WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — New Jersey-based Woodmont Industrial Partners has completed a 54,113-square-foot project in the Northern New Jersey community of Woodbridge. The building features a clear height of 32 feet, eight exterior dock doors, one drive-in door and build-to-suit office space. Woodmont has also secured a full-building lease with Indiana-based R.A.S. Logistics. Mindy Lissner, Chuck Fern, Jason Barton and David Gheriani of Cushman &. Wakefield represented Woodmont in the lease negotiations.
AGAWAM, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.8 million sale of a 37,650-square-foot industrial building in Agawam, located just south of Springfield in western Massachusetts. The building, which was fully occupied at the time of sale, sits on a 3.4-acre site and features five loading docks and 40 parking spaces. Harrison Klein of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a group of private investors, in the transaction. Tom Hovey and Eric Suffoletto of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the buyer, an individual/personal trust.
PHILADELPHIA — New Jersey-based DIGroup Architecture has relocated its Philadelphia office to Budd Bioworks. The 450,000-square-foot office and life sciences campus is a redevelopment of the former manufacturing facility of automotive parts provider The Budd Co. The square footage of the new office space was not disclosed. A partnership between New York City-based developer The Plymouth Group and private investment firm Centerbridge Partners owns Budd Bioworks.
Self-storage has had an amazing run since just before the pandemic. Cap rates started near 6 percent, with buildings starting at $150 per square foot. Then came the flood of pandemic capital pushing prices — by mid-2022 prices jumped to a point no one had previously experienced. “In some of the bigger markets, we were seeing per-square-foot prices of $300 and above for the first time,” says Denise Nunez, executive managing director with NAI Horizon. Cap rates fell to as low as 4 percent. “The low cap rates had gotten to such a point where many brokers were not even pricing deals because they didn’t want to miss that extra that they could get on the sale.” But rising interest rates have had an impact on self-storage, as they have had on every other commercial real estate asset class, with prices reversing again. Investors are still unsure of what the Federal Reserve will be doing in the near term with monetary policy. Building costs are high — final delivery construction costs are still higher by 40 percent or more than pre-pandemic. That reality has resulted in investors alternating between cold feet and, with some signs that the Fed may plan …
NEW YORK CITY — LMXD, an affiliate of New York City-based L&M Development Partners, has topped out the National Black Theatre & Ray Harlem, a 21-story residential and civic project. Designed by Frida Escobedo Architects and Handel Architects, the development will house 222 mixed-income apartments, commercial space along 125th Street and a multi-purpose living room that will be open to the community. In addition, the site will feature a 27,000-square-foot home for National Black Theatre. This space will house offices, classrooms, a 250-seat performance space, a 99-seat flexible studio theater and a set-building shop to support workforce development in theatrical trades. The building is scheduled to open in late 2024, with the theater coming on line in early 2026.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based Simone Development Cos. has purchased a retail building in the Morris Park area of The Bronx with plans to convert the property into a 186,298-square-foot industrial facility. The site at 1720 Eastchester Road, which previously housed a 63,000-square-foot Stop & Shop grocery store, liquor store and a Subway restaurant, is adjacent to Hutchinson Metro Center, Simone’s 1.4 million-square-foot mixed-use development. Jonathan Squires and Josh King of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Madison International Realty, in the transaction. Megan Guy, Brian Reardon, Josh Gopan, Dina Gupta and Sean Heneghan represented Simone Development on an internal basis.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $19.1 million sale of a 160,000-square-foot mixed-use building located at 950 Westchester Ave. in the Longwood area of The Bronx. The 12-story building consists of 111 market-rate and affordable housing units and a community facility with seven office units and two retail spaces. Victor Sozio, Jason Gold, Howard Raber, Shimon Shkury and Daniel Mahfar of Ariel Property Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $11.7 million sale of a 26,260-square-foot shopping center in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn. The two-story center consists of five ground-floor spaces and a 12,000-square-foot second-level space that is occupied by A+ Kidz Academy. Scott Plasky and Alexander Arustamian of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, a private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
NEW YORK CITY — Advantage Capital Holdings has signed a 10,000-square-foot office lease at 1180 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. The 398,937-square-foot building recently underwent a value-add program. Bryan Boisi, Michael Baraldi, Harry Blair and Mark Boisi of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Northwood Investors, in the lease negotiations. Justin Myers and Dennis Someck of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, which is taking space on the 21st floor.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged four loans totaling $223.9 million to refinance four Harbor Point-branded apartment communities. Greystone provided the Freddie Mac mortgages. The portfolio comprises 989 apartment units in Stamford, roughly 40 miles northeast of New York City and 40 miles southwest of New Haven. Units range from 544 to 1,429 square feet in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Located at 301 Commons Park South, 111 Towne St., 110 Towne St. and 120 Towne St., the communities —Postmark Apartments, Harbor Point, The Key at Yale & Towne and Vault Apartments — feature amenities including tenant parking, swimming pools, clubrooms with kitchens and multiple lounges, fitness centers, resident concierges, gaming tables and controlled building access. The properties offer proximity to downtown Stamford, Interstate 95 and the Stamford Transportation Center, which grants direct train access to the Bronx and Manhattan. Monthly rental rates at Vault Apartments and Harbor Point begin at $2,411 and $2,408, respectively, according to the property websites. Rental rates at the two other communities are not disclosed. John Alascio, Alex Hernandez, Alex Lapidus and Chris Meloni of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt & Structured Finance team represented the undisclosed borrower in the …