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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the sale of The Morgan at Provost Square, a 417-unit apartment building in Jersey City. Built in 2016, the 38-story building houses studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 876 square feet, as well as penthouses on the top two floors. The Morgan at Provost Square also features approximately 12,700 square feet of retail space and a seven-story parking garage with 372 covered spaces. Amenities include a rooftop pool, fitness center, a sky lounge with a private conference room, an outdoor courtyard, pet spa and multiple coworking spaces. Jose Cruz, Michael Oliver, Steve Simonelli, Ryan Robertson, Elizabeth DeVesty and Austin Pierce of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture that included Toll Brothers Apartment Living, in the transaction. JLL also advised the buyer, private equity real estate firm Rockpoint.

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CAMP HILL, PA. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of The Overlook, a 288-unit apartment community located outside of Harrisburg in Camp Hill. Built in 2012, The Overlook offers one- and two-bedroom units across six buildings. Amenities include a fitness center, yoga studio, pool, business center, dog park, outdoor grilling and dining stations and a clubhouse. Zac Pierce, Matt Stefanski and Maura Spellman of Berkadia represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was locally based investment firm The Apartment Gallery. The Overlook was 97.5 percent occupied at the time of sale.

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BELLEVILLE, N.J. — First Bank has provided an undisclosed amount of construction financing for a retail expansion project that will be located in the Northern New Jersey community of Belleville. The site spans 18.7 acres at 11 Franklin Ave. The first building opened in October 2022 and is fully leased to Starbucks. The second building will house three restaurant tenants, one of which will be Chipotle Mexican Grill. Michael Klein, Jon Mikula, Ryan Carroll and Kevin Badger of JLL arranged the floating-rate debt on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between two New Jersey-based developers, Tulfra Real Estate and The Hampshire Cos.

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BETHLEHEM, PA. — Ecopax LLC, a locally based manufacturer of food packaging products, will open a 104,238-square-foot industrial facility in the Lehigh Valley city of Bethlehem. The property at 1355 Easton Road will complement an existing 315,643-square-foot manufacturing and warehousing facility and will feature six new loading docks and 12 additional truck parking spaces. Local company J.G. Petrucci Co. is developing the facility. An tentative construction completion date was not announced.

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NEW YORK CITY — Vialto Group has signed a 10,000-square-foot office lease expansion in Manhattan’s Plaza District. The private equity firm now occupies 17,500 square feet across two floors at 545 Madison Avenue, a 17-story, 140,000-square-foot building. Tara Stacom led the Cushman & Wakefield team that represented the landlord, Marx Realty, in the lease negotiations. David Dusek, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented Vialto Group.

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NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided a $114.5 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a portfolio of nine affordable housing buildings totaling 753 units in Queens. Known as The State Preservation Portfolio, the elevator-served properties feature a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, as well as covered parking. Information on specific income restrictions was not disclosed. The borrower is a partnership between national affordable housing owner-operator Iris Holdings Group and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The partnership will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements and preserve the buildings’ affordability status.

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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — JLL has arranged a $96.8 million construction loan for Prescott Post, a 360-unit multifamily project that will be located in the southern New Hampshire city of Portsmouth. The site spans 26 acres, about 10 percent of which will be preserved as green communal space. Prescott Post will feature three- and four-story residential buildings that will house a mix of unit types. Amenities will include multiple clubrooms, coworking spaces, an indoor/outdoor fitness suite with a yoga studio, outdoor kitchens, fire pits and a dog run with a pet washing station. Brett Paulsrud, Andrew Gray and Hugh Doherty of JLL arranged the loan through Truist Bank on behalf of the developers, a partnership between Boston-based Eastern Real Estate and The Kane Co. Completion is slated for late 2027.

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NEW JERSEY — EQT Real Estate has purchased a portfolio of 11 industrial buildings totaling 893,625 square feet in Northern New Jersey. Known as the New Jersey Value-Add Industrial Portfolio, the collection of buildings is located between Exits 2 and 14 off the New Jersey Turnpike. The portfolio was fully leased at the time of sale and has a weighted average remaining lease term of about four years. John Plower, Ryan Cottone, Nicholas Stefans and Jason Lundy of JLL represented the undisclosed, institutional seller in the transaction. The sales price was also not disclosed.

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MEDFORD, MASS. — Locally based developer The Davis Cos. is underway on construction of The Clayborn, a 289-unit multifamily project located north of Boston in Medford. The 7.9-acre site formerly housed a self-storage facility. Designed by CUBE 3 Architects, The Clayborn will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units as well as six townhomes. The Clayborn will also have an affordability component, although specific income restrictions were not disclosed. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, playground, golf simulator and putting green, coworking space, dog park and a rooftop deck. Plumb House is the general contractor for the project, which is expected to be complete in 2027.

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DOWNINGTOWN, PA. — Locally based developer Hankin Group has broken ground on a 160-unit multifamily project in Downingtown, a western suburb of Philadelphia. The project is an expansion of the 70-acre River Station development and will consist of two buildings that will have 67 and 93 units. Residences will come in one- and two-bedroom formats and will range in size from 765 to 1,217 square feet. Residents will have access to amenities such as a pool, coffee bar, fitness center, sports court, golf simulator, demonstration kitchen, business center and a county-wide trail system. Completion of the first building is slated for summer 2026.

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