NEWARK, DEL. — AirJoule, which provides atmospheric water harvesting services, has signed a 30,000-square-foot industrial lease in Newark, Del. The space can support both manufacturing and office operations, and AirJoule is also leasing 500 square feet at The Innovation Space in Wilmington’s DuPont Experimental Station for research and development activities. The company expects to invest about $15 million in its Newark operation and hire about 60 people over the next several years.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Stav Equities has negotiated the $2.4 million sale of a three-unit apartment building located at 14 Third St. in the Carroll Gardens area of Brooklyn. The buyer intends to convert the units, which were vacant at the time of sale, into condominiums. Jacob Stavsky of Stav Equities represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the off-market transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark and Greystone have jointly arranged $560 million in floating-rate debt for the refinancing of 3ELEVEN, a 60-story, 938-unit apartment tower in Manhattan. The site at the corner of 11th Avenue and West 29th Street lies at the intersection of the borough’s Hudson Yards and West Chelsea neighborhoods. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a pool with cabanas, fitness center with a yoga studio, theater, coworking spaces with conference rooms, music practice rooms and multiple outdoor gathering areas, including a 42nd-floor terrace and dedicated dog runs. Jordan Roeschlaub, Nick Scribani and Jonathan Firestone of Newmark collaborated with Drew Fletcher, Paul Fried and Bryan Grover of Greystone to originate the debt, which retires a senior construction loan provided by HSBC. The borrower, a partnership between Ares Corp. and Douglaston Development, originally announced the project in summer 2019 and completed construction in summer 2023. At the time of the loan closing, 3ELEVEN was 99 percent occupied.
NEW YORK CITY — American Lions, which is a joint venture between locally based developers Fetner Properties and Lions Group, has begun leasing The Bold, a 164-unit apartment building in Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects, the 28-story building is located at 2701 Jackson Ave. in the borough’s Long Island City area and includes 50 affordable housing residences. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. The amenity package consists of a coworking lounge, gym with a climbing wall, party room with a bar and kitchen, clubhouse lounge, media room and a golf simulator room. Rents start at roughly $3,600 per month for a studio apartment.
SOUTH PARIS, MAINE — In a sale-leaseback transaction, MAG Capital Partners has acquired the manufacturing and headquarters facility of KBS Builders, a wholly owned subsidiary of Star Equity Holdings. The 84,800-square-foot facility, which is located about 30 miles from the Maine-New Hampshire border in South Paris, was originally built on 18.6 acres in 2004 and features a clear height of 40 feet and nine dock doors. Jeff Lizzo and Krupa Shah of STREAM Capital Partners represented KBS Builders in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged an $8.7 million loan for the refinancing of a retail and hospitality portfolio in Manhattan’s Theater District. The fully occupied portfolio consists of two properties, both of which feature bars/restaurants that are owned and operated by the undisclosed borrower. In addition, the second property has a boutique hotel occupying floors three through six that is leased to a third-party operator. The direct lender and addresses of the property were also not disclosed. Ben Schlegel, Matt Swerdlow, Christoffer Brodhead and Rhea Vivek of Ariel originated the three-year loan.
NEW YORK CITY — State of Play Hospitality, an entertainment retail operator, has signed a 10,700-square-foot retail lease at 31 Union Square West in Manhattan with plans to open a Flight Club venue. Spanning the ground floor and basement of the property, the facility will offer darts-focused games with food-and-beverage options. Scheduled to open in 2025, this marks the ninth North America location for the brand. Blue Water Grill restaurant previously occupied the space.
NEW YORK CITY — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged a $50 million loan for a 12-story, 144,000-square-foot office and retail property in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. The newly renovated building spans a full city block from Broadway to Crosby Street in between Houston and Prince streets. Matthew Polci, Steven Buchwald and Rachael Krawiecki of IPA originated the loan through a partnership between Maxim Capital Group, Sabal Investment Holdings and GDS Brightstar. The borrower was a partnership between London-based Chelsfield Group and RAM Holdings.
WEST COXSACKIE, N.Y. — Regional investment firm Winstanley Enterprises has purchased Prime Logistics Center, a 333,386-square-foot industrial property in West Coxsackie, about 25 miles south of Albany. The 30.7-acre site is located within a larger industrial park, and the building previously housed the distribution operations of grocer Save A Lot. Building features include 61 loading docks, two drive-in doors and parking for 77 trailers and 216 passenger vehicles. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Winstanley plans to make capital improvements and rebrand the property as Mid-Hudson Logistics Center.
ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. — Regional brokerage firm Hudson Atlantic Realty has negotiated the $20 million sale of Southside Lofts, a 64-unit multifamily property in the Central New Jersey community of Robbinsville. The seller, Sharbell Development, delivered the property in 2020. According to Apartments.com, Southside Lofts offers one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 713 to 1,207 square feet and amenities such as a fitness center, lounge and a rooftop terrace. Adam Zweibel of Hudson Atlantic represented Sharbell Development in the transaction and procured the undisclosed buyer.