MANTUA TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Mantua Partners LLC and North Bridge Properties will develop a 10-acre medical office and retail project in Mantua Township, located outside Philadelphia in Southern New Jersey. Branded as Mantua Shopping Center & Medical Complex, the property will consist of approximately 77,500 square feet of medical office space and 18,000 square feet of retail space. Construction is scheduled to begin next spring and to be complete in the spring or summer of 2022. Soloff Realty & Development has been tapped to lease the project.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. — JRM Construction Management New Jersey LLC has completed the renovation of a 12,000-square-foot office building located at 371 Hoes Lane in the Northern New Jersey city of Piscataway. The project included a facelift of the lobby and atrium and the addition of new amenities such as a grab-and-go café and a fitness center with locker rooms. Greenway Properties LLC owns the three-story building.
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The Kislak Company Inc. has brokered the $16.4 million sale of Twin Ponds, a 75-unit active adult community in Hamilton Township, located outside Trenton. Justin Lupo and Jason Pucci of Kislak represented the sellers, Crestwood Ventures LLC and Crestwood Ventures II LLC, in the transaction. The buyer, an affiliate of The Kamson Corp., plans to expand the property with a 69-unit third phase. Twin Ponds was fully occupied at the time of sale.
PATERSON, N.J. — Newmark has arranged the $34 million sale of a 120,000-square-foot retail building leased to Home Depot in the Northern New Jersey city of Paterson. The property is situated on 10 acres at 75 McLean Blvd. Matt Berres, Samer Khalil and Steven Schultz of Newmark represented the seller, a private family office, in the transaction. The name and representative of the institutional buyer were not disclosed.
SOMERS POINT, N.J. — Target will open a 101,000-square-foot store at Somers Point Plaza, a 279,026-square-foot retail power center in Southern New Jersey. The Minneapolis-based retailer will backfill a space formerly occupied by Kmart. Richard Soloff of Soloff Realty & Development Inc. represented the landlord, Philadelphia-based Brahin Properties Inc., in the lease negotiations. Other tenants at Somers Point Plaza include CME Markets, PetSmart, West Marine, Big Lots, Verizon Wireless and Chipotle Mexican Grill.
SOMERSET, N.J. — NAI DiLeo-Bram has negotiated a 308,000-square-foot industrial lease at 481 Weston Canal Road in the Northern New Jersey city of Somerset. Bridge Development Partners recently completed the property, which is located within the three-building Bridge Point Somerset development. Building features include 36-foot clear heights, 78 trailer stalls, 50 loading docks and proximity to Interstate 287 and the New Jersey Turnpike. Eric Bram Johnston and Christopher Galiano of NAI DiLeo-Bram represented the tenant, an undisclosed furniture manufacturer that is relocating from Edison, in the lease negotiations. JLL represented Bridge Development Partners.
BURLINGTON, N.J. — A partnership between an affiliate of Endurance Real Estate Group and Boston-based Cabot Properties has broken ground on a 289,042-square-foot speculative industrial project in Burlington, about 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The 56.6-acre site at 2609 Rancocas Road will house two warehouses that are expected to be complete in the fourth quarter of 2021. Building I will feature 217,986 square feet, 36-foot clear heights, 180 car parking spaces and 28 trailer parking spaces. Building II will total 71,056 square feet and will offer 32-foot clear heights and 69 car parking spaces. John Plower, Nate Demetsky and Ryan Cottone represented the development team in the acquisition of the land. Newmark represented the seller of the land.
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. — Bridge Development Partners has sold Phase I of Bridge Point 78, an industrial complex in Phillipsburg that consists of approximately 2.2 million square feet across four buildings. Phase I was completed in 2019 and is part of a larger, 3.8 million-square-foot development. Bridge Development secured Japanese clothing manufacturer and retailer UNIQLO as an anchor tenant in October 2019. Beverage distributor Mark Anthony Brands also signed a lease for 419,460 square feet in April of this year. PGIM Real Estate purchased the property for an undisclosed price. Brian Fiumara of CBRE brokered the deal.
SAYREVILLE, N.J. — NorthMarq has arranged a $45.5 million loan for the refinancing of Camelot at La Mer V, a 273-unit multifamily asset located in the Northern New Jersey town of Sayreville. Gary Cohen and Marc Nevins of NorthMarq arranged the financing, which was structured with a fixed interest rate and a 35-year term, through a correspondent life insurance company. The borrower and developer was New Jersey-based Kaplan Cos.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD), an Atlanta-based cold storage REIT, has acquired Hall’s Warehouse Corp. of South Plainfield, New Jersey, in a transaction valued at $480 million. The Hall’s Warehouse portfolio consists of eight cold storage facilities totaling 58 million cubic feet and 200,000 pallet positions that are located throughout Northern New Jersey. The portfolio was approximately 95 percent leased at the time of sale. Americold, which also announced the development of an $84 million facility in Arkansas, now owns and operates 185 temperature-controlled warehouses with over 1 billion refrigerated cubic feet of storage throughout five countries.