JACKSON, MISS. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $2.6 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Southbrook Gardens Apartments, a 100-unit affordable housing community in Jackson. Dougherty Mortgage’s Austin, Texas, office arranged the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Daniel Lake Partners LP.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Commerce Tower Group LLC (CTG) has plans to convert Commerce Tower at 911 Main St. in Kansas City to a mixed-use property. The plans call for 160,000 square feet of office space and approximately 265 Class A apartment units that will cost an estimated $70 million. The first floor will be converted to retail space, while offices will remain on floors 2-14 and 24-30. Apartments will be located on floors 15-23.The office space is slated for a summer 2014 completion, with the entire project to be delivered by spring of 2015. Additional amenities include a fitness facility, conference rooms and a rooftop green space and pool. CTG has selected Cassidy Turley to provide project leasing and management services for Commerce Tower at 911 Main St. in Kansas City. The team of Michael Lanning, senior vice president, Thomas Houts, vice president, and Jeffrey Winters, associate vice president, will serve as the leasing agents for the 463,495-square-foot building.
BLUE SPRINGS, MO. — Arbor Commercial Funding LLC has closed an $11.4 million loan for Brookwood Village Townhomes, a 200-unit multifamily property in Blue Springs, an eastern suburb of Kansas City. The 10-year Fannie Mae DUS loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule. The multifamily property includes a community gazebo located in the center of a cul-de-sac.
MORTON GROVE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $7.6 million sale of Lonore Plaza, a 36,505-square-foot retail property located in Morton Grove, about 15 miles northwest of Chicago. Austin Weisenbeck and Sean Sharko, investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap’s Oak Brook office, represented the buyer, an investment company, and the seller, a private investor. Lonore Plaza, located at 7132 Dempster St., was more than 91 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tenants include Bedding Experts, Drycleaning Factory, Subway and Betty’s Bistro.
EDEN PRAIRE, MINN. — DSW Shoe Warehouse has signed a lease for 18,852 square feet at the Eden Prairie Center in suburban Minneapolis. The new DSW will be located at 8251 Flying Cloud Drive in Eden Prairie. DSW is planning a third quarter 2014 opening date.SRS Real Estate Partners' Minneapolis office represented the tenant, DSW Shoe Warehouse, in the transaction. CAPREF Eden Prairie Center LLC represented the landlord.
SECAUCUS, N.J. — Affiliates of the Harbor Group International LLC have acquired 100 Plaza Drive, a 265,000-square-foot, four-story office building in Secaucus, for $47 million. Hartz Mountain sold the property, which is 90 percent leased. NBA Entertainment and Scholastic Corp. anchor the office building and occupy 81 percent of the total square footage. The property includes 105 below-grade parking spaces for tenant use, as well as access to a 1,250-space surface lot and 483-space parking deck adjacent to the property. NBA Properties recently invested $43 million in base building and infrastructure improvements to its space.
NEW YORK CITY — Massey Knakal has arranged the $45 million sale of The Boulevard Heights Portfolio, which includes four multifamily properties located in Manhattan. The sales price equates to approximately $185 per square foot. The buildings are located at 3489 Broadway, 519 W. 143rd St., 610 West 163rd St. and 548 W. 164th St. in the West Harlem and Washington Heights neighborhoods. The four pre-war properties total 205 units and approximately 242,740 square feet. Bob Knakal, Robert Shapiro and Josh Lipton of Massey Knakal arranged the sale.
NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has completed a 26,400-square-foot office lease at 101 Park Ave. in Manhattan on behalf of investment management firm Federated Investors Inc. The lease comprises the tower’s entire 41st floor. Federated will move into its space at 101 Park Ave. in December 2014, upon completion of its build-out. Principals Greg Kraut and Brad Totten of Avison Young represented Federated in the transaction. John Cefaly and Clark Finney of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, H.J. Kalikow & Co. LLC. Avison Young’s New York City-based project management team, led by Edward Walsh and Kirsten Beck, is overseeing the design and construction of Federated’s new office.
BOSTON — AKF Group, a full-service consulting engineering firm, has signed a 15,247-square-foot office lease at 99 Bedford St. in downtown Boston. Currently occupying 7,820 square feet at 41 Farnsworth St. in Boston’s Innovation District, AKF plans to move into its new larger space in spring 2014. The firm will occupy the entire second floor of the five-story, 84,000-square-foot standalone office building.Brandon Leitner and Rick Lowe of Cresa Boston represented AKF Group in the leasing transaction. Barry Dubé and Kari Panutich of Cresa’s project management group will oversee and manage the construction and relocation to the building.Ted Wheatley, Dan Cavanaugh and Brad McGill at Jones Lang LaSalle represented the landlord, Plymouth Rock Assurance.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Automotive thermoform supplier Corvac Composites LLC has leased a 100,000-square-foot industrial building in the San Antonio suburb of San Marcos for its new manufacturing facility. The property, previously the home of American Tire, is located at 2350 Clovis Barker Road. Corvac, which is headquartered in Byron Center, Mich., will begin retrofitting the building in January 2014 and will create more than 30 jobs with the March opening of this new location. The Greater San Marcos Partnership, the City of San Marcos and Hays County worked together to provide the company with an incentive package totaling $189,000.