OCEANPORT, N.J. — Birdsmouth Beer will open a 12,080-square-foot brewery in the coastal New Jersey community of Oceanport on Saturday, Oct. 15. The craft beer provider will operate out of The Commissary, a 53,000-square-foot food hall that is part of the redevelopment of the former Fort Monmouth military base. Gary Krauss of Pierson Commercial represented Birdsmouth Beer in the lease negotiations. Suzanne Macknow of CBRE represented the owner, Denholtz Properties, which also recently inked a 19,567-square-foot lease with MGT Foods.
NORTH HALEDON, N.J. — A partnership between two locally based firms, Tulfra Real Estate and The Hampshire Cos., has sold Molly Brook on Belmont, a 180-unit multifamily property in the Northern New Jersey community of North Haledon, for $89 million. Brian Whitmer, Niko Nicolaou, Ryan Dowd and Peter Welch of Cushman & Wakefield represented the partnership and procured the buyer, JLL Income Property Trust, in the transaction. Amenities at the property include a pool, fitness center, dog park and a clubhouse. Molly Brook on Belmont was fully occupied at the time of sale. G.S. Wilcox & Co. arranged acquisition financing for the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $40.6 million sale of a 142,500-square-foot multifamily development site in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. The buyer, an entity doing business as Tankhouse LLC, did not disclose specific development plans, but the site carries a mandatory inclusionary zoning requirement. Sean Kelly and Stephen Vorvolakos of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller, Pilot Real Estate Group, in the land deal.
WATERTOWN, MASS. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $16.1 million sale of a 14,400-square-foot retail property located in the western Boston suburb of Watertown. The property was built in 2016 and is leased to CVS on a triple-net basis. Kevin Held of SRS represented the seller, a West Coast-based family trust, in the transaction. Josh Kanter of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a Massachusetts-based private investor that acquired the asset via a 1031 exchange.
NEW YORK CITY — New York Life Insurance Co. has signed a 47,000-square-foot office sublease at One World Trade Center in Manhattan. The company is subleasing the entire 39th floor of the 104-story skyscraper for 10 years from Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. One World Trade Center was built in 2013 and offers amenities such as a café, conference center and a sky lounge. Peter Riguardi, Steven Rotter, Joseph Messina, Jessica Berkey, Brett Harvey and Andrew Coe of JLL represented Advance Magazine Publishers in the sublease negotiations. Matthew Astrachan, Nicole Tiger, George Gemelos and Kristen Morgan, also with JLL, represented New York Life. The Port Authority of New York/New Jersey owns the building in partnership with The Durst Organization, whose internal agent Eric Engelhardt also worked on the deal. New York Life plans to relocate from 120 Broadway to the new space in May 2023.
WINTHROP, MASS. — Locally based developer The Procopio Cos. has completed The Somerset, a 29-unit multifamily project in Winthrop, located on the eastern outskirts of Boston. The complex offers one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 500 to 1,300 square feet and includes 1,119 square feet of retail space. Residences are furnished with quartz countertops, private decks and in-unit washers and dryers, and communal amenities include a fitness center, onsite parking and bike storage space. The Somerset opened with 35 percent of the units leased. Rents start at $2,650 per month for a one-bedroom unit.
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Walker & Dunlop: Affordable Housing’s Appeal Grows for Investors
With transaction volume for market-rate housing beginning to ebb, affordable housing investment is poised to play a more central role in the months ahead. Several factors have broadened the allure of affordable housing as an investment vehicle in recent years. When the pandemic began taking a toll on market-rate housing performance, investors saw federal, state and even local governments enact measures to help residents at affordable communities maintain their rent payments and help ensure housing remained available for people struggling financially. We saw the interest level in Section 8 properties, for example, increase significantly during the pandemic, due chiefly to federal guarantees backing those rent streams. From a financing perspective, the strong commitment shown by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration to preserve liquidity for affordable housing has bolstered development and investment in the space. Due to the required hold periods, affordable housing investments are less affected by market cycles, so liquidity should remain strong. Now, changing economic forces promise to drive new equity to the affordable sphere and fuel further investment. The Federal Open Market Committee’s resolve to combat record inflation is exerting upward pressure on mortgage rates and, eventually, cap rates, which could discourage sellers …
BOUND BROOK, N.J. — Citizens Bank has provided a $32.4 million construction loan for The Rail at Bound Brook, a 143-unit multifamily project in Northern New Jersey. The property will house studio, one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 811 square feet, as well as 650 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities will include a clubhouse, game room, yoga studio, courtyard and coworking space. Michael Klein, Jon Mikula and Michael Lachs of JLL arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Denholtz Properties and Redwood Real Estate Group.
GREENWICH, CONN. — An affiliate of Hawaii-based Trinity Real Estate Investments has acquired the Hyatt Regency Greenwich, a 373-room hotel in southern coastal Connecticut. The building served as a printing press for Condé Nast from 1921 to 1967 before being redeveloped into a hotel. Today, the Hyatt Regency Greenwich features an indoor pool, fitness center, salon and 35,000 square feet of meeting and event space. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program. The seller was not disclosed. Hodges Ward Elliott brokered the transaction.
BOURNE, MASS. — Massachusetts-based brokerage firm Waldman & Associates has arranged the sale of a portfolio of seven industrial buildings totaling 124,000 square feet in Bourne, located at the nexus of Cape Cod and the mainland. The sales price was approximately $10.6 million. Dan Waldman of Waldman & Associates represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, Unicorn Realty, in the transaction. Tenants at the portfolio include EOIS, Falmouth Toyota and Cape Cod Tennis & Court.