NEW YORK CITY — JTC Group has signed a 15,926-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The global fund administration services company will relocate from Rockefeller Center to the entire 20th floor of 575 Madison Avenue, a 25-story, 385,347-square-foot building. David Hollander, Gregg Rothkin, Brad Auerbach, Maxwell Tarter and William Hooks of CBRE represented the landlord, Steinberg and Pokoik Management Co., in the lease negotiations. John Nugent and Joe D’Apice, also with CBRE, represented the tenant.
BOSTON — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has provided $44.8 million in financing for 247 Hancock, a 47-unit mixed-income housing project that will be located in the Dorchester area of Boston. The six-story building will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities will include a fitness studio, tenant lounge and rooftop deck. The financing includes a $6.3 million Freddie Mac unfunded forward commitment under the 9 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, a $19.2 million construction loan and a $19.3 million tax credit equity investment, with the latter two components being executed by M&T Bank. Construction is slated for an early 2027 completion.
SECAUCUS, N.J. — Locally based financial intermediary G.S. Wilcox & Co. has arranged a $23 million permanent loan for an industrial property located in the Northern New Jersey community of Secaucus. The 200,000-square-foot facility, which was fully leased at the time of sale, includes 19 loading docks, one drive-in door and office space. Gretchen Wilcox and Al Raymond of G.S. Wilcox arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through an undisclosed life insurance company. The borrower was also not disclosed.
HARTFORD, CONN. — Locally based brokerage firm Chozick Realty has negotiated the $10.5 million sale of a portfolio of three medical office properties totaling 94,400 square feet in Connecticut. The portfolio comprises the two-building, 66,000-square-foot Twin Ponds Office Centre in Tolland; Windham Professional Park, a two-building, 16,400-square-foot complex in Windham; and Ledgebrook North, a 12,000-square-foot, three-building property in Mansfield. Tom Boyle of Chozick represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — WeWork has signed a 55,000-square-foot office lease at 245 Fifth Avenue, a 24-story, 316,495-square-foot building in Midtown Manhattan. The space spans four floors, and the lease term is 10 years. Aaron Ellison and Travis Milone of Newmark, along with internal agents Peter Greenspan and Melissa Visoky, represented WeWork in the lease negotiations. Scott Klau, Erik Harris, Zach Weil, Cole Gendels and Ben Klau, also with Newmark, represented the landlord, The Moinian Group.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has secured a 25,000-square-foot industrial lease near JFK International Airport in Queens. The tenant, pastry producer Pidy Gourmet Inc., will occupy space at Inwood Logistics Center, a 10-building development. Rico Murtha, Helen Paul, Sonny Singh, Thomas Deluca, David Frattaroli, John Giannuzzi and Joseph Hentze Jr. represented the landlord, a partnership led by Onyx Equities, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Norges Bank Investment Management, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, has agreed to acquire a 95 percent interest stake in Manhattan’s 1177 Avenue of the Americas for $542.6 million. The deal values the 1 million-square-foot office property at $571.1 million. Boston-based Beacon Capital Partners will acquire a 5 percent interest in the building and will perform the asset management duties for the property on behalf of the new ownership. Eastdil Secured served as exclusive advisor to the seller, a joint venture between California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) and New York City-based Silverstein Properties. The transaction is expected to close this quarter. The sellers acquired the Sixth Avenue building at the end of 2007 for more than $1 billion. The 47-story property was completed in 1992. Notable tenants include law firm Kramer Levin, private equity firm Mill Point Capital, nonprofit Practising Law Institute and global insurance and investment organization Starr. The asset features a recently renovated lobby with 60-foot-high ceilings and a new outpost of Naya, a fast-casual Middle Eastern restaurant. Norges Bank Investment Management is an investment fund created to manage revenue from Norway’s oil-and-gas resources. The fund invests in equities, fixed-income investments, real estate …
POHATCONG, N.J. — Locally based developer Larken Associates has completed the lease-up of Monte View at Pohatcong, a 120-unit apartment complex located near the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border near Easton. The garden-style property consists of three multi-story buildings and one four-story building with a ground-floor clubhouse. Units come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, game room, coworking space, grilling stations and a dog run. Construction began in November 2023. Leasing commenced last fall, at which time rents started at roughly $2,000 per month for a one-bedroom apartment.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $10.9 million sale of a 13,000-square-foot mixed-use building in Manhattan’s Little Italy neighborhood. Constructed in 1900, the building at 385 Broome St. comprises five apartments that feature a mix of floor plans and are currently vacant, as well as two ground-floor spaces. Peter Dodge, Joe Koicim and Logan Markley of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
WEST HAVEN, CONN. — Regional brokerage firm Northeast Private Client Group (NEPCG) has arranged the $5.2 million sale of a 40-unit apartment building in the southern coastal Connecticut city of West Haven. According to Apartments.com, the three-story building at 295 Elm St. was originally constructed in 1960. Bradley Balletto, Rich Edwards, Jeff Wright and Derek Mahabir of NEPCG represented the local seller, CT Realty Trust, in the transaction and procured the buyer, an undisclosed, New York City-based private investor.