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Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $85.5M Agency Loan for Refinancing of Northern New Jersey Apartments

by Taylor Williams

FORT LEE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged an $85.5 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of FIAT House, a 309-unit apartment complex in the Northern New Jersey community of Fort Lee. The newly constructed property consists of two buildings that rise 12 and 13 stories and house one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a golf simulator and cinema room, a landscaped rooftop deck with cabanas and fire pits, a library, a gym, coworking areas and private offices. John Alascio, Chuck Kohaut and Chris Meloni of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the 10-year loan through Greystone on behalf of the owner.

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Nuveen Real Estate Provides $47M in Financing for Manhattan Self-Storage Facility

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Nuveen Real Estate has provided $47 million in first mortgage financing for Storage Post East Village, a 1,959-unit self-storage facility in Manhattan’s East Village. The landmarked building at 444 E. 10th St. was originally constructed in 1928 as the Wheatsworth Building. Storage Post and its equity partner, Almanac Realty Investors, acquired the building in 2022 and redeveloped it to support storage use. Today, the facility features 78,812 net rentable square feet of entirely climate-controlled space. Steven Klein and Robert Tonnessen of JLL arranged the loan through Nuveen on behalf of ownership.

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REDCOM Breaks Ground on 56,170 SF Industrial Project in Marlboro, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams

MARLBORO, N.J. — REDCOM Design & Construction has broken ground on a 56,170-square-foot industrial project in the Northern New Jersey community of Marlboro. The building at 156 Boundary Road is a build-to-suit for owner-occupier 3PL Center, which provides logistics services, and will include four office spaces. A tentative completion date was not announced.

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Ionomr Innovations Opens 22,000 SF Manufacturing Facility in Charlestown, Massachusetts

by Taylor Williams

CHARLESTOWN, MASS. — Electrochemistry company Ionomr Innovations Inc. has opened 22,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Charlestown, located north of Boston. The facility, which includes research-and-development space, is located within Hood Park, which is a redevelopment of the former facility of dairy producer H.P. Hood & Sons. Ionomr expects the facility to account for the creation of 40 new jobs over the next three years.

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PLG Provides $45.5M C-PACE Loan for Atlantic City Entertainment Venue

by Taylor Williams

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — PACE Loan Group (PLG) has provided a $45.5 million C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) loan for Island Waterpark at Showboat, a 120,000-square-foot entertainment venue in Atlantic City. The venue opened in summer 2023 via conversion of a surface parking lot at the adjacent Showboat Resort and includes 10 waterslides, a multi-level children’s play structure, lazy river, four restaurants and three bars. The borrower, Bart Blatstein of Philadelphia-based Tower Investments Inc., will use a portion of the proceeds to pay down existing construction debt on the property.

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Realterm Buys Industrial Outdoor Storage Facility in Lehigh Valley

by Taylor Williams

ALLENTOWN, PA. — Realterm, a Maryland-based investment manager focused on the transportation real estate industry, has purchased an industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in the Lehigh Valley city of Allentown. The site at 925 N. Godfrey St. spans 4.2 acres, includes a 27,407-square-foot warehouse and was fully leased at the time of sale to Student Transportation of America Inc. Ryan Cottone and John Plower of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

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Resource Realty Arranges 30,131 SF Industrial Lease in Rockaway, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams

ROCKAWAY, N.J. — Resource Realty of Northern New Jersey has arranged a 30,131-square-foot industrial lease in Rockaway, about 35 miles west of New York City. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 400 Forge Way was completed in 1986 and totals 73,131 square feet. Brian Wilson and Scott Peck of Resource Realty represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the tenant were not disclosed.

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Gilbane Tops Out 19,335 SF Academic Project in Metro Boston

by Taylor Williams

NEWTON, MASS. — Gilbane Building Co. has topped out a 19,335-square-foot academic project in metro Boston. The building is a new dining hall for students at The Fessenden School, a K-12 establishment in Newton, located just west of the state capital. The building will feature an all-electric kitchen and a flexible design that divides the dining room into two zones separated by a central servery and flex bar.

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Brookfield to Acquire Peakstone Realty Trust in $1.2B Transaction

by John Nelson

NEW YORK CITY AND EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) has entered into a definitive agreement in which one of the firm’s private real estate funds will acquire the outstanding shares of Peakstone Realty Trust (NYSE: PKST), an industrial REIT that has a strategic focus on the industrial outdoor storage (IOS) sector. The El Segundo-based company, which sold off its final office assets in December, currently owns 76 industrial properties, including 60 IOS assets. At a proposed price of $21 per share, the all-cash transaction represents an implied enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion. The price represents a 34 percent premium relative to Peakstone’s share price on Jan. 30, the last full trading day prior to the announcement. “This transaction recognizes the value of our industrial portfolio and the progress we have made expanding our IOS platform,” says Michael Escalante, CEO of Peakstone. At the conclusion of the acquisition, Peakstone will be a privately held company and will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. Founded in 2009 as Griffin Realty Trust, the company was rebranded as Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT in January 2023 and then as Peakstone Realty Trust in 2021. For Brookfield, the …

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These tables highlight major office market indicators across North America for Q42025, including vacancy rates, rents, prices per square foot, construction activity, inventory sizes and capitalization rates. Source: Lee & Associates’ 2025 Q4 North America Market Report.
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Q4 2025 Demand Overview: Industrial and Multifamily Slowed, Office Stabilized, Retail Held Steady

by Sarah Daniels

Lee & Associates’ 2025 Q4 North America Market Report looks at diverging market demand across industrial, office, retail and multifamily spaces nationwide in the last quarter. Demand continued to soften for industrial spaces, while multifamily saw a reversal: decreased demand after seven consecutive quarters of strengthening. Office saw a slow increase in net absorption, but only after six years of negative absorption; retail demand was mixed. Industrial and retail spaces contended with tariff concerns, while all four types of commercial real estate saw either decreased or slowed rent growth in the final quarter of 2025. Lee & Associates’ full, detailed market report is available to read here. The overviews for the sectors below illustrate the market landscape through data on net absorption, leasing and development activity, sales transactions and rent growth, in addition to demand. Industrial Overview: Demand Falls Under Tariff Pressure Falling demand for industrial space continued in 2025 under the added strain of the United States’ aggressive trade and tariff policies affecting commercial property markets across North America. In the United States net absorption declined again in 2025 as tenant and rent growth fell to their lowest levels since the aftermath of the financial crisis. Meanwhile, inventory growth has been scaled back …

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