MONTVILLE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 32,000-square-foot office headquarters lease for cooling and heating solutions specialist Fujitsu General America Inc. in Montville, about 35 miles west of New York City. The firm plans to move into the property, located at 340 Changebridge Road., in early 2020. Ben Brenner and MariaGrace Iantosca of Cushman & Wakefield represented Fujitsu in the transaction. Curtis Foster and Jerry Shifrin of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Real Capital Solutions.
EAST ORANGE, NEWARK, ASBURY PARK AND TRENTON, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the sale of a 1,035-unit multifamily workforce housing portfolio in New Jersey for $146 million. The portfolio benefits from high occupancy, 4.1 percent average annual rent growth and high resident retention. “The market demand for this type of property is as strong as we have experienced,” said Jeffrey Dunne of CBRE. ” Renter demand for well-maintained Class B apartments is also at historic levels and expected to continue for years ahead.” The sale included a generational collection of seven multifamily high-rise and garden properties, for a total of 1,035 units in the following locations: In East Orange, Washington Towers is a 14-story building with 197 units; Executive House is a 23-story building with 228 units; Ambassador Towers is a nine-story building with 161 units; Munn Heritage is a seven-story building with 75 units. In Newark, Parkview Gardens is a four-story building with 24 units. In Asbury Park, Munroe Towers is a 15-story building with 261 units. In Trenton, Lafayette House is a 12-story building with 89 units. Dunne, Gene Pride, Eric Apfel, Nat Gambuzza, John Veniero and John McFadden of CBRE represented the owner, Murnick Property Group, in …
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Kiss Products Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of nail care products, based in New York, has purchased a distribution facility in Piscataway, located in northeast New Jersey, for $65.7 million. The 469,000-square-foot property is part of Rockefeller Group Logistics Center, a 2.2 million-square-foot distribution center with other tenants that include Best Buy and Fujitsu General America Inc. Jules Nissim, Stan Danzig and Marc Petrella of Cushman & Wakefield represented the Rockefeller Group in the transaction. Greg Brown and Tom Kirczow of NAI DiLeo-Bram & Co. represented Kiss Products. Citibank, City National Bank and Shinhan Bank America financed the acquisition.
UNION, N.J. — Jeffrey Realty has arranged a 46,800-square-foot retail lease in Union, a town just southwest of Newark, for Burlington Coat Factory. The property, formerly a Toys R Us, is located in the West Branch Commons shopping center, which is anchored by a Lowe’s and other retail businesses. Bill Farkas and Mike Testa of Jeffery Realty represented the landlord, Urban Edge, in the transaction. Cliff Simon of CNS Real Estate represented Burlington Coat Factory.
MONTVILLE, N.J. — A partnership between two New Jersey-based firms, Camber Real Estate Partners and Advance Realty Investors, has sold 19 Chapin Road, a 529,000-square-foot industrial property in Montville, located in the northern part of the Garden State. The four-building property is equipped with a total of 88 loading positions, including 76 dock-high doors, 12 drive-in doors and clear heights ranging from 20 to 22 feet. A variety of industrial and shipping tenants occupy 93.7 percent of the property. Jose Cruz, Marc Duval and Jordan Avanzato of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. A partnership between Cohen Asset Management Inc. and Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. purchased the property for an undisclosed price.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Colliers International has arranged the $11.5 million sale of Washington Plaza, a Class A office property in Piscataway, located in northeast New Jersey. The 200,000-square-foot property is located at 1551 South Washington Ave. Eight tenants occupied less than 50 percent of the building at the time of sale. Jacklene Chesler, Matthew Brown, Frank Summers, Michael Tesser and Ryan Haggerty of Colliers represented the buyer and seller in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
PLAINSBORO, N.J. — Colliers International has secured a 90,000-square-foot office headquarters lease in Plainsboro, located just east of Princeton University, for global biotechnology company Genmab. The company will move its research and office space into two floors of the property, which is located at 777 Scudders Mill Road. Charlie Hatfield and Brett Incollingo of Colliers, along with Tom Romano of JLL, represented the property owner, Trawler Capital Management, in the transaction. Dan Spero and Craig Eisenhardt of JLL represented Genmab.
TOTOWA, N.J. — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 60,000-square-foot medical office lease for St. Joseph’s Health in Totowa, located in northwestern New Jersey. The space is housed within a two-building, 120,000-square-foot Medical Arts Complex that CHA Partners is developing. The property is on the corner of Minnisink and Vreeland roads, in close proximity to state routes 80, 46 and 23. Construction is underway and the facility is slated to open in early 2021. Brian Lynch, Peter Rasmusson, Jason Lynch and Joe Torman of Lee & Associates represented St. Joseph’s in the transaction.
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $57.3M Refinancing for Seniors Housing Property in Hamilton, New Jersey
HAMILTON, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $57.3 million loan for the refinancing of Homestead at Hamilton, a seniors housing community in Hamilton, an eastern suburb of Trenton. The building rises four stories and features 195 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care housing. At the time of loan closing, the property was 61 percent occupied with expected stabilization within 12 months. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner and Jim Dooley of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction. MidCap Financial provided the $57.3 million floating-rate, first-mortgage loan that refinanced the original construction loan and mezzanine debt with accrued interest. The MidCap team included Lawrence Brin, Andrew Lavinder and Kevin McMeen.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Edgewood Properties has purchased a 104,020-square-foot vacant office property in South Plainfield, just west of Staten Island. The property is located at 1001 Durham Ave. near I-287 and I-95, as well as Routes 1 and 22. The new ownership plans to either renovate the building and maintain its office use or redevelop the asset as an industrial distribution facility. Jose Cruz, Marc Duval and Jordan Avanzato of JLL represented the seller, ConnectOne Bancorp Inc., in the transaction.