WYCKOFF, N.J. — City National Bank has provided a $14.5 million loan for the refinancing of a 115,084-square-foot industrial facility located at 500 W. Main St. in the Northern New Jersey community of Wyckoff. Built in 1966, the shallow-bay property features a clear height of 21 feet, six dock doors, nine drive-in doors and 115 parking spaces. Michael Klein, Max Custer and Christian Badalamenti of JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, The STRO Cos. At the time of the loan closing, the facility was fully leased to 12 tenants across manufacturing, distribution and service industries.
WETHERSFIELD, CONN. — New Jersey-based financial intermediary Cronheim Mortgage has arranged $6.2 million in financing for a 40,000-square-foot medical office building in Wethersfield, located just south of Hartford. The building at 1210 Silas Deane Highway was developed in 2022 as a build-to-suit for Starling Physicians, Connecticut’s largest physician-led multispecialty medical group. Brandon Szwalbenest, Dev Morris and Andrew Stewart of Cronheim arranged the 25-year loan through an undisclosed local bank. The sponsor is an affiliate of Connecticut-based Phoenix Realty Management.
BOSTON — JLL has arranged a $650 million loan for the refinancing of One Congress, a 43-story, 1 million-square-foot office tower in downtown Boston. Designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners, One Congress was completed in 2023 within Bulfinch Crossing, which is a redevelopment of the former Government Center Garage. The building offers amenities such as a full-floor center with food and beverage service, a 15,000-square-foot rooftop terrace, a 7,000-square-foot fitness center and a triple-height lobby with a coffee bar and seating. Financial services company State Street Corp. (510,000 square feet) and data management services provider InterSystems Corp. (420,000 square feet) are the anchor tenants. Riaz Cassum, Coleman Benedict, Jim Meisel, Mike Shepard and Hugh Doherty of JLL arranged the loan through Bank of America and Wells Fargo on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Carr Properties and National Real Estate Advisors.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment and development firm RFR has sold 522 Fifth Avenue, a 600,000-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan. The 23-story building was originally constructed in 1896 and has served as the corporate headquarters facility for both J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley at various points in time. RFR acquired 522 Fifth Avenue from Morgan Stanley for $350 million in 2020 and repositioned the building by acquiring the retail condominium, redeveloping the lobby, enlarging the windows and activating over 17,000 square feet of outdoor space. The undisclosed buyer also plans to occupy the building. No third-party brokers were involved in the sale.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — CBRE has arranged a 33,843-square-foot office lease at Newport Office Center in Jersey City. The tenant, Berkley Insurance, will occupy a portion of the ninth floor of Newport Office Center III, a 15-story, 620,000-square-foot building. Howard Fiddle, Benjamin Joseph, Greg Barkan and Erin Wenzler of CBRE, along with internal agents Meredith Jackness, Ray Kawas and Tim Johnson, represented the landlord, LeFrak, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Mudrick Capital Management has signed a 12-year, 26,600-square-foot office headquarters lease in Midtown Manhattan. The investment management firm plans to relocate and expand from 527 Madison Avenue to the 16th floor of 31 West 52nd Street early next year. Patrick Heeg, Thomas Hines and Chase Gordon of Transwestern represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Frank Doyle, David Kleiner and Andrew Coe of JLL, along with internal agents Peter Brindley, Doug Neye and Sean Kirk, represented the landlord, Paramount Group.
COMMACK, N.Y. — My Gym, a global children’s fitness concept, will open a 3,000-square-foot facility in the Long Island community of Commack. The facility will be located next to Planet Fitness within the 222,000-square-foot Mayfair Shopping Center. E.J. Moawad of Levin Management Corp. represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Juliana Chiarelli and Jason Sobel of RIPCO Real Estate represented My Gym.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — CBRE has brokered the sale of a multifamily development site in White Plains, located north of New York City. The 1.3-acre site at 1 Water St. is located on the eastern edge of the downtown area, directly adjacent to the local public transit station. A partnership between David Gaber of Bijou Properties and Kavneet Sethi of Green Property LLC purchased the site, which is approved for the development of a 301-unit high-rise building, from New Jersey-based Veris Residential. Jeffrey Dunne, Eric Apfel and Travis Langer of CBRE brokered the deal.
DOVER, DEL. — JLAM, an investment and development firm with offices in Delaware and Charlotte, is underway on construction of Windward Ridge, a 300-unit apartment community in Dover. The community will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a clubhouse, pool, yoga and fitness studios and wooded walking trails. Leasing is expected to begin sometime next year. Project partners include Architectural Alliance Inc., Erin Marshall Interior Designs, Morris & Ritchie Associates Inc. (civil engineer) and Christiana Excavating (sitework contractor). A general contractor has not yet been selected.
DELAWARE — Largo Capital, a financial intermediary based in upstate New York, has arranged a $14.5 million CMBS permanent loan for a portfolio of three manufactured housing properties totaling 342 sites in Delaware. The names and addresses of the properties, which collectively span more than 100 acres and were 94 percent occupied at the time of loan closing, were not disclosed. Jack Phillips of Largo Capital originated the nonrecourse, interest-only loan. The borrower and direct lender were also not disclosed.