LIVINGSTON, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has negotiated a 1,880-square-foot office lease renewal for legal practice The Durkin Firm in Livingston, a western suburb of New York City. The space is located at 345 Eisenhower Parkway, a 157,500-square-foot office building that offers a café, fitness center, lounge and conference facility. Joshua Levering of NAI James Hanson represented The Durkin Firm in the lease negotiations. Eastman Management is the landlord.
As an adjunct of the greater Philadelphia market, but with a population that supports its own industry, Southern New Jersey is the archetype of the suburban office market. While throughout the country there has been a trend of firms migrating back to urban centers, Southern New Jersey has held its own against its metropolitan neighbor. In some instances, this area has outperformed average suburban office market metrics. Rebecca Ting, NAI Mertz For example, the national vacancy rate for suburban office markets stood at 22.1 percent at the end of 2019. Midway through the first quarter of 2020, the vacancy rate in Southern New Jersey’s core of Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties stands at 8.7 percent. That rate represents a slight increase from year-end 2019, but is consistent with the 8.5 percent median rate for the market over the past four years. Market rents have been on a steady ascent since mid-2016 and now stand at $21.30 per square foot. The two primary submarkets of Southern New Jersey — Cherry Hill and Marlton–Moorestown–Mount Laurel (3M) — are both performing well and are approaching an equilibrium on the metrics of vacancy rate and market rent. Julie Kronfield, NAI Mertz Office space in …
NJEDA, Local Institutions to Provide Over $20M in Financing to Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19
TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has partnered with six community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to provide between $20 million and $30 million in low-cost financing to small businesses and nonprofits impacted by COVID-19. The CDFI Emergency Loan Loss Reserve Fund is a $10 million capital reserve fund that the NJEDA will use to take a first loss position on COVID-related loans that provide low-interest working capital to small businesses that have been negatively impacted by the outbreak. The NJEDA will back these loans up to 50 percent if they default in the future. Institutions including New Jersey Community Capital, UCEDC, Regional Business Assistance Corporate, Cooperative Business Assistance Corp., Greater Newark Enterprise Corp. and 1st Bergen Federal Credit Union will all participate in the CDFI Emergency Loan Loss Reserve Fund.
PRINCETON, N.J. — Keller Williams Princeton has renewed its 5,396-square-foot office lease at 100 Canal Pointe Boulevard, a 65,592-square-foot office building in Princeton. The Class A property was constructed in 1987. Kevin Coleman of Wolf Commercial Real Estate represented Keller Williams in the lease negotiations. Canal Pointe LLC is the landlord. Broker representation for the landlord was undisclosed.
PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Saadia Group LLC, a New York-based investor, has acquired a 135,668-square-foot industrial facility in Plainfield, a southwestern suburb of New York City. Located at 1700-1722 S. 2nd St., the property features convenient access to the Garden State Parkway as well as State Routes 287 and 78. The building was constructed in 1945. Jonathan Glick of Sheldon Gross Realty represented Saadia Group in the transaction. Second Street Associates sold the asset for an undisclosed price.
GARFIELD, N.J. — StorageBlue has opened a 650-unit self-storage facility in Garfield, a northwestern suburb of New York City. Located at 170 River Drive, the gross 60,000-square-foot facility is a redevelopment of a former macaroni factory. Piermont Bank financed the $6 million repositioning project. The company now operates five self-storage facilities, all of which are located in New Jersey and New York.
WEST CALDWELL, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $19.2 million sale of an industrial and self-storage facility in West Caldwell, western suburb of New York City. Located at 670 Passaic Ave., the property features 67,000 square feet of industrial space and 41,000 square feet of self-storage space across 760 units. Alan Cafiero, Ben Sgambati and Nicholas Bocchi of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The team also represented the buyer, a local private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
HADDONFIELD, N.J. — Markeim Chalmers Inc. has negotiated the sale of a 6,400-square-foot office building in Haddonfield, a southeastern suburb of Philadelphia. Located at 116 N. Haddon Ave., the two-story property offers multiple spaces for small office tenants as well as ground-floor retail space. Kevin Burns of Markeim Chalmers represented the seller, Hutchinson Engineering LLC, in the transaction. Haddon Equities LLC was the buyer.
HADDON HEIGHTS, N.J. — Premier Dermatology has signed a 5,214-square-foot medical office lease in Haddon Heights, a southeastern suburb of Philadelphia. Located at 500 Grove St., the 31,800-square-foot building was completed in 1975 and offers quick access to Interstate 295. Other tenants include clinical diagnostic company LabCorp, nonprofit healthcare company Virtua and American Water Co. Mike Scanzano of Wolf Commercial Real Estate (WCRE) represented Premier Dermatology in the lease negotiations. Ryan Barikian, also with WCRE, represented the landlord, 500 Grove Associates LLC.
An abundance of capital continues to flow into Northern New Jersey’s multifamily market, with most investors completing 2019 as net buyers and major institutions looking to remain active in 2020. Over the past decade, domestic and foreign investors alike have diversified into the multifamily space in Northern New Jersey and nationwide. The result has been a highly competitive playing field with limited opportunities. And with more capital in the market than opportunities to place it, many larger funds are now looking to make portfolio acquisitions in order to divest large amounts of capital at once. Brian Whitmer, Cushman & Wakefield Excluding portfolio deals, transaction volume for multifamily investment in Northern New Jersey reached $1.6 billion in 2019, marking a 38 percent year-over-year increase, with 4,846 units sold across 27 transactions. This rise in deal volume can be attributed largely to the “Mack-Cali Effect.” The locally based REIT made two major 2019 purchases in Jersey City — SoHo Lofts ($264 million) and Liberty Towers ($409 million) — that accounted for 41 percent of the year’s individual transaction volume. Buyer Patterns While larger institutions and REITs like Mack-Cali are active in Northern New Jersey, private investors still dominate the regional market. This …