NEW YORK CITY — SCALE Lending, the debt financing arm of Slate Property Group, has provided Beitel Group a $305 million construction loan for an unnamed development at 355 Exterior St. in the Mott Haven neighborhood of South Bronx. Landstone Capital Group arranged the financing. The community will consist of two connected 40-story and 26-story residential towers totaling 515,000 square feet with 755 units. The Beitel Group demolished the existing buildings and completed excavation work after entering a contract to purchase the site in October 2024. Construction began in December …
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BOSTON — PGIM Real Estate has provided a $132 million, floating-rate refinancing loan for The Abbey Group’s Viridian project in Boston. Amy Lousararian, managing director at JLL Capital Markets, arranged the financing. The Abbey Group opened the 342-unit, 20-story community in 2015. Apartments are offered as studios or in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts as well as penthouse units. According to the property website, asking monthly rents for studios start at $3,015, and three-bedrooms start at $6,250. Amenities include a two-story atrium with 24-hour concierge service, two rooftop decks with …
RANDOLPH, N.J. — Woodmont Properties and Canoe Brook Development have launched leasing for WoodBrook at Randolph, a 199-unit community in Randolph, 40 miles west of Manhattan. The codevelopers broke ground in March 2024. WoodBrook at Randolph consists of a four-story, mid-rise building that houses 97 traditional units. The remaining residences are in townhome-style buildings. Amenities include coworking spaces, a resort-style pool, a game den with a sports simulator and a fitness center and yoga room.
Newmark Arranges $143 Million Refinancing for One of Makor Capital’s New Hampshire Assets
DERRY, N.H. — Newmark has arranged a $143.1 million Fannie Mae loan for Makor Capital’s refinancing of The Fairways in Derry, about 43 miles north of Boston. Newmark Vice Chairman Ed Belz arranged the deal. Makor acquired the asset, located at 1 Forest Ridge Road, in 2016. Fairways is a garden-style community constructed in 1984 that features 849 units across a variety of two-, three- and four-story buildings. “By refinancing, we take some chips off the table while we continue to own and further improve the property over the long …
Vanbarton Group Secures $250 Million Loan for Manhattan Multifamily Conversion Project
NEW YORK — Vanbarton Group has received $250 million in financing to convert the former Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York headquarters into 420 multifamily units. Eldridge Real Estate Capital Management provided the acquisition and construction loan. The financing included the $103 million acquisition cost. CBRE’s Doug Middleton and Pierre Hills advised the archdiocese on the sale of the property, and Greenberg Traurig represented Vanbarton Group. The 20-story, approximately 400,000-square-foot building in the Sutton Place neighborhood had been the headquarters for the archdiocese since 1973 and was known as the …
WATCHUNG, N.J. — Boston-based real estate investment and development firm Marcus Partners has joined the team constructing Blue Hill at Watchung, a 230-unit property in Watchung. Sterling Properties and Danbro Properties started the project, and completion is slated for December 2026. Blue Hill at Watchung, located 33 miles southwest of Manhattan, is set on about 42 acres. The property will feature six buildings and an amenity clubhouse with a resort-style pool, fitness center, coworking spaces, indoor-outdoor lounges, a dog park and a golf simulator. Approximately 20 acres of the site …
INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Sage Investment Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $43 million sale of Woodmont Liberty Apartments in Independence Township 60 miles west of New York City. Sage’s co-founding Partners Steve Tragash and Greg Pine represented the seller, Woodmont Properties, and procured the unnamed buyer. Woodmont Properties developed the property in 2023. The 120-unit community is comprised of one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include smart-home technology, private patios or balconies in select units, a fitness center, pool, clubhouse, coworking spaces, resident lounge, dog park and an outdoor …
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the trade of York Farm Estates between seller, HVT Realty, and buyer, Westchester Management LLC. Marcus & Millichap’s Matthew Gault, Seth Glasser, Michael Turkiewicz and Michael Fusco marketed the property on behalf of the seller and procured the buyer. Built in 1996, York Farm Estates is fully occupied and sits on 8 acres. Units are a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. The property is located in Yorktown Heights, a city in Westchester County, 42 miles north of Manhattan.
NEW YORK — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has appointed Jon Burckin to senior business development banker on the equity distribution team. He is based in the firm’s New York City office and reports to Stacie Nekus, team leader for an equity growth initiative within CDLI. In this role, Burckin is responsible for raising capital and bringing in new investors for CDLI’s affordable housing equity syndication platform across the United States.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $5 million, off-market sale of a nine-unit property at 323-327 Columbia St. in Cambridge. Senior managing directors Evan Griffith and Tony Pepdjonovic represented the seller and procured the buyer. The three-story building was constructed in 1920 and is within walking distance of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.