New Jersey

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FAIRFIELD, N.J. — JLL has arranged a $10.5 million loan for the refinancing of Brookplace Luxury Apartments, a 36-unit complex located in the Northern New Jersey community of Fairfield. Built in 2020 and fully occupied at the time of the loan closing, Brookplace Luxury Apartments features one- and two-bedrooms units averaging 1,058 square feet with balconies and patios. Michael Klein, Max Custer and Gerard Quinn of JLL arranged the 15-year, fixed-rate loan through National Life Group on behalf of the borrower, an entity doing business as 74 Passaic Avenue LLC.

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GARFIELD, N.J. — New York City-based Ready Capital has closed a $5 million loan for the acquisition and stabilization of an 11-bay industrial property in Garfield, located in Bergen County. The nonrecourse, interest-only loan was structured with a floating interest rate, 36-month term and two extension options. The undisclosed sponsor plans to implement a capital improvement program at the property.

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MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Accurate Builders & Developers has broken ground on Morris Marketplace, a 140,000-square-foot retail redevelopment project located on the 64-acre former Colgate-Palmolive corporate campus in Northern New Jersey. Accurate Builders is co-developing the project with New Jersey-based DeVimy Equities Inc. Morris Marketplace will feature children’s play areas, pocket parks, splash pads and seating areas, as well as outdoor dining and recreational spaces. Committed tenants include German discount grocer Lidl, Starbucks, AT&T, Orangetheory Fitness and Restore Wellness & Cryotherapy. Construction is expected to be complete in the fourth quarter of 2022, at which point the space will be turned over to the retail providers to build out.

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PATERSON, N.J. — A partnership between multifamily developer WinnCos and Argus Ellison Group has begun construction on a $26 million affordable housing project in the Northern New Jersey community of Paterson. The 74-unit complex will be located on the site of a historic mill that was originally built in the 1870s. About 70 percent (52) of the units will be reserved for renters earning 50 percent or less of the area median income (AMI), while the remainder will be designated for households earning 80 percent or less of AMI. Construction is scheduled for a late-2022 completion.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — New York City-based Halpern Real Estate Ventures has broken ground on 49 Fisk Street, a 337-unit multifamily project that will be located near the Hackensack River in Jersey City. Designed by Minno & Wasko Architects and Planners, the community will feature studio, one- and two-bedroom units and roughly 50,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space. Specifically, amenities will include a rooftop terrace, a speakeasy-style bar, landscaped courtyard, fitness center and coworking space. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter of 2023. The Corcoran Group will handle leasing of the property.

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NEWTON, MASS. AND HOLMDEL, N.J. — Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (ILPT) has agreed to acquire all the outstanding shares of Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. (NYSE: MNR) for $21 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4 billion. The agreement includes the acquisition of $409 million of debt and all of Monmouth’s industrial properties. The transaction is slated to close in the beginning of 2022. Under the agreement, ILPT will add Monmouth’s 126 Class A, single-tenant industrial properties totaling more than 26 million square feet to its portfolio. The Monmouth assets have an average remaining lease term of approximately eight years. The portfolio is over 80 percent leased to tenants that generate yearly rental revenue of $169.4 million. ILPT cites geographic diversity and tenant diversity as benefits of the acquisition. Also, the merger will allow ILPT to improve its tenant base with renters such as Home Depot, Mercedes Benz and Ulta. “This accretive transaction more than doubles the properties in ILPT’s mainland portfolio and this scale is expected to expand ILPT’s growth opportunities and access to capital, which we expect will drive cash flow growth and long-term value for our shareholders,” says John Murray, chief executive officer of …

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ISELIN, N.J. — Opal Holdings LLC will renovate Metropark194, a 452,133-square-foot office building in the Northern New Jersey community of Iselin. Capital improvements to the nine-story, transit-served building will include an upgraded lobby, renovations to the café and the addition of a new fitness center. Avison Young will provide construction management services for the project. Construction is scheduled to begin before the end of November and to last about five months.

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EAST ORANGE, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm Gebroe-Hammer Associates has negotiated the $113 million sale of a 641-unit workforce housing portfolio in the Northern New Jersey community of East Orange. The portfolio consists of 10 transit-oriented properties that are all located within two miles of one another in the city’s downtown area. Milrose, a private investment group based in Central New Jersey, sold the portfolio to Spaxel. Joseph Brecher, David Oropeza and Niko Nicolaou of Gebroe-Hammer brokered the deal.

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ALLENDALE, N.J. — New Jersey-based investment firm Tryko Partners has acquired The Allendale Community for Senior Living, a 299-bed facility located in Northern New Jersey’s Bergen County. The 146,000-square-foot facility was built in the 1960s and offers skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care services. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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MOORESTOWN, N.J. —OPEX, a manufacturer of automated machines, has purchased a 115,422-square-foot industrial building at 1224 N. Main St. in the Southern New Jersey city of Moorestown. Situated on eight acres, the property features a clear height of 22 feet and 12 loading docks, as well as proximity to Interstate 295, the New Jersey Turnpike and State Route 38. Scott Mertz of NAI Mertz represented the buyer, which will also occupy the building, in the transaction. The seller was Northbridge Partners.

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