WILMINGTON, MASS. — Boston-based mortgage banking firm EagleBridge Capital has arranged $38 million in debt and joint venture equity financing for a 210,945-square-foot office and lab complex in the northern Boston suburb of Wilmington. Located at 181 and 187 Ballardvale St., the two buildings sit on a combined 15.4 acres and each span approximately 105,000 square feet. Ted Sidel and Brian Walsh arranged the financing, specific terms of which were not disclosed, on behalf of an unnamed borrower.
HOLMDEL, N.J. — CentralReach, a provider of electronic medical record software, will open a 25,000-square-foot office at Bell Works, an office and retail campus owned by Somerset Development in the Northern New Jersey community of Holmdel. The company will relocate from its current office in Matawan late this summer. CentralReach employs about 400 people who work remotely on a full-time basis and views the new office as a “collaboration-focused space” that represents “the office of the future.” CentralReach is designing the space in collaboration with G3 Architects and NPZ Style & Décor.
Content PartnerFeaturesIndustrialLeasing ActivityLee & AssociatesMarket ReportsMidwestMultifamilyNortheastOfficeRetailSoutheastTexasWestern
Lee & Associates’ First-Quarter 2022 Economic Rundown by Sector
Lee & Associates’ newly released Q1 2022 North America Market Report scrutinizes first-quarter 2022 industrial, office, retail and multifamily outlooks throughout the United States. This class-by-class review of commercial real estate trends for the first quarter of the year focuses on how real estate is adjusting to long-term post-COVID attitudes. Lee & Associates has made the full market report available here (with further breakdowns of factors like vacancy rates, market rents, inventory square footage and cap rates by city), but the overviews offered below provide sweeping looks at the overall health and obstacles for four major commercial real estate sectors. Industrial: Rents Pushed on Strong Demand Strong demand for industrial space throughout North America continued in the first quarter as vacancies fell to record lows and rent growth hit double digits. First quarter net absorption in the United States totaled 92.8 million square feet, which was up 25 percent year over year but down 35 percent from the 143-million-square feet average of the last three quarters of 2021. Annualized rents rose 10.1 percent in the U.S. and the average vacancy rate fell to 4.1 percent. Part of this trend was due to a pause in new construction starts early in the pandemic. However, …
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. — A joint venture between locally based developer AVR Realty Co. and Indianapolis-based Scannell Properties will develop Precision Innovation Park, a 400,000-square-foot speculative logistics center that will be located in the Long Island community of Brookhaven. The 150,000-square-foot Building 1 at Precision Innovation Park will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 28 dock doors, 28 trailer stalls and parking for 150 cars. The 250,000-square-foot Building 2 will have a clear height of 40 feet, 42 loading doors, 52 trailer stalls and parking for 250 vehicles. Both buildings will be outfitted with LED lighting with motion sensors and ESFR sprinkler systems. JLL has been tapped as the leasing agent. Completion is slated for early 2023.
READING, PA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of Exeter Commons, a 361,095-square-foot shopping center in the Eastern Pennsylvania city of Reading. Grocer Giant Food and Lowe’s Home Improvement anchor Exeter Crossing, which was built in 2009 and was 99.5 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Ross Dress for Less, PA Wine & Spirits, Five Below, Petco, Staples, Famous Footwear, America’s Best Contacts, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Red Robin, Supercuts and Mattress Firm. Christopher Munley, Jim Galbally and Colin Behr of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Wharton Realty Group purchased the center for an undisclosed price.
NEW YORK CITY — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged a $35 million loan for the leasehold acquisition of 580 Broadway, a 141,645-square-foot office and retail building in Manhattan. Originally constructed in 1898, the 12-story building consists of 8,442 square feet of grade-level retail space, 7,292 square feet of below-grade retail space and 125,911 square feet of office space. Matthew Polci of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. and Steven Buchwald of IPA arranged the financing through Miami-based lender BridgeInvest. Justin Natalizio of The Anton Group negotiated the sale of the property via a long-term ground lease.
MAYWOOD, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has brokered the sale of a 17,316-square-foot industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of Maywood. Jonathan Kristofich of NAI Hanson represented the seller, Maywood Realty Corp., in the transaction. David Williams of Weichert Commercial represented the buyer, an entity doing business as 217 Realty LLC. The sales price was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Boston-based private investment firm Bain Capital has signed a 14,765-square-foot office lease expansion at 535 Madison Avenue, a 37-story building in Manhattan’s Plaza District. The firm is essentially doubling its footprint and leasing one additional floor of space. The execution of this lease, along with deals with FTV Management Co. and Garda Capital Partners, brings the 480,000-square-foot building to full occupancy. Bryan Boisi and Connor Barnes of Cushman & Wakefield represented Bain Capital in the lease negotiations. Brian Gell and Laurence Briody of CBRE represented the landlord, Park Tower Group.
Property tax systems vary from state to state across the country, with differing procedures in each assessor’s jurisdiction. Complicating things further, the personalities of assessors and their staff influence the way they interact with property owners or their agents. It is the responsibility of the property owner or their agent to learn and adapt to the procedures and behaviors at work in their assessor’s offices. However, there are universal pre-emptive steps that property owners in any jurisdiction can take to combat excessive valuations. These property-specific action items and best practices can significantly increase the chances of a successful valuation protest. 1. Document Property Financial Statements In most appraisal systems, income-producing apartment property will be valued using the income approach. Arguably the most important pieces of information the apartment owner can present in protesting assessed values are the property’s rent rolls and profit-and-loss statements. The timely preparation and completion of these documents prior to a protest is essential to any discussion of fair market value. Key line items such as potential gross income, vacancy and collection loss, and net operating income can assist in negotiating lower assessed values. Market rent, in-place rents and occupancy are key indicators on a rent roll …
CICERO, N.Y. — San Francisco-based mortgage banking firm Gantry has arranged a $47.5 million construction loan for Lakeshore at Loso, a 248-unit multifamily project that will be located in the upstate New York community of Cicero. The community will comprise 12 three-story buildings that will feature one- and two-bedroom apartments and a clubhouse. The 24-acre property will also include walking trails, a boat launch and a 100-slip marina. Daniel Monte and Jack Stelianou of Gantry arranged the three-year loan through an undisclosed regional bank on behalf of the borrower, a locally based entity doing business as TreyJay Loso LLC.