NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Slate Property Group and Evenhar Development Corp. has broken ground on a medical office and civic facility at 1578 Lexington Ave. in Upper Manhattan’s Carnegie Hill neighborhood. Designed by Kutnicki Bernstein Architects, the 13-story building will feature 150,000 square feet of medical office space that will be occupied by providers within the Mount Sinai Health System. In addition, the facility will feature an employee daycare center, an 18,978-square-foot community hub that will be operated by Children’s Aid and a new facility for Life Changers Church. Financing for the project includes a $119 million construction loan from J.P. Morgan and a $40 million preferred equity investment by GoldenTree Asset Management. Occupancy is slated for spring 2028.
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BOSTON — JLL has negotiated the $83 million sale of a 28,856-square-foot retail property in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. Known as the Mandarin Oriental Retail Collection, the spaces are located at 772 and 776-778 Boylston St. at the base of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and within the Prudential Center. Citizens Bank anchors the space, which was 82 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Frette, MiniLuxe and Lunette Optic. Chris Angelone, Zach Nitsche, Sam Wiesman and Anthony Cutone of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, The Hennick Group.
WEST CALDWELL, N.J. — New Jersey-based developer Accordia has received final site plan approval for The Vail, a 92-unit multifamily project that will be located in West Caldwell, about 25 miles outside of New York City. Accordia has closed on the land at 780 Passaic Ave. and plans to break ground on the project in the first quarter of next year. Plans for The Vail call for a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units that will feature individual washers and dryers in all units and private balconies in select residences. Amenities will include a fitness center, community room and coworking spaces. Accordia tapped local firm Minno & Wasko Architects and Planners for the design of The Vail.
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. — PGIM has provided a $19.2 million mezzanine loan for the construction of Carriage House, a 262-unit multifamily project that will be located in the Long Island community of Patchogue. Carriage House will be a two-building development in which 20 percent of the units will be reserved as affordable housing. Information on floor plans and amenities was not disclosed. The development will also include the construction of a 30,000-square-foot riverwalk and park area. The borrower is a partnership between Asia Capital Real Estate and Nord Development.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $9.2 million sale of a 50,600-square-foot office and industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of Florham Park. The facility at 5 Vreeland Road was originally built in 1976 and formerly housed the operations of Tropar Trophy until the plaque-making company was sold last year. Tom Mallaney, Elli Klapper and Denise Kokulak of CBRE represented the seller, the Ilaria Family Trust, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Faropoint, which has retained CBRE as the leasing agent.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Gilbane Development, Blue Sea Development and Artspace Projects Inc. has broken ground on the Brownsville Arts Center & Apartments, a $254 million affordable housing project that will be located on a city-owned tract at 366 Rockaway Ave. near downtown Brooklyn. The property will offer 283 units in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom formats that will be reserved for renters earning between 30 and 70 percent of the area median income. The Brownsville Arts Center & Apartments will also feature a 28,000-square-foot cultural arts center with a 3,440-square-foot, multi-purpose performance, rehearsal and studio space for community arts groups. Various city housing agencies and authorities have committed nearly $100 million in subsidized financing for the project, construction of which is expected to be complete in 2027.
NEW YORK CITY — Affinius Capital has provided a $120 million loan for the refinancing of the Prime NYC Self-Storage Portfolio, a collection of three self-storage facilities totaling 7,230 units in New York City. The names and addresses of the properties, which exclusively offer climate-controlled space, were not disclosed, but the locations span Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx. Drew Anderman of CBRE arranged the loan through Affinius Capital on behalf of the owner, Prime Group Holdings. Miami-based lender 3650 Capital provided an undisclosed amount of junior mezzanine financing for the deal.
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Residences at Brentwood, a 240-unit apartment complex in North Providence. Built in 1987, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 692 square feet. Amenities include an indoor and outdoor pool, fitness center and a clubhouse. Simon Butler, Biria St. John, John McLaughlin and Brian Bowler of CBRE represented the seller, Massachusetts-based Taymil Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was FPA Multifamily.
MONTVALE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $5.7 million sale of a 29,898-square-foot office building in the Northern New Jersey community of Montvale. The single-tenant building at 20 Craig Road was fully leased at the time of sale to JURA Inc., a Swiss company that makes coffee machines. Andrew Schwartz, Jordan Sobel, Andre Balthazard and Dan Bottiglieri of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Mountain Development Corp., in the transaction. Brian Anderson and Eddie Miro, also with Cushman & Wakefield, arranged the acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Fortune Touch LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — Tutor Perini Corp. has signed a 27,990-square-foot, six-year office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The general contractor will occupy part of the eighth floor at 520 Eighth Avenue and the entire ninth floor at 266 West 27th Street, two interconnected buildings that share a lobby. Matthew Mandell of GFP Real Estate represented the landlord in the lease negotiations on an internal basis.