WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. — New Jersey-based brokerage firm Sitar Realty Co. has arranged the sale of a 27-unit apartment building in Wall Township, located near the Jersey Shore. The sales price was $3.1 million. According to the property website, the building at 2538 Allaire Road exclusively houses one-bedroom units that are reserved for residents age 55 and above who meet certain income restrictions. Ronald Schrader Jr. of Sitar Realty represented the buyer and seller, both of which were limited liability companies, in the transaction.
PARAMUS, N.J. — German discount grocer Lidl has opened a 25,000-square-foot grocery store in the Northern New Jersey community of Paramus. The store is housed within a freestanding building at 651 U.S. Route 17 and offers Lidl’s traditional selections of cured meats and cheeses, as well as a bakery. Lidl expects the store opening to create about 25 new jobs within the community.
NEW YORK CITY — Dwight Mortgage Trust, the affiliate REIT of New York City-based Dwight Capital, has provided a $148 million construction loan for Sutphin II, a 524-unit multifamily project that will be located in the Jamaica area of Queens. The 24-story building will consist of 366 market-rate units and 158 affordable units that will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom formats, as well as 7,750 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities will include a gym and yoga studio, business center, game room, theater, resident lounge, children’s playroom, pet spa and a library. Steven Hersko of SHB Group arranged the loan on behalf of the developer, a partnership led by local investor Moshe Braver.
ORANGE, N.J. — Reynolds Asset Management has received a $30.5 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of The Mural, a 103-unit apartment complex located in the Northern New Jersey community of Orange. Completed last spring, The Mural offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, courtyard plaza, outdoor grilling and dining stations and an outdoor lounge. Thomas Didio Jr. and Max Custer of JLL originated the five-year loan on behalf of Reynolds. Miami-based Pensam Capital also provided a preferred equity investment as part of the asset’s recapitalization.
PRINCETON, N.J. — Blackrock has signed a 10-year, 176,000-square-foot office lease extension in Princeton. The global private equity firm will continue to occupy the entire third and fourth floors, as well as part of the fifth floor and a street-level space, at the 330,000-square-foot building at 1 University Square Drive. Tim Greiner, Tom Romano, Vinny DiMeglio, Mike Pietrowicz and Jonathan Ortiz of JLL represented the landlord, Argent Ventures, in the lease negotiations. Peter Riguardi, Matt Astrachan, Nicole Tiger, George Gemelos and Hannah Bernstein, also with JLL, represented Blackrock.
CHESTER, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an 80-room hotel in Chester, located near the New York-New Jersey border. The Holiday Inn & Suites Chester-Monroe-Goshen, which sold for $10.5 million, offers amenities such as an indoor pool, fitness center and a business center. Jerry Swon of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity, in the transaction.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — IAVI has opened a 29,782-square-foot life sciences facility in Jersey City. The nonprofit scientific research organization relocated its vaccine design and development operations from the Brooklyn Army Terminal to the 350,000-square-foot building at 95 Greene St., which was originally built as a manufacturing facility for Colgate Palmolive. CBRE represented IAVI in its site selection and lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL’s Capital Markets group has arranged the $1.1 billion refinancing of 3 Bryant Park, a 42-story office tower located at 1095 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. The 1.2 million-square-foot trophy building is situated within the Bryant Park neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan. Christopher Peck, Drew Isaacson, Lauren Kaufman, Jennifer Zelko and Christopher Pratt of JLL arranged the refinancing on behalf of the owner, Ivanhoé Cambridge, and the property manager, Houston-based Hines. Ivanhoé Cambridge purchased 3 Bryant Park in 2015 for $2.2 billion. Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Bank of Montreal were the lead lenders for the refinancing. Further details of the financing were not released. Located adjacent to Manhattan’s Bryant Park and the 42nd Street Subway station, 3 Bryant Park was 97.2 percent leased at the time of financing to tenants including Salesforce, which has signage atop the tower. Other tenants include Stifel, Dechert LLP, US Bank, Lloyds Bank and Standard Chartered. The tower also includes retail space leased to tenants including Whole Foods Market, Equinox, Valbella, Shake Shack and Rosetta Bakery. Other offerings at 3 Bryant Park include a new conference center, sky lobby with a coffee bar and more than 16,000 …
SOMERVILLE, MASS. — JLL has arranged a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of Prospect Union Square, a 450-unit apartment community in Somerville, located just outside of Boston. Prospect Union Square is a two-building complex that was completed in 2023 and houses one-, two- and three-bedroom units, with 90 residences designed as affordable housing. The property also features an outdoor pool, courtyard, fitness center and indoor dog run, as well as 18,264 square feet of retail space. Danny Kaufman, Brett Paulsrud, Madeline Joyce and Ali Howard of JLL arranged the loan through Northwestern Mutual on behalf of the owner, a joint venture between affiliates of Magellan Development Group, RAS Union Square Development, Cypress Equity Investments and Affinius Capital.
NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Customers Bank has provided a two-year, $13 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a 348,352-square-foot industrial building in Newburgh, about 70 miles north of New York City. Built in 1985, the facility at 3 Enterprise Drive features 37 dock-high loading doors, six drive-in loading doors, a clear height of 24 feet, 81 parking spaces and 5,000 square feet of office space. Local investment firm GFP Real Estate owns the building, which was fully leased at the time of sale to FedEx and organic food distributor UNFI.