NEW YORK CITY — Deka Immobilien GmbH, in a joint venture with New York-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., has acquired 522 Fifth Avenue in New York. Morgan Stanley sold the property for $170 million. The two-level asset offers 8,411 square feet of corner retail space with approximately 25 feet of frontage along Fifth Avenue. There is an opportunity to reposition and enhance the property, potentially adding approximately 16,000 square feet of retail space and expanding the property’s storefront by 44 feet. Robert Stamm of Savills Studley’s U.S. cross-border group represented Germany-based Deka in the acquisition. Deka has real estate assets under management globally on behalf of private and institutional clients. The total value of those assets is €25 billion (US$31.7 billion). This transaction is the firm’s first joint venture acquisition in the United States.
BELLEVILLE, N.J. — Rendina has acquired a three-building medical office portfolio, located in Belleville, for $14.75 million. The 128,006-square-foot portfolio is situated on the campus of Clara Maass Medical Center (CMMC), a Barnabas Health facility. The purchase allows Rendina to bring management and leasing expertise to the properties, and also provides Barnadas Health an additional source of capital for the development of an 87,000-square-foot expansion at CMMC. Rendina will serve as the developer for the project, which includes a state-of-the-art intensive care unit, new hospital lobby and custom-designed physician office space. Site work, including a parking garage expansion, began in late September. In addition to handling management and leasing responsibilities, Rendina will invest more than $2 million in capital improvements and upgrades for the newly acquired properties.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has negotiated $10.7 million in refinancing for a three-property multifamily portfolio located in Brooklyn. Totaling 33 units, the properties are located on Roebling Street, South Second Street and Bedford Avenue in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The five-year loan, which was provided by a national balance sheet lender, features a 3 percent fixed interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. Judah Hammer of Meridian’s New York City headquarters secured the financing.
POTTSTOWN, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Hanover Courts, a 92-unit multifamily property located in Pottstown. An undisclosed partnership sold the property for $3.95 million to a regional limited liability corporation. Located at 371 N. Hanover St. and built in 1965, the property features 16 studio units, 52 one-bedroom units and 24 two-bedroom units. Clarke Talone, Ridge MacLauren and Andrew Townsend of Marcus & Millichap’s Philadelphia office represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Huff, Niehaus & Associates has arranged the sale of an extended-stay hotel portfolio with properties in Indiana and Kentucky for $37 million. The portfolio of five hotels includes 583 rooms consisting of three Candlewood Suites and two Suburban Extended Stay hotels. A Chicago-based investment firm purchased the portfolio from C&L Hospitality LLC. Funding was secured through Arbor Commercial Mortgage LLC. The properties include: Candlewood Suites Indianapolis N.E., located at 8111 Bash St.; Candlewood Suites Indianapolis Airport, located at 5250 W. Bradbury Ave.; Suburban Extended Stay Indianapolis N.E., located at 8055 Bash St.; Suburban Extended Stay in Clarksville, Ind., located at 1620 Leisure Way; and Candlewood Suites Louisville Airport, located at 1367 Gardiner Lane. H. Brandt Niehaus of Huff, Niehaus & Associates represented the seller.
ST. LOUIS — National Asset Services (NAS) has arranged a $45 million loan to refinance a 315,000-square-foot office property in St. Louis. NAS led a group of tenant-in-common co-owners in a multi-tiered process, which resulted in a new property ownership structure and favorable refinancing terms. The process involved reorganizing and consolidating the group of 31 tenant-in-common co-owners and an additional 77 investors into a new limited liability company. The newly created company then became the borrower under a new loan provided by an undisclosed lender. The Class A property is located at 8555 University Place. The three-story, single-tenant office building serves as the company headquarters for Express Scripts, a manager of pharmacy benefit plans.
HOPKINS, MINN. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $5.7 million first mortgage loan to refinance an 83-unit apartment complex in Hopkins. The fully occupied property features remodeled unit interiors. Tony Carlson of Grandbridge originated the fixed-rate, 15-year loan, through a life insurance company for the undisclosed borrower. The loan required no personal guaranty and closed with an interest rate in the low 4 percent range.
AUSTIN — True Food Kitchen restaurant has signed a 7,000-square-foot lease on the ground floor of the Seaholm Residences, a 30-story condo residential tower under construction as part of the Seaholm Power Plant development in Austin. The project developers include CIM Group and Seaholm Power LLC. True Food Kitchen is a restaurant developed through a partnership between Fox Restaurant Concepts and Dr. Andrew Weil, an author on holistic health. Its lead chef is Arik Markus and the restaurant is expected to open in 2015. The Seaholm Power Plant project is the redevelopment of a 1950s power plant. When finished, the project will include 11,000 square feet of restaurant space and 3,500 square feet of public space. Construction began in April 2013 and is expected to be complete in the second quarter of 2015. The project is located on the southwestern edge of downtown Austin, bounded by Cesar Chavez Street, West Avenue, 3rd Street, Seaholm Drive and the A&NW rail line.
FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has arranged the sale of a 17,873-square-foot retail strip center in Farmington Hills. Courtyard Shopping Center is located at 32500 – 32522 Northwestern Highway. The property was built in 1989 on nearly two acres. Courtyard Shopping Center was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. Barry Swatsenbarg and Rich Deptula of Friedman represented both the undisclosed buyer and seller in the transaction.
HOUSTON — The Coats Rose law firm’s Houston office has moved to 9 Greenway Plaza from 3 Greenway Plaza and will occupy 48,000 total rentable square feet on the building’s 10th and 11th floors. The firm’s Clear Lake area office joined the new, expanded location. Ron McWherter and Paul Penland with CBRE’s Houston office represented Coats Rose, a firm with more than 90 attorneys across the states of Texas and Louisiana, in lease negotiations. April Miller of CBRE’s project management team also worked on the transaction.