WILMINGTON, MASS. — EA Fish Development has secured $22 million in financing to build Metro at Wilmington Station, a 108-unit apartment development in Wilmington. Tremont Realty Capital arranged the loan that was funded, in part, by an institutional equity investor and a local bank. The combination of debt and equity covered 98 percent of the total development costs.
NEW YORK CITY — Besen & Associates has arranged the $12 million sale of 172-174 Montague St., an 8,150-square-foot retail building in Brooklyn. Tenants include a Hallmark store and a pub, with leases expiring by July 2013. David Davidson and Lynda Blumberg of Besen & Associates represented the seller, a private investor who had at one time owned the Hallmark franchise in the building. The buyer was a local developer who plans to build on the site in the future.
BOSTON — Boston-based STAG Industrial has acquired a six-property industrial portfolio for $30.6 million. The buildings, which total more than 772,000 square feet, are located in Connecticut, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York and Texas. The properties include three warehouse and distribution facilities and three light manufacturing buildings and are fully leased to three tenants. The acquisition is the first transaction resulting from STAG's recent agreement with Columbus Nova Real Estate Acquisition Group to source sale-leaseback transactions for the company.
NEW LONDON, CONN. —Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London has purchased a 48,000-square-foot office building formerly occupied by Pfizer for $2.5 million. The building is located at 194 Howard St. and will be retrofitted to accommodate physicians who have been scattered throughout L&M's main campus. The renovations are expected to be complete in early 2014. Stephanie Pious of Colliers International represented Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in the transaction. Nicholas Morizio, also of Colliers, represented the seller, Amber Properties LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — Bergen Estates has sold 874 Bergen St., a 4,400-square-foot apartment building in Brooklyn, for $1 million. The property was built in 1930 and consists of eight, two-bedroom apartments. Shlomo Antebi and Joseph Landau of GFI Realty Services represented the seller in the transaction. Antebi also represented the buyer, a local investor.
THE WOODLANDS — The Lionstone Group has repurchased the Waterway Plaza I & II office buildings, two Class A properties located in The Woodlands totaling 366,000 square feet. The company owned the buildings from 2003 to 2005. The Lionstone Group purchased the properties through CFRE Partners One, a $252 million investment vehicle. Trent Agnew, Robert Williamson and Jeff Hollinden of HFF represented the seller, Daymark, in the transaction. Eric Anderson of Transwestern is handling the leasing for the properties.
DALLAS — Younan Properties has sold the 19-story, 398,767-square-foot Four Forest Plaza, a Class A office building located on Merit Drive in Dallas' Central Expressway submarket. CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer, Adler Realty Investments, was self-represented.
FORT WORTH — ML Realty Partners has purchased a 348,871-square-foot industrial portfolio, consisting of three properties located in Centreport Business Park in Fort Worth. Randy Baird, Jud Clements, Robby Rieke and Chris Selbo of HFF represented the seller, AEW Capital Management LP., in the transaction.
PLANO — Dallas-based Primera Cos. has plans to construct a two-story, 51,333-square-foot office building, a Class A property that will be located at 5151 Headquarters Drive in Legacy Business Park in Plano. The building is slated for a summer 2013 completion. Myers & Crow Co. will develop the property that was designed by Gromatzsky Dupree & Associates. Legacy Texas Bank provided construction financing, and Trevor Franke and Aarica Mims of Peloton Real Estate Partners are handling the property's leasing responsibilities.
ARLINGTON — SkyWalker Property Partners has sold the 78,660-square-foot Cordovan Park, located at 5840-5850 W. Interstate 20 in Arlington, in an off-market transaction to Texas Trust Credit Union. The property is 75 percent leased. SCM Real Estate has retained leasing and property management duties.
