WETHERSFIELD, CONN. — Avison Young has negotiated the $19.1 million sale of Ridge275, a 64-unit apartment building in Wethersfield, located just south of Hartford, that was built in 2019. According to Apartments.com, Ridge275 offers one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 850 to 1,230 square feet and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center and a resident clubhouse. The name of both the seller and the buyer, a Long Island-based developer, were not disclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — The hotel affiliate of New Jersey-based financial intermediary Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $17.6 million loan for the refinancing of the Fairfield Inn & Suites Center City Philadelphia hotel in the city’s downtown area. The number of rooms was not disclosed. The loan carried a floating interest rate and a five-year term with no prepayment penalty. An unnamed regional bank provided the loan to the sponsor, which also requested anonymity.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Colliers has brokered the $5.2 million sale of a vacant office building in the Northern New Jersey community of Parsippany. Automotive insurance company DOWC previously occupied the three-story building at 199 Pomeroy Road, which according to LoopNet Inc. was constructed in 1985 and renovated last year. Jacklene Chesler, Patrick Norris and Brittany Leventoff of Colliers represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Hunter Point Capital has signed a 46,000-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The independent investment firm is taking the entire 15th and 16th floors at 360 Park Avenue South, a 450,000-square-foot building. Peter Turchin, Gregg Rothkin, Hayden Pascal, Arkady Smolyansky, Ross Zimbalist and Trevor Larkin of CBRE, along with internal agents Andrew Levin and Will Stark, represented the landlord, BXP, in the lease negotiations.
FRAMINGHAM, MASS. — A partnership between two regional hospitality firms, Colwen Hotels and XSS Hotels, has completed the renovation of a 371-room hotel in Framingham, a western suburb of Boston. Originally opened in 1975 as the Sheraton Tara Hotel and known locally as the “Castle Hotel”, the property now houses three Marriott-branded, integrated hospitality operations under the following brands: Renaissance Framingham Hotel & Conference Center, Fairfield Inn & Suites Framingham and TownePlace Suites Framingham. The renovation featured refreshed public areas, technology-forward meeting spaces and three reinvented food-and-beverage concepts, as well as updated furnishings and bathrooms in all rooms and suites.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between two local firms, owner-operator Slate Property Group and investment firm Avenue Realty Capital, has purchased a 16-unit apartment building in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood for $32 million. The seven-story building at 45 White St. was originally constructed in 1868 as a commercial office and converted to residential use in 2009. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a fitness center and a children’s playroom. Guthrie Garvin of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The partnership was self-represented. White Oak Real Estate Capital financed the acquisition.
PITTSBURGH — CBRE has negotiated a 37,816-square-foot healthcare lease expansion in Pittsburgh. The tenant, Blink Health, a New York City-based provider of digital pharmaceutical services, is expanding from 53,076 to 90,892 square feet at the 148,000-square-foot Building 5 within Penn Center West, where Blink has been a tenant since 2009. Carmine DiLucente, Michael Stuart and Danielle Lafe of CBRE represented Blink Health in the lease negotiations. Adam Viccaro, Dominika Demantova and Charlie Must, also with CBRE, represented the landlord, The Soffer Organization.
NEW YORK CITY — Brown Advisory has signed a 15-year, 34,748-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The global investment manager plans to relocate and expand from its space at the building at 12 E. 49th St. to the entire 27th and part of the 26th floor at 520 Madison Avenue during the fourth quarter. Cynthia Wasserberger, Michael Berg, Bobby Blair and Sofia Bruno of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Megan Sheehan and Sam Brodsky internally represented the landlord, Tishman Speyer.
NEWTON, MASS. — Garden Communities, a New Jersey-based owner-operator, is nearing completion of Newton Crossing, a 292-unit multifamily project that will be located on the western outskirts of Boston. Newton Crossing will comprise three buildings that will house studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities will include a game room with billiards, conference rooms, flex lounge areas, a fitness center, golf simulator and a rooftop terrace. Marketing and leasing initiatives are now underway, although information on starting rents was not immediately available.
WILMINGTON, DEL. — CBRE has negotiated the $6.9 million sale of a 100,000-square-foot industrial building in Wilmington. The facility was built on a 5.9-acre site at 701 Garasches Lane between 1994 and 2002. Dan Reeder, Dan Rattay and Colby Reeder of CBRE represented the seller, Fibre Processing Corp., in the transaction. The buyer, Shaw Real Estate, plans to implement capital improvements such as new interior and exterior paint, new LED lighting throughout the building and site repaving.
