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.
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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
by Alex Patton
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.
Edgewood Properties Purchases 104,020 SF Vacant Office Property in South Plainfield, New Jersey
by Alex Patton
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.
Lee & Associates Brokers Sale of 81,000 SF Distribution Facility in Avenel, New Jersey
by Alex Patton
AVENEL, N.J. — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of an 81,000-square-foot industrial warehouse in Avenel, just west of Staten Island. The property, located at 80 Essex Ave., includes 7,500 square feet of office space, 11 loading dock doors, (expandable to 19) and space for truck parking. The property offers direct access to the New Jersey Turnpike, Route 440, the Goethals Bridge and Garden State Parkway. Planned upgrades include new paving and a truck court. Crista Governara, Drew Maffey and Rick Marchisio of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, TA Realty, as well as the undisclosed seller, in the transaction.
PRINCETON, N.J. — A partnership between New York-based RXR Realty and The Blackstone Group has sold University Square, a five-story office building totaling 330,000 square feet in Princeton. The sale also included the adjacent 33,600-square-foot building, 115 Campus Drive. The property is positioned along the Route 1 Corridor, about halfway between Philadelphia and New York City. Tenants include investment management company BlackRock and insurance company AXIS Capital. JLL represented the seller and procured the buyer, New York-based Argent Ventures, in the transaction. The price was undisclosed.
MONTCLAIR, N.J. — PMZ Realty Capital LLC. has arranged a $37.5 million bridge loan to finance a new MC Hotel in Montclair, New Jersey. The 159-unit property is part of the Autograph Collection by Marriott, an independently owned portfolio of upscale hotels. The hotel is scheduled to open August 2019, and includes a rooftop bar, over 8,500 square feet of event space, a restaurant and a lobby library. A public mortgage REIT funded the loan, which carries a three-year term with a floating rate based on LIBOR.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Locally based developer Keeler Markwood Group will build a new medical office building in downtown White Plains, about 25 miles north of Manhattan. The building will be situated in close proximity to White Plains Hospital and its future outpatient care facility. JLL will handle leasing of the property, which is expected to be complete in 2023. A groundbreaking date has not yet been established.