Nicole Keelty and Graham Savage of DTZ’s capital markets team in Baltimore represented LNR in the transaction.
BRADENTON, FLA. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has originated $9 million in financing for Ranch Lake Plaza, an 85,656-square-foot retail property in Bradenton. The center is anchored by Goodwill Industries Manasota Inc., which recently signed a 15-year lease and will open its store this month. Ranch Lake Plaza was 95 percent leased at the time of the transaction. Alison Williams of Walker & Dunlop’s Tampa office led the team that structured the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through an unnamed CMBS lender. The loan also featured two years of interest-only payments.
POMONA, CALIF. – Buchanan Street Partners has purchased University Tech Center, a 100,360-square-foot suburban office complex in Pomona, for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 3179 and 3191 West Temple Ave. Buchanan plans to complete significant improvements to the property over the next year. The building is 91 percent leased, with the County of Los Angeles occupying one of the buildings. Buchanan represented itself, while the seller, Invesco, was represented by CBRE’s Kevin Shannon and Mike Kendall.