NEW YORK CITY — The Paul Taylor Dance Co. has signed a 31,000-square-foot office lease at 307 West 38th Street in Midtown Manhattan. The company will relocate and expand from a 13,000-square-foot space at 551 Grand St. to the entire ninth and 10th floors of the 21-story building in early 2025. Jeffrey Rosenblatt of Lincoln Property Co. represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Peter Duncan, Matthew Coudert and Alexander Bermingham represented the landlord, George Comfort & Sons, on an internal basis.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Mesa West Capital has provided a $53.5 million construction loan for Bridge Point 99, a 291,578-square-foot industrial project in South Brunswick, located north of Trenton in Central New Jersey. The site at 999 Cranbury South River Road spans 26.6 acres. The rear-load building will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 47 loading doors, two drive-in doors, 130-foot truck court depths and parking for 49 trailers and 181 cars. Delivery is slated for the second quarter. Steve Roth and Ryan Kieser of CBRE arranged the debt on behalf of the borrower, Bridge Industrial.
NEW YORK CITY — SCALE Lending, the debt financing arm of Slate Property Group, has funded a $46 million bridge loan for Arris Grand, a 113-unit apartment building located at 982-998 Fulton St. in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood. Completed late last year, the nine-story building offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, rooftop terrace and lounges, as well as 7,154 square feet of street-level retail space. Fogarty Finger designed Arris Grand. The undisclosed borrower will use the proceeds to retire existing construction debt and fund costs of lease-up.
ISELIN, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a multifamily development site in the Northern New Jersey community of Iselin. The site at 186 Wood Ave. S. is located within the Centra at Metropark office campus. Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Frank DiTommaso and Ryan Larkin of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, The Hampshire Cos., in the transaction. The buyer, Woodmont Properties, did not disclose specific plans for development but did say that the project would include seniors housing.
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the $16.1 million sale of a 62,504-square-foot grocery store in the Northern New Jersey community of Saddle Brook that is leased to ACME Markets, a subsidiary of Albertsons. ACME has occupied the property at 75 Mayhill St. since it was built in 1998. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, J.B. Bruno and Austin Pierce of JLL represented the seller, Vision Real Estate Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was The Winter Organization.
NEW YORK CITY — New York-based ERG Commercial has arranged a $7.5 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a vacant, 40,000-square-foot industrial property on Staten Island. The site at 501 Industry Road spans nine acres and was originally built in 1975, according to propertyshark.com. Ryan Lewis and Matthew Murphy of ERG Commercial arranged the loan. The direct lender and borrower were not disclosed.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — SCALE Lending, the debt financing arm of Slate Property Group, has funded two loans totaling $243 million for a pair of multifamily properties in the Journal Square area of Jersey City. In the first transaction, SCALE provided a $160 million construction loan for a 27-story project that will be located at 626 Newark Ave. The property will house 576 units, 9,915 square feet of street-level retail and 17,747 square feet of office space, with construction slated for a 2026 completion. In the second deal, SCALE provided an $83 million bridge loan for a 27-story, 235-unit building located at 26 Van Reipen Ave. that includes 7,562 square feet of retail and 7,546 square feet of office space. Proceeds from this loan will be used to retire construction debt and fund lease-up and stabilization costs. Drew Fletcher and Bryan Grover of Greystone arranged both loans on behalf of the borrower, Namdar Group.
MassHousing Provides $21M in Financing for Mixed-Income Housing Project in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
SHREWSBURY, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $21 million in financing for The Pointe at Hills Farm, a 93-unit mixed-income housing project in Shrewsbury, located just outside of Worcester. The borrower and developer is WinnCos. The financing consists of a $10.3 million permanent loan, $7.9 million in tax credit equity and $2.8 million from the agency’s workforce housing initiative. Of the 93 units, 56 will be reserved for households earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income, while 21 will be designated as workforce housing. The remaining 16 apartments will be rented at market rates. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Construction is underway and expected to last about 18 months.
NEW YORK CITY — DoorDash has signed a 115,382-square-foot office lease expansion at 200 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The San Francisco-based online food delivery platform is expanding from a 57,691-square-foot space that it had previously subleased to the ninth floor of the 860,000-square-foot building. Bruce Mosler, Ethan Silverstein, Anthony LoPresti and Bianca Di Mauro of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP), in the lease negotiations. Adam Ardise and Greg Pickett, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented DoorDash, which plans to take occupancy of the new space before the end of the year.
ROSELLE, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has arranged the $6.9 million sale of Sheridan Garden Apartments, a 35-unit multifamily complex in the Northern New Jersey community of Roselle. The building was originally constructed in 1928. Joni Sweetwood of Kislak represented the seller, an entity doing business as Sheridan Estate Urban Renewal LLC, in the transaction. Sweetwood also procured the buyer, Harrison Grove Holdings LLC.