PATERSON, N.J. — Benmark Capital, a private equity firm with offices in Miami and New Jersey, has provided a $38 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of two workforce housing buildings totaling 203 units in the Northern New Jersey community of Paterson. The buildings house one-, two- and three-bedroom units, and the portfolio, which includes six commercial spaces, was 99 percent occupied at the time of the loan closing. Marc Waldman of KentMoore Capital arranged the loan on behalf of the locally based borrower, Ania Management.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated the $21.7 million sale of a 28,700-square-foot multifamily development site in The Bronx. The site at 122 Bruckner Blvd. is located within the borough’s Mott Haven neighborhood and can support 172,774 square feet of new development. Brendan Maddigan, Ethan Stanton and Mike Mazzara of JLL represented the locally based seller, Altmark Group, in the transaction. The buyer was locally based investment and development firm Nalcorp.
NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD) has arranged a $293 million loan for the refinancing of 40 Tenth Avenue, a 158,957-square-foot mixed-use building located in Manhattan. The property sits in the city’s Meatpacking District near Little Island, Hudson River Park and the Whitney Museum of American Art. 40 Tenth Avenue features 112,241 square feet of office space across floors three through 10, with 46,716 square feet of retail space situated on the first and second floors. Dustin Stolly, Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Keith Kurland, Adam Schwartz, Sean Reimer, Jordan Casella and Stanley Cayre of Walker & Dunlop secured the fixed-rate, permanent loan through Corebridge Financial on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Aurora Capital and William Gottlieb Real Estate. “40 Tenth Avenue stands out in building quality, location and experience — all elements that differentiate a property for tenants,” says Stolly, senior managing director of the Capital Markets Institutional Advisory team at Walker & Dunlop. “The fully leased office component, institutional tenant roster and substantial outdoor space demonstrate the continued demand for high-touch, well-located workplaces in New York.” According to Walker & Dunlop, the Meatpacking District is one of Manhattan’s most supply-constrained office and retail submarkets, making physical expansion and new commercial ground-up …
NEW YORK CITY — Bally’s Corp. (NYSE: BALY) has received $560 million in financing for its new casino and resort project in The Bronx. Los Angeles-based WhiteHawk Capital Partners provided the financing, which consists of $400 million in “closing date term loan commitments” and $160 million in “delayed draw term loan commitments.” According to Casino.org, the Rhode Island-based gaming and entertainment operator secured the casino license from the State of New York in late 2025 and subsequently acquired 16 acres in The Bronx for the casino and resort, land that was previously part of the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point. Citizens Capital Markets served as financial advisor to Bally’s on the transaction, which is expected to close before the end of the current quarter.
UPPER MACUNGIE, PA. — Nokia will undertake a $30 million expansion of its photonic semiconductor advanced test and packaging facilities and operations within the Lehigh Valley city of Upper Macungie. The initiative is expected to create about 250 new jobs, effectively doubling the Finnish telecommunications company’s regional workforce, and to account for an estimated economic impact of $500 million over the next five years. According to Lehigh Valley Live, the investment will allow for Nokia to increase production capacity at its Upper Macungie facility by a factor of 10, and the company has also leased additional industrial space for “future product development and logistics.”
ANDOVER, MASS. — AdvanCell has signed a 128,000-square-foot life sciences lease in the northern Boston suburb of Andover. The clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company will occupy the entirety of the building at 1 Corporate Drive, which is located within Innovation Park, a 340,000-square-foot development. The deal brings Phase II of Innovation Park, which is owned by life sciences REIT IQHQ, to full occupancy. Information on third-party brokers who were involved in the lease negotiations was not disclosed.
PARAMUS, N.J. — NRG Adventure Park will open a 59,000-square-foot entertainment venue in the Northern New Jersey community of Paramus. The space is located above a 100,000-square-foot grocery store at Paramus Park South shopping center and will house a ropes course, trampolines, a climbing wall and virtual-reality games. Jamie Sackheim of TSCG represented the landlord, a joint venture led by Heidenberg Properties Group, in the lease negotiations. Jerry Welkis and Stephan Miller of Welco Realty represented NRG.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $60.5 million acquisition loan for a portfolio of two multifamily buildings totaling 93 units in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. The buildings at 227 and 456 Grand St. were constructed between 2009 and 2014 and house a mix of market-rate, rent-stabilized and affordable housing units, as well as 22,700 square feet of retail space. Michael Zaremski and Clayton Ross of JLL arranged the loan through New York-based private equity firm Prospect Ridge Advisors on behalf of the owner, locally based developer Delshah Capital.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based owner-operator Domain Cos. is nearing completion of Majestic, a 255-unit apartment building in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood. Designed by Handel Architects with interiors by GoodRich Design, Majestic will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, 25 percent of which will be set aside as affordable housing. Amenities will include a landscaped roof terrace, an indoor–outdoor fitness center and a courtyard garden. Domain topped out the 10-story building over the summer, and the opening is set for next year.
WAYNE, N.J. — Florida-based owner-operator Basis Industrial has received a $24 million construction loan for a self-storage project in the Northern New Jersey community of Wayne. ExtraSpace Storage will operate the facility at 555 Hamburg Turnpike, which will span 85,330 net rentable square feet across 586 climate-controlled units. Construction is underway and expected to be complete in early 2028. NexBank and NexPoint provided the loan.