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BEDMINSTER, N.J. — MetLife Investment Management has unveiled plans to reposition its 197-acre office campus in Bedminster, about 45 miles west of New York City, into a life sciences development named Bedminster Technology Center. MetLife has retained JLL to lead the repositioning of the property. Formerly home of AT&T and long known as One AT&T Way, the property consists of four interconnected buildings totaling 939,795 square feet. The campus includes a global network operations center, heliport and 15 acres of covered and surface parking. AT&T built the campus for its own use in 1975. MetLife acquired the property, which is now fully vacant, in 2006. The Township of Bedminster has rezoned the property to accommodate up to 2 million square feet of total development targeted toward biotech research and development and advanced manufacturing uses. Additionally, about 300,000 square feet is available for a conference center, hotel and amenities that could include a fitness center, restaurants and/or retail. Dan Loughlin is leading a JLL team that will market the property for single or multi-tenant lease, sale or site redevelopment with acreage for sale. According to JLL, Bedminster Technology Center presents an opportunity to create the first life sciences development in the …

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HOBOKEN, N.J. — Locally based developer LCOR has broken ground on Hoboken Connect, a $900 million mixed-use project in Northern New Jersey. The waterfront development will consist of a 386-unit apartment complex, a 21-story office building, 5,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and open public space. Within the multifamily component, 20 percent of the residences will be reserved as affordable housing, while the office building will total 704,355 square feet. Both of these buildings will house various Class A amenities. The development team will also make various infrastructural improvements to the site. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between locally based developer Naftali Group and holding company Access Industries is underway on construction of Williamsburg Wharf, an 850-unit multifamily development in Brooklyn. The 3.8-acre site is located on Kent Avenue between Division Street and South 11th Street, adjacent to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Williamsburg Wharf will be a waterfront campus with five 22-story buildings that will also house retail and commercial space. Williamsburg Wharf will also feature an open lawn, public waterfront park, dog run and various walking and biking paths. The first phase is slated for a late 2025 completion.

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MELVILLE, N.Y. — A joint venture between Creation, a developer with offices in Phoenix and Dallas, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management has sold Baylis 495 Business Park, a 103,500-square-foot industrial facility located in the Long Island community of Melville. Miami-based REIT BentallGreenOak purchased the property for $44 million. The eight-acre site is located about a mile south of the Long Island Expressway, and the building features a clear height of 32 feet, 20 dock doors and two drive-in bays. Marc Duval, Jordan Avanzato, Jason Lundy, Nicholas Stefans, Jose Cruz and Steve Simonelli of JLL brokered the deal. At the time of sale, Baylis 495 Business Park was fully leased to Keurig Dr. Pepper.

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HORSHAM, PA. — Align Precision has signed an 85,396-square-foot industrial lease at 425 Privet Road in Horsham, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. The defense and aerospace contractor is relocating from nearby Huntingdon Valley and essentially doubling its footprint. Tim Morris, Mike Maloney and Brian Smyth of CBRE represented the landlord, a partnership between Griffith Properties and DRA Advisors, in the lease negotiations. Mike Cohen of Situs Properties represented Align Precision.

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LYNDHURST, N.J. — Locally based developer Woodmont Properties has completed the renovation of a 30,000-square-foot industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of Lyndhurst. The building at 2 Terminal Road is used for both storage and distribution purposes. Specific improvements included the installation of a new roof and front entrance; fresh painting of the building’s interior and exterior; new paving and landscaping; and the addition of built-out office space and additional loading doors.

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment and development firm Innovo Property Group is underway on construction of a 736,000-square-foot industrial project located at 28-90 Review Ave. in the Long Island City area of Queens. The six-story building, which is designed to accommodate two tenants per floor, will feature a clear height of 32 feet and parking for 166 cars and 118 trailers. Last summer, Innovo received $354 million in construction financing from Axos Bank and Cerberus Capital Management and equity from Goldman Sachs Asset Management. JLL arranged the financing, although details about the amount of each component within the capital stack were not disclosed. The topping out of the complex is slated for later this year. Full completion is scheduled for 2025.

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Locally based developer Halpern Real Estate Ventures has completed Birch House, a 337-unit apartment community located at 49 Fisk St. in Jersey City’s West Side neighborhood. Designed by Minno & Wasko Architects & Planners, the six-story building houses studio, one- and two-bedroom units and roughly 50,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space. Other project partners included JRM Construction Management and The Corcoran Group, which is marketing the property for lease. Construction began in late 2021 and topped out in spring 2023.

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WESTPORT, CONN. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the $45.5 million sale of Compo Shopping Center in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Westport. The 76,368-square-foot center was approximately 91.5 percent leased at the time of sale, with CVS serving as the anchor tenant. The buyer was Florida-based REIT Regency Centers, and the seller was undisclosed. Joanna Manfro of Matthews brokered the deal.

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ROCKY HILL, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $9.5 million loan for the refinancing of a retail center in Rocky Hill, located just south of Hartford. The address and square footage of the property, which houses a supermarket and a bank, were not disclosed. Gerald Kray of MMCC arranged the loan, which was structured with a five-year term, 7.1 percent interest rate and 65 percent loan-to-value ratio. The borrower and direct lender were also not disclosed.

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