BAYONNE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail property located at 563-567 Broadway in Bayonne. A private investor sold the property for $1.1 million, or $192 per square foot. The building features 5,600 square feet of retail space. Fahri Ozturk and Tyler Van Wagoner of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and buyer, a private investor, in the deal.
PRINCETON, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of an office building, located at 103 Carnegie Center Drive in Princeton. Boston Properties acquired the 96,000-square-foot building from Mack-Cali Realty Corp. for $15.8 million. The three-story building features flexible floor plans accommodating tenants from 500 square feet to 15,000 square feet. Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Brian Whitmer, Frank DiTommaso II and Andrew Schwartz of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction.
MARGATE, N.J. — Sims Mortgage Funding, a subsidiary of HJ Sims, has arranged a $6.4 million HUD loan for Margate Terrace, an affordable seniors housing community in Margate, a beach community near Atlantic City. The financing will provide cash for improvements and reserves. Margate Terrace Corp., which owns the property, can now preserve the Section 8 designation on the property. Community Realty Management is the operator. Margate Terrace Apartments was developed in the early 1990s under the HUD Section 202 Direct Loan Program. Its primary source of income is a Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Contract, which has a remaining term of approximately 16 years. The Section 8 subsidy is sufficient to fund operations and debt service obligations, but the project had growing capital needs that could not be financed from operations and current reserve balances. The project benefited from a PILOT (Pilot in Lieu of Taxes) and ground lease agreements from the City of Margate. The existing agreements did not meet HUD’s current loan program requirements and needed to be amended to recapitalize the project. Approximately $1.4 million in loan proceeds are escrowed for capital repairs, $350,000 was deposited into a replacement reserve fund and a 15 percent …
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sale of an office building located at 158 Bergen Turnpike in Ridgefield Park. Wooti Realty LLC sold the 4,500-square-foot building to 158 Bergen Owners LLC for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to relocate its fire and security systems sales business from Brooklyn to the new site. Anthony Cassano of NAI Hanson represented the seller, while Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the transaction.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Simone Development Cos. has entered the Northern New Jersey market with the acquisition of Prospect Plaza, a medical office building located at 385 Prospect Ave. in Hackensack. The company purchased the property in a bank auction for an undisclosed price. Simone plans to renovate the three-story, 62,000-square-foot property, which was built in 1983, to upgrade the lobbies and common areas, as well as complete façade work and energy management systems updates. The property is 52 percent occupied by medical tenants, including New Jersey Imaging Network. Joseph Simone and Joseph Deglomini of Simone arranged the acquisition.
ORANGE, N.J. — G.S. Wilcox & Co. has arranged $6 million in financing for a five-building industrial portfolio located in Orange. The properties total more than 115,000 square feet of industrial space, with the majority offering 22-foot ceiling heights. Gretchen S. Wilcox and Al Raymond of G.S. Wilcox secured the financing for the borrower, a private equity firm.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Eastern Consolidated has brokered the acquisition of a free-standing retail property located at 504 Kings Highway North in Cherry Hill. A private investor acquired the property from Phoenix Realty Group for $8.9 million. Walgreens occupies the property under a long-term triple-net lease. Evan Street and Matthew Leist of Eastern Consolidated represented the buyer, while Horvath & Tremblay represented the seller in the transaction.
PLAINSBORO TOWNSHIP, N.J. — KRE Group and Oxford Realty Group have acquired Addison at Princeton Meadows, a garden-style apartment complex located at 2821 Pheasant Hollow Drive in Plainsboro. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $73.3 million. Built in 1981, Addison at Princeton Meadows features 439 apartment units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts. On-site community amenities include an outdoor pool with sundeck, 24-hour fitness center, lighted tennis courts, basketball courts, a fenced-in bark park and exterior patios and balconies on each unit. Joseph Brecher of Gebroe-Hammer Associates arranged the sale and procured the buyer in the transaction.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Colliers International has negotiated the sale of 15 Corporate Place South, an office building in Piscataway. 15 Corporate Place LLC acquired the building from Corporate Place Partners for $9.1 million. Built in 1983 and renovated in 2013, the four-story building features 138,266 rentable square feet in 40,000-square-foot floorplates. At the time of sale, the property was 98 percent occupied by 75 tenants. Jacklene Chesler, Matthew Brown and Jack Callahan of Colliers arranged the transaction.
BOUND BROOK, N.J. — The Carlton Group has arranged $46 million in high-leverage first mortgage financing for Queen’s Gate Apartments, a recently built 144-unit apartment complex in Bound Brook. The stretch senior loan allowed the undisclosed borrower to pay off its construction financing and cash out of the project before the property reaches stabilization. Steven Weiss and Jeff Kosow of The Carlton Group negotiated the three-year loan for the borrower.