WYCKOFF, N.J. — Inserra Supermarkets has started demolition at the site for the planned ShopRite of Wyckoff at the corner of Greenwood and Wyckoff avenues. The 62,042-square-foot grocery store is slated to open in November 2017. The building design reflects the historic character and architecture of the surrounding commercial and residential buildings.
CARLSTADT, N.J. — Water-Jel Technologies has renewed its 109,410-square-foot lease at 50 Broad St. in Carlstadt. The burn-care product manufacturer uses the space as its headquarters and production facility. John Donnelly of Colliers International represented Water-Jel in the long-term lease renewal. The property is owned by Prologis.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Allstate Insurance Co. has leased an entire 63,000-square-foot office building at CenterPointe I, located at 1130 Route 22 East within CenterPointe at Bridgewater in Bridgewater. The four-building corporate park features 331,846 square feet of office space. Susan Mason, Robert Ryan and John Buckley of JLL, in collaboration with Michael Gribbon of American Real Estate Partners, represented the landlord, American Real Estate Partners, while Edward DaCosta and John Morris III of CBRE represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — PCCP LLC has provided a $47.1 million senior loan to a joint venture between Onyx Equities and KBS Capital Advisors for the development of a retail building located at 210 W. 31st St. in Manhattan’s Penn Plaza submarket. Construction is expected to begin in mid-2017 on the two-story, 30,000-square-foot building, with completion slated for mid-2018. The joint venture is finalizing conceptual plans and drawings for the multi-tenant property.
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $16 million in refinancing for Springvale Apartments, an age-restricted multifamily property located on Skytop Drive in Croton-on-Hudson. The property features 524 units for residents age 55 or older. The transaction was structured with a 15-year term on a 30-year amortization schedule. Robert Ranieri of NorthMarq arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower through NorthMarq’s seller/servicer relationship with Freddie Mac.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Woodmont Properties and Roseland Residential Trust have commenced construction for Metropolitan Lofts, a luxury apartment building located at 11 Dehart St. in Morristown. The building will feature 59 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments and 1,100 square feet of ground-level retail space. On-site amenities include a fitness center and golf simulator. The building is the final component of a mixed-use redevelopment project that combines residential space with 53,000 square feet of retail space at the Shops on the Green and a 795-car public parking facility.
NEW YORK CITY AND RYE, N.Y., AND SHELTON, CONN. — Windsor Management Corp. has received $58 million in four separate financing transactions for office properties in New York and Connecticut. In the first loan, the company received $25 million in refinancing for a 122,630-square-foot office building located at 37 W. 26th St. in Manhattan. The 98-percent occupied property is leased to The Flatiron Room, Hog Pit BBQ and Grey Bar on the ground floor and a variety of office tenants on the upper floors. In the second deal, Windsor received $8.5 million in refinancing for a 35,916-square-foot office building located at 256 W. 36th St. in Manhattan’s Garment District. The property is fully occupied by a variety of office tenants and a clothing retailer. In the third loan, the company received $16 million in acqusition financing for a 118,658-square-foot office building located at 411 Theodore Fremd Ave. in Rye. The property is fully occupied and leased to Acadia Realty Trust, Regis and USAlliance Financial, among other tenants. In the fourth transaction, Windsor received $8.5 million in refinancing for a 163,287-square-foot office property located on 16 acres in Shelton. The property was 92 percent leased at the time of the transaction. …
ORANGE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property located at 256 Reock St. in Orange. A private investor sold the 13,500-square-foot property to an out-of-state buyer for $1.6 million. The property features seven residential units and two commercial spaces. Michael Lombardi of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, while Chip Collins, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer in the deal.
In the office segment there has been plenty of news regarding Class A assets. Companies have been flocking towards upgraded space. Landlords have made significant capital expenditures to their buildings to attract and retain these tenants. We have seen parking decks being built, investments to achieve LEED certification and the addition of upgraded amenities, such as cafés, fitness facilities, day care centers, and shuttles to mass transit. In the midst of these discussions, the Class B building seems to be getting lost. Class B office buildings do not have all of the bells and whistles of their Class A counterparts. However, this has not stopped them from experiencing a resurgence over the last few years. Current vacancy of Class B office space in the Northern New Jersey market is 13.4 percent. The vacancy rate has seen a steady decline from 15 percent at the end of 2014. The asking rents in the market average around $21.50 based on a gross number. The absorption of space over the last two years has been the best we have seen in more than 10 years. According to CoStar, 1.1 million square feet of Class B office space was leased in Northern New Jersey …
STAMFORD, CONN. — GAIA Real Estate and its institutional partners Menora Mivtachim Insurance, Amitim Senior Pension Funds, Psagot Investment House and CAPSSA have acquired a five-property multifamily portfolio at Harbor Point in Stamford from a joint venture between Building and Land Technology and the Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds. The 1,214-unit portfolio consists of Postmark, 111 Harbor Point, Vault, The Key at Yale & Towne and The Lofts at Yale & Towne. The acquisition price was not released.
