NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of Westin Grand Central, a 774-room hotel located at 212 E. 42nd St. in Midtown Manhattan. Built in 1981, the property features 13,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a restaurant and lobby bar, fitness center and a 144-space parking deck. Kevin Davis and Mark Fisher of JLL arranged the floating-rate financing through funds managed by Apollo Global Management. The borrower was an undisclosed global investment management firm that has owned the hotel since early 2019.
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YORK, PA. — A partnership between Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC and MRP Industrial has broken ground on Expressway Commerce Center, a 674,000-square-foot speculative project that will be located west of Philadelphia in York. The development will consist of a 271,000 and 403,000-square-foot building, both of which will have rear-load configurations, 36-foot clear heights and combined parking for 563 cars and 175 trailers. Construction is slated for a third-quarter 2024 completion.
MERIDEN, CONN. — Greystone has provided an $11 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of The Kennedy Building, a 135-unit multifamily property in Meriden, located roughly midway between Hartford and New Haven. The property was built in 1921 and offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Dan Sacks of Greystone originated the 10-year, nonrecourse loan, which carried a fixed interest rate, 30-year amortization schedule and seven years of interest-only payments. The borrower was Kennedy Holdings Inc.
NEW YORK CITY — Sprinklr (NYSE: CXM), a provider of customer management software, has signed a 23,623-square-foot office lease at Hudson Commons in Manhattan. The company will occupy the entire 12th floor of the 25-story, 697,960-square-foot building. Evan Haskell, Ben Joseph, James Ackerson and Howard Fiddle of CBRE, along with internal agents Ian Gaffney and Taber Brown, represented the landlord, CommonWealth Partners, in the lease negotiations. Nick Farmakis and David Goldstein of Savills represented Sprinklr.
GLASSPORT, PA. — Michigan-based brokerage firm Friedman Real Estate has negotiated the sale of a 14,560-square-foot, single-tenant retail building in Glassport, a southern suburb of Pittsburgh. Rite Aid occupies the building, which is located at 210 Ninth St. Steven Silverman and Ryan Wilner of Friedman Real Estate represented the seller in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
JLL Arranges $193M in Construction Financing for Pathside Apartment Tower in Jersey City, New Jersey
by John Nelson
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — JLL has arranged a $193 million construction loan for Pathside, a 605-unit luxury apartment tower in Jersey City, a suburb of New York City. Located at 499-507 Summit Ave. in the city’s Journal Square neighborhood, the high-rise will be situated within an opportunity zone and adjacent to the PATH subway station. Thomas Didio, Thomas Didio Jr., Gerard Quinn and Salvatore Buzzerio of the debt advisory team at JLL Capital Markets arranged the five-year, floating-rate, nonrecourse loan through Pacific Life. The borrower, locally based Panepinto Properties Inc., plans to deliver Pathside in the second quarter of 2026. Joseph Panepinto Jr., global president of Panepinto Properties, led the financing negotiations on behalf of the developer. “We are excited to announce the vertical capitalization of Pathside, the newest luxury delivery in Panepinto’s Gold Coast pipeline,” says Thomas Didio Jr. “Pacific Life provided the borrower team with an accretive single-source solution in a very challenging market for large construction loans.” Upon completion, Pathside will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments averaging 710 square feet in size. The property will also feature 3,200 square feet of commercial space on the ground level. The general contractor on the project is AJD Construction, …
MOUNT POCONO, PA. — Newland Capital Group will develop Mount Pocono Commerce Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial project that will be located roughly midway between Scranton and Allentown in eastern Pennsylvania. The project is a build-to-suit for an undisclosed third-party logistics group and will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 196 loading docks, four drive-in doors, 384 trailer stalls and 200-foot truck court depths. David Pelaia and Chad Morgan of JLL arranged a senior construction loan through Axos Bank and mezzanine financing from Fidelity Investments, as well as joint venture equity from an undisclosed partner, for the project. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.
TETERBORO, N.J. — San Francisco-based Prologis has acquired a 125,500-square-foot industrial property in the Northern New Jersey community of Teterboro. The property features 15 loading docks, four drive-in doors, clear heights of 14 to 16 feet, parking for over 125 cars and nearly 60 trailers and 18,516 square feet of office space. Thomas Vetter, Jeffrey DeMagistris and Gary Sauerborn of NAI James E. Hanson represented the seller, Marschall Partners LP, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Commercial finance and advisory firm Axiom Capital Corp. has arranged a $22 million loan for the refinancing of an unnamed multifamily building in Manhattan’s Financial District. The eight-story building houses a mix of studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units and includes commercial space. The fixed-rate, nonrecourse loan carried a five-year term with three years of interest-only payments. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.
PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — Colliers has brokered the $10.2 million sale of a 104,500-square-foot industrial flex facility located in Pennsauken, located just outside of Philadelphia in Southern New Jersey. The property was fully leased to American Furniture Rentals at the time of sale. The buyer was a private equity group with significant holdings in the Mid-Atlantic region. The seller was undisclosed. Eric Grad of Colliers represented both sides in the deal.