HOBOKEN AND JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Regional brokerage and debt advisory firm BlueGate Partners has arranged a $150 million permanent loan for The Devan, a 336-unit apartment building located along the Hoboken-Jersey City border. Completed in 2024, The Devan offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, library/media room, coworking lounges, courtyard with a pool and a dog run. Mark DeLillo of BlueGate Partners arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between URSA Development Group and Fields Grade. The direct lender was not disclosed.
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RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, PA. — Regional owner-operator Greek Real Estate Partners has broken ground on an 81,156-square-foot speculative industrial project in Ridley Township, a southwestern suburb of Philadelphia. Provident Bank provided a $12.3 million construction loan for the project, the site of which spans 12 acres at 130 S. Fairview Road. JLL represented the seller in the land deal and arranged the construction debt on behalf of the developer. Construction is slated for a mid-2026 completion.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has placed a $6.1 million loan for the refinancing of two rent-stabilized apartment buildings totaling 26 units in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn. The buildings include ground-floor retail space. Matthew Dzbanek and Matt Swerdlow of Ariel originated the five-year loan, which carried an interest rate of 5.81 percent, through an undisclosed agency lender. The borrower was also not disclosed.
Related Cos., Oxford Properties Close $2.45B Capitalization for 70 Hudson Yards Office Tower in Manhattan
by John Nelson
NEW YORK CITY — Related Cos. and Oxford Properties Group have fully capitalized 70 Hudson Yards, a 72-story office tower underway within the co-developers’ 28-acre Hudson Yards campus in Manhattan’s Midtown West neighborhood. The companies recently closed $2.45 billion in financing for the project, including a $1.6 billion construction loan from Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Standard Chartered, as well as equity from institutional investors. “Securing full equity and the largest construction loan in New York since 2020, on attractive terms, demonstrates the growing global demand from sophisticated investors and lenders of capital into first class office product like 70 Hudson Yards,” says Dean Shapiro, Oxford’s global head of development. The multi-tenant tower will span 1.4 million square feet and include the U.S. headquarters for Deloitte, one of the “big four” accounting firms that signed a lease for more than 800,000 square feet at the tower last year. The lease represents the largest tenant relocation in New York City since 2020, according to Related and Oxford. Shapiro adds that the co-developers broke ground before the lease with Deloitte was executed. Related and Oxford plan to begin vertical construction in the first half of the year. The foundations are nearing …
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Navigating Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Small Balance Multifamily Loan Programs
By Ann Atkinson, Regions Real Estate Capital Markets Most multifamily real estate owners need to finance or refinance their apartment community at some point. Many utilize the small balance multifamily loan programs available through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to do so. Understanding how lenders navigate each phase of the loan cycle can give owners a strategic advantage, especially in a time of elevated rate volatility. A significant amount of multifamily debt is maturing in 2026. Borrowers should not wait to refinance to avoid the concentrated competition later in the year when lenders are faced with refinancing demand. In addition, modest rent growth today offers refinancing upside; and finally, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have higher production caps in 2026, providing more runway for lending. The following overview, based on Regions Real Estate Capital Markets’ experience, outlines five key phases of the process, with helpful tips throughout: 1. Screening and Term Sheet Loan screening kicks off the relationship between borrower and lender. The lender’s production representative often conducts an introductory call with the borrower, who completes an application and provides due diligence items. Access a checklist of items to provide to Regions for screening here. Tip #1: Get all required (and …
MORGANTOWN, PA. — California-based Panattoni Development Co. will build a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial project in Morgantown, about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Known as New Morgan Gateway Commerce Center, the development will comprise a 925,680-square-foot building and a 291,600-square-foot building on a 128-acre site. Both buildings will feature clear heights of 40 feet. HDA Architects is designing the project, and Brinkmann Constructors is serving as the general contractor. A construction timeline was not announced.
CLIFTON, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale ofthe 97,145-square-foot Route 3 Industrial Park in the Northern New Jersey community of Clifton. The property consists of two shallow bay buildings on a 4.5-acre site that were fully leased at the time of sale. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt, Ryan Larkin and Seth Zuidema of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Longpoint Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was The Silverman Group.
MILFORD, CONN. — New York City-based HKS Real Estate Advisors has arranged a $7.9 million acquisition loan for a 105,481-square-foot shopping center in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Milford. The center sits on a 22-acre site and was 44 percent leased at the time of sale. Andrew Pilchick and Alex Dobosh of HKS arranged the debt through 360 Capital Funding on behalf of the borrower, Constitution Credit, which plans to implement a value-add program.
NEW YORK CITY — Dumbo Market has opened a 13,500-square-foot grocery store in Queens. The store is located within Jasper, a 499-unit apartment community in the borough’s Long Island City neighborhood that features 33,000 square feet of retail space. A partnership between The Domain Cos., LMXD and Bridge Investment Group Holdings LLC owns Jasper.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between affordable housing developer Type A Projects and local nonprofit organization BronxWorks has received $255.6 million in construction financing for River Commons, a 328-unit project that will be located in the Concourse area of The Bronx. Construction is expected to begin within the coming weeks. The package includes $91.3 million in both tax-exempt ($64.3 million) and taxable ($27 million) bond financing from the New York City Housing Development Corp. In addition, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is providing more than $100 million in capital through its New Construction Finance program. Capital One also provided a letter of credit on the deal. Additional financing for the project stems from Low-Income Housing Tax Credits that were syndicated by Hudson Housing Capital. Situated on the former site of a former hospital parking lot, River Commons will be a 17-story building that will house 328 affordable and supportive housing units, a 43,000-square-foot public healthcare center that will be operated by New York City Health + Hospitals (H+H) and 6,000 square feet of flexible community space that will be occupied by African Communities Together. The development will also feature a 7,000-square-foot public green …