NEW YORK CITY — SBE and Moin Development Corp. are teaming up to build a new SLS Hotel in New York, the first in the city for the luxury brand. Crews will convert an existing office building into a 190-room hotel located at 444 Park Ave. South in Manhattan. The hotel will also feature bar venues in the lobby and a restaurant concept on the rooftop. It will be the third SLS Hotel in the U.S. and is slated to open by 2013. The reported cost of construction is $85 million
NEW YORK CITY — TreeTop Development has purchased a 52-unit apartment building with 12,000 square feet of retail and commercial space in Manhattan for $8.8 million. TreeTop plans to invest $2.5 million in upgrades to the property, which is located at 165 West 127th St. Apartment rents at the property will start at $1,600 for one-bedroom units and $1,800 for two-bedroom units. Three-bedroom units will be priced at $2,200.
LEXINGTON, MASS. — Stone River Properties has purchased the Marrett Square shopping center in Lexington for $2.52 million. Tenants at the 16,791-square-foot retail center include Anton's Cleaners and Boston Nail & Spa. The center is also located 1.5 miles from Interstate 95. Robert Tito and Gina Barroso of NAI Hunneman represented the seller, Camblex Realty Trust, in the transaction. They also procured the buyer.
STANTON, DEL. — Bernie Kenny of FSSC has purchased the First State Plaza in Stanton, a 164,779-square-foot shopping center. Kenny is the founder of Delaware Supermarkets, a company that operates five ShopRite supermarkets in Delaware. First State Plaza is anchored by a ShopRite supermarket and tenants also include Cinemark, Dollar Tree and the U.S. Post office. The new owner plans to renovate the property and include the installation of a bus shelter. Jeff Dunne of CBRE Group represented the seller, USRP I LLC, in the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — Children's Crisis Treatment Center has signed a lease for 43,673 square feet at the Waterview Corporate Center at 1080 North Delaware Ave. in Philadelphia. The nonprofit agency will consolidate three other Philadelphia locations into the new space this fall. Currently, the offices are located at 1823 Callowhill St., 1830 Callowhill St. and 417 N. 8th St. Peter Soens and Peter Shrier of SSH Real Estate represented the tenant in the transaction. Neil Brazitis and Les Hagget of Newmark Knight Frank Smith Mack represented the landlord, Core Realty Inc.
THE WOODLANDS — The Woodlands Development Company, a subsidiary of The Howard Hughes Corporation, has plans to break ground on a 66-acre mixed-use property called Hughes Landing at Lake Woodlands, located in The Woodlands. The mixed-use property is slated to have eight office buildings, a boutique hotel, retail and entertainment venues and multifamily housing. Construction of the first office building, the 195,227-square-foot One Hughes Landing, is expected to begin this fall and finish in the fourth quarter of 2013. Houston-based Gensler designed the facility to achieve LEED Silver certification.
TEMPLE — Panda Temple Power has completed the financing for a planned, 758-megawatt power plant, located on a 250-acre site at the Synergy Industrial Park in Temple. The property, known as the Temple Generating Station, is slated to become operational by the end of 2014. The new plant is expected to contribute up to $1.6 billion in the first 10 years of operation and add about 700-800 jobs. Panda Power Funds and other financial institutions provided equity financing. Bechtel and Siemens Energy have been selected to build the generation facility.
PLANO — HFF has arranged $11.76 million in financing for the 138,154-square-foot Legacy Drive Village, a shopping center located at 7000 Independence Parkway in Plano. Kroger Signature anchors the 92 percent-leased center, which includes other tenants such as Domino's Pizza, Dunkin Donuts, Einstein Brother's Bagels, Palm Beach Tan and Subway. Travis Anderson of HFF arranged the 10-year loan through Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. on behalf of the borrower, a Cencor Realty Services joint venture.
HOUSTON — NorthMarq Capital has secured first mortgage refinancing for the 255-room Hotel Sorella, located in the CITYCENTRE development in Houston. John Burke and Chad Owens of NorthMarq Capital's Houston office arranged the 10-year loan through a CMBS lender on behalf of the borrower, CITYCENTRE HOTEL PARTNERS. The loan includes two restaurants located at the base of the hotel: Yard House and Straits Restaurant. The hotel is managed by Houston-based Valencia Group.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 1,440-square-foot Starbucks, located at 3330 Oak Lawn Ave. in Dallas. Philip Levy of Marcus & Millichap's Fort Worth office represented the seller, a personal trust, in the transaction and procured the buyer, a partnership.