PRINCETON, N.J. — NorthMarq has arranged a $16.2 million loan for the refinancing of two five-story multifamily and retail buildings in Princeton. The first property is located at 25 Spring St. and consists of 52 apartments and three retail spaces. The second property is located at 55 Witherspoon St. and comprises 24 units and two retail spaces. Principal Financial provided the funds. The borrower was a public-private partnership between Nassau HKT Associates and the Borough of Princeton.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the $114.4 million sale of Prospect Place Apartments, a 360-unit multifamily community located outside Manhattan in Hackensack. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include two fitness centers, a pool, game room, resident lounge and a business center. Jose Cruz, Steve Simonelli, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, J.B. Bruno and Michael Kavanagh of JLL represented the seller, Kushner Cos., in the transaction. The buyer was a partnership between Khosla Capital LLC and DKJ Equity LLC.
By David Simon, SIOR, COO, NAI DiLeo-Bram Having recently surpassed the one-year mark since COVID-19 reached the United States, we can now better assess the pandemic’s impact on our local office market. Reviewing a year of data and market activity helps paint a more detailed picture of where things stand currently and may be headed. The overall direct vacancy rate for the combined counties of Essex, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union New Jersey has risen 120 basis points since the start of the pandemic to 12.7 percent. Much of the space becoming vacant or available is higher-quality product; in fact the Class A direct vacancy rate has risen 180 basis points during the pandemic and is currently 17 percent. As a result, tenants looking in this segment of the market have a broad selection of high-quality office product. Sublet space has followed a similar trend to that of direct space, marking a 70 basis point increase since the start of the pandemic. More than 1.1 million square feet of Class A sublease product has become available during this period. Notwithstanding the statistics above, our firm recently completed over 28,000 square feet of office leases in Middlesex County, at 100 Metroplex …
SPARTA, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the $14.6 million sale of The Residences at North Village, a 60-unit apartment building in Sparta, about 50 miles west of Manhattan. The property was built in 2020 within the 90-acre North Village mixed-use development. Units feature granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a playground, basketball and volleyball courts and outdoor grilling areas. Stephen Tragash of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller, NV MF Holdings LLC, and procured the buyer, Sparta Residence LLC, in the transaction.
MONTVILLE, N.J. — A partnership between Diversified Properties, The Hampshire Cos. and 1026 Real Estate Investors has opened a 755-unit self-storage facility for CubeSmart in Montville, located in Northern New Jersey. The fully climate-controlled facility has a gross square footage of 98,000 square feet. Diversified Properties, as lead developer, acquired the site in 2015 when it housed a 35,000-square-foot office building and a 2.5-acre pad site. Hampshire Cos. and 1026 Real Estate co-funded equity for the project.
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Cresa has negotiated the off-market sale of Broadacres Office Park, a 393,000-square-foot property located in the Northern New Jersey community of Bloomfield. Originally built in 1976 and renovated in 2001, Broadacres Office Park consists of a quartet of four-story, 98,250-square-foot buildings. Amenities include a fitness center, cafeteria and a tenant lounge. P3 Properties sold the asset to ERCT Capital Group for an undisclosed price. Dennis Gralla, James Scancarella and Jonathan Marks of Cresa brokered the deal.
MOORESTOWN, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Moorestown Distribution Center, a 272,682-square-foot industrial building that is located approximately 10 miles from downtown Philadelphia. The property was originally built on 15 acres in 1990 as the headquarters for gift shop Sbar’s Inc. and was expanded in 1997. Building features include 34 dock doors, 189 car parking spaces and clear heights of roughly 36 and 21 feet. John Gartland and Jonas Skovdal of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, the Piperno family, in the deal. Boston-based NorthBridge Partners acquired the asset for $23.2 million.
PRINCETON, N.J. — Princeton Insurance Co. has sold 742 and 746 Alexander Road, the company’s two-building, 110,000-square-foot office complex in its namesake town. Kevin O’Hearn, Jose Cruz, Thomas Romano, Michael Oliver and Steve Simonelli of JLL represented the owner and tenant in the transaction. The complex consists of a 50,000 and 60,000-square-foot building and amenities such as a fitness center and a cafeteria. Strategic Funding Alternatives LLC purchased the property for an undisclosed price.
UNION, N.J. — G.S. Wilcox, a commercial mortgage banking firm based in Northern New Jersey, has arranged a $49.8 million construction loan for a 266-unit multifamily project in Union, a suburb of Newark. The project represents Phase II of an existing multifamily development. Gretchen Wilcox, Albert Raymond and Wesley Wilcox of G.S. Wilcox arranged the floating-rate loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The direct lender was also not disclosed.
CARLSTADT, N.J. — Legacy Capital has purchased a 60,400-square-foot industrial building located at 2 Palmer Terrace in the New York City suburb of Carlstadt. The single-tenant property was originally built in 1977. Jose Cruz, Jordan Avanzato, Marc Duval and Mark Belenky of JLL represented the seller, Palmer Terrace Realty Associates, in the transaction. The sales price was undisclosed.