New Jersey

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WEST ORANGE, N.J. — BNE Real Estate has completed a project in West Orange, about 20 miles west of New York City, that converted a 400,000-square-foot office campus into a 423-unit apartment community. Known as Stonehill at West Orange and designed by Minno & Wasko Architects & Planners, the development features one- and two-bedroom units and 44,000 square feet of amenity space. The project also preserved 130,000 square feet of recently renovated office space that is now home to the West Orange Public Library. Rents start at approximately $2,300 per month for a one-bedroom apartment.

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NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6.4 million sale of an 18,130-square-foot retail strip center in North Bergen, located just outside of New York City. Known as Aaron’s Strip Center due to the furniture and electronics retailer serving as the anchor, the property was fully leased to six tenants at the time of sale. Alan Cafiero, Brent Hyldahl and Devin Perez of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, a local private investor, in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.

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TOTOWA, N.J. — Wise Foods has signed a 61,000-square-foot industrial lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Totowa. The Pennsylvania-based snack maker is taking space at 70 Maltese Drive, an 84,000-square-foot building that features a clear height of 16 feet, 10 loading docks and two drive-in doors. Andrew Stypa, Daniel Badenhausen and Kyle Janoczkin of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Boston-based Longpoint.

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WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — JLL has brokered the $33.4 million sale of Princeton Overlook, a 158,180-square-foot office building in West Windsor, a suburb of Trenton. The building was constructed in 1988 on a four-acre site that can support additional expansion. Jose Cruz, Jeremy Neuer and Bradley Wachenfeld of JLL represented the seller, an entity doing business as Cali Overlook LLC, in the transaction. The trio also procured the buyer, Princeton University, which is a current tenant at the building along with UBS Financial Services and Regus Coworking. 

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Fulton Bank has provided a construction loan of an undisclosed amount for Phase I of Liberty Storage Center, a 795-unit project in Jersey City. The six-story facility will be located at 300 Thomas McGovern Drive and will span 103,500 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. Michael Klein, Jon Mikula and Ryan Carroll of JLL placed the loan with Fulton Bank on behalf of the borrower, locally based developer Tulfra Real Estate. Liberty Storage Center will ultimately feature 260,000 net rentable square feet of product that will be developed in three phases. Public Storage will be the operator.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — BHI, the U.S. division of Israel’s Bank Hapoalim, has provided a $38.7 million construction loan for One Jones Park, a 75-unit multifamily project that will be located at 387 Eighth St. in Jersey City. The nine-story building will house 25 one-bedroom units, 47 two-bedroom apartments and three three-bedroom residences with an average size of 1,238 square feet, as well as ground- and second-floor retail space. Amenities will include a fitness center, children’s playroom and an indoor and outdoor resident lounge. The borrower is New York City-based developer EPIRE.

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FREEHOLD, N.J. — Locally based developer Denholtz Properties has completed a 100,771-square-foot industrial flex project at 245 Willow Brook Road in Freehold, about 50 miles south of New York City. The single-story building offers units that range in size from 4,072 to 100,771 square feet, as well as 18 tailboard dock doors, a clear height of 28 feet and 165 onsite parking spaces. Zimmel Associates is marketing the property for lease.

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VOORHEES, N.J. — Locally based firm CenterSquare Investment Management has purchased Cedar Hill Shopping Center, a 16,891-square-foot retail property located outside of Philadelphia in Voohees, N.J. The two-building center is located along State Route 73 and is home to tenants such as Starbucks, Orange Theory, UPS, Great Clips, Vitamin Shoppe and AT&T. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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FORT LEE, N.J. — JLL has arranged an undisclosed amount of joint venture equity for Modera Fort Lee, a 253-unit multifamily project in Northern New Jersey. The building, construction of which will begin before the end of the year, will rise 19 stories and offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 972 square feet. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, work pods, a rooftop terrace and various social gathering spaces. Jose Cruz and Ryan Robertson of JLL worked on behalf of the developer, Mill Creek Residential, to secure the equity investment with Kayne Anderson Real Estate.

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BAYONNE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $126.3 million loan for the refinancing of a 332,640-square-foot industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of Bayonne. The speculative structure is Bayonne Logistics Center – Building 100 and features a clear height of 40 feet and 66 dock doors, as well as five acres of parking space that can support 195 trailers and 225 cars, or 45 trailers and 800 cars. Construction of the building began in May 2022 and was completed earlier this year. John Alascio, T.J. Sullivan, Chuck Kohaut and Mitch Rothstein of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the floating-rate loan through Ares Management on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Lincoln Equities and PCCP LLC.

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