NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has provided a $219 million Fannie Mae permanent loan for the rehabilitation and preservation of Rangel Houses, a 984-unit affordable housing community in Upper Manhattan. Rangel Houses was originally built on 11 acres in 1951 as Colonial Park Houses and was renamed in 1977 in honor of tenant association president Ralph Rangel. Today, the community comprises eight high-rise buildings that are home to roughly 1,800 people. All units are reserved for households earning 80 percent or less of the area median income, with the majority (954 units) designated for “very low-income” residents. Rangel Houses also features playgrounds and open space, commercial space and specialized centers for seniors and children of varying ages. Matthew Baptiste and Heather Olson of Berkadia originated the financing in partnership with the New York City Housing Authority, the New York City Housing Development Corp. and Goldman Sachs on behalf of the owner, Genesis Cos. The loan was structured with a 15-year term, five years of interest-only payments and a 40-year amortization schedule.
SALEM, N.H. — Regional investment firm Marcus Partners has purchased a 155,000-square-foot industrial building in Salem, located near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. Completed on 16.4 acres in 2023, the building at 6 Industrial Way features a clear height of 40 feet and up to 28 dock-high doors. The building was partially leased to a local defense contractor at the time of sale, and CBRE will market the remainder of the space for lease. Marcus Partners acquired the building in an off-market transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of The Atwood, a 71-unit apartment building in Pleasantville, located about 30 miles north of New York City. Built in 2023, The Atwood exclusively offers one-bedroom units with an average size of 774 square feet and amenities such as a fitness center, lounge and a rooftop terrace. Eric Pentore, Victor Nolletti, Wes Klockner and John Horowitz of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
MATAWAN, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $14.6 million sale of Park Plaza, a 61,750-square-foot shopping center in the Northern New Jersey community of Matawan. The center was built on 5.8 acres in 1986 and comprises 20 suites. Seth Goldberg, Brent Hyldahl and Alan Cafiero of Marcus & Millichap exclusively marketed the property on behalf of the seller, and procured the buyer, both private investors from New Jersey.
NEW YORK CITY — Affinius Capital has provided a $226 million loan for the refinancing of 55 House, a 43-story apartment tower in downtown Brooklyn. The building houses 295 residences — 206 market-rate apartments and 89 affordable housing units — as well as 3,500 square feet of retail space. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a fitness center, rooftop terrace, lounge, media room and coworking space. The project was announced in June 2023, and leasing launched earlier this year. The borrower is a joint venture between locally based developer Lonicera Partners and New York-based investment firm Rabina.
REVERE BEACH, MASS. — JLL has arranged a $67.3 million loan for the refinancing of Eliot on Ocean, a 194-unit apartment building in Revere Beach, located northeast of Boston. Built in 2016, Eliot on Ocean offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, entertainment lounge, game room, outdoor grilling and dining stations and multiple outdoor terraces. Scott Aiese, Tom Sullivan and Alex Staikos of JLL arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through Bridge Investment Group on behalf of the owner, Invictus Real Estate Partners.
GLEN ROCK, N.J — Extra Space Storage will open an 891-unit facility in the Northern New Jersey community of Glen Rock. Shadowbrook Capital is developing the three-story facility at 161 Harristown Road, which will feature 92,175 net rentable square feet of space. Units will range in size from five-by-five-foot spaces to 10-by-30-foot bays. Michael Klein, Nazario Paragano and Michael Donohoe of JLL arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing for the project through Provident Bank. Completion is slated for sometime next year.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — The New York State Unified Court System has signed a 16,000-square-foot office lease in the Long Island community of Garden City. The space is located on the third floor of Garden City Center, a 200,000-square-foot building that offers amenities such as a conference center, fitness center, café and a tenant lounge. Ralph Guiffre of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Andrew Wiener and Robert Fisher represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, on an internal basis.
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Lee & Associates’ Q3 2026 Report: Industrial Rebounds, Office Stalls, Retail and Multifamily Gain Ground
After three years of new construction outpacing tenant demand in many sectors and areas, commercial real estate posted a mostly encouraging report card in the third quarter of 2026. Lee & Associates’ 2026 Q3 North America Market Report shows industrial demand nearly doubled from the second quarter, while retail and multifamily extended their rebounds. Office, the sector that had been staging a comeback, slipped back into negative tenant demand territory. Sponsored: Download Lee & Associates’ 2026 Q3 North America Market Report. Industrial Overview: Tenant Growth Gains in United States There has been broad general improvement across North American industrial markets, with demand for space rebounding in the United States. Third-quarter net absorption totaled 84,081,618 square feet, as more users gradually have set aside tariff and trade concerns that have hobbled tenant expansion since 2023. The third-quarter gains are an 89 percent improvement from 44.4 million square feet in the second quarter and a year-on-year jump of 172 percent. The third quarter’s growth brought the year-to-date total to 161.2 million square feet as net absorption has recovered from three years of tepid growth. Despite the increase so far this year, tenant expansion continues to fall short of absorbing the volume of deliveries that …
LAS VEGAS — Ranking No. 7 and No. 8, respectively, Manhattan and Jersey City are both among the Top 10 markets to watch in terms of overall real estate prospects, according to the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2027 report, which is jointly produced every year by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and accounting firm PwC. No other Northeast cities or municipalities cracked the Top 20, although the Northern New Jersey region as a whole secured the No. 15 spot. According to the report’s authors, Manhattan’s ranking represents major improvement in real estate fundamentals across numerous asset classes; the borough ranked as low as 42nd in 2022. More specifically, the report stated that “Manhattan’s recovery is among the most diversified of the profiled markets, with simultaneous strengthening across [the] office, retail and tourism [sectors] and a substantial infrastructure pipeline that reinforces the market’s long-term competitive position.” As the largest U.S. office market by inventory, Manhattan has always had the toughest road to recovery in the post-COVID era. However, absorption found a fresh catalyst in 2025 and 2026 in the form of AI [artificial intelligence] companies, which accounted for 2.8 million square feet of leasing activity in 2026 alone and 3.8 …
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