HACKENSACK, N.J. — Locally based developer Hornrock Properties has begun leasing Ivy & Green, a 221-unit apartment complex in the Northern New Jersey community of Hackensack. Designed by Minno & Wasko Architects, the six-story building houses studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include coworking spaces, private conference rooms, a gaming lounge, speakeasy bar, demonstration kitchen, theater and music studio, a children’s playroom, fitness center, pet spa and package lockers. Monthly rents start in the $2300s. A second phase of Ivy & Green totaling 168 units is also in the development pipeline.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $16 million sale of a 47-unit apartment building located at 153 Norfolk St. on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The six-story, elevator-served building houses one- and two-bedroom units. Michael Tortorici and Shimon Shkury of Ariel Property Advisors represented the buyer in the transaction. Michael DeCheser and Bryan Hurley of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller. Both parties requested anonymity.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — A joint venture between Levin Properties and an undisclosed partner has broken ground on a 78,000-square-foot industrial project in the Northern New Jersey community of Piscataway. The site at 30 Duke Road is located within Rutgers Industrial Center, a seven-building, 650,000-square-foot development. Building features will include a clear height of 40 feet, 13 bays and an ESFR sprinkler system. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter. Cushman & Wakefield is marketing the property for lease.
NEW YORK CITY — Foot Locker will close more than 400 underperforming stores as part of its “Lace Up” plan, which was announced during a recent call with investors. According to Tony Aversa, senior vice president of global store development, the move is part of a strategy to manage portfolio risk by way of strategic closures. The New York City-based shoe retailer currently operates 2,700 stores, which will be reduced to approximately 2,400 by 2026, a number that also reflects the planned addition of stores in new formats. Despite the closures, Foot Locker intends to increase its aggregate brick-and-mortar footprint by roughly 10 percent to 14.5 million square feet by 2026. Foot Locker will also shift to a focus on off-mall stores, with the goal of having off-mall locations comprise more than 50 percent of its real estate portfolio by 2026.
HOPEWELL, N.J. — A development team that includes Philadelphia-based architecture firm Meyer and IPS Integrated Project Services has topped out a 400,000-square-foot life sciences project in Hopewell, a suburb of Trenton. The manufacturing and research facility is a build-to-suit for BeiGene, a global biotech firm that develops cancer medicines. The site spans 42 acres within the Princeton West Innovation Campus. Full completion is slated for 2024.
NEW YORK CITY — Northmarq has arranged a $26 million loan for the refinancing of an 11-story, 90-unit apartment complex in East Harlem. Chuck Cotsalas and Robert Delitsky of Northmarq arranged the financing though Nationwide Life Insurance Co. on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The loan carried a 20-year term, 25-year amortization schedule and a fixed interest rate of 5.4 percent.
PHILADELPHIA — Newmark has brokered the $13.1 million sale of a portfolio of two industrial buildings totaling 32,435 square feet in Philadelphia. At the time of sale, the portfolio, which spans 6.7 acres, was fully leased to logistics company GSR Global. Ryan Guittare of Newmark represented the seller, New York City-based investment firm IG Logistics, and procured the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
BOSTON — Global architecture and design firm Sasaki has opened its new 64,000-square-foot office headquarters at 110 Chauncy St. in downtown Boston. The space spans seven of the building’s eight floors. Sasaki, which signed a 16-year lease in 2021 to relocate from the western suburb of Watertown, also redesigned the building’s lobby, retail space and entrance. MC Real Estate Partners owns 110 Chauncy Street, which was originally constructed in the 1890s.
NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop’s capital markets team has arranged $94 million in construction financing for the development of College Point Logistics Center in the College Point neighborhood of Queens, just across Flushing Bay from LaGuardia International Airport. A joint venture between Wildflower Ltd. and Drake Real Estate Partners is developing the project, with construction costs estimated at $146 million. College Point Logistics Center will be a ground-up warehouse and structured parking facility. The property will feature 81,000 square feet of rentable industrial space, as well as 160,000 square feet of enclosed parking across two floors and 68,000 square feet of surface-level parking. Wildflower designed the project with ground-floor warehouse space and multi-story parking to maximize the project’s efficiency and meet the needs of modern industrial and logistics tenants. College Point Logistics Center is located alongside the Whitestone Expressway, making it accessible to LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International Airports, the New York and Atlantic Railways and the Red Hook Container Terminal. Development of the facility is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2024. Jonathan Schwartz, Aaron Appel, Mo Beler, Ari Hirt and Triston Stegall led the Walker & Dunlop team in securing the floating-rate loan on behalf of …
WINCHESTER, MASS. — General contractor Seaman DiCarlo has completed the renovation of the radiology oncology department at Winchester Hospital, a 229-bed facility located on the northwestern outskirts of Boston. The hospital is part of the Beth Israel Lahey healthcare system. Locally based design firm Margulies Perruzzi served as the project architect and has now completed 28 collaborations with Beth Israel Lahey, including eight at Winchester Hospital.