PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Indianapolis-based Duke Realty (NYSE: DRE) has acquired a 469,600-square-foot warehouse in the Northern New Jersey community of Piscataway. Constructed on 65 acres in 2019, the property serves as a storage and distribution center for Kiss Nail Products Inc. Building features include a clear height of 40 feet, 100 dock doors and 130-foot truck court depths. Thomas Kirczow of NAI DiLeo-Bram represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was also not disclosed.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Greystone has arranged a $47 million bridge loan for the refinancing of 28 Cottage, a 166-unit multifamily property located in the Journal Square neighborhood of Jersey City. According to Apartments.com, the property features studio and one-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, clubhouse and rooftop terrace. Cerberus Capital Management provided the loan, which retires the original construction debt issued by Centennial in 2019, on behalf of the borrower, New York-based Namdar Group. Drew Fletcher, Matthew Hirsch and Bryan Grover led the debt placement for Greystone.
SPOTSWOOD, N.J. — NAI Fennelly has negotiated the $40.2 million sale of a vacant manufacturing facility that sits on 58 acres in the Central New Jersey community of Spotswood. Jerry Fennelly and Patrick Dintrone of NAI Fennelly represented the undisclosed seller, which operated the facility from 1941 to 2020, in the transaction. The buyer was an unnamed institutional investor.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — A partnership between New York City-based developer SJP Properties and private investor David Werner has purchased Waterfront Corporate Center I, a 523,000-square-foot waterfront office building in Hoboken. The 14-story tower, which also houses 35,000 square feet of retail space that is fully leased, is part of a three-building, 1.5 million-square-foot campus that was originally developed by SJP between 2002 and 2014. With this buyback, SJP now owns and manages the entirety of Waterfront Corporate Center. Miami-based 3650 REIT contributed a $30 million preferred equity investment to the deal. Mack Cali Realty Corp. sold the building for an undisclosed price. Waterfront Corporate Center I was roughly 80 percent leased at the time of sale, while Waterfront Corporate Center II and III are fully leased.
PATERSON, N.J. — Brokerage firm Gebroe-Hammer Associates has negotiated the $22.7 million sale of Broadway Towers, a 118-unit multifamily complex located in the historic Eastside Park District in the Northern New Jersey community of Paterson. According to Apartments.com, the property was built in 1963. Units feature one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Debbie Pomerantz of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were limited liability companies, in the transaction.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — BHI, a full-service commercial bank that is the U.S division of Israel’s Bank Hapoalim, has provided a $36 million construction loan for 144 First Street, an 84-unit multifamily project in Jersey City. The 115,000-square-foot, transit-served property will be located in the Powerhouse Arts District. The borrower is locally based developer EPIRE. Fogarty Finger is the project architect, and Molfetta Corp. is the general contractor. Completion is slated for June 2023.
FREEHOLD, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm Sheldon Gross Realty has arranged the sale of a 199,000-square-foot industrial property that is situated on a 30-acre site at 235 Willow Brook Road in Freehold, located in Monmouth County. Jonathan Glick and Matt Leonelli of Sheldon Gross Realty represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. CBRE represented the buyer, New York City-based Saadia Group.
WEST NEW YORK, N.J. — CBRE has arranged a $135 million loan for the refinancing of The Capstone at Port Imperial, a 360-unit apartment community located across the Hudson River from Manhattan in West New York. Completed in January 2021, the property features studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units, as well as retail space and a 570-space parking deck. Amenities include a pool, indoor and outdoor fitness areas, movie theater and a rooftop lounge. Michael Sherman, Shawn Rosenthal and Jake Salkovitz of CBRE arranged the loan through U.S. Bank on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Veris Residential Inc. and an undisclosed global investment manager.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated the $260.6 million sale of a 675,000-square-foot office complex in the Northern New Jersey community of Bridgewater. The property houses the North American headquarters of French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, which has committed to the building through 2032. Jeffrey Dunne, Jeremy Neuer, Steve Bardsley, David Gavin, Rich Gatto, Fahri Ozturk, Travis Langer, Zach McHale and Michael Monahan of CBRE represented the seller, American Finance Trust, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, California-based AVG Partners.
UNION, N.J. — Locally based mortgage banking firm G.S. Wilcox & Co. has arranged a $103 million loan for the refinancing of a 428-unit apartment building in the Northern New Jersey community of Union. Gretchen Wilcox and David Fryer of G.S. Wilcox arranged the debt through life insurance company Thrivent Financial on behalf of the borrower, Russo Development. The loan carried an 18.5-year term, 30-year amortization schedule and an interest rate of approximately 2.5 percent.