PEABODY, MASS. — JLL has arranged a $20.3 million acquisition loan for a 157,293-square-foot industrial property located in the northeastern Boston suburb of Peabody. Built in 1986, the property was fully leased at the time of the loan closing to Wakefield Moving Storage and Paradigm Precision. Building features include a clear height of 24 feet, 17 tailboard docks, one drive-in door and ample parking. Brett Paulsrud and Amy Lousararian of JLL placed the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through Metro Credit Union. The borrower was a partnership between Oliver Street Capital and Bain Capital Real Estate.
WAYNE, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has brokered the sale of a 117,340-square-foot industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of Wayne. Situated on 10.5 acres and fully leased at the time of sale, the property features a clear height of 26 feet. Scott Perkins, Chris Todd and William Ericksen of NAI Hanson represented the buyer, Chicago-based CenterPoint Properties, in the transaction. The seller was an entity doing business as 100 Demarest Drive LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — PNC Bank has signed a 70,000-square-foot office lease renewal at 340 Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The lease comprises 64,941 square feet of office space across several floors and a 5,336-square-foot retail branch. William Elder, Andrew Ackerman and Alexandra Budd represented the landlord, RXR Realty, on an internal basis. David Simson and David Falk of Newmark represented the tenant. PNC Bank has been a tenant at the building since 2008.
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Locally based developer Kushner has begun construction on a 307-unit apartment community that will be reserved for renters age 55 and over in the Northern New Jersey community of Fair Lawn. The community will offer one- and two-bedroom units, with 46 residences reserved as affordable housing. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, spa, salon, massage room, clubhouse, game room, movie theater, putting green, library and a pet spa. The site currently houses a vacant office building. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2025.
WORCESTER, MASS. — Shawmut Design & Construction has broken ground on a 70,000-square-foot academic building at Clark University in the central Massachusetts city of Worcester. The two-wing building will serve as the new center for the media arts, computing and design programs. Design features will include a multimedia gallery, virtual reality lab, video game library for researching interactive media, a makerspace, incubator space, robotics lab, data science lab, a tiered classroom and faculty offices. Completion is slated for next fall.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated the $24.5 million sale of a two-building, 132,737-square-foot office complex in the Northern New Jersey community of Florham Park. Jeffrey Dunne, Jeremy Neuer, Steve Bardsley, David Gavin, Fahri Ozturk, Rich Gatto, Travis Langer and Daniel Blumenkrantz of CBRE represented the seller, The Silverman Group, in the transaction. The team also procured the undisclosed buyer. The complex was fully leased at the time of sale.
MIDLAND PARK, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $11 million sale of two industrial buildings totaling 38,500 square feet in the Northern New Jersey community of Midland Park. The properties sit on a combined 3.8 acres and were recently upgraded. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt and Seth Zuidema represented the seller, VanRock Properties, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Bassen Properties.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Colliers has relocated its office in the Northern New Jersey community of Parsippany. The space spans 7,500 square feet and is located within Northpoint, a 225,000-square-foot development that is owned by Vision Real Estate Partners. The building underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation program in 2020. Colliers employs some 50 brokers and 25 dozen support team members across its four New Jersey offices.
NEWARK, N.J. — Greystone has provided $74.3 million in Fannie Mae financing for a portfolio of 17 affordable housing properties totaling 574 units in Newark. The financing comprises five separate loans, all of which carry 10-year terms and 30-year amortization schedules. The properties range in size from nine to 108 units. Some of the assets are reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income (AMI), while others feature an income restriction threshold of 80 percent of AMI. Hope Curtis of Greystone originated the financing. The borrower(s) were not disclosed.
MILFORD, MASS. — Ambri, a provider of renewable energy storage solutions, has signed a 140,000-square-foot lease to open a build-to-suit manufacturing facility in Milford, located in the southern central part of the state. The facility will be located within Quarry Square, a retail center that is being redeveloped into an industrial flex property. Steve Clancy and Danielle Simbliaris of CBRE represented the landlord, R.J. Kelly, in the lease negotiations. Chris Scott of Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co. represented the tenant.