SALEM, N.H. — JLL has brokered the $7.7 million sale of three industrial buildings totaling roughly 55,000 square feet in Salem, located near the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. The shallow-bay buildings, which were all fully leased at the time of sale, feature clear heights of 17 to 20 feet, tailboard and drive-in loading doors and approximately 15 percent office space in each building. Tommy Hovey, Michael Restivo and David Coffman of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was an entity doing business as JBCM LLC.
EDISON, N.J. — Lee & Associates has negotiated an 88,620-square-foot industrial lease in the Central New Jersey community of Edison. The space is located within the Raritan Center business park and features 32-foot clear ceilings, 17 loading docks and an ESFR sprinkler system. Claudia Ganas, Monica Franco and Ana Carolina DeAraujo of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, an undisclosed freight forwarding company, in the lease negotiations. Vincent Visceglia internally represented the landlord, Summit Associates.
NEW YORK CITY — Summit Properties has purchased 444 Madison Avenue, a 500,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan. The 42-story building occupies an entire blockfront between East 49th and 50th streets and offers amenities such as a tenant lounge, café, conference center and two landscaped terraces. Tenants include law firm Schwartz, Sladkus, Reich, Greenberg, Atlas, as well as The Doris Duke Foundation, EOS Hospitality and financial services firm Capital Dynamics. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Summit Properties has tapped JLL as the new leasing agent.
ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, PA. — A partnership between two Indiana-based firms, developer Milhaus and investment group BAM Capital, has completed a 272-unit apartment complex located just west of Pittsburgh in Robinson Township. Known as Nox Living, the property offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, coworking space, pickleball court, resident lounge and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Rents start at roughly $1,650 per month for a studio apartment, according to the property website.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged the $28 million sale of a 186,584-square-foot commercial property in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn that formerly housed a Century 21 store. The property at 423 88th St. consists of 62,792 square feet of commercial space across three floors and 123,729 square feet of parking across six stories and two roof decks. Jeffrey Julien, Brendan Maddigan and Michael Mazzara of JLL represented the seller, ASG Equities, in the deal. Michael Feratovic of Specialized Realty Group represented the buyer.
LANCASTER, PA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of The Shops at Prospect, a 63,392-square-foot shopping center in Lancaster, located roughly midway between Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Grocer Giant anchors the center, which is also home to tenants such as Penn State Health and Hillcrest Pharmacy. Chris Munley, Colin Behr, Ryan Sciullo and Casey Benson Smith of CBRE represented the seller, Brixmor Property Group, in the transaction. Bennett Williams Commercial represented the buyer, Deerin Cos.
NEW YORK CITY — Stark Office Suites will open a 17,300-square-foot flexible workspace facility in Manhattan’s Plaza District. The space spans the 13th and 14th floors of 717 Fifth Avenue, a building that recently underwent a multimillion-dollar capital improvement program. Craig Lemle and Roi Shleifer of Savills represented Stark in the lease negotiations. CBRE represented the undisclosed landlord.
LAS VEGAS — Ranking No. 2 and No. 4, respectively, Jersey City and Brooklyn are both among the Top 5 markets to watch in terms of overall real estate prospects, according to the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2026 report, which is jointly produced every year by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and accounting firm PwC. Pittsburgh was the only other Northeastern market to crack the Top 10, coming in at No. 7. Jersey City, which benefits from immediate proximity to Manhattan, has a massive amount of multifamily product in development, such that overall apartment inventory has increased by 20 percent over the past five years, according to the report. The market has effectively positioned itself as a low[er]-cost alternative for people who work in Manhattan but cannot afford to live there. As such, Jersey City boasts a robust population of well-educated residents with relatively high levels of disposable income. Along with its ease of connectivity to the country’s business and financial hub, these attributes contributed to the ranking. Brooklyn similarly offers a healthy contingent of sophisticated, high-earning laborers to accompany more cultured and eclectic lifestyles versus Manhattan. And according to the report, the borough’s office vacancy rate of 17.9 …
BOSTON — Newmark has brokered the $125 million sale of 399 Boylston Street, a 245,084-square-foot office building in Boston’s Back Bay district. The 13-story building has had an average occupancy rate of 85 percent over the past five years and was 90 percent leased at the time of sale. In addition, the property recently underwent a capital improvements program that delivered a new lobby and entryway, as well as improvements to tenant suites. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, James Tribble, Samantha Hallowell and William Sleeper of Newmark represented the seller, an entity doing business as BRE Boylston Owner LLC, in the transaction. David Douvadjian Sr., Timothy O’Donnell, David Douvadjian Jr., Bobby Alvarado and Conor Reenstierna, also with Newmark, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, San Francisco-based DivcoWest. CIM Group provided a $93 million acquisition loan for the deal.
STATE COLLEGE, PA. — A joint venture between Georgia-based Landmark Properties and Golden Primera will develop a 546-bed student housing community near the Penn State University campus in State College. The 11.2-acre site is located at 418-428 Westerly Parkway, and the cottage-style property will be known as The Retreat at Westerly. The community will offer 142 units in two- and five-bedroom configurations with bed-to-bath parity. The property will also feature a 10,500-square-foot amenity area with a pool, pickleball court, sauna, cold plunge, jumbotron, fitness center, multi-sport simulator, study lounges, grilling and fire pit areas and additional green space for outdoor recreation. A construction timeline was not announced.