EXETER, N.H. — JLL has negotiated the sale of a two-building, 82,000-square-foot medical office complex in Exeter, located just north of the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. Access Sports Medicine, Seacoast Pathology and Exeter Hospital anchor the complex at 1 Hampton Road, which was 92 percent leased at the time of sale. Brannan Knott, Mindy Berman, Anthony Sardo and Landon Weaver of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Sendero Capital and Angelo Gordon, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
CHATHAM, N.J. — New Jersey-based developer Walters has broken ground on Cornerstone at Chatham, a 63-unit affordable housing complex in Northern New Jersey. The 3.2-acre site formerly housed a restaurant that is now defunct. Units will come in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats and range in size from 807 to 1,343 square feet. Residences will be reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. Amenities will include a fitness center, community room and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Walters is developing the project in partnership with Chatham Township. Completion is slated for late 2024.
Day-to day life as a property manager in both a conventional multifamily building and student housing can be unpredictable. Hiring and staffing issues can plague many operators, resulting in the need to wear many different hats. These different hats can make it difficult for staff to fully address all of the residents’ needs. Managing a Wi-Fi system — perhaps the most crucial technology platform at any community — is one duty that the onsite team can happily offload to a third-party provider. Reliable Managed Wi-Fi Systems Roxann Campbell, vice president of regional sales at Pavlov Media, says today’s Internet-connected culture has increased the need for residents to have an absolutely reliable managed Wi-Fi system. Pavlov Media (which provides Wi-Fi & fiber services to multifamily and student properties) is an Internet service provider (ISP) that can establish connectivity throughout entire buildings while managing Internet for all of a property’s residents. This managed Wi-Fi approach benefits the buildings’ owner-operators because it offers a planned strategy for wiring and Wi-Fi signals. Routers aren’t competing against each other, as they can in communities that give their residents the option to sign up with any number of competing Internet providers. “Bulk managed Wi-Fi provides residents …
CARTERET, N.J. — Crow Holdings has completed Crow Holdings at Carteret, a 1.2 million-square-foot speculative industrial facility that is situated on a 126-acre site in Northern New Jersey. The development consists of three buildings ranging in size from 335,000 to 480,000 square feet that feature 40-foot clear heights, as well as a total of 174 dock doors, 140 trailer parking spaces and six drive-in ramps. Construction was completed in about 18 months. Cushman & Wakefield is the leasing agent.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $22.5 million sale of a commercial building located at 500 W. 14th St. in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. The square footage and specific use of the freestanding, three-story building were not disclosed. Don Yahn, Ian Brooks and Dan Organ of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Hyundai Motor America, in the lease negotiations. The seller was New York City-based Duanco Inc.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6.6 million sale of a 17,734-square-foot retail property on Staten Island that is net leased to Pep Boys. The automotive parts retailer has occupied the space at 1941 Forest Ave. for more than 15 years, and the property can support about 30,000 square feet of new development. Scott Plasky of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity, in the transaction.
TEANECK, N.J. — Kolmar Group, a South Korean manufacturer that supports the cosmetics, food supplements and pharmaceutical industries, has opened a 16,102-square-foot office and innovation center in the Northern New Jersey community of Teaneck. The space, which includes a product incubation feature, is located within Glenpointe, a 670,000-square-foot mixed-use campus. Jeff Schotz, Peter Rossi, Dan Reider and Peter Kasparian of Newmark represented the landlord, New Jersey-based Alfred Sanzari Enterprises, in the lease negotiations. David Simson and Elaine Lim of Keller Williams Commercial represented Kolmar Group.
PITTSBURGH — Law firm Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has signed an 6,572-square-foot office lease expansion in Pittsburgh. The tenant is expanding its footprint at One PPG Place, a six-building, 1.5 million-square-foot complex located in the downtown area, by about 40 percent for a new footprint of 23,000 square feet. Lesa Nickelson French of Savills and David Koch of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Highwoods Properties owns One PPG Place.
SOMERSET, N.J. — San Francisco-based Prologis will develop a 436,900-square-foot industrial project in the Northern New Jersey community of Somerset. The site at 187 Davidson Ave. spans 47 acres. Building features will include a clear height of 40 feet, 190-foot truck court depths and ample car and trailer parking spaces. Delivery is slated for the second half of 2024. Noah Balanoff, Mark Hay and Jacquelyn Severino of Colliers represented Prologis in its acquisition of the land from an undisclosed seller. Colliers has also been retained as the project’s leasing agent.
AMSTERDAM, N.Y. — A public-private partnership between the State of New York and 3D Development Group has completed renovations of New Amsterdam Apartments, a 116-unit affordable seniors housing complex located about 35 miles northwest of Albany. Residences in the 12-story building are reserved for households with incomes at or below 80 percent of the area median income and with at least one household member aged 55 or older. The scope of renovations included asbestos abatement, the modernization of elevators and replacement of fire alarms, as well as the installation of new common doors, energy-efficient hot water boilers, LED light fixtures and cast iron sanitary lines. Unit interiors were also upgraded with Energy Star-rated appliances and fixtures.