ASHLAND, MASS. — JLL has brokered the $27.9 million sale of a 218,316-square-foot industrial property in Ashland, a western suburb of Boston. The property consists of two buildings on an 18-acre site that were fully leased at the time of sale to fire suppression systems manufacturer Kidde-Fenwal. Michael Restivo, Bob McGuire, Sam Crossan, David Coffman and Tommy Hovey of JLL represented the private seller in the transaction. The buyer was locally based investment firm Rhino Capital Advisors.
CARNEYS POINT, N.J. — Quince has signed a 105,000-square-foot industrial lease in the Southern New Jersey community of Carneys Point. The apparel and accessories retailer is taking space at LogistiCenter at Carneys Point, a two-building development by Nevada-based developer Dermody. Andrew Stypa of Lee & Associates represented Quince in the lease negotiations. Dean Torosian of JLL represented Dermody.
LANCASTER, PA. — CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV), a New Jersey-based data center owner-operator, plans to invest “more than $6 billion” in a new purpose-built artificial intelligence (AI) data center in Lancaster, about 80 miles west of Philadelphia. CoreWeave plans to lease the site, which will be co-developed by Chirisa Technology Parks and Machine Investment Group. Located at 216 Greenfield Road and 1375 Harrisburg Pike, the Lancaster facility will replace the former LSC Communications and R.R. Donnelley printing plants, which comprise a combined 1.5 million square feet of industrial space across 144 acres, according to Lancaster Online. The data center will have the capacity to consume 100 megawatts (MW) of power, with the potential to expand to 300 MW, representing one of the first large-scale data centers of its kind in the region, according to CoreWeave. CoreWeave’s announcement came during the CEO roundtable with President Donald Trump at Senator Dave McCormick’s inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, hosted at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “This Energy and Innovation Summit is a powerful testament to Pennsylvania’s readiness and ability to lead — to generate thousands of good-paying jobs, to unleash our incredible energy resources and to power the next AI and economic revolution, further …
NEW YORK CITY — Gotham Organization and Monadnock Development have broken ground on Phase I of Innovative Urban Village, a 2,000-unit affordable housing project in Brooklyn. Designed by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, the project is a conversion of the 10.5-acre campus of the Christian Cultural Center in the borough’s East New York area. Phase IA will feature 386 units that will be reserved for renters earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income, as well as 17,000 square feet of commercial space that will include a grocer. Phase IB will comprise 453 units across two buildings that will have 12,000 square feet of community facility space and 10,000 square feet of retail space. Completion of Phases IA and IB are slated for 2026 and late 2027, respectively.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — A partnership between Ohio-based Stanbery Development Group, New Jersey-based Claremont Development and Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC has completed a 262-unit apartment complex in the Northern New Jersey community of Parsippany. Smyth at District 15Fifteen is part of District 15Fifteen, a mixed-use redevelopment of a former 290,000-square-foot office campus. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 554 to 1,240 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, two central courtyards, sports simulator lounge, coworking offices, kids’ playroom and a private party room. Leasing began this spring, and the first move-ins are now underway. Rents currently start at $2,445 per month for a studio apartment.
BAYONNE, N.J. — TWTH Express has signed a 255,069-square-foot industrial lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Bayonne. The California-based freight and logistics company is taking space at Bayonne Distribution Center, a three-building, 613,129-square-foot industrial complex that includes 2.3 acres of industrial outdoor storage space. Chris Okada of Okada & Co. and Emanuel Westfried of Two Bins Capital represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Russell Verducci of NAI James E. Hanson represented the landlord, Turnbridge Equities, which acquired the property earlier this year and recently launched a $12 million repositioning program.
NEW YORK CITY — Lument has provided a $26.8 million HUD-insured loan for the refinancing of three affordable seniors housing properties totaling 203 units in Brooklyn. West End Gardens I and II are both located in the Borough Park neighborhood, while Webster Terrace is located in the Kensington submarket. All three properties are reserved for renters aged 62 and above and mobility-impaired individuals. Paul Weissman and Andrew Nicoll of Lument originated the financing, which was structured as a scattered-site loan and carries a fixed interest rate and a fully amortized 35-year term, through HUD’s 223(f) program. The borrower was HDF Cos.
WELLS, MAINE — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a self-storage development site in Wells, located in York County near the Maine-New Hampshire border. The site at 71 Spencer Drive is approved for a 70,000-square-foot (net rentable) facility. Nathan Coe, Gabriel Coe, Brett Hatcher and Luke Dawley of Marcus & Millichap represented the locally based seller, Patco Construction, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a partnership between two New Hampshire-based investment and development firms, Brady Sullivan Properties and True Storage.
By Tom Kucharski, CEO of Invest Buffalo Niagara When Ralph Wilson selected Buffalo to be the home of the new Bills franchise in the American Football League in the 1950s, it was one of the nation’s 10 highest populated cities, making it a natural fit. However, a general shift around the country away from traditional manufacturing as a major base for economic activity, combined with a number of other factors, led to a decline in the city’s employment and population bases in the ensuing decades. Over the past 25 years, Buffalo has reversed that trend, emerging as a city on the rise. The region recently saw its first population growth in over 70 years, according to the 2020 census. That growth has been spurred by a diversification of the local economy, attracting businesses in industries such as advanced manufacturing, food processing and life sciences. Companies were especially enticed by the region’s low cost of doing business and affordable energy supplied by the nearby Niagara River. A key to maintaining that momentum has been Buffalo’s self-reinvestment, including massive redevelopment projects centered around reclaiming the city’s waterfront district. The first wave of these efforts began about a decade ago. Specifically, prior to …
LAUREL HOLLOW, N.Y. — International development and construction firm Skanska has topped out a $248 million life sciences project in Laurel Hollow, located on Long Island. The 379,500-square-foot facility is known as the Artificial Intelligence and Quantitative Biology building and is part of the initial phase of the expansion of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory campus. Upon completion, the facility will include neuroscience labs, an AI research center, conference center and housing for visiting scientists. Phase II of the development will feature an 81,000-square-foot research, housing and conference center and a 56,000-square-foot housing and collaborative research center for visiting scientists. Empire State Development has committed $55 million in funding to the project, substantial completion of which is expected by early 2027.