NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $19 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of five multifamily buildings totaling 42 units in Brooklyn. Known as the Edifice Portfolio, the newly renovated buildings are located at 431-433 Wythe Ave. and 313 S. 4th St. in Williamsburg and 19-21 Columbia Place in Brooklyn Heights. Jillian Mariutti and John Flynn of JLL arranged the loan through City National Bank on behalf of the borrower, local investment firm Edifice Real Estate Partners.
NEW YORK CITY — Candid Health, a provider of healthcare revenue cycle software, has signed a 28,687-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The lease term is seven years, and the space is located on the third floor of the building at 675 Avenue of the Americas. Justin Haber, Kyle Riker and Emma Gill of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Anthony Sciacca and Scott Gutnick of Newmark, along with internal agents Jeffrey Gural and Alphie Toro, represented the landlord, GFP Real Estate.
SECAUCUS, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated the $47.8 million sale of The Waverton, a 116-unit apartment complex in Secaucus, located across the Hudson River from New Jersey. Completed in 2022, The Waverton offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units, with roughly 20 percent of residences designated as affordable housing. Amenities include a fitness center with a private yoga studio, an outdoor lounge with grilling stations, sundeck, resident lounge with billiards and shuffleboard and a coworking and conference room. Jeffrey Dunne, Stuart MacKenzie, Eric Apfel and Travis Langer of CBRE represented the seller, a joint venture that included Canoe Brook Development as a minority partner, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
NEEDHAM, MASS. — A partnership between South Carolina-based owner-operator Greystar and the U.S. subsidiary of Japanese developer Haseko has broken ground on a 189-unit multifamily project in Needham, a southwestern suburb of Boston. The site at 100 West St. formerly housed an assisted living facility that has since been demolished, and the new apartment building will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities will include a fitness center, library, lounge, package room with cold storage capabilities, a golf simulator, dog run, playground, community garden and two pocket parks. Completion is slated for fall 2027.
RANDOLPH, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $4.5 million sale of a mixed-use development site in the Northern New Jersey community of Randolph. The site at 1192 Sussex Turnpike is approved for 25 townhomes, as well as a mixed-use building that will feature 4,055 square feet of retail space on the ground floor and 10 apartments on the second and third floors. Andrew Schwartz, Jordan Sobel, Andre Balthazard and Dan Bottiglieri of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an entity doing business as Ludiro Inc., in the transaction and procured the buyer, OES Properties.
NEW YORK CITY — Perplexity has signed an office lease expansion in Manhattan’s Union Square area. The AI platform now occupies 22,000 square feet across two full floors within the adjoining buildings at 841-853 Broadway. Andrew Wiener, Robert Fisher and Henry Korzec represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Marcella LaHara, Derek Feinman and Adam Spector of Newmark represented Perplexity.
SAYREVILLE, N.J. — Worldwide Logistics USA, the American affiliate of Chinese freight company Worldwide Logistics Group, has signed a 451,916-square-foot industrial lease in the Central New Jersey community of Sayreville. The deal is for the entirety of Building 3 within Arsenal Trade Center, a newly constructed development that spans roughly 1.1 million square feet across three buildings. Jimo Liu of Cushman & Wakefield represented Worldwide Logistics in the lease negotiations. Tom Monahan, Larry Schiffinhaus and Brian Golden of CBRE represented the landlord, a partnership between Trammell Crow Co. and CBRE Investment Management.
WILMINGTON, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Atlantic Capital Partners has arranged the $10 million sale of two office buildings totaling 61,888 square feet in Wilmington, a northern suburb of Boston. The buildings at 226 and 230 Lowell St. total 40,899 and 20,989 square feet, respectively, and can also support additional uses. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Danielle Turpin and John Dixon of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Regional brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the $8.3 million sale of Hamilton Garden Apartments, a 58-unit building in Poughkeepsie, located north of New York City. The property consists of seven two-story buildings that were built between 1925 and 1965 and house studio, one- and two-bedroom units, as well as onsite laundry facilities. Janet Bortz of Kislak brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Zeta Charter Schools will open a 35,000-square-foot temporary high school facility in the Washington Heights area of Upper Manhattan. The lease term is two years, and the space is located within St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Lindsay Ornstein and Alexander Smith of OPEN Impact Real Estate represented Zeta Charter Schools in the lease negotiations. The landlord, the Archdiocese of New York, was self-represented.