NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has brokered the sale of a multifamily property located at 286 Clinton Ave. in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill historic district. The five-story walk-up sold for $8.1 million, or $29 per square foot. The 19,000-square-foot property features 35 residential units. Mark Spinelli, Michael Tortorici, Shimon Shkury, Victor Sozio, Jonathan Bermand and Daniel Tropp of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller, a Brooklyn-based real estate development and management firm, and procured the buyer, a real estate investment group, in the transaction.
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CLIFTON, N.J. — A private investor has acquired Harbor Freight Center, a retail property located in Clifton, for $5.8 million. The 35,000-square-foot property is located at 1016 Main Ave. Kevin Taub and Michael Lombardi of Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office represented the seller, a private investor, while Lombardi also represented the buyer in the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — Rittenhouse Realty Advisors has brokered the sale of The Corinthian Apartments, an apartment complex located in Philadelphia’s Francisville neighborhood. The property, which was fully occupied at the time of sale, sold for $2.5 million, or $131,000 per unit. The 19-unit property features a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with a shared courtyard area.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS — MJW Investments has acquired Gateway at Lubbock, a Class A, 744-bed student housing property located at Texas Tech University. MJW Investments closed escrow on Gateway at Lubbock on June 23. Gateway at Lubbock is the most recent acquisition associated with the $200 million student housing value-add fund established by MJW Investments. The company has acquired more than 3,000 beds in the past two years. Based in Santa Monica, Calif., MJW Investments is the majority owner of a $450 million diversified real estate portfolio. Over the past 30 years, the firm has developed and/or owned more than 5 million square feet and has a history of transactions in excess of $850 million.
HOUSTON — Houston-based Baker Katz has acquired a 2.1-acre property with an existing 13,000-square-foot office building located near the cross streets of U.S. Highway 59 North and West Little York Road in Houston. Located at 10810 Eastex Freeway, the initial plans for the property include the addition of a 7,000-square-foot retail space and pad site for a restaurant. Construction on the new building is slated to begin in 2016.
ATLANTA — CBRE Strategic Partners U.S. Value 6, a fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors, has sold a 17-story office building located at 201 17th St. in Atlantic Station, a mixed-use district in Midtown Atlanta. Since acquiring the property in 2012, the fund has increased the building’s occupancy from 48 percent to 91 percent. Technology companies migrating to Midtown Atlanta comprise the majority of the newly added tenants at the office tower, according to CBRE. In December, Worldpay US, an online card processing services firm based in London, leased six floors at 201 17th St. for its U.S. headquarters.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — NorthMarq Capital has brokered the $14.7 million sale of Summit Place Apartments & Townhomes, a 226-unit multifamily property located at Dunlap Street and Stafford Road in North Charleston. Robert Ranieri of NorthMarq Capital’s White Plains, N.Y., office represented the seller, a New Jersey family who wanted to sell the community to focus on their New Jersey assets. Ranieri also procured the undisclosed buyer. NorthMarq Capital previously originated an existing Freddie Mac loan secured by the apartment community.
REDLANDS, CALIF. — Capital Funding Group has arranged a bridge-to-HUD acquisition financing deal with Braswell’s Colonial Care, a skilled nursing facility in Redlands. At 243 beds, Braswell’s Colonial Care is one of the largest skilled nursing facilities in the state. Braswell’s Colonial Care offers rehabilitation, memory care, assisted living, independent retirement, post-acute rehabilitation, skilled nursing, long-term care and hospice care. In addition, the facility has a 32-bed sub-acute area for patients requiring complex care or rehabilitation. Erik Howard of Capital Funding LLC, a subsidiary of CFG Community Bank, originated the transaction. Capital Funding served as agent/senior lender in the deal, which totaled $13.9 million.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of a residential development site, located at 22-12 Jackson Ave. in the Queens’ neighborhood of Long Island City. Adam America Real Estate purchased the property from Diamond Service Corp. for $43.5 million. Zoned for 169,500 square feet, the property is situated near MoMA PS1, the 1.2 million-square-foot 5Pointz and a new 182-unit apartment building designed by ODA and developed by Jeff Gershon. A taxi company currently occupies the existing 33,900-square-foot lot. Ronald Solarz and Chris Matousek of Eastern Consolidated represented both parties in the transaction.
WYOMISSING, PA. — Cronheim Hotel Capital has secured $15.2 million in financing for the acquisition of the 142-room Hampton Inn in Wyomissing. The borrowers were Ayer Capital Advisors, an investment firm, and The Wankawala Organization, a hotel owner and management firm. The 10-year, non-recourse loan was funded at 79 percent loan-to-cost and carries a 30-year amortization schedule. The buyers currently own and manage a portfolio of 10 hotels totaling more than 1,000 rooms. David Turley, Janet Proscia and Jeffrey Pacailler of Cronheim Hotel Capital arranged the financing for the borrowers. Cronheim Hotel Capital is an affiliate of Chatham, N.J.-based David Cronheim Mortgage Corp.