NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has provided a $12.3 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of River View Towers, a 385-unit residential complex located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The 24-story building is a housing cooperative, meaning residents own their respective units, but can only sell to qualified applicants at prices based on the existing occupant’s equity in the unit. Mark Fisher and Alex Furnary of CBRE originated the 30-year, fixed-rate loan, which was part of a larger $33.3 million financing package. The New York State Housing Finance Agency also provided a $20.4 million loan to allow the undisclosed borrower to pay off existing debt and fund capital improvements.
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the $6.2 million sale of Winfield Scott Tower, a 48-unit apartment complex located in the Northern New Jersey community of Elizabeth. The 10-story building, which includes 26,000 square feet of retail space, was originally constructed in 1927 as a hotel and banquet hall and converted to residential use in the 1990s. Jeff Squires of Kislak represented the seller, a private lender that previously acquired the property out of foreclosure, in the transaction. Squires also procured the buyer, Magill Real Estate.
PLAINSBORO, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a 44,400-square-foot life sciences facility located at 107 Morgan Lane in Plainsboro, a suburb of Princeton. At the time of sale, the single-story building was leased to a subsidiary of global pharmaceutical firm WuXi AppTec. Frank DiTommaso, David Bernhaut and Andy Merin of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, XBL Realty, in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Pacific Retail Capital Partners (PRCP) and Aareal Bank have formed a new joint venture with SL Green Realty Corp. and the Cappelli Organization to consider redevelopment options for The Galleria at White Plains, a 10-acre indoor shopping mall in the New York City suburb of White Plains. The envisioned renovations to The Galleria are part of a larger renaissance for the area. The mall is part of a qualified Opportunity Zone, meaning that new investments in the area may be eligible for preferential tax treatment under certain conditions. Built in 1980 by Canadian developer Cadillac Fairview, the mall currently rises four stories and features approximately 865,000 square feet of retail space. The property, including its parking garages, spans two blocks adjacent to the White Plains train station, providing easy access to New York City. The Galleria is located at the intersection of Main Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard, and sits in proximity to multiple high-rise residential towers and office buildings, as well as Pace University’s Westchester campus and the White Plains City and Westchester County courthouses. According to the Galleria’s website, the mall currently includes retailers such as Forever 21, American Eagle and H&M, …
CHAMBERSBURG, PA. — Pennsylvania-based investment and development firm Endurance Real Estate Group has broken ground on Chambersburg Logistics Park, a 1 million-square-foot industrial project that will be located about 55 miles southwest of Harrisburg. The site spans 93 acres and is located immediately off Exit 10 of I-81. Building features will include a clear height of 40 feet, 166 overhead dock positions, four drive-in doors, 213 trailer stalls (expandable to 303), 375 car parking spaces (expandable to 561) and an ESFR sprinkler system. PNC Bank provided construction financing for the project, which is slated for a fourth-quarter 2023 completion. Endurance is developing Chambersburg Logistics Park in partnership with an affiliate of Guardian Life Insurance Co. and has tapped Cushman & Wakefield to lease the facility. Cushman & Wakefield also advised on Endurance’s capitalization of the project.
PITTSBURGH — JLL has arranged a $74 million loan for the refinancing of Southside Works, a 471,939-square-foot office and retail development in Pittsburgh. Built in phases between 2002 and 2004 and renovated in 2021, Southside Works comprises 245,570 square feet of office space and 226,369 square feet of retail space. The development also features multiple pocket parks, open green spaces, sport courts and a dog park. Nick Unkovic and Jeremy Bernstein of JLL arranged the six-year, floating-rate loan through Dollar Bank on behalf of the borrower, SomeraRoad.
PHILADELPHIA — Locally based brokerage firm Starkman Realty Group has negotiated the $29 million sale of Carlton Park Apartments, a 117-unit multifamily property in Philadelphia’s East Falls neighborhood. New Jersey-based AJH Management sold the garden-style property, which was originally built in 1958 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units, to an undisclosed buyer. Jason Starkman of Starkman Realty Group brokered the deal.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Maryland-based industrial investment firm Realterm has acquired two buildings totaling 41,500 square feet in the Northern New Jersey community of East Rutherford. The adjacent buildings at 880 and 890 Paterson Plank Road sit on a combined 4.4 acres and respectively total 5,000 and 36,500 square feet. Scott Perkins, Chris Todd and William Ericksen of NAI James E. Hanson represented Realterm in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
DEDHAM, MASS. — Coworking concept Industrious has opened a 35,441-square-foot flexible workspace in Dedham, a southwestern suburb of Boston. Industrious Legacy Place will be a pet-friendly space with a total of 400 seats and 13 conference and meeting rooms, as well as lounges and a library. The space is the seventh in the Boston area for Industrious, which has more than 150 locations across 65 U.S. and international cities.
ALABAMA, N.Y. — Edwards Vacuum, a British-based manufacturer of vacuum and abatement equipment and part of the Atlas Copco Group, plans to develop a new $319 million manufacturing facility in Western New York. The 240,000-square-foot project will be situated within Western New York Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP), a 1,250-acre industrial park located in the Genesee County town of Alabama. The facility will house manufacturing, storage and administration for the production of dry pump equipment for the U.S. semiconductor industry. Edwards Vacuum will create 600 jobs for the larger Buffalo-Rochester Tech Corridor. The announcement builds on Micron’s recent $100 billion investment in Central New York, as well as the as New York’s recently signed Green CHIPS legislation and the federal CHIPS and Science Act, to make New York a central figure in the global semiconductor industry. “We are now seeing energy flow into Upstate’s manufacturing sector like never before, and this investment will further cement that the future of microchips will be built with American made products, crafted by New York workers,” says Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer. As part of the agreement with Edwards Vacuum, New York’s chief economic development agency, Empire State Development, has offered up …