Northeast

Property Owners Recalibrate Expectations Following Financing Challenge, Shifting Vacancy Rates

by Sarah Daniels January 30, 2024

High costs, modulating occupancies and a lack of financing options reshaped the industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors in the fourth quarter of 2023, signaling the determining factors for 2024, according to Lee & Associates’ 2023 Q4 North America Market Report. The industrial sector saw stabilizing tenant demand — the number of new buildings delivered increased in the fourth quarter, while new construction starts slowed. Meanwhile, the office sector’s struggles deepened as more than half of the office leases signed pre-2020 approach their expiration by 2026. With low-rate loans maturing into a high-rate environment, the factors troubling the office sector seem insurmountable in this decade. In the retail market, low vacancies did not lead to booming construction in that sector in the last quarter of 2023 — financing costs plus land and labor costs have hampered new development in spite of high demand. Finally, the health of multifamily markets is tied closely to geography. Sun Belt multifamily properties and their Midwest and Northeastern market counterparts are seeing reversals from the multifamily trends of 2021: formerly fast-growing Sun Belt markets are experiencing slowed rent growth or rent decline, while rent growth for slower-growing, major North and Midwestern metros has grown steadily. Lee & Associates …

January 30, 2024

Development Mixed-Use New York Northeast

Innovo Property Group Nears Completion of 220,000 SF Film, TV Production Studio in Queens

by Taylor Williams January 29, 2024

NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm Innovo Property Group (IPG) is nearing completion of Borden Studios, a 220,000-square-foot film and TV production facility in the Long Island City area of Queens. The facility is part of The Borden Complex, a 900,000-square-foot industrial project that is a redevelopment of a former warehouse of online grocer FreshDirect. Borden Studios will feature four sound stages ranging in size from 11,800 to 16,200 square feet, 43,000 square feet of office space, 56,000 square feet of support space and more than 8,800 square feet of outdoor amenity and gathering space. Full completion is slated for the spring. IPG acquired the asset in January 2019 with Atalaya Capital Management and Nan Fung Group for $75 million and subsequently received a $155 million construction loan in early 2021. Long-term financing was secured in summer 2022, and the development team topped out the project in February 2023.

January 29, 2024

Acquisitions NAI New Jersey Northeast Retail

NAI DiLeo-Arranges $8.6M Sale of Retail Center in Middlesex, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams January 29, 2024

MIDDLESEX, N.J. — NAI DiLeo-Bram & Co. has arranged the $8.6 million sale of a 69,750-square-foot retail center located in Middlesex. A 57,000-square-foot SuperFresh grocery store anchors the property, which sits on a 3.9-acre site. The center also features a 6,115-square-foot liquor store and 6,300 square feet of second-floor office space. Marc Shein of NAI DiLeo-Bram represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Bennett Realty & Development represented the buyer.

January 29, 2024

Acquisitions Connecticut Multifamily Northeast

NEPCG Negotiates $4.3M Sale of Apartment Building in Bridgeport, Connecticut

by Taylor Williams January 29, 2024

BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Regional brokerage firm Northeast Private Client Group (NEPCG) has negotiated the $4.3 million sale of a 36-unit apartment building in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Bridgeport. According to Apartments.com, the three-story building was originally constructed in 1920 and offers one- and two-bedroom units. Brad Balletto, Robert Paterno, Rich Edwards and Jeff Wright of NEPCG represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.

January 29, 2024

Industrial Leasing Activity New York Northeast

Lumber Plus Signs 33,000 SF Industrial Lease in Ronkonkoma, New York

by Taylor Williams January 29, 2024

RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — Lumber Plus, a distributor of Brazilian woods and flooring products, has signed a 33,000-square-foot industrial lease in the Long Island community of Ronkonkoma. Metropolitan Realty Associates owns the building at 2175 Fifth Ave. after buying it for $6.4 million in 2022. Frank Frizalone, Nick Gallipoli, Thomas Deluca, John Giannuzzi and Ryan Korzekwinski of Cushman & Wakefield represented both parties in the lease negotiations. Lumber Plus plans to move in during the second quarter.

January 29, 2024

Delaware Leasing Activity Northeast Retail

Aldi to Open 32,262 SF Grocery Store in Wilmington, Delaware

by Taylor Williams January 29, 2024

WILMINGTON, DEL. — German discount grocer Aldi will open a 32,262-square-foot store in Wilmington. Aldi will occupy the site at 4130 Concord Pike, which spans 3.1 acres, for the next 10 years. Jim O’Hara and Neil Killian of NAI Emory Hill Real Estate Services represented the landlord, an entity doing business as LBD Wilmington, in the lease negotiations. Jason Block of MCS represented Aldi.

January 29, 2024

Loans New York Northeast Retail

The Feil Organization Refinances 269,490 SF Shopping Center in Elmont, New York

by Taylor Williams January 26, 2024

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Feil Organization has refinanced Home Depot Shopping Center, a 269,490-square-foot property located at 600 Hempstead Turnpike in the Long Island community of Elmont. Feil has owned the property since 1992. At the time of the loan closing, the center was fully leased, with Marshalls and Target serving as the other anchor tenants. Estreich & Co. arranged the $23.5 million loan for the refinancing through Principal Asset Management on behalf of Feil.

January 26, 2024

Acquisitions Life Sciences Massachusetts Northeast

Newmark Brokers Sale of 242,477 SF Life Sciences Building in Cambridge, Massachusetts

by Taylor Williams January 26, 2024

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Newmark has brokered the sale of a 242,477-square-foot life sciences building located at 640 Memorial Drive across the Charles River from Boston in Cambridge. The building was originally constructed in 1913 as an automobile manufacturing plant. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, James Tribble, Samantha Hallowell and William Sleeper of Newmark represented the seller, an affiliate of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., in the transaction. The team, along with Steven Golubchik of Newmark, also procured the buyer, a partnership between Bain Capital Real Estate and Phase 3 Real Estate Partners.

January 26, 2024

Acquisitions Development New Jersey Northeast

Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Sale of 48-Acre Industrial Development Site in Hamilton, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams January 26, 2024

HAMILTON, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a 48-acre industrial development site in the Central New Jersey community of Hamilton that is approved for the construction of up to 420,000 square feet of space. The site at 861 Sloan Ave. offers proximity to both interstates 95 and 295. Robert Rudin, Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt, David Bernhaut and Seth Zuidema of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an entity doing business as Manchester 270 Development Inc., in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a partnership between Lincoln Equities Group and PGIM.

January 26, 2024

Leasing Activity New York Northeast Office

Mulligan Security Signs 15,788 SF Office Lease Expansion, Renewal in Midtown Manhattan

by Taylor Williams January 26, 2024

NEW YORK CITY — Mulligan Security has signed a 15,788-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion at 7 Penn Plaza in Midtown Manhattan. The private security and fire safety contracting firm now occupies 24,788 square feet across the entire second floor. The renewal term is 12 years. David Hollander and David Katz of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Andrew Wiener, David Turino and Henry Korzec represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, on an internal basis.

January 26, 2024

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