PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Tilcon has signed a 35,000-square-foot office lease extension in the Northern New Jersey community of Parsippany. The provider of construction materials will remain a tenant at the 200,000-square-foot building at 9 Entin Road. Josh Cohen and Ben Brenner of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Jamie Drummond, Andrew Perrotti and Luke Reid of Newmark represented the landlord, American Equity Partners.
LONDONDERRY, N.H. — BGO, the institutional investment firm formerly known as BentallGreenOak, has acquired a 30,000-square-foot healthcare clinic in Londonderry, located near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. Known as Lahey Medical Center, the building was completed in 2025 as a purpose-built facility for regional provider Beth Israel Lahey Health. Practices housed within the facility include oncology, infusion, cardiology, gastroenterology and neurology.
NEW YORK CITY — American Express (NYSE: AXP) has unveiled plans to build a new global headquarters at 2 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. The credit card giant will be the sole owner and occupant of the new building, which is slated for completion in 2031. Spanning nearly 2 million square feet across 55 floors, the tower will have capacity to host up to 10,000 colleagues across flexible and modern workspaces. The project will feature more than an acre of outdoor space with several greenery-filled terraces and gardens that will offer views of the Manhattan skyline. “This is an investment in our company’s future, our colleagues and the Lower Manhattan community, reaffirming our deep commitment to the neighborhood we’ve called home for nearly two centuries,” says Stephen Squeri, chairman and CEO of American Express. Silverstein Properties is the developer, and Foster + Partners is the design architect. Fried Frank advised American Express on the development agreement. The project team is pursuing LEED certification and integrating smart-building technology and fully electric, energy-efficient mechanical systems. Located at 200 Greenwich St., the building will be developed on land owned by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) under a …
BOSTON — Mill Creek Residential has broken ground on a $145 million multifamily project in the Allston area of Boston. Modera Allston will have 240 units in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Residences will be furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, tile backsplashes and in-home washers and dryers. Amenities will include a rooftop deck, grilling areas, resident clubhouse, a speakeasy-inspired lounge with a sports simulator, coworking spaces, private workstations and offices, landscaped courtyards, pet spa and a fitness studio. CUBE3 is the project architect, and H+O is the structural engineer. The first move-ins are expected to begin in 2028.
VERONA, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated the $56 million sale of Annin Lofts, a 111-unit apartment complex in Verona, about 20 miles west of New York City. Completed in 2018, Annin Lofts consists of two buildings, one of which was constructed from the ground up, and the other of which is a conversion of the historic Annin Flag Factory. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include two rooftop terraces, a resident lounge with TVs and billiards and a dog run. Jeffrey Dunne, Stuart MacKenzie, Eric Apfel, Travis Langer and Eric Greenberg of CBRE represented the locally based seller, Russo Development, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Bonjour Capital.
HAMBURG, N.Y. — San Francisco-based intermediary Gantry has arranged $48.3 million in acquisition financing across three Fannie Mae loans for a portfolio of four multifamily properties totaling 671 units in Hamburg, located just south of Buffalo. The unnamed properties were all built in the 1970s, and the loans were all structured with fixed interest rates. Tom Grzebinski and Zach Wagner of Gantry structured the deal, which involved one loan cross-collateralizing two adjacent properties that will be managed as one community. Walker & Dunlop provided the debt to an undisclosed borrower.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 107,000-square-foot vacant office building in the Northern New Jersey community of Parsippany. According to LoopNet Inc., the four-story building at 45 Waterview Blvd. was originally constructed in 1997. The building was previously fully leased to DSM Nutritional Products. Jacklene Chesler, Patrick Norris, Samuel Horowitz and Brittany Leventoff of Colliers represented the seller and procured the buyer and end user, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — An investor consortium led by Affinius Capital has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Veris Residential Inc. (NYSE: VRE), a multifamily real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Jersey City. As of Dec. 31, 2025, the company’s portfolio spanned more than 6,500 units in the Northeast, as well as $35 million in land bank holdings. Under the terms of the agreement, the consortium, which also includes Vista Hill Partners, will purchase Veris in an all-cash transaction for $19 per share of the REIT’s common stock, with represents an implied enterprise value of $3.4 billion. As a result of the transaction, Veris will no longer be publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Mahbod Nia, CEO of Veris, says the merger represents the culmination of a multi-year transformation of the company that began in 2020, when the firm, then known as Mack-Cali Realty Corp., established its ESG committee. “Over the past five years, we have undertaken meaningful steps to pivot away from office, simplifying and focusing the business, strengthening our balance sheet and enhancing our operational platform,” says Nia. The transaction price reflects a 23.2 percent premium to Veris’ unaffected closing share price on Wednesday, …
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. — Charlotte-based Truist Bank has provided a $66 million construction loan for a 203-unit multifamily project in Port Chester, located along the New York-Connecticut border. The site is located at 70 Abendroth Road in the downtown area. The six-story building will include roughly 20 affordable housing units that will be reserved for households earning 60 percent or less of the area median income, as well as 10,000 square feet of retail space, a community facility and structured parking. John Alascio and Chuck Kohaut of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the loan on behalf of the developer, Hudson Cos.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged the $53.6 million sale of 929 MASS, a two-building, mixed-use property in Cambridge, located across the Charles River from Boston. The property consists of 18-story building with 96 apartments, 12,451 square feet of commercial space and 101 parking spaces, along with a contiguous five-story building with 31 residential units. Travis D’Amato, Michael Coyne, Brendan Shields, Kevin Gleason and Maggie McFarland of Walker & Dunlop represented the undisclosed, institutional seller in the transaction. The buyer was John M Corcoran & Co.