NEW YORK CITY — TruArc Partners has signed a 10,000-square-foot office lease extension at 545 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The private equity firm will remain on the 10th floor of the 18-story, 140,000-square-foot building for another seven years. Tara Stacom led a Cushman & Wakefield team that represented the landlord, Marx Realty, in the lease negotiations. Evan Margolin and Ben Levy of JLL represented TruArc Partners.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $395 million loan for the refinancing of 70 Pine Street, a 66-story mixed-use building in Manhattan’s Financial District. Built in 1932 and most recently renovated in 2016, 70 Pine Street is home to the 165-room Mint House Hotel and 612 market-rate apartments, as well as retail space that is leased to two fine-dining restaurants, one quick-service restaurant, a coffeeshop and a nail salon. Residential and hotel amenities include a 22,000-square-foot fitness center, two golf simulators, two bowling alleys, a screening room, children’s play area and coworking and lounge spaces. Christopher Peck, Geoff Goldstein and Christopher Pratt of JLL arranged the loan through Goldman Sachs on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between DTH Capital and Rose Associates.
BURLINGTON, N.J. — Lee & Associates has secured a 478,000-square-foot industrial lease in the Southern New Jersey city of Burlington. The tenant is an undisclosed, international logistics company that will occupy the entirety of the building at 1620 River Road, which is located within Burlington Industrial Park. According to LoopNet Inc., the building was constructed in 2016 and features a clear height of 36 feet, 96 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 5,000 square feet of office space and parking for 179 cars and 72 trailers. Drew Maffey, Rick Marchisio and Michael Lee of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Nate Demetsky of JLL represented the landlord.
STRATFORD, CONN. — Regional brokerage firm Atlantic Capital Partners has negotiated the $24.6 million sale of North Town Center, a 115,000-square-foot shopping center located in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Stratford. Big Y Supermarket has anchored North Town Center, which was 93 percent leased at the time of sale, since 2008. Other tenants include X-Golf, Town Line Liquors and Town Fair Tire. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Sam Koonce and Matt Ericson of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. Stephen Joseph of Atlantic Capital arranged long-term financing for the buyer.
BETHLEHEM, N.Y. — The NRP Group, a Cleveland-based multifamily developer, has broken ground on Selkirk Reserve, a 72-unit workforce housing project that will be located just south of Albany in Bethlehem. The property will consist of nine two-story residential buildings and a clubhouse building on a 15.6-acre site. Units will come in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats and will be reserved for renters earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. NRP Group is developing the project in partnership with New York State Homes & Community Renewal and nonprofit organization Soldier On. Completion is slated for August 2025.
SOMERVILLE, MASS. — Sublime Systems, which manufactures low-carbon alternatives to traditional cement, has signed a 23,000-square-foot office and life sciences lease expansion in the Boston-area city of Somerville. Sublime Systems originally occupied 6,500 square feet at the 7.4-acre Somernova campus and expects to employ about 400 people following the completion of the expansion. Rafi Properties owns Somernova.
READING, PA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a 250,955-square-foot distribution center in Reading, about 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The property at 615 Aviation Road features 10,383 feet of office space, a clear height of 32 feet, 58 dock doors, 15 van dock doors and 10 drive-in doors. Chris Sheldon, Gerry Blinebury and Brendan McGeary of Cushman & Wakefield represented the developer and seller, SunCap Property Group, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to an undisclosed transportation and logistics company.
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — JLL has arranged financing for Riverwalk Phase IV, a 150-unit multifamily project that will be located in the Northern New Jersey community of Elmwood Park. Thomas Didio Jr. and John Cumming of JLL arranged the financing, which consisted of a $32 million, floating-rate construction loan from Provident Bank and a $17 million preferred equity investment from Hickory CRE Lending. The initial phases of the larger Riverwalk development were completed in 2012-2013. The final phase, which is slated for a fourth-quarter delivery, will also feature 15,000 square feet of retail space.
WESTFIELD, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $4.7 million sale of a single-tenant, 35,968-square-foot retail building in the Northern New Jersey community of Westfield. The Gap has occupied the two-story building at 207 E. Broad St. for nearly 30 years. Alan Cafiero, David Cafiero and Dean Matuszewicz of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — China Merchants Bank has signed a 43,060-square-foot office lease extension at 535 Madison Ave. in Midtown Manhattan. The bank will continue to occupy the entire 17th, 18th and 23rd floors of the 37-story building for the next 15 years. Michael Goldman, Barry Spagna and Erik Sznip of Cresa represented China Merchants Bank in the lease negotiations. Brian Gell and Laurence Briody of CBRE represented the landlord, Park Tower Group.