HYATTSVILLE, MD. — Eastern Union Funding has arranged a $4 million loan for the refinancing of a net-leased BB&T bank branch in Hyattsville. The single-tenant bank is located at 3400 East-West Highway. Marc Tropp and Shai Romirowsky of Eastern Union Funding arranged the 10-year loan through a local bank on behalf of the borrower. The limited non-recourse loan features a fixed interest rate of 4 percent and a 30-year amortization schedule.
GAITHERSBURG, MD. — Elion Partners has inked long-term lease renewals with CVS and McDonald’s at Goshen Plaza, a 45,654-square-foot shopping center in Gaithersburg. Rappaport manages Goshen Plaza’s leasing strategy, physical plant and construction activities on behalf of Elion Partners. Goshen Plaza has recently undergone a capital improvement program that included upgrades to the shopping center’s exterior, landscaping and parking lots.
HYATTSVILLE, MD. — KLNB Retail has arranged the $20.5 million sale of The Shoppes at Arts District, a 36,000-square-foot shopping center located at 5331 and 5501 Baltimore Ave. in downtown Hyattsville, roughly two miles outside of Washington, D.C. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Busboys & Poets, Yes! Organic Market, Elevation Burger, Essential Day Spa and Big Bad Woof. Andy Stape and Vito Lupo of KLNB Retail Investment Sales represented the seller, ADH Retail LLC, and also procured the buyer, Cedar Realty Trust.
HANOVER, MD. — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and Principal Real Estate Investors (PREI) have closed on the purchase of a 26.5-acre site located at 7565 Harmans Road in Hanover, a city within the Baltimore-Washington Industrial Corridor. The site will be the future home of BW Gateway, a two-building, Class A industrial complex totaling 290,000 square feet. Upon completion, the development will include two rear-loaded buildings comprising 151,000 and 138,000 square feet. The buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, T-5 lighting and 45 trailer spaces. Construction on BW Gateway will start immediately. TCC and PREI have selected Robert Clements and Bob Smith of KLNB to lease BW Gateway. The design team includes general contractor Glen Arm Building Co. and architect MGMA. Matt Laraway of Chesapeake Real Estate Partners and Curt Stanton of Paine/Wetzel Associates represented the seller of the land, and Clements represented TCC and PREI in the transaction.
REISTERSTOWN, MD. — Greenberg Gibbons has purchased Reisterstown Shopping Center, a 167,212-square-foot shopping center in Reisterstown, for $34.5 million. The property’s tenant roster includes Mars Supermarket, Planet Fitness and a mix of national and regional stores and restaurants. Greenberg Gibbons purchased the center from a partnership including Chesapeake Realty Partners for an undisclosed price. Greenberg Gibbons plans to remerchandise the property and bring new stores and restaurants to the retail lineup.
DUNDALK, MD. — Greystone has provided a $26 million bridge loan for the acquisition of Three Garden Village Apartments in Dundalk, a suburb of Baltimore in Baltimore County. The borrower, The SilverBrick Group, will invest $4 million to renovate the 592-unit property, which will be renamed SilverBrick Townhomes. The real estate developer and investor plans to ultimately invest $12 million in multiple phases to overhaul the asset. Donny Rosenberg of Greystone arranged the two-year loan on behalf of SilverBrick Group. The loan features two six-month extension options.
BALTIMORE, MD. — Greysteel has brokered the sale of Federal Hill Station, an 11,450-square-foot urban retail building located at 1024-1030 Light St. in Baltimore’s historic Federal Hill neighborhood. The property is currently 100 percent leased to Blue Moon Café, Himalayan Bistro and Yoga Works on a triple-net basis. Gil Neuman led Greysteel’s Mid-Atlantic retail investment sales team in representing the seller, KL Light Street LLC, and procuring the buyer, Conflux Light Street LLC.
FALLS CHURCH, VA. AND HAGERSTOWN, MD. — Retail Properties of America Inc. (RPAI) has acquired a two-property portfolio of shopping centers in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. corridor for a combined purchase price of $72.7 million. The Oak Brook, Ill.-based shopping center REIT purchased the 138,000-square-foot Merrifield Town Center II in Falls Church for $45.7 million and the 113,000-square-foot Shoppes at Hagerstown in Hagerstown for $27 million. RPAI owns both Merrifield Town Center I and II and plans to redevelop Merrifield II into a mixed-use project that will complement Merrifield I. Shoppes at Hagerstown was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Best Buy, Party City, Dollar Tree, Five Below and Starbucks Coffee.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK CITY — Rockville, Md.-based Federal Realty Investment Trust has acquired the 70 percent interest owned by affiliates of a discretionary funded advised by ING Clarion Partners in a joint venture that owns six shopping centers. The purchase price was approximately $154 million, consisting of $130 million of cash and assumption of the allocable share of mortgage debt. The properties include Atlantic Plaza and Campus Plaza near Boston; Greenlawn Plaza on Long Island; Free State Shopping Center and Plaza del Marcado in suburban Maryland; and Barcroft Plaza in Northern Virginia. With this acquisition, Federal Realty has successfully concluded the the venture that was formed in 2004 and increased its ownership of the 820,000-square-foot portfolio from 30 percent to 100 percent.
BETHESDA, MD. — Congressional Bank, a Bethesda-based community bank, has closed five loans in three transactions for three seniors housing communities. The loans total roughly $11.6 million. The transactions include a $3 million bridge to HUD loan and a $1.5 million revolving line of credit for the acquisition and renovation of a 107-bed skilled nursing facility in New Bedford, Mass.; a $2.6 million bridge to HUD loan and a $500,000 revolving line of credit for the acquisition of a 67-bed skilled nursing and assisted living facility in Huntington, W.Va.; and a $4 million revolving line of credit in connection with the acquisition and operations of a 118-bed skilled nursing facility in Tucson, Ariz. Following its merger with American Bank with more than $800 million in assets, Congressional Bank becomes one of the 10 largest banks headquartered in Maryland, and one of the 15 largest banks headquartered in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area.