WACHTUNG, N.J. — A joint venture between two regional investment firms, Agus Holdings and Treeco, has acquired a 10-screen Cinemark movie theater in the Northern New Jersey community of Wachtung. The theater was constructed in 2019 at the six-acre site of a former Sears store, spans 37,630 square feet and features luxury recliners and an XD auditorium. J.B. Bruno, Kevin O’Hearn, Ryan Robertson and Jose Cruz of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
VOORHEES TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Basis Industrial, a Florida-based owner-operator, will develop an 855-unit self-storage facility in Voorhees Township, located just outside of Philadelphia in Southern New Jersey. The facility will span 113,000 gross square feet and feature climate-controlled space. Construction is scheduled to begin later this month and to be complete in fall 2024. WSFS Bank provided $12.1 million in construction financing for the project. Berkadia arranged the loan on behalf of Basis Industrial. Public Storage will operate the facility.
PRINCETON, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 53,000-square-foot office lease at Princeton Point, a two-building office complex located within the university’s 2,000-acre business and research campus. The property offers an onsite café/restaurant, conference center and a courtyard with outdoor private seating. Kevin Carton and Todd Elfand of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Nuveen Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. Shawn Straka, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented the tenant, pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories.
PRINCETON, N.J. — State Street Bank has signed a 63,000-square-foot office lease renewal at Princeton Point, a two-building office complex located within the university’s 2,000-acre business and research campus. The property offers an onsite café/restaurant, conference center and a courtyard with outdoor private seating. Kevin Carton and Todd Elfand of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Nuveen Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. JLL represented the tenant.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Urby, a joint venture between Ironstate Development and Brookfield Properties, has topped out a 25-story apartment tower in Jersey City. Rising 265 feet, Journal Square Urby will total 317 units in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center with a yoga studio, rooftop garden, outdoor grilling and dining areas, a lobby café and a dog park. Dutch architecture firm Concrete and New York City-based HLW designed the project, which is slated for full completion in spring 2024.
IRVINGTON, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has arranged the sale of a portfolio of seven multifamily properties totaling 190 units in the Northern New Jersey community of Irvington. The buildings within the portfolio range in size from 11 units to 37 units and have six retail spaces across them. Joni Sweetwood of Kislak represented the seller, a publicly traded Canadian investment firm, in the transaction and procured the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
SAYREVILLE, N.J. — JLL has arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing and joint venture equity for a 10-acre industrial outdoor storage property located in the Central New Jersey community of Sayreville. The site at 700 Jernee Mill Road houses a 28,500-square-foot warehouse with clear heights ranging from 24 to 28 feet and 14 drive-in doors, as well as 6.5 acres of truck parking and additional outdoor storage space. Michael Klein, Matthew Pizzolato and Benjamin Morgenthal of JLL arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Ridgecut Road and Brennan Investment Group. An undisclosed regional bank provided the loan.
KENILWORTH, N.J. — Sporting equipment retailer Pure Hockey has signed a retail lease to open an 11,340-square-foot store in the Central New Jersey community of Kenilworth. The tenant, which operates about 60 stores nationwide, has backfilled and converted a space formerly occupied by a laundromat/dry cleaner. Marc Palestina and Chuck Lanyard of The Goldstein Group represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Kenilworth 2480 Route 22 LLC, in the lease negotiations. Dean Tselepis of Newmark represented the tenant.
FRANKLIN, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has brokered the sale of a 4,232-square-foot office building in the Central New Jersey community of Franklin. The building at 195 N. Church Road houses four suites, basement storage space and onsite parking. Joseph Vindigni of NAI Hanson represented both the seller, LSC Properties LLC, and the buyer, an entity doing business as 195 N Church LLC, in the transaction.
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the $4.1 million sale of two multifamily properties totaling 20 units in the Northern New Jersey community of Elizabeth. Both buildings rise three stories, and one of the buildings includes two commercial spaces. Don Baxter and Michael Salomon of Kislak represented the seller in the transaction, and Joni Sweetwood of Kislak procured the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.