Tuesday, January 26, 2010

HFF secures $13.1M refinancing for Worcester, MA grocery-anchored retail center


BOSTON, MA – The Boston office of HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.) announced today that it has secured a $13.1 million refinancing for Perkins Farm Marketplace, (top left photo) a 203,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Working on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of Centro Properties Group, HFF director Anthony Cutone (bottom right photo)  and senior real estate analyst Lauren O’Neil placed the fixed-rate loan with UniBank.

UniBank was the lead lender and worked with participants, Webster Five and Marlborough Savings, to provide the $13.1 million loan.


"UniBank is dedicated to the Worcester business community and is pleased to be a part of offering financing to Perkins Farm Marketplace. This is certainly an investment in local commerce as well as the Worcester community," said UniBank vice president Steve Anderson.

Perkins Farm Marketplace was redeveloped in 1998 and is 100% leased to tenants including Super Stop & Shop, A.J. Wright, Building 19, Flagship Bank, Burger King and Bank of America.

Situated on nearly 20 acres, the property is located at 867-965 Grafton Street along the Route 122 retail corridor, approximately three miles from downtown Worcester.

Centro Properties Group (Centro) is a retail investment organization specializing in the ownership, management and development of retail shopping centers. Centro manages both listed and unlisted retail property and has an extensive portfolio of shopping centers across Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

Contacts:

Anthony Cutone, HFF Director, (617) 338-0990, acutone@hfflp.com
Kristen M. Murphy, HFF Associate Director, Marketing, (713) 852-3500, krmurphy@hfflp.com

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