NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Stav Equities has negotiated the $9 million sale of a multifamily development site located at 28 Herbert St. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. The site is approved for the development of a 15-unit apartment building with ground-floor retail space and nine below-grade parking spots. Jacob Stavsky of Stav Equities brokered the deal in conjunction with Andrew Levine, Josh Lipton and Jax Hindmarch of Invictus Property Advisors. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
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HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. — The Container Store will open a 15,676-square-foot store at Huntington Shopping Center on Long Island. The retailer joins REI and Whole Foods Market as anchor tenants at the center, which is owned by Federal Realty Investment Trust and is currently undergoing a $75 million repositioning. Furniture retailer LoveSac also recently signed a 1,412-square-foot showroom lease at Huntington Shopping Center, which has also received commitments from restaurants Burger Village (2,756 square feet) and Just Salad (2,382 square feet).
By Colin Grayson, Lument If you consider multifamily real estate assets to be a good investment, you are in good company. At mid-year, asset managers and private equity firms alone held an estimated $325 billion of levered dry powder set aside for this purpose, enough cash to finance nearly every acquisition closed in the United States in 2021, the highest investment sales volume on record. Despite nearly unanimous support for the asset class, however, multifamily transaction volume in the third quarter slumped year-over-year for the first time since the peak of the pandemic. The mainspring was a sharp rise in mortgage financing costs triggered by high inflation and the Federal Reserve’s commitment to raising rates to bring it under control. Generic rates for 65 percent loan-to-value (LTV) first mortgage debt stood on 5.71 percent at the end of November, representing an increase of 248 basis points since the beginning of the year. Even as financing costs soared, asset pricing changed very little. Initial net cash flow yields of transactions closed in the third quarter of 2022 averaged only 4.6 percent, according to Real Capital Analytics, an increase of 10 basis points from second-quarter 2022 levels. At the same time, cap …
NEW YORK CITY — Fox Corp. has signed a 670,000-square-foot office lease extension at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. Under the terms of the new lease, which goes into effect in December 2025, the media giant will remain at the 44-story, 2.2 million-square-foot building through 2042, with further extension options available thereafter. Timothy Dempsey, Mary Ann Tighe, Ken Rapp, Christopher Mansfield and Ariel Ball of CBRE represented Fox in the lease negotiations. Josh Kuriloff, Ethan Silverstein, Mitch Arkin and Heather Thomas of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Ivanhoe Cambridge, which plans to begin a capital improvement program later this year.
NEWARK, N.J. — JLL has arranged a $75.8 million acquisition loan for a portfolio of three industrial buildings totaling 738,238 square feet in Newark. The portfolio sits on a combined 19.5 acres and features clear heights of 27 feet, 68 dock doors and approximately 80 car parking spaces. In addition, the portfolio includes 23,302 square feet of land for trailer parking that is leased to One Stop Newark. Colby Mueck, Matthew Pizzolato and Ryan Carroll of JLL arranged the loan through SMBC on behalf of the borrower, Houston-based investment and development firm Hines. At the time of the loan closing, the portfolio was fully leased to 16 tenants.
NEW YORK CITY — Hudson Square Properties, a joint venture between Trinity Church Wall Street, Norges Bank Investment Management and Hines, is nearing completion of 555 Greenwich, a 270,000-square-foot speculative office project in Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood. Office suites are expected to be available for occupancy in the first quarter, with full completion scheduled for later in the year. COOKFOX Architects designed the 16-story building, and AECOM Tishman served as the general contractor. CBRE is the leasing agent. According to the development team, 555 Greenwich is the first speculative office building to be developed in New York City in the wake of the pandemic.
CINNAMINSON, N.J. — Colliers has brokered a 67,260-square-foot industrial sale-leaseback in the Southern New Jersey community of Cinnaminson. The property at 1450 Taylors Lane sits on four acres and features a clear height of 24 feet, nine loading docks and three drive-in doors. An affiliate of Massachusetts-based Northbridge Partners purchased the property from Actega North America, a provider of specialty coatings, inks and adhesives for a variety of industries. Richard Gorodesky of Colliers brokered the deal.
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Newmark has negotiated a 15,186-square-foot office lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Bloomfield. The tenant, Technogym, a provider of equipment and digital technologies for the fitness industry, will occupy space at the 400,000-square-foot Broadacres Office Park. Jeff Schotz, Dan Reider and Peter Kasparian of Newmark represented the landlord, ERCT Capital Group, in the lease negotiations.
JLL Arranges Construction Financing for $135M Canterly Place Apartments in Livingston, New Jersey
by Jeff Shaw
LIVINGSTON, N.J. — JLL has arranged $88.6 million in construction financing and a $38 million equity placement for Canterly Place, a 300-unit multifamily project in Livingston, approximately 20 miles west of Manhattan. The total project cost is estimated at $135 million. Canterly Place will feature 240 market-rate units and 60 affordable units in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Residences will be funished with hardwood-style flooring, oversized windows, walk-in closets and individual washers and dryers. Communal amenities will include a pool, clubroom, library lounge, private dining rooom, game room, fitness center, coworking lounge, golf simulator, basketball court and a pickleball court. The site of Canterly Place is located just off Route 10, less than one mile west of Eisenhower Parkway, providing easy access to nearby I-280, I-287 and Route 24. The property offers an easy commute to the region’s major employment hubs in the surrounding area including New York City. Jon Mikula, Jim Cadranell, Matthew Pizzolato and Michael Lachs led the JLL team that arranged the debt and equity on behalf of the borrower, Okner Developers LLX. Northwestern Mutual provided the loan, which was structured with a 10-year term and a fixed interest rare, as well as the joint venture equity. — …
MANCHESTER, CONN. — A joint venture between Virginia-based investment firm Harbor Group International and Cammeby’s International Group has acquired The Pavilions, a 932-unit apartment community in Manchester, an eastern suburb of Hartford. Built in phases between 1990 and 1992, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The amenity package comprises multiple pools, fitness centers, resident lounges and tennis courts, as well as outdoor grilling and dining areas, a sand volleyball court and a dog park. The new ownership plans to invest $21.2 million in upgrades to unit interiors, common areas, amenity spaces and building exteriors.