NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Union has arranged a $33.4 million acquisition loan for a 144,263-square-foot medical office building in Brooklyn. The four-story building at 6201 15th Ave. is located in the Borough Park neighborhood and was most recently renovated in 2010. Alex Jaffa and Ben Halpern of Eastern Union arranged the loan, which was structured with an 80 percent loan-to-value ratio, an interest rate of 5.55 percent over a five-year term based on a 25-year amortization schedule. The direct lender was Webster Bank. The borrower was not disclosed.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. — Florida-based development and investment firm Basis Industrial has received a $27 million construction loan for a self-storage project that will be located in the Long Island community of Rockville Centre. Public Storage will operate the facility, which will comprise 121,500 gross square feet of space across 957 units. NexBank is the senior lender on the project, and NexPoint is the mezzanine lender. Construction is underway and is expected to be complete in early 2027.
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Regional brokerage firm BlueGate Partners has negotiated the sale of Stonehill at West Orange, a 423-unit multifamily property located in Northern New Jersey. Completed in 2024 by BNE Real Estate, the property is a recent redevelopment of a former office campus and offers one- and two-bedroom units along with 44,000 square feet of amenity space. Mark DeLillo, Marc Schulder, Lee Spiegelman, Felipe Marin, Eli Zaoutis and Jeremy Silber of BlueGate Partners brokered the deal. The buyer was not disclosed.
BELLINGHAM, MASS. — New England Appliance Group has signed a 124,000-square-foot industrial lease in Bellingham, located southwest of Boston. The independent retailer cooperative will occupy the entirety of the building at 206 Mechanic St. Locally based investment and development firm Marcus Partners owns the building. Both parties were self-represented in the lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has provided a $31.8 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of a 92-unit mixed-income apartment building located at 4180 Carpenter Ave. in The Bronx. The unit mix comprises nine market-rate studios and 55 market-rate one-bedroom apartments, along with one affordable studio, 23 affordable one-bedroom units and four affordable two-bedroom residences. The building, which was completed in 2024 and was 98 percent occupied at the time of the loan closing, also houses 8,000 square feet of commercial space that is occupied by Little Stars Daycare. Matt Nihan of Berkadia originated the 10-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the owner, New York-based owner-operator Stagg Group.
PHILADELPHIA — Newmark has brokered the sale of The Drake, a 289-unit apartment building located in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood of Philadelphia. According to Apartments.com, The Drake features studio, one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 328 to 2,163 square feet. The building also includes 8,500 square feet of retail space. Erin Miller and Chris Koehler of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Mark Vinitsky of Lument arranged acquisition financing for the buyer, a partnership between Lionheart Realty Group, Lineage Squared, Avery Cos. and AMS Equities.
WOBURN, MASS. — Local developer Cabot, Cabot & Forbes (CC&F) has broken ground on The Bolt, a 180,000-square-foot manufacturing and life sciences facility located north of Boston in Woburn. The Bolt is being developed on a speculative basis and is expected to be responsible for the creation of about 300 new jobs. Jacobs designed the project, and John Moriarty & Associates is serving as the general contractor. Cushman & Wakefield is the leasing agent. Kawa provided $79 million in construction financing for the project, which is expected to be available for occupancy by the second quarter of 2027.
FRANKLIN, N.J. — Bounce Air Adventure Park will open a 21,000-square-foot entertainment venue in the Northern New Jersey community of Franklin. The space is located within the 268,000-square-foot Rutgers Plaza shopping center and will feature a ropes course, climbing structures, obstacle course, mini basketball court and a jungle gym with slides. Robert Elbaz of Sholom & Zuckerbrot Realty represented Bounce Air in the lease negotiations. Levin Management Corp. leases and manages Rutgers Plaza.
NEW YORK CITY — Sierra, an AI-driven customer service platform, has signed a 14,563-square-foot, full-floor office lease at 375 West Broadway in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. The deal keeps the 76,605-square-foot building, which was originally constructed in 1863 and is currently being renovated, at full occupancy. Brett Harvey of Newmark represented the landlord, Manova Partners, in the lease negotiations. Jeff Fischer and Connor Krup of CBRE represented Sierra.
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Capital Returns as 2025 Signals a Market Reset
By Patrick McGlohn, senior managing director, Berkadia After two years of caution and recalibration, capital is flowing back into commercial real estate. The bid-ask gap between buyers and sellers is narrowing, underwriting assumptions are stabilizing and both equity and debt investors are once again finding common ground. At Berkadia, we’re seeing equity move from the sidelines to the playing field, selectively, but decisively. Equity’s Comeback: Selective, but Strong Private equity and institutional investors are increasingly re-entering the market, with activity strongest in the “Smile States,” stretching from Northern Virginia to the western states and extending into major cities like Chicago. Much of the capital is chasing value-add and opportunistic plays rather than core, stabilized assets. Over the past couple of years, many equity investors would only touch preferred equity because of valuation uncertainty, but now we’re seeing common equity return in a meaningful way. The change reflects both greater pricing clarity and a collective sense that the bottom of the market cycle has passed. Navigating the Wall of Maturities The looming wall of debt maturities remains a defining storyline for 2025 and beyond. Nearly $950 billion in commercial mortgages matured in 2025 — roughly 20 percent of all outstanding commercial …