WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. — Boston-based EagleBridge Capital has arranged $10 million in permanent mortgage financing for One United Drive, located in West Bridgewater, about 30 miles south of Boston. One United Drive is a 315,000-square-foot industrial building, which includes 30,000 square feet of office space and 285,000 square feet of manufacturing and distribution space on a 29.8-acre site. Campanelli Cos. originally developed the building in 1987 for United Liquors. Major tenants include Cheer Pack North America, which occupies 187,500 square feet, and Federal Express, which occupies 88,500 square feet. A Massachusetts-based financial institution provided the loan. Brian Sheehan and Ted Sidel of EagleBridge arranged the mortgage financing.
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PRINCETON, N.J. — Cantor Commercial Real Estate has provided $8.2 million in financing for 5-13 Witherspoon St. in Princeton. Gideon Gil, Alexander Hernandez and Sridhar Vankayala of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the 10-year loan for Jeffrey Siegel and an affiliate of ML7. The 17,000-square-foot mixed-use property was renovated shortly after the current ownership purchased the property in 2010. Agricola Eatery, a farm-to-table restaurant, opened at the location in March.
NEW YORK CITY — Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates Inc. (KDA) has arranged the sale of an 8,800-square-foot property at 16-13 Stephen St. in the Ridgewood section of Queens for $1.3 million. Howard Darsi of KDA represented the buyer, Jack Pierson Studio, while Jean Cook, also of KDA, represented the seller, Stephen Street Realty LLC, in the transaction. Jack Pierson relocated to 16-13 Stephen Street from 70 Greenwich Ave. in Manhattan, and will use the location as a studio. Located between Cypress and Wyckoff avenues, the property provides easy access to Manhattan and Brooklyn via the L subway line.
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Prism Capital Partners LLC has teamed up with Angelo, Gordon & Co. to acquire Princeton Pike Corporate Center in Lawrenceville for $121 million, or $151 per square foot. The eight-building, Class A office park, located in Central New Jersey’s Mercer County, totals 800,000 square feet. The seller was Brandywine Realty Trust. The complex was approximately 90 percent leased at the time of sale, and tenants include Wells Fargo, Langan Engineering, Sirius XM Radio, Stark & Stark, the Princeton Healthcare System, Fox, Rothschild and Celsion. Prism is handling the leasing of Princeton Pike Corporate Center.
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — TG Acquisitions LLC has purchased a 74,618-square-foot shopping center, located at 755-789 St. Georges Ave. in Woodbridge, for $6.3 million. Currently 24 percent occupied, the two-story shopping center is situated on 7.5 acres. Constructed in 2001, the property includes 403 surface parking spaces and is located on Route 35 with direct access to Route 1 and 9. Tenants at the property include Subway, Papa John’s and Rita’s, among others. NAI James E. Hanson assisted in arranging the purchase of the property, and NAI DiLeo Bram & Co. represented the buyer, TG Acquisitions, in the transaction.
NEWARK, N.J. — The Berger Organization, through 765 Broad Street Holdings, has acquired 765 Broad Street in Newark from 765 Henry Associates. The 200,000-square-foot, seven-story office building is located in the city’s central business district. Prudential developed the building, and its white marble façade matches the insurance company’s current world headquarters at the neighboring 751 Broad St. The now multi-tenant property, anchored by Cablevision and home to a Wells Fargo regional office and bank branch, was recently renovated with a new lobby, elevators, updated common area and building systems.
NEW YORK CITY — Colliers International has arranged a 17,000-square-foot sublease on behalf of Orange Business Services, taking up the entire 11th floor of 10 East 40th Street. The sublandlord, Blackboard Collaborate Inc., will be vacating the space, and Orange Business Services will relocate from its current location at 2 World Financial Center/Brookfield Place. Ted Rotante with Colliers International represented the subtenant in the transaction. Ken Ruderman and Nick Zarnin of Studley represented the sublandlord in the transaction. Orange Business Services is a global IT and communications services provider.
From a macro perspective, the Northern New Jersey office market has remained stagnant and continues to tread water. In 2012, corporations with capital stayed on the sidelines. The overall availability rate hovered around 21 percent with an average asking rent of $24.29 per square foot at the close of the fourth quarter, and those numbers were not expected to change much in the first quarter of this year. The few recent significant leasing transactions were not enough to move the occupancy needle. The biggest deals were Biomet Bone & Spine Healing Technologies’ lease of 102,224 square feet at 399 Jefferson Road in Parsippany; EMC Corp.’s lease of 81,700 square feet at 184 Liberty Corner Road in Warren; and Tower Insurance Co.’s 76,892-square-foot lease at Harborside Financial Center II in the Jersey City Hudson Waterfront project. The Tower Insurance lease was a boost to the Hudson Waterfront market. For a long time, the waterfront was one of the few bright spots in the state with even a brief period of rent growth. However, in 2012 a large amount of shadow space came on the market and led to roughly 500,000 square feet of negative absorption. With the election year over, it …
BUZZARDS BAY, FALMOUTH AND NEW BEDFORD, MASS. — Love Funding has closed three loans totaling $22.7 million for a skilled-nursing portfolio throughout Massachusetts. The facilities include Royal Cape Cod Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Buzzards Bay, Royal Falmouth Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Falmouth, and Royal Taber Street Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in New Bedford. The centers offer a combined total of 270 beds and are operated by Royal Health Group. Leonard Lucas of Love Funding has secured the loans through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 232/223(f) LEAN loan program for long-term care facilities.
MANCHESTER, CONN. — Agree Realty Corp. has acquired two single-tenant properties leased to PetSmart and Starbucks for $5.4 million. Starbucks occupies 1,562 square feet in Manchester and PetSmart occupies 20,353 square feet on Disk Road in Rapid City, S.D