PLEASANTVILLE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 881 Black Horse Pike in Pleasantville. A developer sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $2.1 million. Family Dollar net leases the 8,060-square-foot building. Ben Sgambati, Alan Cafiero and David Cafiero of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.
HAMMONTON, N.J. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a three-story office building located at the intersection of Routes 30, 54 and 206 in Hammonton. Interstate Commercial acquired the property from Hammonton 1 LLC for $6.2 million. At the time of sale, the 33,000-square-foot property was fully occupied by South Jersey Family Medical Center and South Jersey Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of South Jersey Industries. Evan Zweben of Colliers represented the seller, while Dan Silverstri of Interstate Commercial provided in-house representation for the buyer.
PENNSVILLE, N.J. — Houlihan-Parnes has arranged the sale of Laura’s Glen Apartments, an apartment community located in Pennsville. The 197-unit property, along with an adjacent 26-acre land parcel, sold for an undisclosed price. Situated on 17 acres, the community features 10 two-story buildings offering a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, ample parking, a swimming pool and playground. Stewart Wolf of Goldberg, Weprin, Finkel, Goldstrin LLP provided legal counsel for the seller, an investment group. The name of the buyer was not released. Robert Tiburzi and James Coleman of Houlihan-Parnes brokered the transaction.
SECAUCUS, N.J. — Rialto Capital has completed the sale of 150 and 200 Meadowlands Parkway, two office buildings in Secaucus. Alma Realty acquired the buildings for $21 million. Totaling 212,666 square feet, the two buildings were 77 percent leased at the time of sale. Current tenants include Schiavone Construction, Ashley Stewart, Cory 1st Choice Home Delivery and Image Processing Systems, a data center for VXchange and Frontage Laboratories. Jeffrey Dunne, Jeremy Neuer and Geoffrey Schubert of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — 722 Jefferson St LLC, a joint venture between Derby Consulting and Crimson Capital, has broken ground for a condominium project located at 722 Jefferson St. in Hoboken. The five-story building will feature 15 residences in two- and three-bedroom layouts with deeded parking spaces; 2,000 square feet of courtyard space; two private rear yards and three private 930-square-foot roof decks. Minervini Vandermark is serving as architect and Fields Construction Co. is serving as construction manager and general contractor for the project, which is slated for completion by spring 2018.
FAIRFIELD, N.J. — Saddleback Real Estate Developers has purchased an industrial building located at 8 Kulick Road in Fairfield. The 23,200-square-foot property sold for an undisclosed price. Saddleback Real Estate plans to continue to expand its portfolio in New Jersey. The name of the seller was not released.
CAMDEN, N.J. — Love Funding has secured a $13 million FHA loan to refinance and rehabilitate Camden Townhomes, a scattered-site affordable housing property located in Camden. Camden Townhomes is a collection of 89 units spread over 64 separate tax parcels scattered throughout the Lanning Square and Bergen Square areas of the city. The loans proceeds, along with 4 percent Low-Incoming Housing Tax Credits provided by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, will be used to renovate the property. The renovations will result in more than $125,000 in improvements, including the replacement of all systems and fixtures with energy-efficient upgrades, for each of the units being rehabbed. The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs originally purchased and assembled the units in 1992. At the time, the property was recognized as a single manageable and marketable development and awarded a 15-year Section 8 project-based voucher contract as part of a substantial rehabilitation. As part of the latest transaction, the project has been approved for a new 20-year contract. Leonard Lucas of Love Funding obtained the financing through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 221(d)(4) mortgage insurance program.
WALDWICK, N.J. — Urstadt Biddle Properties has acquired Waldwick Plaza Shopping Center, a retail property located at the intersection of Franklin Turnpike and Wyckoff Avenue in Waldwick, for an undisclosed price. Tenants at the 26,500-square-foot property include the U.S. Post Office, Supercuts, Verizon Wireless, Massage Envy and The Little Gym, as well as local tenants, including a liquor store, dry cleaner, nail salon and Italian restaurant. The name of the seller was not released.
DUMONT, N.J. — Urstadt Biddle Properties (UBP) has purchased an equity interest in a new entity that owns Washington Commons Shopping Center, retail center that includes a residential component in Dumont. The two-building property features a freestanding 44,300-square-foot Stop & Shop and a three-story building that is occupied by retail tenants Valley Medical Group, Great Clips, Pet Valu, Blimpie and that includes 26 residential apartments. The residential unit mix consists of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. At the time of acquisition, the property was 100 percent leased. The transaction was structured as a DownREIT partnership whereby the seller, a regional real estate developer, received a combination of cash and operating partnership units in a new entity formed to purchase the property. UBP is the managing member of the newly formed entity and will manage and lease the property. UBP’s initial equity in the DownREIT was approximately $3.9 million, which represents an approximate 31.4 percent equity interest.
EAST ORANGE, N.J. — KeyBank Community Development & Lending Investment has provided a $54.8 million bridge loan for Essence 144, an apartment community located at 144 S. Harrison St. in East Orange. The borrower is Blackstone 360, a design-build firm based in Newark, N.J. Essence 144 is an adaptive reuse project in which the abandoned 12-story existing structure was redeveloped into a 144-unit apartment community. Tom Peloquin and John Gilmore IV of KeyBank arranged the refinancing.
